Where the wildflowers grow

Chapter 2
The New Year Plant Hunt

Photographs © Leif Bersweden unless stated otherwise

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Annual Meadow-grass

Poa annua

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Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

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Bluebell

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

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Canadian Fleabane

Erigeron canadensis

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Common Chickweed

Stellaria media

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Common Field-speedwell

Veronica persica

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Common Mouse-ear

Cerastium fontanum

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Cow Parsley

Anthriscus sylvestris

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Cowslip

Primula veris

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Creeping Buttercup

Ranunculus repens

© Gus Routledge

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Creeping Thistle

Cirsium arvense

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Daisy

Bellis perennis

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Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale agg.

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Germander Speedwell

Veronica chamaedrys

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Gorse

Ulex europaeus

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Groundsel

Senecio vulgaris

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Hairy Bittercress

Cardamine hirsuta

© Gus Routledge

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Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

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Herb-Robert

Geranium robertianum

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Hogweed

Heracleum sphondylium

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Horseshoe Vetch

Hippocrepis comosa

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Ivy-leaved Toadflax

Cymbalaria muralis

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Knotgrass

Polygonum aviculare

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London Plane

Platanus x hispanica

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Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

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Meadow Fescue

Schedonorus pratensis

© Dominic Price

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Oxford Ragwort

Senecio squalidus

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Perennial Rye-grass

Lolium perenne

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Petty Spurge

Euphorbia peplus

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Primrose

Primula vulgaris

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Red Campion

Silene dioica

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Red Dead-nettle

Lamium purpureum

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Shaggy-soldier

Galinsoga quadriradiata

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Shepherd's-purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

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Wavy Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

© Gus Routledge

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White Dead-nettle

Lamium album

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Wood Anemone

Anemone nemorosa

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Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

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