Saturday, October 12, 2019

Meadow wildflower survey

On July 12th a volunteer came to survey our main three wildlfower meadows as part of our involvement with the Penwith Landscape Partnership, and he recorded the following 47 species:-
common bent grass (Agrostis capillaris)
creeping bent grass (Agrostis stoloifera)
sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)
lesser burdock (Arctium minus)
onion couch grass (Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum)
soft brome grass (Bromus hordaceus)
hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
common knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
common mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare)
creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense)
spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
smooth hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris)
crested dog's tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus)
cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata)
wild carrot (Daucus carota)
foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
red fescue grass (Festuca rubra agg.)
cleavers (Galium aparine)
cut-leaved crane's-bill (Geranium dissectum)
hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
Yorkshire fog grass (Holcus lanatus)
cat's ear (Hypochoeris radicata)
toad rush (Juncus bufonius)
soft rush (Juncus effusus)
perennial rye grass (Lolium perenne)
large bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus)
ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
blackberry (Rubus fruticosa agg.)
curled dock (Rumex crispus)
broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
fiddle dock (Rumex pulcher subsp. pulcher)
procumbent pearlwort (Sagina procumbens)
elder (Sambucus nigra)
common ragwort (Senecio jacobea)
red campion (silene dioica)
prickly sow-thistle (Sonchus asper)
smooth sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
corn spurrey (Spergula arvensis)
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale agg.)
lesser trefoil (Trifolium dubium)
white clover (Trifolium repens)
gorse (Ulex europeus)
pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris)
common nettle (Urtica dioica)
common vetch (Vicia sativa)

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