tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566697025093418622024-03-13T03:33:13.312-07:00Wild Flowers of WexfordWexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-52455980022788007142023-06-21T23:46:00.000-07:002023-06-21T23:46:05.859-07:00Cowberry a new native plant for County Wexford<p> It was a great surprise to find Cowberry on a rocky knoll on Black Rock Mountain, as it is a new native species for the county. The Cowberry was spread out over an area 3 x 10 m. It was a monad I hadn't walked in before, with the only habitat being heather moorland, and a few flushes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGQjqx40w-sTW-E7uiWPwRKNbj7VCPhSmkPTY45fAiBQaiuWTHpPv3KU39dS3uw_EXmTMCo_5L7VHuRZZbjsM1dGWYf8ZWHhCea-14DGBOcljfjwn7JcQmZNn7h42eWJbe6WE2M-1TnAMYGBpWW5yCgR7m_qxlXpFTFaANaStlPLCXEvu2ne4fgbEFQ/s800/IMG_1290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGQjqx40w-sTW-E7uiWPwRKNbj7VCPhSmkPTY45fAiBQaiuWTHpPv3KU39dS3uw_EXmTMCo_5L7VHuRZZbjsM1dGWYf8ZWHhCea-14DGBOcljfjwn7JcQmZNn7h42eWJbe6WE2M-1TnAMYGBpWW5yCgR7m_qxlXpFTFaANaStlPLCXEvu2ne4fgbEFQ/s320/IMG_1290.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Cowberry grows on the small knoll in the foreground. 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2019 was another amazing year for recording in Wexford.
Almost 60,000 records were collected during the year. We set out a few aims at
the start of the year. One was to make sure all 2564 moands received a visit,
this I’m glad to say we achieved. Another was to try and find 100 or more
species per monad. At the end of 2018 there were 158 monads, by the end of this
year there are just 78 monads with 99 or less species. None of these are ever
likely to top the 100 mark, as most are around the border of the county, and
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The average number of species per monad has also increased
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The number of species for hectads has continued to increase.
T02 which includes Wexford Town still has the largest list of species, reaching
953 this year. The average number of species for the 42 hectads is 658.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There have been some exceptional refinds of native species
that were thought extinct in the county. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matthiola sinuata (Sea Stock) had been extinct
in Ireland since 1925 was refound on the east coast. On the south coast Cytisus
scoparius subsp. maritimus (Prostrate Broom) was refound on Baginbun Head in
large numbers, this broom that hugs the ground rather than growing upright was
last recorded here in the 1880s by H.C. Hart, and the first county record since
the 1960s. Also on the south coast Lathyrus japonicus (Sea Pea) was found on a
shingle beach on the Hook, 2<sup>nd</sup> county record, and first since 1994.
It wasn’t just native species that we had luck with, even as late as December Angelica
archangelica (Garden Angelica) was refound on the bank of the River Barrow at
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list in 2019. 6 of these were hybrids. Only 8 out of the 31 were native: Geum x
intermedium (Water x Wood Avens) and 7 dandelions. Even though found in 2018,
but not named until 2019 was Euphrasia stricta, was the best record as this is
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Other fun projects included over the winter months trying to
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Once you got the hang of what habitat Common Chickweed liked it was reasonably
easy to find, well used field gateways, fields resown to grass, and waste
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Cerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoides (Common Mouse-ear)
was a nice surprise today on the dunes at Grogan Burrow, as it is a new subsp.
for the county. I have known this almost hairless Mouse-ear on the dunes of
Ballyteige Burrow since about 2011, but have never seen it flowering. Today as
soon as I saw the flowers, noticing how much larger they were, it took me back
to seeing this subsp. in the Comeragh Mountains in Co. Waterford.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-78529067353247881022019-04-16T13:33:00.000-07:002019-04-16T13:33:16.137-07:00Matthiola sinuata (Sea Stock) refound in Wexford, thought to be extinct in Ireland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sea Stock refound on the Wexford coast. A species that was thought extinct in Ireland. The Ireland Red List No. 10 Vascular Plants says it was last seen in Ireland from Co. Clare in 1933, and for Wexford says 1925. In my database for the county I have records up to the 1970s, which would seen to be correct, as more than one person has mentioned seeing Sea Stock in the county, since I reported the Wexford site found on 2nd April. I counted 85 plants, but might be as many as 100 plants. The Sea Stock has been there more than one year, as there were tiny little plants as well as large rosettes. I walked this stretch of coast in 2016 looking for Atriplex, surprised I didn't seen it then if it was there, would seem more likely that a winter storm unearthed buried seeds.<br />
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Above: Sea Stock growing on the margin of the Sea Buckthorn shrub, on the edge of the sandy areas just above the strand. Below: looking south.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-14599216215519250422019-02-13T06:14:00.000-08:002019-02-13T06:14:23.265-08:00Cotoneaster frigidus (Tree Cotoneaster) growing on the site of a ruin, new species for Wexford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was out trying to refind Carex strigosa (Thin-spiked Wood-sedge) in the only hectad in the county where there is no post 2000 record. No luck as where the Carex once grew had been drained and planted with trees. While in the area I noticed two large chimneys poking above the trees, my first thought was there might be snowdrops in the wood, if it was a ruin (see below). It was a large house at one time known as Coolbawn. There was a Cotoneaster self-sown on the ruins, plus a very large tree of the Cotoneaster (see above), which I took to have been planted. As the tree still had leaves and berries I was able to ID it as Cotoneaster frigidus (Tree Cotoneaster) a new species for the county.<br />
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Above and below the ruins of Coolbawn<br />
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Also self-sown on the ruin was a number of bushes of Veronica salicifolia (Koromiko) (see blow, light green bush in picture), this is a new hectad record for this Veronica. Had no luck in finding any snowdrops, but very much enjoyed looking around the ruins.<br />
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<br />Paul Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318151208549853146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-91028712226964155862019-01-13T08:49:00.000-08:002019-01-13T08:49:47.871-08:00Map showing average number of species per monad in each hectad within Co. Wexford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are 2558 monads in the county. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The aim when I started recording for the Flora of Co. Wexford
in 2008, was to record one monad from each Tetrad across the county. Paula
O’Meara started recording in 2010. A couple years later I decided to aim to
visit every monad, something I didn’t really think possible by the end of 2019.
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153 monads have under 100 species recorded. The majority are
part monads around the county margin, where the neighbouring county has the
largest area of land, or most of the monad is in the sea. There is one monad
that has only <i>Zostera marina</i>
(Eelgrass), even at low tide there is no land above sea-level. Another monad
has only a sandy beach as land, the one species being found is <i>Atriplex laciniata</i> (Frosted Orache).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Two whole monads only have 1 species recorded, hopefully
they will be visited in the next couple of weeks. Access can be a big problem,
this is usually the reason why some whole monads have less than 100 species
recorded. Other whole monads just don’t have a very good variety of habitats.
For example one monad was all arable, and weed killer had been used along every
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-88176581903576590532018-09-02T09:58:00.000-07:002018-09-02T09:58:38.141-07:00Thelypteris palustris (Marsh Fern) new native for Co. Wexford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A real surprise on Friday was finding a very large stand of Marsh Fern in the marsh behind the dunes at Curracloe. This is a new native fern for Co. Wexford. There was a clearing amongst the willows, with reeds, the fern was amongst the other species in the clearing. There were also a few other scattered small clumps of the fern under the willows.<br />
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Below growing amongst the reeds.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-69240678205391278302017-12-30T00:17:00.001-08:002017-12-30T00:17:40.724-08:00Summary of recording in Co. Wexford during 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2017 has been another wonderful year for Wexford botany. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Records collected
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104,283 records collected. 2016 being the only year with a
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41 people contributed records, plus the Wexford Naturalists’
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25 new species, hybrids and varieties were added to the
county list in 2017. Of these 8 are <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">native</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Anaphalis
margaritacea</i> (Pearly Everlasting)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Anthriscus
cerefolium</i> (Garden Chervil)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Atriplex glabriuscula</span></i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> (Babington's Orache) x <i>A. praecox</i> (Early Orache)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Atriplex praecox</span></i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> (Early Orache)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Brassica</i>
oleracea var. <i>capitata<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Brassica oleracea</i>
var. <i>oleracea</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Carex canescens</span></i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> (White Sedge)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Chaenomeles
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<i>Crocus</i> x <i>luteus</i> (Yellow Crocus (<i>C. angustifolius</i> x <i>C. flavus</i>))<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Erica erigena</i>
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<i>Euphorbia stricta</i>
(Upright Spurge)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Galeopsis ladanum</i>
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<i>Geranium reuteri</i>
(Canary Herb-robert)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Juncus x diffusus</span></i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> (J. effusus (Soft Rush) x J. inflexus
(Hard Rush))</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Mycelis muralis</i>
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<i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Ophrys apifera</span></i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> var. <i>trollii</i> (Wasp Orchid)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Parentucellia viscosa</span></i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> (Yellow Bartsia)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Raphanus sativus</i>
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<i>Rubus parviflorus</i>
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<i>Scilla siberica</i>
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<i>Sedum sexangulare</i>
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<i>Sorbaria sorbifolia</i>
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<i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Taraxacum ronae</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Ulex</span></i><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> x <i>breoganii</i> (<i>U. europaeus</i>
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Of the 160 species not recorded in Wexford post 2000, 7 of
these were found in 2017. 4 are <span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">native</span>. The date given is the
last year the species was reported from the county. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Amaranthus hybridus</i>
(Green Amaranth) 1990.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">Baldellia ranunculoides</span></i><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> (Lesser Water-plantain)</span>
1993.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">Betula</span></i><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> x <i>aurata</i> (<i>B. pendula</i>
(Silver Birch) x <i>B. pubescens</i> (Downy
Birch))</span> 1992.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Euphorbia
amygdaloides</i> (Wood Spurge) 1955.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">Festuca altissima</span></i><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> (Wood Fescue)</span> 1964.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Malva neglecta</i>
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<i><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;">Pinguicula vulgaris</span></i><span style="background: lime; mso-highlight: lime;"> (Common Butterwort)</span> 1992. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Of the 42 whole and part hectads (10 km x 10 km square) that
fall within Wexford all now have 200 plus species recorded. All whole hectads
have 700 plus species. 12 hectads now have 800 plus species, of these 2 have
over 900 species and T02 (which includes Wexford Town) has 1023 species.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of the 687 whole and part tetrads (2 km x 2 km square) that
fall within Wexford all have been visited. 28 of these have over 400 species
recorded, and 4 have over 500 species. T12E Ballinesker (NE of Curracloe) is
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Of the 2461 whole or part monads (1 km x 1 km square), 421
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species recorded, of these 20 have 300 plus species. The highest being S7115
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Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-82849544692934412842017-10-18T12:28:00.000-07:002017-10-18T12:28:09.878-07:00Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower) in a bean field<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finding Cornflower on my last day of recording for the Wexford Flora in 2017 on 13th October was a really joy. There was one plant in a bean field at Pallas. This is the first time I have seen Cornflower as a weed of a crop in Wexford. Normally seen on waste ground or where grass seed mix has been sown. There were lots of Corn Marigolds and Wild Radish in the bean field also.<br />
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Below: bean field where the Cornflower was growing. Can just make out the blue of the flower of the Cornflower near the bottom of the picture. Half of the field had been harvested. </div>
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-31903780133822701352017-09-05T13:37:00.001-07:002017-09-12T11:06:38.715-07:00Galeopsis ladanum (Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle) first record for Wexford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Been looking at pictures on google and went back today to check my plant I had named as <i>Galeopsis</i> <i>angustifolia</i> (Red Hemp-nettle) the other day. As I had expected my plant is <i>Galeopsis ladanum</i> (Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle), a species new to me. Also the first record in Ireland for a long time.<br />
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I had two plants on the margin of a stubble field at Craan Upper, if they hadn't been flowering I would never have noticed the plants. Both had their tops cut off when the crop was harvested. Compared with <i>Galeopsis bifida</i> (Bifid Hemp-nettle) and <i>Galeopsis tetrahit</i> (Common Hemp-nettle), which both have stiff prickly hairs to the touch, Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle feels soft to the touch, the flowers are more than twice as large as the other two hemp-nettles.<br />
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Above: one of the Broad-leaved Hemp-nettles in the stubble field. Below: margin of stubble field where the Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle was found.<br />
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Below: looking across stubble field to margin where the Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle was seen.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-81520065459566889842017-09-01T13:49:00.004-07:002017-09-01T13:49:41.449-07:00Mentha x piperita (Peppermint)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Peppermint is a hybrid between <i>Mentha aquatica</i> (Water Mint) and <i>Mentha spicata</i> (Spear Mint). Not a common mint in Wexford. I was surprised to find a large stand in a brackish marsh in Wexford Harbour yesterday. It is my favourite mint, always puts on a good show at this time of year. At this site it was growing with <i>Carex disticha</i> (Brown Sedge) and <i>Persicaria amphibia</i> (Amphibious Bistort).<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-77494638097220632192017-08-27T02:02:00.001-07:002017-08-27T02:02:37.626-07:00Zostera marina (Eelgrass) a new site at Bannow Bay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Zostera marina is a rare species on the Wexford coast. It was a very pleasant surprise to find a new location within Bannow Bay. This site is on the east side of Bannow Island and is now the largest site in the county. There is also another population in Bannow Bay, but right over in the far west of Bannow Bay. Otherwise there is one other site at Kilmore Quay.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-56031546904352002572017-08-23T13:12:00.001-07:002017-08-23T13:12:15.304-07:00Atriplex praecox (Early Orache) a new native species for Co. Wexford and 2nd site for Ireland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This time of year I spend a lot of time looking at Atriplex as I find them a very interesting species. Most people think they are very boring! Two weeks ago I found Atriplex praecox (Early Orache) as a new native species for Ireland from the very SW corner of Ireland on the shore of Valentia Island, Kerry. Known from a scattering of sites from Scotland and the very north of England. Yesterday I went and had a look at the SW corner of Lady's Island Lake at Rostonstown and there it was again, Atriplex praecox. If you like showy plants, this isn't for you. Has to be one of the dullest rare species out there, most plants are rarely more than 6 cm across, and lay flat on the ground. Generally a reddish-purple in colour, but can be a greenish-purple. Atriplex praecox is said to like sheltered sea lochs in Scotland, certainly plenty of these in the north of Ireland. There must be other sites out there waiting to be found!<br />
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The lower leaves are trullate, in other words trowel-shaped. The bracteoles are only joined at the very base. In both the Wexford and Kerry sites Atriplex praecox grows just above the hide tide mark. The very bottom picture shows the habitat at Lady's Island Lake.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-49494132668170360112017-08-16T13:17:00.002-07:002017-08-16T13:17:52.573-07:00Ulex x breoganii a new hybrid gorse for Wexford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Ulex</i> x <i>breoganii</i> is a hybrid between <i>Ulex europaeus</i> (Gorse) and <i>Ulex gallii</i> (Western Gorse). Gorse is common over the whole of the county. Western Gorse is much more restricted within the county, often being found on the more heathy ground and acid soils. Zoe Delvin the finder said would I like to go and see a gorse she had found, which from photos we thought could be <i>Ulex minor</i> (Dwarf Gorse), a species that has only once been reported from the county back in 1959.</div>
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There were 11 bushes of <i>Ulex</i> x <i>breoganii</i> on the side of a disused railway at Mountelliott, a little north of New Ross. The books all say measure a range of flowers, I did this with flowers from all 11 bushes and could see they better fitted between the two species. <i>Ulex europaeus </i>has blue/green stems and foliage and large strong spines, and pale yellow flowers. Whilst <i>Ulex gallii </i>has dark green foliage and week spines and whole plant much more slender, and golden yellow flowers. <i>Ulex</i> x <i>breoganii </i>is somewhere in the middle, foliage is neither blue/green or dark green and the flowers are a deep yellow but not as golden as <i>Ulex gallii</i>. To be sure we sent photos to Jeanne Webb who is very familiar with the hybrid and Jeanne agreed with our ID.</div>
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Below: The proud finder taking photos of <i>Ulex</i> x <i>breoganii</i>.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-81718988974766335802017-08-10T13:20:00.001-07:002017-08-10T13:20:59.417-07:00Calystegia x howittiorum (C. pulchra x C. silvatica) new for Wexford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alexis Fitxgerald email me to ask if I knew the hybrid between <i>Calystegia pulchra</i> (Hairy Bindweed) x <i>Calystegia silvatica</i> (Large Bindweed) = <i>Calystegia</i> x <i>howittiorum</i> - that day I didn't. The next day I was driving along in Wexford and saw the above pink flowered bindweed in a roadside hedge, I stopped to get a map reference. On looking at the plant I could see it wasn't <i>C.</i> <i>pulchra</i> as I had expected but the hybrid <i>C.</i> x <i>howittiorum</i>. The next day I stopped to look at a known site for <i>C. pulchra</i>, and again it was the hybrid. The hybrid has never been recorded form Wexford before. The hybrid has pink flowers, bracteoles (see photos below) near to Calystegia silvatica subsp. disjuncta, plus the pedicel has a wavy-edged wing (see photo below) like C. pulchra.<br />
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Above: <i>Calystegia</i> x <i>howittiorum</i> left. <i>Calystegia pulchra</i> right.<br />
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Below: showing the wavy-edged wing of the hybrid inherited from <i>C. pulchra</i><br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-77102418151899762252017-08-07T14:11:00.001-07:002017-08-07T14:11:07.599-07:00Pastinaca sativa subsp. urens (Eastern Parsnip) a new parsnip for Ireland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After reading Alan Leslie's article on 'An overlooked parsnip in Britain' in BSBI News No. 134 January 2017, I started to wonder if the parsnip at Rosslare Ferryport could also be <i>Pastinaca sativa</i> subsp. <i>urens</i> (Eastern Parsnip). I had to wait until it flowered. A specimen was sent to Alan and he agreed it was Eastern Parsnip. This new parsnip has sort of a round stem, but has no deep grooves and ridge like the other subsp. have. Also the terminal umbel on Eastern Parsnip is the same size as all the other heads on the same plant. The bottom picture shows a large patch of the Eastern Parsnip on a bank by all the parked new cars and vans. The area has just been fenced in, much harder now to gain access.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-46650171982786464352017-06-17T13:37:00.001-07:002017-06-17T13:37:11.297-07:00Erica erigena (Irish Heath) on a Wexford heath, a new county record<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was doing some recording on a heath on Bargy Common when I came across this Erica which I took to be a garden species. I tried keying it out and only came up with Irish Heath. Sent a specimen to Charles Nelson who agreed with my ID. Charles said it is grown in gardens. All the other sites in Ireland are in the North-west. Wexford is the opposite corner. Couldn't see it in any gardens nearby. Will be interesting to see if it spreads.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-17233759416121930102017-06-05T14:00:00.001-07:002017-06-05T14:00:44.624-07:00Tragopogon porrifolius (Salsify) 2nd Wexford record<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Was checking out sites where I saw Dactylorhiza leaves earlier in the year, this morning before the rain got the better of me. Stopped quickly at a monad which I had visited early in the year to add some grasses to the recording card. Very surprised to see a group of Salsify flowering on the roadside at Castlellis. This is the 2nd county record. I wonder if I had seen it when the flowers were closed up if I would have recorded it as Tragopogon pratensis (Goat's-beard)!<br />
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Below - plants on road verge<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-19781373716469424672017-05-22T13:56:00.001-07:002017-05-22T13:56:35.522-07:00Luzula multiflora subsp. hibernica<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was good to find lots of Luzula multiflora subsp. hibernica an Irish endemic today in the centre of a track leading to a disused quarry at Burrow very close to the Wicklow border. This is only the 4th record for the county. It is a much slender plant than Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta. It is more like a hybrid between Luzula campestris (Field Wood-rush) and Luzula multiflora (Heath Wood-rush) as it looks some where half way between the two species. Had to measure the seed appendage, all less than 0.3mm in length. The whole plant isn't as big or as hairy as Luzula multiflora subsp. congesta.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-26001059191208657502017-05-19T13:11:00.000-07:002017-05-19T13:11:02.380-07:00Trifolium ornithopodioides (Bird's-foot Clover) a new site on the south coast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bird's-foot Clover is a rare clover in Wexford. Very surprised today to find a new site at Bannow. 15 km from the nearest site on the south coast. I had walked over the clover twice before I noticed it on the bare gravel. There were 58 clumps. Bird's-foot Clover is very easy to over look as it looks like a small patch of non-flowering White Clover, has much smaller leaves. The flowers are very tiny and it is easy not to even notice them. A great find from a place I have been to a number of times over the years.<br />
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Below is the habitat the clover was found in.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-74678976958113794552017-05-15T13:49:00.000-07:002017-05-15T13:49:12.200-07:00Euphorbia amygdaloides (Wood Spurge) re-found in Wexford <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wood Spurge is not native in Ireland. It has been established in Co. Cork for well over a 100 years. In Wexford it has only been recorded twice. 1872 from near Enniscorthy and in 1955 at Bunclody, both are believed to be garden escapes. Neither give enough information with the record to know where to search. Wood Spurge isn't very commonly grown in Irish gardens. It was the last species I expected to re-find in the county. There was one clump of Wood Spurge on the edge of a patch of bracken near the bank of the River Slaney near Wexford Town. Will be interesting to see if it spreads.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-86058754026613030212017-03-31T12:55:00.002-07:002017-03-31T12:55:42.033-07:00Raphanus sativus var. oleifera (Fodder Radish)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fodder Radish was sown in many fields across Wexford in 2016. This year I have started to find them as an escaped from the fields. This one was on a road verge today. Has a large white radish. The crop should have died during the winter, The hole left by the radish should of helped put air into the soil. As the winter was so mild, the radish never died. The bottom photo is of a radish field today, the radish escaped from.<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-63751321904450256752017-01-29T08:44:00.001-08:002017-01-29T08:44:19.557-08:00Crocus x luteus (Yellow Crocus) new for Wexford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I popped out today to check on some dead plants I saw last year which I thought was Garlic Mustard. As expected it was! The surprise was that Garlic Mustard is a new species to my home hectad (10-km square). While looking at the Garlic Mustard leaves I noticed a clump of Yellow Crocus. A new species for Co. Wexford. Not the most exciting find! Must of been dumped from a garden at some stage. Made it worth popping out on a wet day!<br />
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<br />Wexford Wild Flowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962168772685500245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56669702509341862.post-18411425827147844662017-01-14T12:59:00.000-08:002017-01-14T12:59:07.290-08:00Geranium reuteri (Canary Herb-robert) new for Wexford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Was surprised to see <i>Geranium reuteri</i> (Canary Herb-Robert) self-sown on a roadside wall today near Pollpeasty. This is a native of the Canaries. It has been a very mild winter in Wexford. <i>G. reuteri </i>seems to be hardy as I have had it growing in my garden for 10 years. <i>G. reuteri</i> is like a very large <i>Geranium robertianum</i> (Herb-Robert). I am surprised that two new species have been added to the county list so early in the year.<br />
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Taraxacum ronae - the first new species to be added to Wexford in 2017. This is a native dandelion of the midlands of Ireland northward and the southwest of England. Wexford joins the gap nicely with Southwest England. <b>Note </b>the <b>black spots </b>on the leaves. The photos were taken at Knockroe a few miles NE of New Ross. Confirmed by John Richards the BSBI Dandelion Referee. As I found this site on 10th January I went and checked another site yesterday where I had seen dandelions with black spots on their leaves last year, but didn't try to ID at the time. As expected it was the same species. Both sites are on open road banks. Looked at another nearby road bank and there it was again. Flowering nicely at this time of year.<br />
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Flower head about to open.</div>
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Above: underside of flower. Below: whole plant.</div>
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