2024 County Report for Moray

Ian Green

The main reason for recording in vc95 is to collect records for a forthcoming Atlas Flora, surveying all the monads. During 2024 around 14,000 records were collected. Eighteen new species were added to the vice-county list (this includes hybrids, subspecies and varieties as well). Only one of these species being native Carex muricata subsp. pairae (Prickly Sedge), but possibly not native at this site. I decided to start taking a look at the brambles in the vice-county, so far re-found nearly all the previous species recorded for the vc, plus three new non-native species Rubus armeniacus, Rubus tuberculatus and Rubus ulmifolius (Elm-leaved Bramble). Only three botany field meetings were done by the Moray Botany Group in 2024. These meetings are to check on rare species in the vc.

Betonica macrantha

One plant found on the side of forest track, Alves Wood. Most likely dumped at this site.

Trifolium resupinatum

Two plants on road verge, America. This road verge had been sown with a wildflower seed mix in 2023, so mostly came from this source.