Interesting Plant Records

2013

SBRS

Thanks to all recorders for the excellent response again this year

Many interesting new plants have been found in 2013, including refinds of old records, special plants at new sites, and plants new to Sussex. A

small selection follows but there will be a full list in newsletter.

West Sussex

VC13

Interesting records

Cephalanthera longifoliaNarrow-leaved Helleborine

Refind of Wolley-Dod site

Cephalanthera x schulzeiWhite x Narrow-leaved Helleborine

New site

Lavant Reservoir, Chalkpit Lane

Interesting records

Elatine hexandraSix-stamened Waterwort

Shillinglee LakeConfirmed still present here and at Folly

Pond, Forest Mere

Interesting records

Mentha pulegiumPennyroyal

Shottermill4th record since 2000. Probably native in

Sussex now only at Falmer pond

Clinopodium acinosBasil Thyme

Anchor BottomNew site. Only recorded from 6 tetrads since

2000 against 26 in the SPA

Interesting records

Geum x intermediumGeum rivale x urbanum

(Water Avens x Wood Avens)

Ratham Copse, West Ashling Refind of 1987 record. Only the second extant

site in Sussex

Interesting records

Scrophularia vernalisYellow Figwort

Henfield CommonNew tetrad and 3rd post-2000

record

Hieracium angustisquamum

Duncton lime kilnSecond site for this plant

Interesting records

Rubus norvicensis

Brandy Hole Copse, ChichesterNew to Sussex

Rubus arrheniiformis

Holly Hills, near Griggs GreenNew VCR for West Sussex

Interesting records

Cirsium dissectum

The Moors, HenfieldNew site for West Sussex

Crataegus submollisHairy Cockspurthorn

West DeanNew to Sussex

East Sussex

VC14

Interesting records

Chara hispidaBristly Stonewort

Refind of 100 year old record

Potamogeton coloratusFen Pondweed

Refind of 1953 record

Eastbourne – Tutt’s BarnJuncus subnodulosus

Blunt-flowered Rush

Refind of Wolley-Dod site

Interesting records

Cotoneaster vilmorinianusVilmorin's Cotoneaster

New to Sussex in 2012

Olearia solandriCoastal Daisy-bush

Self-sown in several places along seafront

Eastbourne introductions

Interesting records

Rubus x knappianusRubus cockburnianus x idaeus

White-stemmed Bramble x Raspberry

BrightonNew to science

Interesting records

Fumaria bastardiiTall Ramping-fumitory

Bexhill2nd Sussex record since 1959

Lepidium virginicumLeast Pepperwort

RyeOnly 2nd Sussex record since Wolley-Dod

Interesting records

X Dactyloglossum mixtum(Coeloglossum viride x Dactylorhiza fuchsii)

Frog Orchid x Common Spotted-orchid

EastbourneNew VCR for East Sussex

Thanks again for all you have done.

Any questions?

If your record isn’t here don’t worry! We can only show a small selection of the

many good finds this year but they are all important