Where the wildflowers grow

Chapter 9
Botanising on the Moon

Photographs © Leif Bersweden unless stated otherwise

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Angular Solomon's-seal

Polygonatum odoratum

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Ash

Fraxinus excelsior

© Gus Routledge

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Beech Fern

Phegopteris connectilis

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Bracken

Pteridium aquilinum

© Gus Routledge

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Carline Thistle

Carlina vulgaris

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Common Solomon's-seal

Polygonatum multiflorum

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Dark-red Helleborine

Epipactis atrorubens

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Early-purple Orchid

Orchis mascula

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Frizzled Crisp-moss

Tortella tortuosa

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Frog Orchid

Dactylorhiza viridis

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Great Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

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Hart's-tongue

Asplenium scolopendrium

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Hazel

Corylus avellana

© Gus Routledge

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Herb-Robert

Geranium robertianum

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Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

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Juniper

Juniperus communis

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Limestone Bedstraw

Galium sterneri

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Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

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Moonwort

Botrychium lunaria

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Mountain Avens

Dryas octopetala

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Rigid Buckler-fern

Dryopteris submontana

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Rock Pocket-moss

Fissidens dubius

© Gus Routledge

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Rough Hawkbit

Leontodon hispidus

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Spring Gentian

Gentiana verna

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Sycamore

Acer pseudoplatanus

© Gus Routledge

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Wall Lettuce

Mycelis muralis

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Wall-rue

Asplenium ruta-muraria

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Wild Thyme

Thymus polytrichus

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Wood Sage

Teucrium scorodonia

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Yew

Taxus baccata

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