The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1789
Latest year: 2006

County Status
Native

Family
Caryophyllaceae

Total records held
124

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 61	82
Tetrads: 68	84
Hectads: 28	33

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Mar 2 2006

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Corn Spurrey is an occasional native annual of arable farmland, especially on sandy acidic soil. Scattered across Derbyshire, it avoids only the higher moors of the Dark Peak. Two varieties have been recorded, of which var. Xxarvensis is the commonest. Clapham's 1969 Flora notes that variety Xxsativa has been recorded only from Hulland Gravel Pit (SK2645) and Smisby (SK3419). It is declining nationally due to agricultural intensification (Preston XXet al. 2002).