Learn about some of the wild plants that can be found in a Rhos pasture on Dartmoor, with botanist Hannah Gibbons. Rhos pastures are a mosaic of wet meadows, bogs, heaths, woodland and scrub. The marshy grassland areas can be very species-rich, characterised by purple moor-grass and rush, plus many distinctive plants such as Bog pimpernel, Round-leaved sundew, Bog asphodel, Common cotton-grass and Devil’s-bit scabious. Devil’s-bit scabious is the sole food plant for the caterpillar of the rare Marsh Fritillary butterfly.
Moor Meadows filmed Hannah at Challacombe Farm on Dartmoor. You can visit the wonderful meadows at Challacombe on a self guided trail (open now for a week or two - see the Open Meadows Programme pinned to the top of the News & Events listing for full information).
View the video here: https://youtu.be/IgLym_UI-HA