_MICRO BOTANICS

_ A SELECTION OF VEGETATION PHOTOGRAPHED ON 04/06/17 (SPRING/SUMMER) AT BANK WELL, SILVERDALE

_Phalaris australis (Common reed)

_ Deep green summer leaf blades breaking from stem

_ Iris Pseudacorus (Flag iris)

_ Bud broken and bright yellow, trumpet shaped flowers emerging

_ Angelica sylvestris (Wild angelica)

_ Buds have broken and white petals on long stems begin to appear

_ Lychnis flos-cuculi (Ragged robin)

_ Terminal clusters of star-shaped purple/pink in full flower

_ Ranunculus acris (Meadow buttercup)

_ In full bright yellow flower

_ Hippuris vulgaris (Marestail)

_ Emerging from the water with bright green branched stems and tooth like buds

_Phalaris australis (Common reed)

_Equisetum palustre (Marsh horsetail)

_ Tall erect or decumbent and bright green. Cone shaped buds are breaking from the tip