_MICRO BOTANICS
_ A SELECTION OF VEGETATION PHOTOGRAPHED ON 19/03/17 (SPRING) AT BANK WELL, SILVERDALE
_Life has returned back to the once dredged pond
_ Salix vimnalis (Common Osier willow)
_ Willow in flower
_Caltha palustris (Marsh marigold)
_ buds have broken and golden yellow petals begin to appear
_ Angelica sylvestris (Wild angelica)
_ Buds have broken and white petals on long stems begin to appear
_Equisetum palustre (Marsh horsetail)
_ Tall erect or decumbent and bright green. Cone shaped buds are breaking from the tip
_ Hippuris vulgaris (Marestail)
_ Emerging from the water with bright green branched stems and tooth like buds
_ Iris Pseudacorus (Flag iris)
_ Bud broken and bright yellow, trumpet shaped flowers emerging
_ Myosotis scorpioides (Water forget-me-not)
_ Bud broken and small star shaped, lilac flowers blossoming
_Equisetum palustre (Marsh horsetail)
_ Tall erect or decumbent and bright green. Cone shaped buds are breaking from the tip
_ Dryopteris filix-mas (Male fern)
_ In full growth
_Equisetum palustre (Marsh horsetail)
_ Tall erect or decumbent and bright green. Cone shaped buds are breaking from the tip and branches are begining to form from toothed stem
_Glyceria fluitans (Floating sweet-grass)
_Various successive aquatics and marginals in spring growth
_Vast amounts of tadpoles displaying life in the low lying pond