Dorset Flora Group: Wareham Common – Botanical Walk for Early-season Species in Acid and Neutral Grassland

Saturday 25th April

This is a botanical walk to enjoy this species rich flora including some SSSI areas. We’ll be covering several different compartments of the site with a focus mainly on drier areas of short acid grassland where we’ll be looking for species such as Mossy Stonecrop Crassula tillaea, Upright Chickweed Moenchia erecta, Suffocated Clover Trifolium suffocatum, Bird’s-foot Clover Trifolium ornithopodioides and Hoary Cinquefoil Potentilla argentea. 113 Dorset Notables including 19 species on the Dorset Rare Plant Register have been recorded here in recent years.

When: 10am – 3pm.
Leader: Trevor Warrick and Tom Smith.
Meeting point: At the gravel parking area at the Western end of Streche Road near Wareham Hospital, nearest postcode BH20 4QQ (Wareham Hospital).

Grid ref.: SY9171 8745; What 3 words – ///totally.giggled.microfilm

If space isn’t available at the parking area then Streche Road car park is about five minutes’ walk from here at BH20 4QF; What 3 words – ///thank.valued.worth
Booking essential via: dorsetfloragroupprogramme@yahoo.com; site specific enquiries: trevorwarrick09@btinternet.com.