Saturday, 7 March 2009

Seeing the Changes 173







In Loughor, the Common dog violet (Viola riviniana) and Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) are in flower and the Crab apple (Malus sylvestris) coming into bud. In Bynea, the first Red dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) was poking through. At the University, the first Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) and Hedgerow cranesbill (Geranium pyrenaicum) had colonised an area with gravel. What looks like Lesser hawkbit (Leontodon saxatilis) in flower on the dunes opposite.

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