The area close to Scratchwood is acid grassland which has uncommon species such as dyer's greenweed and heath speedwell.

Heath Speedwell (V. officinalis)

Veronica officinalis (Heath Speedwell, Common Speedwell, Common Gypsyweed, Paul's Betony) is a species of Veronica, native to Europe and western Asia.

Veronica officinalis (Heath Speedwell, Common Speedwell, Common Gypsyweed, Paul's Betony) is a species of Veronica, native to Europe and western Asia.

Veronica officinalis (Common Speedwell)

Unlike at least five other common speedwell turf weeds such as corn speedwell (Veronica arvensis), the leaves are opposite both on the upper and lower parts of the plant.

Veronica officinalis (Heath Speedwell, Common Speedwell, Common Gypsyweed, Paul's Betony) is a species of Veronica, native to Europe and western Asia.

Veronica arvensis (Corn Speedwell, Common Speedwell, Speedwell, Rock Speedwell, Wall Speedwell ) is a medicinal plant and noxious weed native to Africa, Asia and Europe.

There are well over a dozen species that grow in the Northeast, but the location and those flower spires mean yours are likely to be one of the following four: If the leaves look almost like felt and are growing on little stems, it is probably common speedwell (V. officinalis).

Older, established blocks of heather have greater biodiversity and include lichens as well as flowering plant species isuch as heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, common speedwell Veronica officinalis and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina.

Veronica officinalis (Heath Speedwell, Common Speedwell, Common Gypsyweed, Paul's Betony) is a species of Veronica, native to Europe and western Asia.

Don't confuse brooklime with black root (Leptandra virginica) or veronica (Veronica officinalis).

Older, established blocks of heather have greater biodiversity and include lichens as well as flowering plant species isuch as heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, common speedwell Veronica officinalis and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina.