Iberis amara L.
Conservation status: N
First record: WH Coleman, 1835 23
Sparingly in field beyond Folly plantation 'Penny Loaf Hill Odsey.' Barnard ann. Fordham,1859.
By Penny-loaf Hill, Odsey; H Fordham. Bab.1860,23 & Bab.MS.Fl.77.
Ashwell Station, 297.386, W Darling, 1979, [R]. 23, 24
MORDEN GRANGE PLANTATION
Near Morden Heath Farm, Newbould; ! Bab.1860,23 & Bab.MS.Fl.77.
Morden Grange Plantation, WH Mills, 8.1951.
Hundreds of plants on chalk spoil heap, just inside fence of Morden Grange Plantation, 299.399, R Payne, 1977.
Between rabbit fence & hedge, S side of Morden Grange Plantation, 298.399; AC Leslie, 16.9.1978, G Crompton, 1978.
Tetrad V, 29-40-, Seccombe & Douglas, 8.1979.
Morden Grange plantation, 24V, T James, 1990, [R].
Still plenty along the rabbit fence, 299.399, JCA Rathmell, 9.1991; still there, G Crompton et al, CFG Excursion, 4.1991.
Large numbers at quarry edge, JCA Rathmell, 21.7.1997, [R].
In good quantity, 23Z, 297.403,... T James, 22.9.1997, [R]. 24
see 23, 24 above 33
Nr the Horse & Groom, 19.10.1954, PJ Bourne, ann.CTW.
South. of wood (in Cambs), N of Therfield Heath, 1959 & 1960, PJ Bourne, ann.Evans.
In good quantity, ..303.398, T James, 22.9.1997, [R]. 23, 33
RAILWAY EMBANKMENT [see also 34]
Abundant on a railway bank, between Litlington & Odsey, 31-39-, PD Sell, 58/212, 11.8.1958, CGE.
Railway embankment, 312.393, G Crompton, 18.7.1978.
Prodigious quantities of Iberis ... and E of Ashwell & Morden seen from train, 20.6.1994, DE Coombe in litt. 21.6.1994.
Abundant, railway embankment and in crops to N of path, 300.387, JCA Rathmell, 3.9.1997, [R].
200+ plants on railway embankment, 299.387, JCA Rathmell, 3.9.1997, [R]. 34
Corn near Royston. 1835,Coleman(a),71; Corn on the hills near Royston. Coleman(b).
Iberis amara a mile to the right of the road from Royston to Melbourn. Rev. WH Coleman. N.B.G. Bab.ann.Relhan,263.
Near Royston to the right of the road to Melbourn!; WH Coleman. Bab.1860,23 & Bab.MS.Fl.77.
By the Icknield Way, both to the east and west of Royston, W Newbould, 1857, CGE.
By the Icknield Way, both to the east and west of Royston. Bab.1860,23 & Bab.MS.Fl.77.
Iberis amara Melbourn fields Newmarket Road Royston. Britten,1859.
At Burglar's Hill near Royston Fordham,1859.
Between Known's Folly and Melbourn, W Newbould, Bab.1860,23 & Bab.MS.Fl.77.
RAILWAY CUTTING
Bank of railway cutting between Royston & Meldreth, 364.428, PD Sell, 54/173, 13.7.1954, CGE.
Frequent for c.50 m on railway embankment, Steeple Morden, SE facing bank on SW side of railway embankment between Royston & Melbourn, at 364.429, G Crompton, 18.7.1978.
'Holland Hall' 364.428, NCC, 1989, [R].
Prodigious quantities of Iberis between Melbourn & Royston seen from train, 20.6.1994, DE Coombe in litt. 21.6.1994.
Whole embankment at 364.429, very heavily rabbit grazed and almost no vegetation except for frequent Iberis. G Crompton, c.1998. 35
Chalk pit, Orwell, Mr JJ Chater, 1866, Bab.ann. 45
Plentiful in Cherryhinton fields, 1879, Shrubbs ann.
Clay soil, Mill Road by old Rifle Butts. n.d., Shrubbs ann. 57
Soham Station, CEM.ann.