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Plant Report
The flood pound contained many fine specimens of the Southern Marsh Orchid. Lesser
Water-parsnip was present in some sbundance together with some Ragged Robin. A small
amount of Red Bartsia was found. Common Valerian was a conspicuous component of the
marsh flora. Eighty nine species were identified which was a modest total for the marsh
which has had nearly two hundred species recorded in it by Shirley Watson.
Species recorded in Flood Pound and river bank to south in TL4918
Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore
Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard
Alnus glutinosa Alder
Alopecurus pratensis Meadow Foxtail
Angelicus sylvestris Wild Angelica
Anisantha sterilis Barren Brome
Apium nodiflorum Fool's Water-cress
Arctium lappa Greater Burdock
Arctium minus Lesser Burdock
Arrenatherum elatius False Oat-grass
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort
Berula erecta Lesser Water-parsnip
Caltha palustris Marsh-marigold
Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherds-purse
Cardamine hirsuta Hairy Bitter-cress
Cardamine pratensis Cuckooflower
Carex acutiformis Lesser Pond-sedge
Carex hirta Haiiy Sedge
Carex riparia Greater Pond-sedge
Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed
Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear
Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle
Cirsium palustre Marsh Thistle
Convolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed
Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn
Cymbalaria muralis Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Dactylis glomerata Cock's-foot
Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Southern Marsh-orchid
Dipsacus fullonum Wild Teasel
Eleocharis palustris Common Spike-rush
Elytrigea repens Common Couch
Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb
Equisetum palustre Marsh Horsetail
Eupatorium cannabinum Hemp-agrimony
Festuca rubra Red Fescue
Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet
Galium aparine Cleavers
Galium palustre Common Marsh-bedstraw
Geranium dissectum Cut-leaved Cranesbill
Geranium pyrenaicum Hedgerow Cranesbill
Geranium robertianum Herb-Robert
Glyceria fluitans Floating Sweet-grass
Glyceria maxima Reed Sweet-grass
Hedera helix Ivy
Recorders Tony Boniface, Chris Romer
Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed
Holcus lanatus Yorkshire-fog
Humulus lupulus Hop
Iris pseudacorus Yellow Iris
Juncus inflexus Hard Rush
Lamium album White Dead-nettle
Lapsana communis Nipplewort
Lathyrus pratensis Meadow Vetchling
Lolium perenne Perennial Rye-grass
Lychnis flos-cuculi Ragged Robin
Lycopus europaeus Gypsywort
Lythrum salicaria Purple-loosestrife
Odontites vernus Red Bartsia
Parietaria judaica Pellitory-of-the-wall
Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary-grass
Phragmites australis Common Reed
Plantago major Greater Plantain
Poa pratensis Smooth Meadow-grass
Poa trivialis Rough Meadow-grass
Potentilla anserina Silverweed
Potentilla reptans Creeping Cinquefoil
"Pulicaria dysentaria Common Fleabane
Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak
Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup
Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup
Rubus fruticosus agg. Bramble
Rumex hydrolapathum Water Dock
Salix cinerea ssp cinerea Rusty Sallow
Sambucus nigra Elder
Senecio jacobaea Common Ragwort
Senecio vulgaris Groundsel
Silene dioica Red Campion
Sisymbrium officinale Hedge Mustard
Solanum dulcamara Bittersweet
Stachys sylvatica Hedge Woundwort
Stellaria graminea Lesser Stitchwort
Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey
Symphytum uplandicum Russian Comfrey
Taraxacum agg. Dandelion
Trifolium pratense Red Clover
Trifolium repens White Clover
Urtica dioica Common Nettle
Valeriana officinalis Common Valerian
Veronica beccabunga Brooklime
Vicia sativa Common Vetch
Tony Boniface