510 Till I'hirii muf Idinui i>f Floudcd FoiJimd 



also the moss Ainbl/jslegium ripariinn. Both of tliese pastures are 

 destined to be ploughed up. 



As a result of the flood, many of the stacks were moved from the 

 stackyards, and some floated considerable distances. After the water 

 had subsided, the stacks became covered with plants up to the water 

 level. 



The following were found growing on old straw stacks: 



Matricaria inodora Lapi^ana communis 



Slellaria media Slachijs paluslris 



Viola tricolor Pob/gonwn avicutare 



Oaleopsis versicolor J'lanlayo major 



Chenopodium album Agrostis alba 



Galium aparine Mentha aquatica 



„ uliginosum Senecia vulgaris 



The flora of the farmyard was very varied, many of the plants prob- 

 ably originating in the straw stacks. 



Polygonum amphihium Lychnis Oithago 



„ persicaria Plantago major 



,, fagopyrum (tmcUwlicnt) Stachys paluslris 



„ aviculare Capsella bursa pastoris 



Sinapis arvensis Ranunculus repens 

 Alisma plantago „ sceleratus 



Galeopsis versicolor Nasturtium officinale 



Chenopodium album Barbarea vulgaris 



,, ^ urbicum Rumex obtusifolius 



Uriica urens Poa annua 



,, dioica „ trimalis 



Tjapsana communis Dactylis glomerata 



Mentha aquatica Agropyrum repen.<< 



Slellaria media Agrostis alba 

 Carduus nutans 



In the gardens all flowers, vegetables, box hedges and gooseberry 

 bushes were killed with the exception of horse radish. All the willow 

 trees along the sides of the dykes formed dense masses of adventitious 

 roots above the soil level and below the flood water level (see I'l. VI. 

 fig. 4). The soil reacted slightly acid to litmus and nitrifying organisms 

 were found to be present. 



Fauna. 



Snails. It was thought probable that some of the flooded land might 

 be infested with Limnaea truncatula — the snail which carries the 

 Liver-fluke of sheep — but none were foniul. 



