{"id":1330,"date":"2013-04-21T17:36:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T17:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2017-12-07T13:40:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T13:40:51","slug":"danish-invaders-and-kingcups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/?p=1330","title":{"rendered":"Danish invaders and kingcups!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Danish Invasion<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">300 yrs on from the Vikings, the Danes are still coming after\u00a0us! The salty spray produced by cars during the winter months makes the central reservations of motorways a hostile place for many plants but Danish scurvy grass, which usually grows on sea-cliffs, likes this environment. It is in flower now and produces the thousands of tiny white flowers that pepper the ground in the middle of motorways and along the verges. Danish scurvy grass is continuing its advance inland and is now spreading along the A-roads. The plants in this picture are growing alongside the A638, just outside Ackworth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1334\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/?attachment_id=1334\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1334\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1334\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1334\" alt=\"Danish scurvy grass\" src=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSG-1-small.jpg\" width=\"854\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSG-1-small.jpg 854w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSG-1-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSG-1-small-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danish scurvy grass along the roadside verges<\/p><\/div>\n<h1>Kingcups<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The wet weather over the past twelve months might have been bad for some species but it has been beneficial for this large patch of marsh marigolds in Hemsworth. Growing\u00a0in some particularly damp ground beneath a stand of crack willow,\u00a0the recent sunny days have brought them into flower producing a carpet of large yellow flowers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1338\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/?attachment_id=1338\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1338\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1338\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1338\" alt=\"Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)\" src=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MM5-small.jpg\" width=\"854\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MM5-small.jpg 854w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MM5-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MM5-small-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1337\" style=\"width: 1078px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/?attachment_id=1337\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1337\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1337\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1337\" alt=\"Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)\" src=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MM1-small.jpg\" width=\"1068\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MM1-small.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MM1-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MM1-small-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MM1-small-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Danish Invasion 300 yrs on from the Vikings, the Danes are still coming after\u00a0us! 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