Hard Shield Fern
Today Peachysteve and I walked up the stream in one of the steep-sided cloughs in Henacre Wood at the Queensbury end of Shibden Valley.
We were looking to record the location of the Soft Shield Fern Laurence and I saw earlier in the year.
We missed the Soft Shield Fern but found a Hard Shield Fern on the other side
Collecting a specimen involved a bit of ‘extreme botanising’ from Peachysteve
Polystichum aculeatum, a specialist of damp wooded gorges.
The first I’ve seen and a nice one to add to the list
Julian Birkhead








The above is Sowbread, also known as Cyclamen hederifolium.
Above, is Wild Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum.
Is this Common Knapweed or Greater Knapweed?
I was rather amazed to find this Scented Mayweed Matricaria chamomilla.
Then this is Feverfew Tanecetum parthenium.
Then finally to finish up, White Stonecrop Sedum album.