2023 County Report for VC113d

Anne Haden

I managed to visit Sark three times this year.  During a visit with members of the Societe Jersiaise botany section one rarity we found was Orobanche minor Common Broomrape.  It was good to note that Sark is the only Channel Island to have nearly eradicated Carpobrotus edulis Sour Fig.  On the second trip with John Poland we found about 6 plants of the rare Logfia gallica Narrow-leaved Cudweed in a quarry where thanks to Sark botanists access and maintenance is carried out.  The third trip was to attend an inter island ecology conference being held on Sark, a chance to meet up with other Channel Island botanists.