BED 1 - THE SHINGLE COLONISERS
Shingle consists of pebble stones of various sizes and sand which is derived from ground down flint stones and chalk. It contains no SOIL or humus for plants. Certain plants have the characteristics that allow them to arrive as seeds, and take root and thrive in these conditions. The plants you see here are examples of these plants. Sea Kale with thick succulent leaves and cuticles, very deep tap roots to attach; Yellow horned poppy with grey hairy leaves and rosette formation to protect the young plant, low lying stonecrops, tough leaved sea beet. Short lived plants like scurvy grass that can grow when weather is more clement..
Plant species in Bed 1: Sea Kale, Yellow horned Poppy, Sea Beet, Biting Stonecrop, Scurvy grass, Sea Heath.
