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  • BURNET ROSE Rosa pimpinellifolia (Rosaceae) Height to 50cm. Clump-forming shrub with suckers and stems that bear numerous straight thorns and stiff bristles. Associated mainly with sand dunes, calcareous grasslands, limestone pavements and heaths. FLOWERS are 3-5cm across with 5 creamy white petals; usually solitary (May-Jul). FRUITS are spherical, 5-6mm across and purplish black when ripe. LEAVES comprise 7-11 oval leaflets. STATUS-Widespread but only locally common.
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  • DOG’S MERCURY Mercurialis perennis (Euphorbiaceae) Height to 35cm. Hairy, creeping perennial with a foetid smell. Found in woodlands (sometimes forms carpets); also in limestone pavements. FLOWERS are yellowish are rather tiny; in open spikes on separate sex plants (Feb-Apr). FRUITS are hairy. LEAVES are oval, shiny and toothed. STATUS-Widespread and generally common but scarce in N Scotland and Ireland.
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  • DOG’S MERCURY Mercurialis perennis (Euphorbiaceae) Height to 35cm. Hairy, creeping perennial with a foetid smell. Found in woodlands (sometimes forms carpets); also in limestone pavements. FLOWERS are yellowish are rather tiny; in open spikes on separate sex plants (Feb-Apr). FRUITS are hairy. LEAVES are oval, shiny and toothed. STATUS-Widespread and generally common but scarce in N Scotland and Ireland.
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  • DOG’S MERCURY Mercurialis perennis (Euphorbiaceae) Height to 35cm. Hairy, creeping perennial with a foetid smell. Found in woodlands (sometimes forms carpets); also in limestone pavements. FLOWERS are yellowish are rather tiny; in open spikes on separate sex plants (Feb-Apr). FRUITS are hairy. LEAVES are oval, shiny and toothed. STATUS-Widespread and generally common but scarce in N Scotland and Ireland.
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  • DOG’S MERCURY Mercurialis perennis (Euphorbiaceae) Height to 35cm. Hairy, creeping perennial with a foetid smell. Found in woodlands (sometimes forms carpets); also in limestone pavements. FLOWERS are yellowish are rather tiny; in open spikes on separate sex plants (Feb-Apr). FRUITS are hairy. LEAVES are oval, shiny and toothed. STATUS-Widespread and generally common but scarce in N Scotland and Ireland.
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  • BURNET ROSE Rosa pimpinellifolia (Rosaceae) Height to 50cm. Clump-forming shrub with suckers and stems that bear numerous straight thorns and stiff bristles. Associated mainly with sand dunes, calcareous grasslands, limestone pavements and heaths. FLOWERS are 3-5cm across with 5 creamy white petals; usually solitary (May-Jul). FRUITS are spherical, 5-6mm across and purplish black when ripe. LEAVES comprise 7-11 oval leaflets. STATUS-Widespread but only locally common.
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  • Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis, Stoke Woods, Bicester, Oxfordshire owned by the Woodland Trust
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  • Dog's-mercury - Mercurialis perennis
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  • BURNET ROSE Rosa pimpinellifolia (Rosaceae) Height to 50cm<br />
Clump-forming shrub with suckers and stems that bear numerous straight thorns and stiff bristles. Associated mainly with sand dunes, calcareous grasslands, limestone pavements and heaths. FLOWERS are 3-5cm across with 5 creamy white petals; usually solitary (May-Jul). FRUITS are spherical, 5-6mm across and purplish black when ripe. LEAVES comprise 7-11 oval leaflets.
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  • BLOODY CRANE’S-BILL Geranium sanguineum (Geraniaceae) Height to 25cm<br />
Clump-forming perennial found in calcareous grassland and limestone pavements. FLOWERS are 2-3cm across and 5 deep reddish purple; solitary on long stalks (Jun-Aug). FRUITS end in a long ‘beak’. LEAVES are deeply divided, almost to the base, into 5-7 lobes.
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  • LIMESTONE PAVEMENT AND GRASSLAND<br />
MALHAM COVE, YORKSHIRE
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  • Limestone Pavement Damage, Carnforth, UK
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  • Limestone Pavement near Ingleborough, Yorkshire, UK
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  • Limestone pavement, Yorkshire Dales, UK
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  • LIMESTONE PAVEMENT
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  • Limestone Pavement, Malham Tarn, Yorkshire, UK
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  • Hartstongue Fern - Phyllytis scolopendrium
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  • Rusty-back Fern - Ceterach officanarum
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  • Bird Cherry Prunus padus Rosaceae Height to 17m <br />
Deciduous tree, domed with age. Bark Smooth, dark grey-brown; unpleasant smell if rubbed. Branches Mostly ascending, with downy twigs. Leaves Elliptical, to 10cm long, toothed, tapering at tip. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 5-petalled, in 15cm-long spikes. Fruits to 8mm long, shiny black. Status Local, mainly on limestone in N; also widely planted.
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  • Bloody Crane's-bill - Geranium sanguineum
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  • Bloody Crane's-bill - Geranium sanguineum
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  • ANGULAR SOLOMON’S SEAL Polygonatum odoratum (Liliaceae) Height to 50cm. Creeping perennial with angled, arching stems. Grows on rocky ground, mainly on limestone, sometimes in limestone pavements. FLOWERS are bell-shaped, not waisted, and white; in clusters of 1-2, arising from leaf axils (May-Jun). FRUITS are blackish berries. LEAVES are ovate and alternate. STATUS-Local, mainly in N and NW England.
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  • BURNET ROSE Rosa pimpinellifolia (Rosaceae) Height to 50cm. Clump-forming shrub with suckers and stems that bear numerous straight thorns and stiff bristles. Associated mainly with sand dunes, calcareous grasslands, limestone pavements and heaths. FLOWERS are 3-5cm across with 5 creamy white petals; usually solitary (May-Jul). FRUITS are spherical, 5-6mm across and purplish black when ripe. LEAVES comprise 7-11 oval leaflets. STATUS-Widespread but only locally common.
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  • BANEBERRY Actaea spicata (Ranunculaceae)  Height to 70cm. Robust and hairless perennial of woodland (typically Ash) on limestone, and limestone pavements. FLOWERS are white and feathery with 4-6 petals; borne in spikes (May-Jun). FRUITS are berries (green at first but ripening black). LEAVES are pinnately divided into toothed lobes. STATUS-Local, restricted to N England.
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  • BURNET ROSE Rosa pimpinellifolia (Rosaceae) Height to 50cm. Clump-forming shrub with suckers and stems that bear numerous straight thorns and stiff bristles. Associated mainly with sand dunes, calcareous grasslands, limestone pavements and heaths. FLOWERS are 3-5cm across with 5 creamy white petals; usually solitary (May-Jul). FRUITS are spherical, 5-6mm across and purplish black when ripe. LEAVES comprise 7-11 oval leaflets. STATUS-Widespread but only locally common.
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