{"id":1471,"date":"2014-04-21T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2014-06-30T20:13:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T20:13:18","slug":"the-town-hall-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1471","title":{"rendered":"The Town Hall Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1020277.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Moschatel or The Town Hall Clock\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Moschatel or The Town Hall Clock\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1020277_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>          <br \/>Moschatel or The Town Hall Clock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">An easily overlooked plant typically found along woodland edges on limestone or chalk rich soil. Fortunately around the edge of Morecambe Bay there\u2019s plenty of suitable habitat with this group of plants found close to Jenny Brown\u2019s point in Silverdale.         <\/p>\n<p>The unique arrangement of its cluster of 5 flowers has given rise to the plants common name of The Town Hall Clock. By mid May it\u2019ll have died back to reappear again the following spring.          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1020301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Moschatel\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Moschatel\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1020301_thumb.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1020320.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The parasitic Toothwort growing on coppiced Hazel\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The parasitic Toothwort growing on coppiced Hazel\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1020320_thumb.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Note: the outer facing flowers have 5 petals. The upper one only has 4.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Toothwort another spring speciality of ancient woodland. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1020345.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Wood Anemone\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Wood Anemone\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1020345_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>          <br \/>Wood Anemone &#8211; Another specialist of ancient woodland growing within Gait Barrows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Seems strange that the spectacular white carpets formed by Wood Anemones have never&#160; achieved the recognition given to the Bluebell. Similarly they\u2019re often found planted in parks and gardens.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1020340.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eggshell from a Song Thrush\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Eggshell from a Song Thrush\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1020340_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Eggshell deposited on a mossy log within Gait Barrows. The black markings on the otherwise blue shell indicate that it\u2019s likely to be from a Song Thrush.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moschatel or The Town Hall Clock An easily overlooked plant typically found along woodland edges on limestone or chalk rich soil. 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