My previous blog post on plants in the Kikkervalleien in Meijendel nature reserve finished with marsh grass-of-Parnassus. On the marshy lakelet banks there were other plants as well, as these water mint flowers show.
Also, little green sedge.
And its relative, blue sedge.
And sand sedge.
And a moss species: great hairy screw-moss.
Yellow flowers of the hemi-parasitic plant yellow rattle.
Small white flowers of knotted pearlwort.
Lesser hawkbit flowers were yellow again.
Marsh lousewort, a Red List species.
Drug eyebright flowering.
In the next lake, both on the bank and in shallow water, a really special species: shoreweed.
Two years ago, these rare plants were discovered again here, after an absence of over sixty years.
Some shoreweed plants had fruits.
Broad-leaved pondweed in the water as well.
Common speedwell on higher, drier ground.
And common self-heal flowers.
And seaside pansy.
A marsh helleborine orchid plant. Not flowering.
On our way back, we see St John’s wort flowers.
And red pimpernel flowers. We had already seen them when we arrived. But then, the flowers had still been closed, it being too early for them.
Jimson weed near the Kikkervalleien exit fence.
Finally, another lakelet.
Fan-leaved water-crowfoot in the water.
Ivy-leaved crowfoot in the Netherlands: here.
On its banks, clustered dock.
And its relative, golden dock.
And another species: water mint. The first as well as the last plant in this blog post.
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Such lovely photos – love the contrast and colours ❤
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Thank you so much! Yes, there are many different species in a biodiverse area like Meijendel.
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