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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.
