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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 182 | | Date Entered | 08/05/2011 | | Updated on | 08/05/2011 | | Recorded by | Tim Laurie | | Category | Flower / Plant Record | | Record Type | Botanical HER | | Site Access | Public Access Land | | Record Date | 02/05/2011 | | Location | Fell End | | Civil Parish | Marrick | | Brit. National Grid | Hidden | | Altitude | 460m | | Geology | Lead mining ground | | Record Name | Spring sandwort. Minuartia verna on lead mining ground. | | Record Description | Although abundant on lead mine spoil heaps and in short grassland over carboniferous limestone of the Pennines,Spring sandwort is scarce nationally and is listed as a scarce plant in Britain ( Stewart,A. Pearmain, D.a. and Preston, C.D. 1994.'Scarce Plants in Britain'. BSBI,JNCC.) Spring sandwort is regarded as a metalophyte ie it is tolerant of high levels of heavy metal, being one of the only plants to colonise areas heavily contaminated with lead and zinc.
In the Pennines, Spring sandwort may be found with the rare Alpine Pennycress and with the tiny Moonwort Fern.
Modern digital photography makes the photographing of these very small plants easy and it is recommended that the zoom is used to view the flowers at close hand. | | Image 1 ID | 631 Click image to enlarge | | Image 1 Description | Spring sandwort, Minuatia verna, on lead mining ground at Fell End. Photographed by Eileen Laurie. |  |
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