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  • Field Bird's Nest - Cyathus olla
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  • Field Bird's Nest - Cyathus olla
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  • FIELD WOUNDWORT Stachys arvensis (Lamiaceae) Height to 25cm. Variable, creeping or upright and slightly hairy annual. Grows in arable fields and on disturbed ground, mainly on sandy, acid soils. FLOWERS are 15-20mm long and pinkish, with purple markings; borne in open, leafy spikes (Apr-Oct). FRUITS are nutlets. LEAVES are oval, bluntly toothed and rather short-stalked. STATUS-Widespread and locally common in the S and W but scarce or absent elsewhere.
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  • FIELD PENNY-CRESS Thlaspi arvense (Brassicaceae) Height to 50cm. Annual that emits an unpleasant smell when crushed. Found in arable fields and on waste ground. FLOWERS are 4-6mm across with 4 white petals (May-Sep). FRUITS are rounded pods with a terminal notch. LEAVES comprise narrow, arrow-shaped leaves the clasp the upright stem; no basal rosette. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout.
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  • FIELD GROMWELL Lithospermum arvense (Boraginaceae) Height to 40cm. Upright, downy perennial that grows in arable fields and on dry, disturbed ground. FLOWERS are 3-4mm across, 5-lobed and white; borne in clusters (May-Aug). FRUITS are warty, brown nutlets. LEAVES are strap-shaped, blunter than those of Common Gromwell, and without prominent side veins. STATUS-Local, mainly in S and E England.
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  • FIELD GROMWELL Lithospermum arvense (Boraginaceae) Height to 40cm. Upright, downy perennial that grows in arable fields and on dry, disturbed ground. FLOWERS are 3-4mm across, 5-lobed and white; borne in clusters (May-Aug). FRUITS are warty, brown nutlets. LEAVES are strap-shaped, blunter than those of Common Gromwell, and without prominent side veins. STATUS-Local, mainly in S and E England.
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  • FIELD PEPPERWORT Lepidium campestre (Brassicaceae) Height to 50cm. Grey-green hairy annual. Found on dry, bare soil and arable fields, especially in the S. FLOWERS are 2-3mm across with 4 white petals and yellow anthers; in dense heads (May-Aug). FRUITS are oval, notched pods. LEAVES comprise oval, untoothed basal leaves and arrow-shaped, clasping ones on stem.
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  • Panoramic of Merton College and the Oxford skyline across Merton College playing field, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Panoramic of Merton College and the Oxford skyline across Merton College playing field, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • FIELD PEPPERWORT Lepidium campestre (Brassicaceae) Height to 50cm. Grey-green hairy annual. Found on dry, bare soil and arable fields, especially in the S. FLOWERS are 2-3mm across with 4 white petals and yellow anthers; in dense heads (May-Aug). FRUITS are oval, notched pods. LEAVES comprise oval, untoothed basal leaves and arrow-shaped, clasping ones on stem. STATUS-Widespread and locally common.
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  • COMMON FIELD-SPEEDWELL Veronica persica (Scrophulariaceae) Prostrate. Straggling, hairy and branched annual with reddish stems. Grows on bare soil, cultivated arable fields and disturbed ground. FLOWERS are 6-8mm across, the corolla 4-lobed and mainly pale blue, but with white on the lower lip; solitary and borne on rather long, slender stalks that arise from the leaf axils (Jan-Dec). FRUITS are broad, flattened capsules, with keeled lobes. LEAVES are pale green, oval, toothed and borne in pairs. STATUS-Probably not native but now widespread and common.
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  • Field Maple - Acer campestre, on ancient woodland boundary, Stoke Wood, Oxfordshire.
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  • COMMON FIELD-SPEEDWELL Veronica persica (Scrophulariaceae) Prostrate. Straggling, hairy and branched annual with reddish stems. Grows on bare soil, cultivated arable fields and disturbed ground. FLOWERS are 6-8mm across, the corolla 4-lobed and mainly pale blue, but with white on the lower lip; solitary and borne on rather long, slender stalks that arise from the leaf axils (Jan-Dec). FRUITS are broad, flattened capsules, with keeled lobes. LEAVES are pale green, oval, toothed and borne in pairs. STATUS-Probably not native but now widespread and common.
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  • Field Pansy - Viola arvensis
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  • Field Earthstar - Geastrum campestre
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  • Farmer ploughing field with tractor
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  • Oil-seed rape field at Langham Norfolk
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  • PALE PERSICARIA Persicaria lapathifolia (Polygonaceae) Height to 60cm. Upright or sprawling annual. Similar to Redshank but stems are usually greenish and hairy. Found on disturbed ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are greenish white and borne in terminal spikes (Jun-Oct). FRUITS are nut-like. LEAVES are narrow and oval. STATUS-Widespread and generally common throughout.
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  • REDSHANK Persicaria maculosa (Polygonaceae) Height to 60cm. Upright or sprawling hairless annual with much-branched reddish stems. Found on disturbed ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are pink and borne in terminal spikes (Jun-Oct). FRUITS are nut-like. LEAVES are narrow and oval, and usually show a dark central mark. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout.
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  • COMMON FIELD-SPEEDWELL Veronica persica (Scrophulariaceae) Prostrate. Straggling, hairy and branched annual with reddish stems. Grows on bare soil, cultivated arable fields and disturbed ground. FLOWERS are 6-8mm across, the corolla 4-lobed and mainly pale blue, but with white on the lower lip; solitary and borne on rather long, slender stalks that arise from the leaf axils (Jan-Dec). FRUITS are broad, flattened capsules, with keeled lobes. LEAVES are pale green, oval, toothed and borne in pairs. STATUS-Probably not native but now widespread and common.
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  • PARSLEY-PIERT Aphanes arvensis (Rosaceae) Creeping<br />
Easily overlooked, greyish green downy annual. Found on dry, bare ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are minute, petal-less and green; borne in dense, unstalked clusters along stems (Apr-Oct). FRUITS are dry and papery. LEAVES are fan-shaped, deeply divided into 3 lobes and parsley-like. STATUS-Widespread and generally common.
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  • Field Earthstar - Geastrum campestre
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  • Field Earthstar - Geastrum campestre
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  • Tractor and pan buster in field
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  • Young maize crop in field
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  • PARSLEY-PIERT Aphanes arvensis (Rosaceae) Creeping<br />
 Easily overlooked, greyish green downy annual. Found on dry, bare ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are minute, petal-less and green; borne in dense, unstalked clusters along stems (Apr-Oct). FRUITS are dry and papery. LEAVES are fan-shaped, deeply divided into 3 lobes and parsley-like. STATUS-Widespread and generally common.
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  • BROAD-LEAVED DOCK Rumex obtusifolius (Polygonaceae) Height to 1m. Familiar upright perennial of field margins and disturbed meadows. FLOWERS are borne in loose spikes that are leafy at the base (Jun-Aug). FRUITS have prominent teeth and 1 tubercle. LEAVES are broadly oval, heart-shaped at the base and up to 25cm long. STATUS-Widespread and extremely common throughout.
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  • MOUSETAIL Myosurus minimus (Ranunculaceae) Height to 10cm. Tufted and inconspicuous annual of arable field margins, often on sandy soil. FLOWERS are long-stalked and 5mm across, with yellowish green petals and sepals (Mar-Jul). FRUITS are elongate, plantain-like and up to 7cm long. LEAVES are narrow and grass-like. STATUS-Scarce and declining, mainly in S England.
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  • CRETAN MALLOW Lavatera cretica (Malvaceae). Height to 75cm. Similar to Common Mallow but flowers are smaller with narrower petals that are rather waxy-transparent (May-July, and again in autumn). Occurs on the Isles of Scilly and grows in field margins and disturbed ground, particularly around Old Town on St Mary's
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  • RED BARTSIA Odontites vernus (Scrophulariaceae) Height to 40cm. Straggly, branched and downy annual with stems often tinged reddish. Semi-parasitic on the roots of other plants. Grows on disturbed ground, tracks and verges, and in arable field margins. FLOWERS are 8-10mm long, the corolla pinkish purple and 2-lipped, the lower lip 3-lobed; borne in 1-sided, elongated and slightly curved spikes (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are narrow, toothed, unstalked and borne in opposite pairs. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout the region.
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  • LARKSPUR Consolida ajacis. Height to 30cm. Downy annual that is occasionally found in arable field margins. Flowers bluish, comprising 5 petal-like sepals and a long, backward-pointing spur; in loose spikes (June-Aug). Fruits dry, many-seeded. Leaves deeply divided into palmate lobes. Staus introduced (often grown in gardens) and occasional.
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  • REDSHANK Persicaria maculosa (Polygonaceae) Height to 60cm. Upright or sprawling hairless annual with much-branched reddish stems. Found on disturbed ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are pink and borne in terminal spikes (Jun-Oct). FRUITS are nut-like. LEAVES are narrow and oval, and usually show a dark central mark. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout.
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  • PALE PERSICARIA Persicaria lapathifolia (Polygonaceae) Height to 60cm. Upright or sprawling annual. Similar to Redshank but stems are usually greenish and hairy. Found on disturbed ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are greenish white and borne in terminal spikes (Jun-Oct). FRUITS are nut-like. LEAVES are narrow and oval. STATUS-Widespread and generally common throughout.
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  • MEDIUM-FLOWERED WINTER-CRESS Barbarea intermedia (Brassicaceae) Height to 80cm. Upright, hairless perennial of waste ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are 5-6mm across with 4 yellow petals; borne in terminal heads (Mar-Aug). FRUITS are long, narrow and 4-sided pods. LEAVES are dark green and shiny; all the leaves are lobed. STATUS-Introduced, occasional but seemingly increasing.
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  • MEDIUM-FLOWERED WINTER-CRESS Barbarea intermedia (Brassicaceae) Height to 80cm. Upright, hairless perennial of waste ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are 5-6mm across with 4 yellow petals; borne in terminal heads (Mar-Aug). FRUITS are long, narrow and 4-sided pods. LEAVES are dark green and shiny; all the leaves are lobed. STATUS-Introduced, occasional but seemingly increasing.
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  • TREACLE-MUSTARD Erysimum cheiranthoides (Brassicaceae)  Height to 90cm. Slender, upright annual with angled stems. Found on waste ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are 6-10mm across, the 4 yellow petals longer than the sepals; borne in terminal clusters (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are 25mm long and slender. LEAVES are shallowly-lobed and narrow.
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  • PARSLEY-PIERT Aphanes arvensis (Rosaceae) Creeping<br />
Easily overlooked, greyish green downy annual. Found on dry, bare ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are minute, petal-less and green; borne in dense, unstalked clusters along stems (Apr-Oct). FRUITS are dry and papery. LEAVES are fan-shaped, deeply divided into 3 lobes and parsley-like. STATUS-Widespread and generally common.
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  • Tractor rolling field for hay production in spring
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Short-tailed Vole (Field Vole) Microtus agrestis Length 11-16cm Locally abundant grassland rodent. Makes network of concealed surface runways and tunnels just below surface of soil, or through compacted roots of grasses. Diet comprises mainly grass roots. Adult has plump body and a relatively shorter tail and smaller ears than Bank Vole. Coat colour is mainly grey brown, palest on chest and belly. Utters shrill squeaks in alarm. Common in grassy habitats ranging from lowland meadows to upland moors. Widespread but absent from Ireland and most islands.
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  • Agricultural field, Test Valley, Hampshire
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  • Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis
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  • Field Fleawort - Tephroseris integrifolia<br />
subsp tundricola, Varanger, Norway
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  • Field Maple - Acer campestre, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Field Maple - Acer campestre, spring leaf burst, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Aerial vew of arable field, Hampshire
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  • Barley Field in the Test Valley, Whitchurch, Hampshire
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  • Barley Field in the Test Valley, Whitchurch, Hampshire
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  • Tractor rolling field for hay production in spring
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  • Tractor driven by female farm worker rolling field for hay production in spring in Southern England
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  • Tractor rolling field for hay production in spring
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  • Tractor rolling field for hay production in spring
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  • Tractor rolling field for hay production in spring
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  • Tractor rolling field for hay production in spring
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  • Tractor rolling field for hay production in spring
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  • Photograph showing farmer driving tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Photograph showing farmer driving tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Photograph showing farmer driving tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Photograph showing farmer driving tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Photograph showing farmer driving tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Close up of wheat ears in crop field
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  • Close up of wheat ears in crop field
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  • Summer wheat field
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  • Summer wheat field
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  • Summer wheat field
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  • Summer wheat field
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  • Summer field of ripening wheat, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Summer field of ripening wheat, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Footpath alongside arable crop field of ripening wheat, Berkshire, Uk
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  • BROAD-LEAVED DOCK Rumex obtusifolius (Polygonaceae) Height to 1m. Familiar upright perennial of field margins and disturbed meadows. FLOWERS are borne in loose spikes that are leafy at the base (Jun-Aug). FRUITS have prominent teeth and 1 tubercle. LEAVES are broadly oval, heart-shaped at the base and up to 25cm long. STATUS-Widespread and extremely common throughout.
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  • BROAD-LEAVED DOCK Rumex obtusifolius (Polygonaceae) Height to 1m. Familiar upright perennial of field margins and disturbed meadows. FLOWERS are borne in loose spikes that are leafy at the base (Jun-Aug). FRUITS have prominent teeth and 1 tubercle. LEAVES are broadly oval, heart-shaped at the base and up to 25cm long. STATUS-Widespread and extremely common throughout.
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  • BRECKLAND SPEEDWELL Veronica praecox (Height to 10cm) is a tiny annual. It is rather similar to Wall Speedwell but has rounded, toothed leaves and tiny, blue flowers borne on slender axillary stalks (Mar-Jun). It is a rare plant of unsprayed field margins in the Brecks.
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  • MOUSETAIL Myosurus minimus (Ranunculaceae) Height to 10cm. Tufted and inconspicuous annual of arable field margins, often on sandy soil. FLOWERS are long-stalked and 5mm across, with yellowish green petals and sepals (Mar-Jul). FRUITS are elongate, plantain-like (see ppxxx-xxx) and up to 7cm long. LEAVES are narrow and grass-like. STATUS-Scarce and declining, mainly in S England.
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  • PARSLEY-PIERT Aphanes arvensis (Rosaceae) Creeping<br />
Easily overlooked, greyish green downy annual. Found on dry, bare ground and arable field margins. FLOWERS are minute, petal-less and green; borne in dense, unstalked clusters along stems (Apr-Oct). FRUITS are dry and papery. LEAVES are fan-shaped, deeply divided into 3 lobes and parsley-like. STATUS-Widespread and generally common.
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  • FINGERED SPEEDWELL Veronica triphyllos (Scrophulariaceae) Height to 10cm. Also rather similar to Wall Speedwell but note the palmately divided leaves, the lobes of which fancifully resemble fingers. The flowers are tiny and blue and bourne on slender stalks (Apr-July). It is a rare plant of unsprayed field margins in the Brecks.
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  • SMALLER TREE-MALLOW (CRETAN MALLOW) Lavatera cretica (Malvaceae). Height to 75cm. Similar to Common Mallow but flowers are smaller with narrower petals that are rather waxy-transparent (May-July, and again in autumn). Occurs on the Isles of Scilly and grows in field margins and disturbed ground, particularly around Old Town on St Mary's
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  • SMALLER TREE-MALLOW (CRETAN MALLOW) Lavatera cretica (Malvaceae). Height to 75cm. Similar to Common Mallow but flowers are smaller with narrower petals that are rather waxy-transparent (May-July, and again in autumn). Occurs on the Isles of Scilly and grows in field margins and disturbed ground, particularly around Old Town on St Mary's
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  • Short-tailed Vole (Field Vole) Microtus agrestis Length 11-16cm Locally abundant grassland rodent. Makes network of concealed surface runways and tunnels just below surface of soil, or through compacted roots of grasses. Diet comprises mainly grass roots. Adult has plump body and a relatively shorter tail and smaller ears than Bank Vole. Coat colour is mainly grey brown, palest on chest and belly. Utters shrill squeaks in alarm. Common in grassy habitats ranging from lowland meadows to upland moors. Widespread but absent from Ireland and most islands.
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  • Short-tailed Vole (Field Vole) Microtus agrestis Length 11-16cm Locally abundant grassland rodent. Makes network of concealed surface runways and tunnels just below surface of soil, or through compacted roots of grasses. Diet comprises mainly grass roots. Adult has plump body and a relatively shorter tail and smaller ears than Bank Vole. Coat colour is mainly grey brown, palest on chest and belly. Utters shrill squeaks in alarm. Common in grassy habitats ranging from lowland meadows to upland moors. Widespread but absent from Ireland and most islands.
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  • Short-tailed Vole (Field Vole) Microtus agrestis Length 11-16cm Locally abundant grassland rodent. Makes network of concealed surface runways and tunnels just below surface of soil, or through compacted roots of grasses. Diet comprises mainly grass roots. Adult has plump body and a relatively shorter tail and smaller ears than Bank Vole. Coat colour is mainly grey brown, palest on chest and belly. Utters shrill squeaks in alarm. Common in grassy habitats ranging from lowland meadows to upland moors. Widespread but absent from Ireland and most islands.
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  • Short-tailed Vole (Field Vole) Microtus agrestis Length 11-16cm Locally abundant grassland rodent. Makes network of concealed surface runways and tunnels just below surface of soil, or through compacted roots of grasses. Diet comprises mainly grass roots. Adult has plump body and a relatively shorter tail and smaller ears than Bank Vole. Coat colour is mainly grey brown, palest on chest and belly. Utters shrill squeaks in alarm. Common in grassy habitats ranging from lowland meadows to upland moors. Widespread but absent from Ireland and most islands.
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  • Xanthoria parietina - on tree bark (Field Maple)
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  • Field Gentian - Gentianella campestris
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  • Modern Agricultural field
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  • The Kicking Horse river valley at Field, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Field Gentian - Gentianella campestris
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  • The Kicking Horse river valley at Field, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
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  • GREY FIELD-SPEEDWELL Veronica polita (Scrophulariaceae) Prostrate. Straggling, hairy and branched perennial. Similar to Common Field-speedwell; note differences in flower and leaf colour. Grows in cultivated ground, often on chalky soil. FLOWERS are 8-12mm across, the corolla 4-lobed and entirely blue; solitary and borne on stalks arising from leaf axils (Mar-Nov). FRUITS are flattened and broad capsules with rounded lobes. LEAVES are grey-green, oval, deeply toothed and paired. STATUS-Widespread and fairly common throughout the region, least so in the N.
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  • GREY FIELD-SPEEDWELL Veronica polita (Scrophulariaceae) Prostrate. Straggling, hairy and branched perennial. Similar to Common Field-speedwell; note differences in flower and leaf colour. Grows in cultivated ground, often on chalky soil. FLOWERS are 8-12mm across, the corolla 4-lobed and entirely blue; solitary and borne on stalks arising from leaf axils (Mar-Nov). FRUITS are flattened and broad capsules with rounded lobes. LEAVES are grey-green, oval, deeply toothed and paired. STATUS-Widespread and fairly common throughout the region, least so in the N.
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  • Ploughing the fields at sunset in Norfolk, UK
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  • Ploughing the fields at sunset in Norfolk, UK
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