SOME RECENT SUFFOLK PLANT
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RECORDS
SIMPSON
For each record the following information is given: locality and habitat, Ordnance Survey 10km Square, vice-county, finder's name or initials (see key at end of article) and date of record. The comments are those of the Compilers, based in some cases on information supplied by the Anders. The nomenclature and order of the species are with very few exceptions those of Flora Europaea. The Compilers wish to thank the specialists who determined, or confirmed the identity of, specimens. Simpson's Flora ofSuffolk is used as the authority for claiming first or second County records, supplemented by the large number of records received since its publication. Stoneworts. (Det. Mrs J. A. Moore, 2-9/86.) Chara spp. Chara vulgaris L. (near var. papillata Wallr. ex A. Braun). Monks Eleigh, in small reservoir, TL94, v.c. 26, E M C , 30/9/85. Chara vulgaris L. (approaching var. contraria (A. Braun ex Kütz.) J. A. Moore). (C. contraria A. Braun ex Kütz. is given specific status by some authorities.) Market Weston, in fen pool, TL97, v.c. 26, E M H & FWS, 21/8/86. Chara globularis Thuill. (approaching var. virgata (Kütz.) R. D. Wood). Market Weston, in fen pools, TL97, v.c. 26, E M H & FWS, 21/8/86. Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw., Moonwort. Icklingham, five specimens on verge of Icknield Way, TL87, v.c. 26, FWS, 8/6/86. A decreasing species. No recent records from East Suffolk. See pp. 40-41. Thelypterispalustris Schott, Marsh Fern. Market Weston Fen, TL97, v.c. 26, IMV & E M - R , 23/6/85. Also recorded by FWS in 1985. A rare and decreasing fern in Suffolk. Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth, Hard Shield Fern. Stanton, several specimens in the Grundle. This species does not now appear to be as frequent as P. setiferum (Forsk.) Woynar, Soft Shield Fern. The fronds of P. aculeatum have a more glossy appearance as well as a harder texture. TL97, v.c. 26, FWS, 22/6/86. Also recorded from Creeting St. Mary, in a ditch under overhanging trees, TM05, v.c. 25, E M H , 30/7/84, and from Bungay, TM38, v.c. 25, G W M , 1982. Still there 1986. Salix cinerea L. ssp. oleifolia Macreight, Common Sallow. Aldringham, several bushes in fen, TM45, v.c. 25, E T D , 4/10/86. Conf. FWS. T h e r e is a doubtful record in the Flora for Aldeburgh and this find confirms its occurrence in the area. Juglans regia L., Walnut. West Stow, Single sapling in hedge, does not appear to have been planted, TL77, v.c. 26, FWS, 8/6/86. Trans. Suffolk Nat. Soc. 23