Flora of Ashdown Forest - Botanical Society of the British Isles

97Rubus largificus.3 -+t--------'+_Newbridge, 1969, B. A. Miles (Philp 19701. TQ/4.3 (Hall 1980; Edees & Newton 1988).Hindleap Warren (41.32), 1994, AN & AB; woods near Priarv Road (412.338), 1994,DE.A regional endemic of wood borders, heaths and hedge banks which could easily beconfused with R. decussatus. The large fruits in autumn may make good crumble (Earl 1994)!4 5Rubus rudis.North of Wvch Cross, W. C. Bartan (Wallev-Dad 1937; uncanfirmedl.Fairwarp (46.261, 1995, RR & PH.Widespread in north~western and central Europe.Series Hystrices.Rubus murrayi fR. hystrix var. adornatus sensu Wolley-Ood 1937).Newbridge, A. H. Wallev-Dad (WalleV-Dad 19371. Newbridge, 1969, B. A. Miles (Philp 19701. Newbridge, 1974, AN (Hall1980; Edees & Newton 19881.Plants which mav be this species occur on the path to Paah car park (472.332), 1994, DE.An endemic species, widespread, but only locally common in Warwickshire and near London.Rubus newbridgensis. Ashdown Forest bramble.Wych Cross to Nutley Road, 1931, W. C. Barton (BM). Newbridge, 1934, W. C. Barton (BM). Dry ground by the roadbridge, Newbridge, and roadside Newbridge to Chuck Hatch, 1933, W. C. Bartan & H. J. Riddelsdell (BMI. High Beeches,Ashdawn Park, 1933, W. C. Bartan & H. J. Riddelsdell (BM). Newbridge, 1969, B. A. Miles (Philp 1970). Newbridge,1974, AN (Hall 1980; Edees & Newton 1988).Our very own bramble but with only one very tentative record from near High Beeches, 1995, TR. When AN and ABvisited the Newbridge area in 1994 they did not explore it extensively as much of the wood has grown up making the areaunattractive for looking for brambles (refound 1996 by RR & PH near the water splash). It has certainly decreased in theWorth and Rowfant district.Described as new to science by Barton & Riddelsdell (1936) from the type specimen collected at Newbridge in 1934,and reported from "East Sussex, in many places near Worth and eastwards to the Hartfield-Maresfield Road ... uniform andconstant in characters, easily distinguished by the combination of a very fully and variously armed stem, neat concaveleaves and leaflets, and a sturdy cylindrical panicle with hairy rachis densely armed and glandular. The plant is of a rathergreyish-green colour in the open; the intermediate and basal leaflets are large in proportion to the terminal leaflet; thearmature is remarkably uniform on stem rachis and petioles; the stem-prickles themselves often armed with hairs, glandsand pricklets".A regional endemic of southern England in woods, wood margins and hedgebanks.Rubus phaeocarpus fR. babingtonii}.Newbridge, W. C. Bartan and H. J. Riddelsdell Ithe TQ/4.3 (Hall 1980; Edees & Newton1988).Warren car park (416.320), 1994, DE. Near Cold harbour (40.32), Hindleap Warren141.32), raadsides near Sunting's, Newbridge (46.32), 1994, AN & AB. Nutlev 145.27), nearPaundgate car park (481.2841. 1995, RR & PH.Heaths and wood borders, widespread in south-east England, and also found in northernFrance.