A Botanical Walk Around Hale Shore
Saturday 8th August 2015: Hale Shore – Leader: Stephen Fletcher. The group of eleven met in Hale Park, opposite the Village Post Office. From there Stephen led us past the ”Childe of Hale” pub, along Church End to Within Way. We followed Within Way to the estuary and then took the Mersey Way footpath towards Hale Head lighthouse. There we scrambled down on to the beach and followed the strandline to Lady Pool. Ascending to the footpath, we crossed the bridge and turned on to the footpath alongside Lady Pool which took us through the stubble-fields to the Old Plantation Wood. Turning right in the woodland we followed the path past the former Hale Hall and arrived back at the park.(ed. please note there is no public access across by the Lady Brook as it is private farmland, but the shore path continues towards Hale Park to return to the village)
A range of habitat-related species were recorded; grassland, coastal, saltmarsh zones and woodland.
Marsh Mallow Althaea officianalis, Common reed Phragmites australis, Sea Club-rush Scirpus maritimus Sea Beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima were among the typical saltmarsh species recorded above the high-water mark.
The list of over 100 recorded species was compiled from our route through 5 monads:
Marsh Mallow Althaea officianalis, Common reed Phragmites australis, Sea Club-rush Scirpus maritimus Sea Beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima were among the typical saltmarsh species recorded above the high-water mark.
The list of over 100 recorded species was compiled from our route through 5 monads:
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Elder Sambuca nigra Hazel Corylus avellana Prickly sow thistle Sonchus asper Scented Mayweed Matricaria recutita Smooth sow thistle Sonchus oleraceus Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Cat’s-ear Hypochaeris radicata Hybrid Rose Rosa sp. Thyme-leaved speedwelVeronica serpyllifolia Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp. Cleavers Galium aparine Mouse-ear Cerastium sp. Horsetail Equisetum sp. Rye grass Lolium sp. Viburnum Viburnum sp. Wall Barley Hordeum murinum Holly Ilex aquifolium Cock’sfoot Dactylis glomerata Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Cut-leaved Crane’s-bill Geranium dissectum Bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. Mugwort Artemisa vulgaris Grass Poaceae Willowherb Epilobium sp. Ivy Hedera helix Apple Malus Common Nettle Urtica dioica Plum Prunus domestica Soft-grass Holcus Bindweed Calystegia sp. Knotgrass Polygonum Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill Geranium molle Grey Willow Salix cinera sp. Field Brome Bromus arvensis Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Tussock Sedge Carex diandra Common Bistort Persicaria bistorta Turkey Oak Quercus cerris Red Campion Silene dioica Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea Great Plantain Plantago major Dock Rumex sp. Pineapple weed Matricaria discoidea Ash Fraxinus excelsior Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Cmn Ramping Fumitory Fumaria muralis Fat Hen Chenopodium album Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Red dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopia Common Orache Atriplex patula Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum Yarrow Achillea millefolium Sea Buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides Common Reed Phragmites australis Sea Campion Silene uniflora Common Mallow Malva sylvestris Silverweed Potentilla anserina Red Clover Trifolium pratense Sea Milkwort Glaux maritima Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis var. Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa Sea Beet Beta vulgaris sp. Lyme grass Leymus arenarius Amphibious Bistort Persicaria amphibia Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia Musk Mallow Malva moschata Sand Sedge Carex arenaria Corn Poppy Papaver rhoea Crow Garlic Allium vineale White Campion Silene latifolia HemlockWaterDropwortOenanthe crocata Weld Reseda luteola Wild Celery Apium graveolens Sea Club-rush Bolboschoena maritimus Burdock Arctium Spartina Spartina sp. Lesser Sea-spurrey Spergularia marina Sea Aster Aster tripolium Fool’s Water-cress Apium nodiflorum Sea Arrow-grass Triglochin maritimum Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum Timothy Phleum pratense Swinecress Lepidium coronopus Hemlock Conicum maculatum Redshank Persicaria maculosa Tansy Tanacetum vulgare Vetch Vicia sp. Angelica Angelica archangelica Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica Wood Millet Milium effusum Bugloss Anchusa arvensis Enchanter’s Nightshade Circaea lutetiana Shepherd’s Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris White Dead-nettle Lamium album Poppy Papaver sp Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Yellow Iris Iris pseudocorus |
Sea Aster at the bottom of Within Way
Sun Spurge near Hale lighthouse.
Common Mallow
Common Fleabane.
White Campion
Red Campion
Yarrow
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Hale Lighthouse
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The bridge at Lady Brook
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H. Harris MECG
Photos C A Cockbain
Photos C A Cockbain
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