KWT Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve - 21/07/20
This is primarily a wildfowl reserve run by the Kent Wildlife Trust near Sevenoaks. There are several lakes with paths around them, though until recently these paths did not circumnavigate the lakes. A recently opened 2 mile long path did go all the way around and so tempted us to take a walk and see what flora might be there. This is what we found of interest. Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis We found a few stands of the alien Yellow Balsam with its pretty though small flowers, offset by its very large leaves. Impatiens parviflora The image below shows the tiny flowers and large leaves of this plant. The invasive alien New Zealand Pygmyweed in a semi dried up pond. Crassula helmsii Marsh Woundwort, a plant I had not found here before the new path was opened up. Unusual in west Kent. Stachys palustris Meadowsweet was present in some lake marginal areas. Filipendula ulmaria Gypsywort's leaves give it's identity away even without flowers, th