Flora of Ashdown Forest - Botanical Society of the British Isles

176Taraxacum hamatulum.Plant on a verge near Birch Grove House 1413.305),1995, JK & TR Idet. A. J. Richards).It is scattered in southern England and Wales, and may be introduced.] +~-----'--t-4 5Taraxacum lancidens.] -++------'-f-There was one record from a verge on sand at the west end of Cackle Street (450.266),1995, JI< & TR. This seems to be a new East Sussex record for this introduced species.In Britain it has been previously recorded from Dorset and Cheshire. It is scattered inwest and central Europe.4 5Taraxacum quadrans.] -+h..------'--t-There are a few scattered records from roadsides on the Forest and adjacent areas; ChelwoodBeacon 1424.294), Nutley (444.269), Balcombe Farm (391.312), 1995, JK & TR.It occurs scattered through Britain but may not be a native species. It is widespread inEurope, but probably not common.4 5Section Ruderalia.This is the biggest section of Taraxacum in Britain, and the species can be very difficult to identify. They tend to be bigrobust species on nutrient-rich soils, and as the name suggests they occur as ruderal species in towns and villages - thebest place to look for them is on the scruffy, un mown edges of unsurfaced lanes. Those found on the Forest area haveprobably all been introduced.Taraxacum ekmanii.] --++------'-+-Gilham Lane, Forest Row (424.349), A26 verge, Poundgate (487.287), grass verge, SchoolLane, Nutley (442.278), hedge bank near Harts Farm (458.336), Highgate Road, Forest Row(425.343), verge, Parrock Lane (446.344), verge immediately north of Suttons Farm(403.314), pH 6.5, all in tall grass on verges.Common elsewhere in Britain and Europe.4 5Taraxacum ancistrolobum.] -I-+------'....,f-Recorded once from Down Street at Nutley (444.269), 1995, JK & TR.Widespread in Britain, where it is very common in the lowlands in the north. Scattered inwest, central ~nd northern Europe.4 5