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Wildflowers In Polstead Churchyard
Recorder : Richard Kilshaw.
Initial survey 15-04-08 (in black).
Re-surveys: 03-05-08, 13-06-08
Updated: 13-06-08 (additions to initial survey highlighted in yellow)
Last updated: 09-07-08 (additions highlighted in blue)
Nomenclature follows Stace C. - New Flora of British Isles (1997)
Relative abundance of species within the site is indicated using ‘DAFOR' scale:
D = dominant, A = abundant, F = frequent, O = occasional and R = rare.
Where prefixed by L = locally; e.g. O/LA = occasional but locally abundant.
Species |
Scientific name |
Relative Abundance |
|
1 |
Red Fescue |
Festuca rubra |
A |
2 |
Field Woodrush |
Luzula campestris |
A |
3 |
Sweet vernal-grass |
Anthoxanthum odoratum |
A |
4 |
Common Bent grass |
Agrostis capillaris |
A |
5 |
Yellow Oat-grass |
Trisetum flavescens |
A |
6 |
Oxeye daisy |
Leucanthemum vulgare |
F/LA |
7 |
Germander Speedwell |
Veronica chamaedrys |
F/LA |
8 |
Mouse-ear Hawkweed |
Pilosella officinarum |
F/LA |
9 |
Bulbous Buttercup |
Ranunculus bulbosus |
F |
10 |
Ribwort Plantain |
Plantago lanceolata |
F |
11 |
Daisy |
Bellis perennis |
F |
12 |
Yarrow |
Achillea millefolium |
F |
13 |
Common Knapweed |
Centaurea nigra |
F |
14 |
Common mouse-ear |
Cerastium fontanum |
F |
15 |
White Clover |
Trifolium repens |
F |
16 |
Sorrel |
Rumex acetosa |
F |
17 |
False Oat-grass |
Arrhenatherum elatius |
F |
18 |
Lesser Trefoil |
Trifolium dubium |
F |
19 |
Ground Ivy |
Glechoma hederacea |
O/LA |
20 |
Hedge Bedstraw |
Galium mollugo |
O/LA |
21 |
Lesser Stitchwort |
Stellaria graminea |
O/LA |
22 |
Primrose |
Primula vulgaris |
O/LF |
23 |
Hairy sedge |
Carex hirta |
O |
24 |
Rough Meadow-grass |
Poa trivialis |
O |
25 |
Field Scabious |
Knautia arvensis |
O |
26 |
Field bindweed |
Convolvulus arvensis |
O |
27 |
Common Vetch |
Vicia sativa |
O |
28 |
Prickly Sedge |
Carex muricata subspecies lamprocarpa |
O |
29 |
Cowslip |
Primula veris |
O |
30 |
Dandelion |
Taraxacum officinalis agg. |
O |
31 |
Sweet Violet |
Viola odorata |
O |
32 |
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill |
Geranium molle |
O |
33 |
Grey field Speedwell |
Veronica polita |
O |
34 |
Burnet saxifrage |
Pimpinella saxifraga |
O |
35 |
Meadow Buttercup |
Ranunculus acris |
O |
36 |
Common sedge |
Carex nigra |
O |
37 |
White Deadnettle |
Lamium album |
O |
38 |
Red Deadnettle |
Lamium purpureum |
O |
39 |
Shepherds purse |
Bursa Capsella-pastoris |
O |
40 |
Red Clover |
Trifolium pratense |
O |
41 |
Cock's-foot grass |
Dactylis glomerata |
O |
42 |
Rye grass |
Lolium perenne |
O |
43 |
Common Forget-me-not |
Myosotis arvensis |
O |
44 |
Yorkshire Fog |
Holcus lanatus |
O |
45 |
Creeping Cinquefoil |
Potentilla reptans |
O |
46 |
Barren Strawberry |
Potentilla sterilis |
O |
47 |
Creeping Buttercup |
Ranunculus repens |
O |
48 |
Black Medick |
Medicago lupulina |
O |
49 |
Annual Meadow-grass |
Poa annua |
O |
50 |
Ivy-leaved Speedwell |
Veronica hederifolia |
O |
51 |
Snowdrop |
Galanthus nivalis |
R/LF |
52 |
Greater Celandine |
Chelidonium majus |
R |
53 |
Curled Dock |
Rumex crispus |
R |
54 |
Red Campion |
Silene dioica |
R |
55 |
Prickly Sow-thistle |
Sonchus asper |
R |
56 |
Spear Thistle |
Cirsium vulgare |
R |
57 |
Lords and Ladies |
Arum maculatum |
R |
58 |
Agrimony |
Agrimonia eupatoria |
R |
59 |
Meadow Foxtail |
Alopecurus pratensis |
R |
60 |
Burdock species |
Arctium sp. |
R |
61 |
Selfheal |
Prunella vulgaris |
R |
62 |
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill |
Geranium dissectum |
R |
63 |
Soft Brome |
Bromus mollis |
R |
64 |
Timothy grass |
Phleum bertolonii |
R |
65 |
Wood Dock |
Rumex sanguineus |
R |
66 |
Bird's-foot Trefoil |
Lotus corniculatus |
R |
67 |
Cow Parsley |
Anthriscus sylvestris |
R |
68 |
Garlic Mustard |
Alliaria petiolata |
R |
69 |
Common Ragwort |
Senecio jacobaea |
R |
70 |
Common Calamint |
Clinopodium ascendens |
R |
71 |
Ivy-leaved Toadflax |
Cymbalaria muralis |
R/LF |
72 |
Biting Stonecrop |
Sedum acre |
R |
73 |
Water Figwort |
Scrophularia auriculata |
R |
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