My project

• Where? o Llantrisant Common and Pastures SSSI o 110 hectares of rhôs pasture

• When? o Nine years o April 2011 to August 2020

• What? o Vascular plants o 11,800 records

• HoW? o 69% at 10 m resolution or greater

• Why…?

Finding more species

• More effort

• Better spatial coverage

• Improving understanding

Ulmus sp. (Elm) Salix spp. (Willows)

Finding interesting species

• Rarities

• Hybrids

• Variants

Carex canescens (White Sedge) Epilobium obscurum × palustre × parviflorum (a hybrid willowherb)

Silene flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin)

Gaining insights

• Habitats

• Distributions

• Populations

Betonica officinalis (Betony)

Improving id skills

• Plants through the year

• ‘Difficult’ groups

Euphrasia officinalis subsp. anglica (English Eyebright)

Helminthotheca echioides (Bristly Oxtongue)

Lots of information…?

• Records

• Photos

• Habitats and management

• Historical data

• Write it up!

£12.50 + p&p [email protected]

@llantrisantplants 1946

detailed site-based recording: why bother?

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