Dartford Heath, Kent - 24/10/17
This ancient heath in North Kent is now virtually surrounded by urbanisation, but it still holds several rare and threatened species, such as Upright Chickweed and Petty Whin. Being well into Autumn I didn't expect to find much of note, but as usual I was wrong! Michelmas Daisies aren't hard to spot, however, it can be tricky working out which type of Aster they are, and this day I didn't have time to do that. Aster agg. These were well into the heath away from the car park, so they may have naturalised there from wind blown seed from the urban gardens less than a mile away. When I took this photo, I thought it was of a patch of Red Dead-nettles as they were only a few inches high. However, they were actually Black Horehound. The area had recently been mowed, hence the low growth and late flowering of these plants. Ballota nigra It was very pleasing to see plenty of Harebells still fluttering in the breeze. Though