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Rex Graham Reserve

The Rex Graham Reserve

on the

Norfolk - Suffolk Border

Known for the only East Anglian site of Military Orchid and only the third site in the country.

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Military Orchid (Orchis militaris)

A few more pictures pf the Orchids from 2017

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The Rex Graham Reserve in late winter/early spring

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Daphne Mazereum plus scent

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Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia ciratta)

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Common Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta vulgaris)

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Pleurocarp Moss (Mosses that form freely branched intricate mats) Medley

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Stem Leaf You can just see the twin nerve.

Big Shaggy-moss (Rytidiadelphus triquetrus) Recently renamed as Hylocomidiadelphus triquetrus.

A large bushy moss with irregularly branched red stems.

The leaves tend to point in a variety of directions. You can clearly this species in the medley photo above.

BBS Field Guide

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A very neat red stemmed moss. The leaves lie close to the stem.

Red-stemmed feather-moss ((Pleurozium schreberi)

BBS Field Guide

You can see this in the foreground of the medley above.

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Another red-stemmed species

Glittering Wood-moss (Hylocomnium splendens)

All of these were seen on the bank when we first went into the reserve.

BBS Field Guide

If you look carefully in the medly photo above you can find another two species we saw there.

Neat Feather-moss (Pseudoscleropodium purum) & Springy Turf-moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus)


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Rock Bristle-moss (Seligaria Sp)?

In
fact

Chalk Rock-bristle (Seligeria calcarea)

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Yellow Starry Feather-moss (Campylium stellatum)

BBS Field Guide

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Peltigera Sp?

Three Hills Reserve

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A windrow.

Lines across the field where the tree stumps of past plantations provide a slightly elevated micro habitat.

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Redshank seta and capsules. (Ceratadon purpureus)

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Common Whitlow Grass (Erophila verna)

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Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus)

More often not seen at night so very nice to find this one today.

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Mossy Stonecrop (Crassula tillaea) A rare native plant and Breckland speciality.

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Great Mullein Rosette? (Verbascum thapsus)?

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Male plants with modified leaves forming small terminal 'flowers'

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The hairs on the hair cap are particularly conspicuous here

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Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)

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The nerve extends to the tip of the phyllid and the cells are essentially square.

Olive Beard-moss (Didymodon tophaceus) ?

Having grown this on

it turned out to be

Redshank (Ceratodon purpureus)

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Rue-leaved Saxifrage rosette (Saxifraga tridactylites)

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Slime Mold Sp? & friend?

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Common Shepherd's-cress (Teesdalia naudicaulis)

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Common Stork's-bill Rosette (Erodium cicutarium)

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Dwarf Thistle Rosette (Cirsium acaule)

and

an unexpected

beautiful

extra one

from

just down the road

at

Rampart's Field

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Hoary Fringe-moss (Racomitrium cannescens)







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