Conservation Status: C
First record: Ray, 1660
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White Wood, Gamlingay, FH Perring & MCF Proctor, 5.1956. ('probably introduced') Report on White Wood, 1956.
White Wood, coll for CUBG, FH Perring, c.1958.
White Wood, JG Dony, 1970+, in litt. 1979.
White Wood, in fl. along S side of concrete track, for c.35 yards, 2128.5204, G Crompton, J Plumridge & R Payne, 27.4.1987.
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Near Foulmire on way to Shepreth, GH Bryan, Bab.ann.105.
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Shelford. Relhan,1802;1820.
Shelford. Relhan. Bab.1860,105.
Little Shelford near the Manor House, W Walton, Bab.ann.105.
A wood left bank of river between Hauxton and Gt Shelford, EA George, 1940.
Scattered over a good area, dead elm wood, Lt Shelford, on south-west side of R. Cam. 448.525. S Hearle, 11.4.1995.
Abundant to dominant all over 3 acre wood, 448.524–449.523, G Crompton, S Hearle, & C Elliot, 23.4.1996.
Long Wood, Lt. Shelford, on south-west side of R. Cam. 448.524, abundant to dominant in patches throughout derelict elm wood, G Crompton S Hearle & DA Wells, 15.4.1997, CGE.
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Cambridge, CC Babington, 5.1833, CGE.
On the banks of the ditches surrounding St John's College grove. Bab.1860,105.
...and round Cambridge, Evans,1911,228.
In shade opposite bank under Viburnum beside path, (near entrance to St John's from the Backs), Leila Brown, U3A excursion with SM Walters, 22.4.1991.
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Plantation, Brooklands Avenue, in quantity, 1876, Shrubbs ann.
Wild in wood between Brooklands Avenue and Botanic Garden, 1894-1901, A Hosking, ann.Bab. & Hosking,1903.
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WB Gourlay's garden, access Millington Rd., JSL Gilmour, 1931.
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Radix cava minima viridi flore The Musk Wood-Crowfoot. In the bank of a hedge by a grove of Elmes on the North-side of Chesterton. Ray,1660,130(100).
Radix cava minima flore viridi, Small Bunnikins hollow-wort. G.1091. P.288. Hollow-Root. In the bank of a hedge by a grove of Elms, on the North-side of Chesterton Cambridge-shire. Merrett,1667,101.
Radix cava minima viridi flore The Musk Wood-Crowfoot. In Cambridge-shire on the bank of a hedge, by a Grove of Elms, on the North-side of Chesterton. Ray,1670:258.
Radix cava minima viridi flore Chesterton. In the lanes and closes. Ray,Index Loc.,JM.ann.
Moschatellina foliis Fumariae bulbosae Martyn,1727,63.
In ye Hedges of ye first close on ye right going from Chesterton up ye Mill lane Jackson,ann.63.
Moschatellina. In the Hedges of the first Close on the right hand going from Chesterton up the Mill Lane. JM ann. Meth.63.
Moschatellina foliis Fumariae tuberosae. Tuberous Moscatell. In shady places in the spring; as in a grove at Chesterton. Martyn,1732,2:124.
[Moschatellina] In ye hedges of ye 1st close on ye right hand going fm Chesterton up the Mill Lane. Th.M.ann.Meth.63.
Moschatellina Chesterton Th.M.ann.Meth.Index Loc.3.
Chesterton. In the hedges of the first close, on the right hand going from Chesterton up the Mill lane. Latter end of March. Dr Martyn. Martyn,1763,Herbats.III.
Chesterton Dr Martyn In the Hedges of the first Close, on the right Hand going from Chest: up the Mill Lane. Fisher ann. Berkenhout,111.
Adoxa moschatellina Tuberous Moschatel. Chesterton. Relhan,1785.
gathered at Chesterton, Not uncommon in shady places, March, 1804, Rev. C, Davy, IPS.
Chesterton. Relhan,1802;1820.
Chesterton JS Henslow, 7.4.1825, CGE.
Chesterton Henslow ann. l:166.
Chesterton CC Babington, 5.4.1828, CGE.
Adoxa moschatellina near Chesterton. 15.5.1828 and 27.5.1829. Henslow Excs.
Chesterton, n.d., [c.1833], CM Lemann, CGE.
Walked with Henslow, and found Adoxa moschatellina in flower. 14.3.1834. Bab.Mem.20.
Closes below Chesterton near the river; & between the town & Ely Road. 1835, Coleman(a),53.
Chesterton. Coleman(b).
In a field called Little Franks belonging to Dr Paget, abundantly. W.W[anton]. Bab.MS.Fl.1.336.
Adoxa Chesterton [insert double underlining] In the lane near the Railway Bridge. Bab.ann.Relhan,166.
Chesterton, in a lane near the railway bridge, and a lane between the east end of the village and the Ely road. Bab.1860,105.
Chesterton, Hb Cowell, 5.4.1882, IPS.
Lane near Chesterton Junction. J.Wilson, 8.4.1887, & AS Shrubbs, 1887, DHM.
... is still plentiful in the lane at the east end of Chesterton, but it does not seem to spread. A remarkable absentee from the wooded districts of Cambs. West,1898,252.
Chesterton, before 1905, A.Malins Smith.
Chesterton, EM Walker, 1907, CGE.
Chesterton, 1907, Shrubbs ann.
Chesterton, Hedgerow, AJ Crosfield, 1921, CGE. [spec.not found].
Lane between E end of Chesterton & Ely Road, AW Gray, 1932.
Chesterton, EA George, 27.4.1940, CGE.
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Horseheath, by sawpit on left of road to Haverhill, plentiful, WM Palmer ann.Bab.
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Nr Dullingham, 1880, HD.ann.
Weston Colville by the way to Brinkley, RP Murphy, 5.1867, CGE.
Weston Colville by the way to Brinkley, – Brinkley School found it there, 1957.
Edge of copse betwen Weston Colville & Carlton, '633.522', [error for 633.532] JC Faulkner, M Keith Lucas, N Marchant & PD Sell, 19.4.1968.
Betwen Weston Colville & Carlton, 633.532, PD Sell,68/2, 19.4.1968, CGE.
[Site A] Carlton Lane (from Willingham Green to Weston Green in Carlton parish), 633.532, on roots of Ash, Hawthorn and Hazel along ditch-bank on SW side of lane (by small copse), c.100 yards SE of ford, G Crompton & JC Faulkner, 1.5.1987.
[Site A] large patch of 1987 doing well, also a v. small patch in the hedge immediately opposite, AC Leslie, 9–10 4.1988.
[Site B] a good patch at the base of an Acer cam on the S side of the track that runs NE, S of the stream (i.e. about 150–200 yards up from the ford), 633.533
, AC Leslie, 9–10 4.1988. [Site D] a good patch at the base of a once-coppiced Fraxinus on the S side of the same track just before it comes to where the track runs to the right and meets 2 field paths, 635.534, AC Leslie, 9–10 4.1988.
[Site A] c.250 plants with Mercu per, Ranunc fic etc; none in the hedge immed. opposite, JCA Rathmell, 14.4.1993, (in litt. s.d.).
[Site B] 20 under thorn bushes (not Acer cam) 137 steps from footbridge, presumably same as 633.533
, JCA Rathmell, 14.4.1993, (in litt. s.d.).[Site D] 50 at base of Ash on S side of same track 'just before' (i.e. 37 paces before) it comes to where the track runs to the right and meets two field paths, 635.534, JCA Rathmell, 14.4.1993, (in litt. s.d.).
[Site A] 700 extending 13 yards along SW side of track on bank and 6 yards into copse, 6323.5325, JCA Rathmell, 8.4.1995. {Pop. map on CFG recording card for Sites A, B, C, D.]
[Site B] SE side of path, 107 yards (NE of footbridge by ford) under thorns, 715 in 20 yards x 4 yards deep, 633.533, JCA Rathmell, 8.4.1995.
[Site C] NW side of path by stream, 123 yards NE of footbridge (as above), 730 in 15 yards by 3 yards deep, 633.533, JCA Rathmell, 8.4.1995.
[Site D] SE side of path, (NE of footbridge by ford, just before path bends SE and a No Fishing sign) under ash, 40 in c.3 yards, 6355.5342, JCA Rathmell, 8.4.1995.
Carlton, FP 7, 634.534, 130 plants in 3 or 4 groups, JCA Rathmell, 27.5.1996, [R].
Carlton, FP 9, c.700 plants, begining to be overtopped by ground ivy etc.6330.5535, JCA Rathmell, 27.5.1996. [R]
Carlton, FP 12, c.1600 plants both sides of FP, one patch under aA Rathmell, 27.5.1996. [R]
[Sites A–D] c.2000 as last year, JCA Rathmell in litt. 28.5.1996.
[Site A] only 40, the rest not searched, JCA Rathmell, 26.4.1997.
Carlton, FP 9, 633.532, poor year, only 40 in flower, JCA Rathmell, 26.4.1997. [R] Carlton, FP 9, 633.532, poor again, overtopped by surrounding vegetation, JCA Rathmell, 9.5.1998. [R]
Carlton: 14.4.2001:
750 plants at 633.532.
50 at 633.533.
50 at the foot of the ash tree at 636.534 but by far the largest number (circa1200) at 633.534, [sic] a stretch of about 20 paces on the northwestern side of the path just as it turns and you begin to lose sight of the junction with what the O.S. calls Brook Lane: circa 156 paces from the footbridge over the stream and almost opposite a smaller patch on the southeastern side of the path.
636.534 is on the southeastern side of the path: 28 paces beyond a metal footbridge on the opposite side of the path and about 50 paces short of a right angle bend where the path turns to a southeasterly direction.
All sites have of course been noted before but it was good to see far more than I did in 1997. (sketch map) JCA Rathmell in litt. 15.4.2001.
