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Woodland plant identification
Any idea what this little plant is? It was growing in leaf litter of deciduous woodland near me in Bedfordshire. (Cannot upload to this site - I get an Ajax error).
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It looks like one of the trilliums to me http://www.broadleigh-bulbs-spring.co.uk/shop/catshow/TRILLIUM__Wood_lily__Wake_Robin_/trillium.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove, but not sure about that. There were only a few of them and they all had two leaves, not three. Similar to trillium in where the flower bud was forming though. The leaves are almost ginko shaped. Maybe I'll go back in another week or so and see what the flowers look like.
Hmm, all with two leaves, so not Herb Paris either .......... what about Twayblade?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
This is the best pic I can find so far http://wildorchidsinbritain.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/common-twayblade-neottia-ovata-perhaps.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ah, this is better http://www.uksafari.com/twayblade.htm
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry folks, that's definitely a beech seedling. Often confused with Twayblade!
Yes, landgirl is right, I have just been to check in my woodland and there are 100s there.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Yes, a beech seedling. Nut identified it for me last year when I saw one among the bluebells at Felley priory.
Oh well, at least I'm not the only one
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Beech seedling looks spot on now that I've googled some images of them. Thanks so much everyone - I've been searching through all sorts of woodland flower sites to try and work out what it is. I never thought that the two leaves were cotyledons.