Where the wildflowers grow

Chapter 7
The Downland Danger Zone

Photographs © Leif Bersweden unless stated otherwise

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Autumn Gentian

Gentianella amarella

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Bastard-toadflax

Thesium humifusum

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Burnt Orchid

Neotinea ustulata

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Chalk Milkwort

Polygala calcarea

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Clustered Bellflower

Campanula glomerata

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Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

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Common Rock-rose

Helianthemum nummularium

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Cow Parsley

Anthriscus sylvestris

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Dog-rose

Rosa canina

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Dogwood

Cornus sanguinea

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Dropwort

Filipendula vulgaris

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Dwarf Thistle

Cirsium acaule

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Elder

Sambucus nigra

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Field Fleawort

Tephroseris integrifolia ssp. integrifolia

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Fine-leaved Sandwort

Sabulina tenuifolia

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Guelder-rose

Viburnum opulus

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Horseshoe Vetch

Hippocrepis comosa

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Meadow Fescue

Schedonorus pratensis

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Purple Milk-vetch

Astragalus danicus

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Pyramidal Orchid

Anacamptis pyramidalis

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Quaking Grass

Briza media

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Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

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Rough Hawkbit

Leontodon hispidus

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Round-headed Rampion

Phyteuma orbiculare

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Salad Burnet

Poterium sanguisorba

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Squinancywort

Asperula cynanchica

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Thyme-leaved Sandwort

Arenaria serpyllifolia

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Upright Brome

Bromopsis erecta

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Wayfaring-tree

Viburnum lantana

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Wild Marjoram

Origanum vulgare

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Wild Thyme

Thymus polytrichus

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