A very distinctive plant community you’ll see on your exercise walk is the dog-latrine. The dominant plant is the attractive grass Hordeum murinum which, in Scotland, has the brilliant name ‘Bus-stop Grass’. The associated species are rather variable (see below).
The associated species are variable, but what they have in common is a high nitrogen requirement.
Malva sylvestris (Malvaceae, left). Taraxacum sp. (Dandelion, Asteraceae, right).
Chenopodium album (Amaranthaceae, left). Artemisia vulgaris (Asteraceae, right).
Lolium perenne (Poaceae, left). Bellis perennis (Asteraceae, right)
Geranium molle (left) and Geranium dissectum (right). Both Geraniaceae.
Achillea millefolium (Asteraceae, left). Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae, right).
Cerastium fontanum (Caryophyllaceae, left). Rumex obtusifolius (Polygonaceae, right).
Atriplex prostrata (left) and Atriplex patula (right, Amaranthaceae)
Sisymbrium officinale (Brassicaceae, left). Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia (right, Asteraceae). Very similar rosettes, but from entirely different families.
Cirsium vulgare (Asteraceae, left). Polygonum aviculare (Polygonaceae, right)
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