Last autumn we surveyed a meadow next to Perivale Park. The same crowd returned there on Sunday May 5th to investigate how it appears in spring.
Acid-Grassland-MeadowPerivalePark-RichBullock-285
Birds-foot-MeadowPerivalePark-RichBullock-274
Broadwater-Lake-TheOldOrchardHarefield-RichBullock-267
Bulbous-Buttercup-MeadowPerivalePark-RichBullock-289
Sheeps-Sorrel-MeadowPerivalePark-RichBullock-282
Birds-Foot-Ornithopus-perpusillus
Birds-foot-Ornithopus-perpusillus
Birds-foot-Ornithopus-perpusillus
Birds-foot-Ornithopus-perpusillus
Bulbous-Buttercup-Ranunculus-bulbosus
Common-Birds-foot-Trefoil-Lotus-corniculatus
Common-Sorrel-Rumex-acetosa
Common-Vetch-Vicia-sativa
Cow-Parsley-Anthriscus-sylvestris
Dandelion-sp
Field-Woodrush
Garlick-Mustard
Goat-Willow-Salix caprea
Goat-Willow-Salix caprea
Goat-Willow-Salix caprea
Meadow-Foxtail-Alopecurus-pratensis
Ox-eye-Daisy-Leucanthemum-vulgare
Red-Dead-Nettle-Lamium-purpureum
Red-Fescue-Festuca-rubra
Red-Fescue-Festuca-rubra
Smooth-Meadow-Grass-Poa-pratensis
A method for estimating whether a meadow is “species rich” is known as Quadrat sampling. We chose two such quadrats (4m2 in size). I hope to report the results of this survey shortly.
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