Mayford Heritage Pond
Plants
A total of 222 species of plants have so far been recorded, of which 88 were deliberately introduced to help increase the diversity of animal life to the site.
| English Name | Scientific Name | Comments |
| Creeping Buttercup | Ranunculus repens | Colonised |
| Meadow Buttercup | Ranunculus acris | Colonised |
| Bulbous Buttercup | Ranunculus bulbosus | Colonised |
| Celery-leaved Buttercup | Ranunculus sceleratus | Planted |
| Lesser Celandine | Ranunculuc ficaria | Colonised |
| Lesser Spearwort | Ranunculus flamula | Planted |
| Greater Spearwort | Ranunculus lingua | Planted |
| Marsh Marigold | Caltha palustris | Planted |
| Common Water Crowfoot | Ranunculus | Planted |
| Rigid Hornwort | Ceratophyllum demersum | Planted |
| Common Poppy | Papaver rhoeas | Colonized |
| Long-headed Poppy | Papver dubium | Colonized |
| Opium Poppy | Papaver somniferum | Colonized |
| Greater Celandine | Chelidonium majus | Planted |
| Black Mustard | Brassica nigra | Colonized |
| Flixweed | Descurainia Sophia | Colonized |
| Winter-cress | Barbarea vulgaris | Planted |
| Hairy Bittercress | Cardamine hirsuta | Colonized |
| Cuckoo Flower | Cardamine pratensis | Colonized |
| Large Bittercress | Cardamine amara | Planted |
| Garlic Mustard | Alliaria petiolata | Colonized |
| Lesser Swine-cress | Coronopus didymus | Colonized |
| Shepherd's Purse | Capsella bursa-pastoris | Colonized |
| Common Whitlowgrass | Erophila verna | Colonized |
| Weld | Reseda lutea | Planted |
| Himalayan Balsam | Impatiens glandulifera | Colonised |
| Bulbous Buttercup | Ranunculus bulbosus | Colonised |
| Perforate St. John's Wort | Hypericum perforatum | Colonized |
| Square-stemmed St. John's Wort | Hypericum tetrapterum | Planted |
| Wild Pansy | Viola tricolor | Planted |
| Greater Spearwort | Ranunculus lingua | Colonized |
| Corn Cockle | Agrostemma githago | Planted |
| Red Campion | Silene dioica | Planted |
| Ragged Robin | Lychnis flos-cuculi | Planted |
| Common Chickweed | Stellaria media | Colonized |
| Lesser Stitchwort | Stellaria graminea | Colonized |
| Greater Stitchwort | Stellaria holostea | Colonized |
| Common Mouse-ear | Cerastium holosteoides | Colonized |
| Fat Hen | Chenopodium album | Colonized |
| Red Goosefoot | Chenopodium rubrum | Colonized |
| Spear-leaved Orache | Atriplex hastata | Colonized |
| Common Orache | Atriplex patula | Colonized |
| Common Mallow | Malva sylvestris | Colonized |
| Musk Mallow | Malva moschata | Planted |
| Dovesfoot Cranesbill | Geranium molle | Colonized |
| Cut-leaved Cranesbill | Geranium dissectum | Colonized |
| Hedgerow Cranesbill | Geranium pyrenaicum | Planted |
| Meadow Cranesbill | Geranium pratense | Planted |
| Common Storksbill | Erodium cicutarium | Colonized |
| Gorse | Ulex europaeus | Planted |
| Broom | Sarothamnus scoparius | Planted |
| Red Clover | Trifolium pratense | Colonized |
| White Clover | Trifolium repens | Colonized |
| Common Vetch | Vicia sativa | Colonized |
| Hairy Tare | Vicia hirsuta | Colonized |
| Meadow Vetchling | Lathyrus pratensis | Colonized |
| Black Medick | Medicago lupulina | Colonized |
| Spotted Medick | Medicago Arabica | Planted |
| Common Birds-foot-trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | Colonized |
| Greater Birds-foot-trefoil | Lotus pedunculatus | Planted |
| Blackthorn | Prunus spinosa | Colonized |
| Hawthorn | Crataegus monogyna | Colonized |
| Bastard Service Tree | Sorbus | Planted |
| Dog Rose | Rosa canina | Planted |
| Field Rose | Rosa arvensis | Planted |
| Bramble | Rubus fruticosus | Colonized |
| Raspberry | Rubus idaeus | Planted |
| Creeping Cinquefoil | Potentilla reptans | Colonized |
| Lady's Mantle | Alchemilla vulgaris | Planted |
| Great Burnet | Sanguisorba officinalis | Planted |
| Meadowsweet | Filipendula ulmaria | Planted |
| xxxxx | xxxxx | Colonized |
| Orpine | Sedum telephium | Planted |
| Australian Swamp Stonecrop | Crassula helmsii | Colonized |
| Broad-leaved Willowherb | Epilobium montanum | Colonized |
| Spear-leaved Willowherb | Epilobium lanceolatum | Colonized |
| Great Willowherb | Epilobium hirsutum | Colonized |
| Common Evening Primrose | Oenothera biennis | Colonized |
| Purple Loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | Planted |
| Common Nettle | Urtica dioica | Colonized |
| White Bryony | Bryonia dioica | Colonized |
| Holly | Ulex europaeus | Colonized |
| Ivy | Hedera helix | Colonized |
| Dogwood | Cornus sanguinea | Planted |
| Buckthorn | Rhamnus catharticus | Planted |
| Hazel | Corylus avellana | Planted |
| Alder | Alnus glutinosa | Planted |
| English Elm | Ulmus procera | Colonized |
| Field Maple | Acer campestre | Planted |
| Silver Birch | Betula pendula | Colonized |
| Petty Spurge | Euphorbia peplus | Colonized |
| Sun Spurge | Euphorbia helioscopia | Colonized |
| Cow Parsley | Anthriscus sylvestris | Colonized |
| Hemlock | Conium maculatum | Planted |
| Ground Elder | Aegopodium podagraria | Colonized |
| Hogweed | Heracleum sphondylium | Colonized |
| Hemlock Water Dropwort | Oenanthe crocata | Planted |
| Lesser Water Parsnip | Berula erecta | Planted |
| Wild Carrot | Daucus carota | Planted |
| Broad-leaved Dock | Rumex obtusifolius | Colonized |
| Curled Dock | Rumex crispus | Colonized |
| Common Sorrel | Rumex acetosa | Colonized |
| Knotgrass | Polygonum aviculare | Colonized |
| Water Pepper | Polygonum hydropiper | Planted |
| Redshank | Polygonum persicaria | Colonized |
| Amphibious Bistort | Polygonum amphibium | Planted |
| Black Bindweed | Polygonum convulvulus | Colonized |
| Primrose | Primula vulgaris | Planted |
| Cowslip | Primula veris | Planted |
| Yellow Loosestrife | Lysimachia vulgaris | Planted |
| Bogbean | Menyanthes trifoliata | Planted |
| Field Bindweed | Convulvulus arvensis | Colonized |
| Hedge Bindweed | Calystegia sepium | Colonized |
| Great Mullein | Verbascum thapsus | Planted |
| Water Figwort | Scrophularia aquatica | Planted |
| Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea | Planted |
| Common Toadflax | Linaria vulgaris | Planted |
| Germander Speedwell | Veronica chamaedrys | Colonized |
| Thyme-leaved Speedwell | Veronica serpyllifolia | Colonized |
| Brooklime | Veronica beccabunga | Planted |
| Common Field Speedwell | Veronica persica | Colonized |
| Grey Field Speedwell | Veronica polita | Colonized |
| Wall Speedwell | Veronica arvensis | Colonized |
| Lilac Ivy-leaved Speedwell | eronica hederifolia | Colonized |
| Yellow Rattle | Rhinathus minor | Sown |
| Water Mint | Mentha aquatica | Planted |
| Gypsywort | Lycopus europaeus | Planted |
| White Dead-nettle | Lamium album | Colonized |
| Common Hemp Nettle | Galeopsis tetrahit | Colonized |
| Wild Marjoram | Origanum vulgare | Planted |
| Hedge Woundwort | Stachys sylvatica | Colonized |
| Black Horehound | Ballota nigra | Colonized |
| Self-heal | Prunella vulgaris | Colonized |
| Wood Sage | Teucrium scorodonia | Planted |
| Water Forget-me-not | Myotis scorpioides | Planted |
| Field Forget-me-not | Myotis arvensis | Planted |
| Common Comfrey | Symphytm officinale | Planted |
| Ribwort Plantain | Plantago lanceolata | Colonized |
| Greater Plantain | Plantago major | Colonized |
| Guelder Rose | Viburnum opulus | Planted |
| Common Marsh-bedstraw | Galium palustre | Colonized |
| Common Cleavers | Galium aparine | Colonized |
| Teasel | Dipsacus fullonum | Planted |
| Small Teasel | Dipsacus pilosus | Planted |
| Field Scabious | Knautia arvensis | Planted |
| Devil's-bit Scabious | Succisa pratensis | Planted |
| Common Ragwort | Senecio jacobaea | Colonized |
| Oxford Ragwort | Senecio squalidus | Colonized |
| Common Groundsel | Senecio vulgaris | Colonized |
| Common Fleabane | Pulicaria dysenterica | Planted |
| Canadian Fleabane | Conyza canadensis | Colonized |
| Daisy | Bellis perennis | Colonized |
| Ox-eye Daisy | Chrysanthemum leucanthemum | Planted |
| Tansy | Chrysanthemum vulgare | Planted |
| Corn Marigold | Chrysanthemum segetum | Planted |
| Trifid Bur Marigold | Bidens tripartite | Colonized |
| Coltsfoot | Tussilago farfara | Colonized |
| Hemp Agrimony | Eupatorium cannabinum | Planted |
| Scentless Mayweed | Tripleurospermum maritimum | Colonized |
| Scented Mayweed | Matricaria recutita | Colonized |
| Stinking Chamomile | Anthemis cotula | Colonized |
| Mugwort | Artemisia vulgaris | Colonized |
| Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare | Colonized |
| Creeping Thistle | Cirsium arvense | Colonized |
| Welted Thistle | Carduus acanthoides | Colonized |
| Black Knapweed | Centaurea nigra | Planted |
| Lesser Burdock | Arctium minus | Colonized |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | Colonized |
| Goatsbeard | Tragopogon pratensis | Colonized |
| Chicory | Cichorium intybus | Planted |
| Prickly Lettuce | Lactuca serriola | Colonized |
| Common Catsear | Hypochaeris radicata | Colonized |
| Smooth Hawk's-beard | Crepis capillaries | Colonized |
| Bristly Ox-tongue | Picris echioides | Colonized |
| Mouse-eared Hawkweed | Pilosella officinarum | Colonized |
| Perennial Sow-thistle | Sonchus arvensis | Colonized |
| Smooth Sow-thistle | Sonchus oleraceus | Colonized |
| Prickly Sow-thistle | Sonchus asper | Colonized |
| Common Water Plantain | Alisma plantago-aquatica | Planted |
| Flowering Rush | Butomus umbellatus | Planted |
| Water Soldier | Stratiotes aloides | Planted |
| Yellow Flag Iris | Iris pseudacorus | Planted |
| Cuckoo Pint | Arum maculatum | Colonized |
| Branched Bur-reed | Sparganium erectum | Planted |
| Greater Reedmace | Typha latifolia | Colonized |
| Common Spotted Orchid | Dactylorhiza fuchsii | Colonized |
| Common Duckweed | Lemna minor | Colonized |
| Ivy-leaved Duckweed | Lemna trisulca | Colonized |
| Canadian Pondweed | Elodea canadensis | Planted |
| Broad-leaved Pondweed | Potomageton natans | Planted |
| Curled Pondweed | Potomageton crispus | Planted |
| Fennel Pondweed | Potomageton pectinatus | Planted |
| Water Starwort | Callitriche sp. | Planted |
| Blanketweed sp. | Spirogyra sp. | Colonized |
| Annual Meadow Grass | Poa annua | Colonized |
| Rough Meadow Grass | Poa trivialis | Colonized |
| Red Fescue | Festuca rubra | Colonized |
| Hard Fescue | Festuca longifolia | Colonized |
| Timothy | Phleum pratense | Colonized |
| Timothy | xxxxx | Colonized |
| Perennial Rye Grass | Lolium perenne | Colonized |
| Crested Dog's Tail | Cynosurus cristatus | Colonized |
| Barren Brome | Bromus sterilis | Colonized |
| Soft Brome | Bromus hordeaceus | Colonized |
| False Oat Grass | Arrhenatherum elatius | Colonized |
| Sweet Vernal Grass | Anthoxanthum odoratum | Colonized |
| Creeping Bent | Agrostis stolonifera | Colonized |
| Common Bent | Agrostis tenuis | Colonized |
| Marsh Foxtail | Alopecurus geniculatus | Planted |
| Meadow Foxtail | Alopecurus pratensis | Colonized |
| Yorkshire Fog | Holcus lanatus | Colonized |
| Cock's-foot | Dactylis glomerata | Colonized |
| Reed Sweet Grass | Glyceria maxima | Planted |
| Soft Rush | Juncus effuses | Planted |
| Hard Rush | Juncus inflexus | Planted |
| Sharp-flowered Rush | Juncus acutiflorus | Planted |
| Jointed Rush | Juncus articulatus | Planted |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius | Colonized |
| Common Spike-rush | Eleocharis palustris | Planted |
| Hairy Wood Rush | Luzula pilosa | Colonized |
| Greater Pond Sedge | Carex riparia | Planted |
| False Fox Sedge | Carex vulpina | Colonized |
NB - Not all of these are present any more due to successional changes and maturation of the habitats.