Sunday, November 20, 2022

Lichens at Eridge Rocks Nature Reserve, East Sussex 19.11.22

Eridge Rocks Nature Reserve (Sussex Wildlife Trust), East Sussex, near Tunbridge Wells, is known for its beautiful outcrop of Ardingly Sandstone in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is renowned for the diversity of its bryophytes and lichens

All of these identifications are provisional.

See the Sussex Wildlife Trust website for Eridge Rocks for more details.

The Eridge Green area, which includes Eridge Rocks is an SSSI see the Natural England citation citation for more details

Cladonia caespitica 


  
Cladonia coniocraea 



Cladonia ramulosa 


Evernia prunastri 


Phlyctis argena




Ramalina farinacea 



Balcombe. Lichens. 14.04.23

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