2008 'Flowering now' photographs
December 2008: Cup Lichen, Cladonia, Liverwort, Lunularia and a bi-pinnnate form of Southern Polypody:
Some wildflowers in
December can be seen by following this link.
November 2008:
Below: Ivy, early flowering Three-cornered Garlic and Hogweed.
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November can be seen by following this link.
October 2008:
Below: Greater Celandine, the tiny flowers of Mudwort and Himalayan Balsam.
More wildflowers in
October can be seen by following this link.
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September 2008:
Below: Honeysuckle, Autumn Lady's-tresses and the seedheads of Traveller's-joy
More wildflowers in
September can be seen by following this link.
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August 2008:
Below: Dark-red Helleborine, Frog Orchid and Fragrant Orchid
More wildflowers in
August can be seen by following this link.
July 2008:
Below: Short-styled Field-rose, Birds-nest Orchid and Sherards Downy-rose.
More wildflowers in
July can be seen by following this link.
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June 2008:
Below: Sheeps-bit, hybrid Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza x dinglensis) and Irish Saxifrage
Below: Common Broomrape, Mountain Everlasting and Narrow-leaved Marsh Orchid
More wildflowers in
June can be seen by following this link.
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May 2008:
Early Purple Orchid, Common Butterwort and Large-flowered Butterwort
Below: Lords-and-ladies, Toothwort and Cowslips.
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May can be seen by following this link.
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April 2008:
Sea Storks-bill, Field Pansy and Green-winged Orchid.
Below: Common Dog-violet, a young frond of Hay-scented Buckler Fern and Wood Sorrel.
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April can be seen by following this link.
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March 2008:
Below: Bush Vetch, Ivy-leaved Speedwell (ssp.hederifolia) and the distinctive seedpods of Crested Field-speedwell.
Two from Barley Cove, Co.Cork - the nationally rare Early Sand-grass, and the seedpods of Whitlow-grass. Both plants were about 2.5cm. tall and would have been very easy to miss!
Below: A very early-flowering Musk Storksbill and the similar flowers of Butterbur and Winter Heliotrope. These two can be confused, but Butterbur produces its flowers before the leaves start to show.
More wildflowers in
March can be seen by following this link.
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Below: Some photographs taken in February 2008:
More wildflowers in
February can be seen by following this link.
Below: January 2008: Tunbridge Filmy-fern, Cascade Woods, Ballyvourney, Co.Cork
More wildflowers in
January can be seen by following this link.
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