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Conservation Volunteers of St.Mellons & Trowbridge
Cath Cobb
Woodlands
Red campion
Distinctive pink-red coloured flower with five petals that are fused at their base. This species is an ancient woodland indicator, so may give a clue to the age of a wood. Important for various pollinating insects, including bees, butterflies and hoverflies.
Bluebell
The bluebell is an unmistakeable woodland flower with blue bell-shaped flowers. The bluebell spends most of the year as bulb underground in ancient woodland, only emerging to flower and leaf from April onwards, attracting plenty of pollinating insects.
Wood Anemone
The Wood anemone is a pretty spring flower of ancient woodlands, flowers bloom between March and May . Large, white or purple-streaked 'petals' surround a cluster of distinctive yellow anthers. The wood anemone grows in dappled shade in ancient woodlands.
Common evening-primrose
Large yellow flowers (only open in the evening) comprising four petals that appear in loose formation on tall stems. These blooms appear on tall spikes from June to September and attract bees, butterflies and moths searching for nectar.
Lesser Celandine
A member of the buttercup family, shiny flowers can carpet an area between March and May. One of the first spring flowers hence provides a nectar source for early insects. The flowers are about 3cm across and typically open in the sunlight. Common at both Hendre Lake & Cath Cobb woodlands.
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