Broad-leaved Cudweed Filago pyramidata
Broad-leaved Cudweed (Filago pyramidata) is one of Britain’s rarest arable plants, now reduced to just a handful of sites nationally. It is a species of open, disturbed chalky or sandy soils, historically found as an arable weed on light farmland. Suffolk – particularly the Breckland and chalk boulder clay areas – has historically been important for this plant, and the county retains some of the most significant remaining populations in Britain. Its survival depends on sympathetic arable management, including conservation headlands and reduced herbicide use, as practised at some key sites in the county. Image: © Luis de Ossorno, iNaturalist.
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Suffolk’s Priority Fern and Flowering Plant Species
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Listed as a conservation priority in Suffolk’s Biodiversity Action Plan.
Closely associated with Suffolk’s landscape and natural identity.
Identified as a key priority for recovery under Suffolk’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
Has a Species of the Month article attached.
