Plants
A total of 218 species of plants have so far been
recorded, of which 35 were deliberately introduced to help increase the
diversity of animal life to the site.
|
English Name |
Scientific Name |
Comments |
|
Creeping Buttercup |
Ranunculus repens |
colonized |
|
Meadow Buttercup |
Ranunculus acris |
colonized |
|
Bulbous Buttercup |
Ranunculus bulbosus |
colonized |
|
Celery-leaved Buttercup |
Ranunculus sceleratus |
planted |
|
Lesser Celandine |
Ranunculus ficaria |
colonized |
|
Lesser Spearwort |
Ranunculus flammula |
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 |
Papaver 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 |
colonized |
|
Perforate St. John's Wort |
Hypericum perforatum |
colonized |
|
Square-stemmed St. John's Wort |
Hypericum tetrapterum |
planted |
|
Wild Pansy |
Viola tricolor |
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 |
|
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 |
Veronica 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 |
|
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|
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|
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 |
|
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.
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