Where the wildflowers grow

Chapter 16
Beach Botany

Photographs © Leif Bersweden unless stated otherwise

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Bramble

Rubus fruticosus agg.

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Common Cord-grass

Spartina anglica

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Common Glasswort

Salicornia europaea agg.

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Common Restharrow

Ononis repens

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Creeping Willow

Salix repens

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Dewberry (fruit)

Rubus caesius

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Dewberry

Rubus caesius

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Greater Sea-spurrey

Spergularia media

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Hare's-foot Clover

Trifolium arvense

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Lady's Bedstraw

Galium verum

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Lax-flowered Sea-lavender

Limonium humile

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Lesser Sea-spurrey

Spergularia marina

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Lesser Spearwort

Ranunculus flammula

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Marram

Ammophila arenaria

© Gus Routledge

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Marsh Helleborine

Epipactis palustris

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Red Fescue

Festuca rubra

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Sea Arrowgrass

Triglochin maritimum

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Sea Aster

Aster tripolium

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Sea Plantain

Plantago maritima

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Sea Rocket

Cakile maritima

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Sea-holly

Eryngium maritimum

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Sticky Groundsel

Senecio viscosus

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Thrift

Armeria maritima

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Wild Thyme

Thymus polytrichus

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