Minuartia verna

Leadwort or Spring sandwort

Minuartia verna , also known as Leadwort or Spring Sandwort, grows here on Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor, on calaminarian grassland containing historic lead mining waste. It is regarded as a metallophyte. Leadwort was said to be an indicator of below surface lead veins, apparently useful in locating the ore, galena.


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Minuartia verna, Spring Sandwort, Leadwort
Leadwort
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Calaminarian grassland, Cobscar Rake
Habitat: Cobscar Rake
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Minuartia verna, Spring Sandwort, Leadwort
Leadwort
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Minuartia verna on cobscar Rake
Minuartia verna
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Minuartia verna on cobscar Rake
Minuartia verna
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Minuartia verna with Bryum capillare
Minuartia & Bryum

Photograph detail


Slide 1: Minuartia verna, Leadwort or Spring Sandwort. Side view of flowers. Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. May.


Slide 2: Calaminarian grassland and lead mining spoil of Cobscar Rake, colonised by grasses, mosses and Minuartia verna, Leadwort. May.


Slide 3: Minuartia verna, Leadwort, in flower on Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. May.


Slide 4: Minuartia verna, Leadwort, in flower on Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. May.


Slide 5: Minuartia verna, Leadwort, in flower on Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. May.


Slide 6: Minuartia verna, Leadwort, growing with the moss Bryum capillare on Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. May.