Due to unforeseen circumstances we have decided to postpone the summer picnic we had planned for the 23rd June 2024. We were really looking forward to this and are sorry to disappoint those who were planning to attend. A new date will be sent out once we've been able to reschedule so please look out for future LCO newsletters.
This month we completed our first biodiversity audit of the flora found at the Orchard. The survey recorded twenty-eight varieties of flowers and eight varieties of grasses! We've listed the results from the audit and a few photos below. Have you been to the Orchard recently and if so, have you spotted any that we might have missed?
- Wood avens/Herb bennet (Geum urbanum)
- Small balsam (Impatiens parvaflora)
- Blackberry/bramble (Rubus fruticosus)
- Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
- Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
- Red Campion (Silene dioica)
- White clover (Trifolium repens)
- Common cornsalad (Valeriana locusta)
- Long-stalked Cranesbill (Geranium columbinum)
- Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
- Dog rose (Rosa caninus)
- Eyebright (Euphrasia)
- Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis)
- Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
- Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
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- Hogweed (Heracleum sibiricum)
- Garlic mustard/ Jack-in-the-hedge (Allaria petiolata)
- Elder (Sambucus nigra)
- Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
- Sticky jack/common cleavers (Galium aparine)
- Lesser stitchwort (Stellaria graminea)
- Common sorrel (Rumex acitosa)
- Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense)
- Germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
- Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
- Vervain (Verbena officinalis)
- Broad-leaved willow herb (Epilobium montanum)
- Common male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)
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- Crested Dog’s Tail
- Fescue
- Meadow grass, smooth
- Perennial Rye-grass
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- Sedge or rush
- Sweet Vernal
- Timothy
- Yorkshire Fog
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