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Mosses: are one of the first colonisers of quarry floors Quaking grass: perhaps the most attractive of native limestone grasses Basil: an aromatic plant of quarry floors Autumn gentian: needs an open rocky situation to flower and survive Bee orchid: a beautiful flower than cannot compete with rank vegetation Marjoram: is an early coloniser of limestone quarry floors