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contain some 90% of the currently knownBritish population of this species.It is described by David & Kelcey (1985) asbeing common in northern Europe and Russia.In Shropshire it occurs in CG2d Festuca ovina-Avenula pratensis grassland, Dicranumscoparium subcommunity. For now theShropshire populations seem to be secure andthriving.Carex x pseudoaxillaris K. Richt.(Carex otrubae × remota)Native. Extinct (1901).There is a report in the Record of Bare Factsfor the year 1901 that there is a specimen ofthis hybrid collected at Llynclys Pool (SJ2824)in the herbarium of a certain Miss Lloyd. Nofurther details are known. Also in 1901 theschoolteacher Edward Cleminshaw apparentlycollected it on the Leominster Canal (SO6670).Carex viridula ssp. brachyrrhyncha(Celak.) B. SchmidLong-stalked Yellow-sedgeNative. Extinct (1989).Of the three subspecies of yellow sedge, ssp.oedocarpa occurs in acid upland flushes and iscommon in Shropshire, ssp. brachyr-rhynchaoccurs in lowland calcareous flushes and israre, and ssp. viridula occurs on the margins ofneutral pools, and is also rare.Carex viridula ssp. brachyrrhyncha was firstrecorded in the county by Sinker at Crose Mere(SJ4430) in 1960. It has since been seen thereby Keith Bell (1976), Martin Wigginton(1979), Chris Walker (1980) Ian Trueman(1984) and Frank Perring (1989). It grew in thefen at the south-east end of the mere, whichbecame very overgrown after it was fenced offfor its own protection, and it has not been seensince then despite many searches. Records ofthis plant at Trefonen Marshes (SJ2426) areconsidered to be errors for C. viridula ssp.oedocarpa.Carex viridula Michx. ssp. viridulaSmall-fruited Yellow-sedgeNative. Extinct (1997).This is a very westerly species in Britain, beingcommon in the west of Scotland and around thecoast. There it often grows in dune slacks andon the edges of salt marshes. Its only site inShropshire was an example of an alternativehabitat type – the bare margins of fluctuatingfresh water bodies. It was discovered at BrownMoss (SJ5639) in 1963 by Charles Sinker, butwas then thought to have gone extinct until itwas refound by Trueman in 1985. It persisteduntil 1997 (Whild) until encroachment bywillow scrub led to its demise through acombination of shading and changing thesubstrate through the deposition of leaf litter.This species is a component of the OV35Lythrum portula-Ranunculus flammulacommunity and is therefore an indicator ofgood habitat quality, with a requirement forlow fertility and high light levels. There arehopes that it will return again following aprogramme of tree felling.Centaurea cyanus L.CornflowerArchaeophyte. Rare.Apparently this was never a very commonplant in Shropshire, but it was almosteradicated in the 19 th century by improvedagricultural techniques. It now persists only atPimhill Organic Farm (SJ4920, Buckingham,2002), where it was first recorded by RobStokes & John Martin in 1993.Joseph Babington considered it to be commonin the vicinity of Ludlow (SO5174) in 1803,and Henry Spare recorded it at nearby OaklyPark (SO4876) in 1841. Joseph Baly saw it infield by the side of the road betweenShrewsbury and Ludlow at about the sametime. Leighton recorded it in field near BomerePool (SJ4908) and on Westfelton Moor(SJ3425) in 1841.Griffith Griffiths considered it to be frequent infields at Church Stretton (SO4593) in 1870, butalthough he accepted this record, it was notrecorded as such by Richard Benson in 1904.William Phillips, in 1878, repeated Leighton’srecord for Bomere, and added a record for amarsh near Berrington Station (SJ5206), whichseems a curious habitat for it. WilliamBeckwith gave rather more detailed records inRare Plants of Shropshire 37
1880. He described it as occurring each year inthe fields near Bomere Pool and at EatonMascott (SJ5305), and often in corn-fields inother places. Diamond (1891) said it occurred‘occasionally’ around Oswestry (SJ2929).In 1906 James Melvill found it at Meole Brace(SJ4810) and remarked that it was ‘rather rare’in south Shropshire. In 1908 Miss H.M. Audenrecorded it at Longden (SJ4508).There is then a very long gap until the nextrecord, and it seems likely that by this time itwas only a casual, coming up from long-buriedseed. J.B. Johnson found it in a field of oats atLower Wood (SO4697) in 1944. It came up onwaste ground by the roadside at Wilderhope(SO5392) in 1976 (K.M. Saville). In the sameyear Joan Connell recorded it in a field ofstubble at The Isle, Bicton (SJ4616) and BryanFowler found it at Donington Church (SJ8004).In 1977 Rachael Lees found it in a field marginat Meeson (SJ6620), and the following year sheand Rachel Jefferson recorded it in a hay fieldat Child’s Ercall (SJ6625). Mary Fullerdiscovered some plants in an old meadow atCalifornia (SO5280) in 1981.It was quite abundant in a peaty field by theRoden at Wolverley (SJ4631, Lockton, 1995),but the grass was cut for silage before thecornflowers set seed. Plants found at Queen’sHead (SJ3326, Whild & Lockton, 1996),Oilhouse Pasture (SJ6704, Thorne, 2003) andLightmoor (SJ6606, G. Evans, 2004) wereprobably from sown seed.38Cornflower Centaurea cyanus[Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.)Druce]White HelleborineNot in Shropshire.In 1940 Dr S.E. Chandler, a researcher fromthe Imperial Institute in London, recorded afew plants during what was probably a holidayin Shropshire. Among these was apparently asingle specimen of Cephalanthera damasoniumon Wenlock Edge, between Eaton andWesthope (ca. SO4888). This is significantlybeyond the known range of the species and itseems quite likely to be an error for C.longifolia, or for an albino form of anotherorchid. In 1974 Mary Fuller claimed to havefound it in two more locations along WenlockEdge (SO6099 & SO5998) but could not find itagain. Sinker did not accept those records forhis Flora of 1985, and they should be regardedas dubious. To be fair, all three records areentirely possible, but without any sort ofconfirmation it seems best not to add thisspecies to the county list.Cephalanthera longifolia L.Narrow-leaved HelleborineNative. Extinct (1891).In Leighton’s Flora of 1841 Henry Bidwellrecorded this species in a plantation nearRare Plants of Shropshire
Page 1 and 2: Rare Plants ofShropshire3 rd Editio
Page 3 and 4: ContentsIntroduction ..............
Page 5 and 6: Europe and is apparently declining
Page 7 and 8: RecordersOur knowledge of the flora
Page 9 and 10: List of recorders & determinersMr G
Page 11 and 12: Recorders & determiners (cont.)Dr C
Page 13 and 14: and drainage by eliminating the low
Page 15 and 16: on the verge of extinction. Just on
Page 17 and 18: dense bracken and woodland, to whic
Page 19 and 20: Indicator Species (contd.)Huperzia
Page 21 and 22: Species AccountsFor each species, t
Page 23 and 24: Alopecurus aequalis Sobol.Orange Fo
Page 25 and 26: Arabis glabra L. (Bernh.)Tower must
Page 27 and 28: A record for Wildmoor Pool (SO4296)
Page 29 and 30: 43Calamagrostis canescenssince been
Page 31 and 32: new records for Acton Burnell (SJ53
Page 33 and 34: Carex acuta L.Slender Tufted-sedgeN
Page 35 and 36: & Welshpool Naturalists. A record f
Page 37: Carex limosa L.Bog-sedgeNative. Ext
Page 41 and 42: Farm (SO4990) in 2003. It seems lik
Page 43 and 44: at the Mere, Ellesmere (SJ4034) and
Page 45 and 46: 4443210987Clinopodium ascendens2 3
Page 47 and 48: Serjeantson considered it to be nat
Page 49 and 50: Dianthus deltoides L.Maiden PinkNat
Page 51 and 52: Drosera anglica L.Great SundewNativ
Page 53 and 54: A lowland plant that occurs on the
Page 55 and 56: Epipactis palustris (L.) CrantzMars
Page 57 and 58: Leighton). In 1916 J.B. Duncan also
Page 59 and 60: Filipendula vulgaris MoenchDropwort
Page 61 and 62: simply ‘near Bridgnorth’ (SO719
Page 63 and 64: Leighton (1841) gives records for B
Page 65 and 66: (SJ2621) and Blodwel Rocks (SJ2623)
Page 67 and 68: and in Shropshire there are still n
Page 69 and 70: oth introductions. George Jorden li
Page 71 and 72: the list of sites in 1977, and Walk
Page 73 and 74: 1987 (R.A. Dawes conf. Wainwright);
Page 75 and 76: ase-rich clay and limestone chippin
Page 77 and 78: 43210Legousia hybridaAlthough it is
Page 79 and 80: Pool (John Bingham, SO4291, 1984),
Page 81 and 82: connected to the canals in about 18
Page 83 and 84: 8243210987Lycopodium clavatum2 3 4
Page 85 and 86: 43210987Monotropa hypopitys2 3 4 5
Page 87 and 88: Myriophyllum verticillatumNepeta ca
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In 1984 V.A. Banbury collected it i
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9043210987Orobanche rapum-genistae2
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to have been lost to succession as
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Titterstone Clee (SO5977) in 1854.
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It was Edward Williams who first di
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Gordon in 1955. In other parts of t
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Potamogeton gramineus L.Various-lea
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in the county, which probably accou
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at the south end of the mere. This
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(1841) considered it to be ‘not u
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Salvia verbenaca L.Wild ClaryArchae
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Scheuchzeria palustris L.Rannoch-ru
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[Selaginella selaginoides (L.) Link
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Rocks and Llynclys Hill, where Sorb
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Dorothy Evans and Joan Connell foun
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43210987118Torilis nodosa2 3 4 5 6
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432109Trollius europaeusLee Brockhu
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Vaccinium x intermedium Ruthe(Vacci
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Wahlenbergia hederacea (L.) Rchb.Iv
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ReferencesAikin, A. 1797. Journal o
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Stace, C.A. 1997. New Flora of the
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