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ANDREW CLEAVE { 71 images } Created 24 Jan 2014

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  • Five-spot Burnet - Zygaena trifolii
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  • Sea Spleenwort - Asplenium marinum
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  • Sea Spleenwort - Asplenium marinum
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  • Golden Hair Lichen - Teloschistes flavicans
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  • Black Spleenwort - Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
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  • Sea Spleenwort - Asplenium marinum
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  • Polypody - Polypodium vulgare - Lundy stone wall
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  • THRIFT Armeria maritima (Plumbaginaceae) Height to 20cm<br />
Attractive, cushion-forming perennial that often carpets suitable coastal cliffs. Sometimes also grows in saltmarshes and, to a lesser extent, it is also found on a few mountain tops. FLOWERS are pink and borne in dense, globular heads, 15-25mm across, that are borne on slender stalks (Apr-Jul). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are dark green, long and narrow. STATUS-Widespread and locally abundant; mainly coastal.
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  • Thrift - Armeria maritima - Lundy, north end.  Height to 20cm<br />
Attractive, cushion-forming perennial that often carpets suitable coastal cliffs. Sometimes also grows in saltmarshes and, to a lesser extent, it is also found on a few mountain tops. FLOWERS are pink and borne in dense, globular heads, 15-25mm across, that are borne on slender stalks (Apr-Jul). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are dark green, long and narrow. STATUS-Widespread and locally abundant; mainly coastal.
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  • Thrift - Armeria maritima (Plumbaginaceae) - West side of Lundy, Devon. Height to 20cm. Attractive, cushion-forming perennial that often carpets suitable coastal cliffs. Sometimes also grows in saltmarshes and, to a lesser extent, it is also found on a few mountain tops. FLOWERS are pink and borne in dense, globular heads, 15-25mm across, that are borne on slender stalks (Apr-Jul). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are dark green, long and narrow. STATUS-Widespread and locally abundant; mainly coastal.
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  • St Helen's Church, Lundy, Devon
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  • Feral Goat Capra hircus Shoulder height 60-90cm Familiar domesticated animal. Feral populations established in several locations. Sure-footed on steep, broken terrain. Adult Feral Goat is shorter and stockier than domesticated forms. Coat is long, shaggy and variably coloured, often piebald mixture of grey, black and whitish. Male (billy) is larger and bulkier than female (nanny) and has recurved, ringed horns that increase in size with age. Many have a ‘beard’ and tassles on chin. Female is smaller than male, with shorter horns. Juvenile (kid) lacks horns. Voice Utters a warning whistle. Females summon their kids by bleating. Domesticated for more than 10,000 years, prized for its hair, milk, hide and meat. Probably brought to Britain by first Neolithic human settlers.
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  • St Helen's Church, Lundy, Devon
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  • Feral Goat - Capra hircus - Lundy. Shoulder height 60-90cm Familiar domesticated animal. Feral populations established in several locations. Sure-footed on steep, broken terrain. Adult Feral Goat is shorter and stockier than domesticated forms. Coat is long, shaggy and variably coloured, often piebald mixture of grey, black and whitish. Male (billy) is larger and bulkier than female (nanny) and has recurved, ringed horns that increase in size with age. Many have a ‘beard’ and tassles on chin. Female is smaller than male, with shorter horns. Juvenile (kid) lacks horns. Voice Utters a warning whistle. Females summon their kids by bleating. Domesticated for more than 10,000 years, prized for its hair, milk, hide and meat. Probably brought to Britain by first Neolithic human settlers.
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  • North Light, Lundy, Devon
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  • SEA CAMPION Silene uniflora (Caryophyllaceae) Height to 20cm. Cushion-forming perennial that is confined to coastal habitats, notably cliffs and shingle beaches. FLOWERS are white and 20-25mm across, with overlapping petals; borne on upright stems (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are capules. LEAVES are grey-green, waxy and fleshy. STATUS-Widespread and locally common around the coast.
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  • SEA CAMPION Silene uniflora (Caryophyllaceae) Height to 20cm. Cushion-forming perennial that is confined to coastal habitats, notably cliffs and shingle beaches. FLOWERS are white and 20-25mm across, with overlapping petals; borne on upright stems (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are capules. LEAVES are grey-green, waxy and fleshy. STATUS-Widespread and locally common around the coast.
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  • Round-leaved Crowfoot - Ranunculus omiophyllus (Ranunculaceae) Floating. Creeping annual or biennial. Favours damp, muddy places, often water seepages. FLOWERS are 8-12mm across and comprise 5 white petals, twice as long as sepals (May-Aug). FRUITS are borne in rounded heads. LEAVES are lobed and rounded.
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  • North Light, Lundy, Devon
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  • The Old Light, Lundy, Devon
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  • Rocket Pole pond, Lundy, Devon
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  • Lundy, Devon with Tibbett's in background
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  • Lundy, Devon with Tibbett's in background
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  • HEATHER Calluna vulgaris (Ericaceae) Height to 50cm<br />
 Dense, evergreen undershrub that is also known as Ling. A characteristic plant of acids soils on heath and moors on all but the wettest terrain. Also occurs in mature conifer woodland. FLOWERS are 4-5mm, bell-shaped and usually pink but sometimes white; borne in spikes (Aug-Sep). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are short, narrow and borne in 4 rows along the stem. STATUS-Widespread and locally abundant throughout the region. In many heathland and moorland areas it is the dominant plant.
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  • Cross-leaved heath - Erica tetralix (Ericaceae) Height to 30cm. Downy, grey-green undershrub that favours damp, acid soils. It is the characteristic plant of the waterlogged margins of many heathland and moorland bogs. FLOWERS are 6-7mm long, rather globular and pink; borne in rather compact, terminal and 1-sides clusters (Jun-Oct). FRUITS are downy capsules. LEAVES are narrow, fringed with hairs and borne in whorls of 4 along the stems. STATUS-Widespread and locally common throughout the region, but always in wetter locations than Ling or Bell Heather.
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