Saturday 16 January 2021

Settle Wildflowers Day 102: Langcliffe Churchyard Lichens and Wildflowers on Christmas Eve - SD86 - 35

 24th December was a sunny day.

I enjoyed a walk round the churchyard just after lunchtime, looking closely at the lichens in the sun.

Lichen: Aspicilia contorta

 Black jelly lichen either Collema auriforme or Collema fuscovirens



Some species of Spurge (Euphorbia) 

Silky Wall Feather-moss - Homalothecium sericeum

Striking shadow. Come back in two months and see the foreground filled with snowdrops.

Ivy and Hydrangea






 
Ivy




Melanohalea laciniatula on branch in tree in field to east of churchyard maybe SD82366500 or SD82366499

Feverfew -   Tanacetum parthenium

Feverfew -   Tanacetum parthenium


Heuchera species

Heuchera species

Welsh Poppies

Spurge

Lichen: Lecanora albescens




err- need to name this.In tree outside but next to the churchyard wall on the north side.

Lichen on trunk: Phaeophyscia-orbicularis

Primrose

Late blooming Rose - remember it's 24 December!

Intermediate  Screw-moss. Syntrichia montana (intermedia)

I'd really like to know the name of this


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