Plants

Complete list of plants recorded Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Picture Credit: Liz Milner

KEY

# Planted
## Naturally occuring & Planted
G Grassland indicator
AN Avon Notable species with legal protection/rare/scarce/uncommon/UK BAP (Biodiversity Action Plans)
R removed

Includes plants found by BNS/Rupert Higgins. The old County of Avon is still used for recording wildlife.

Brackets show the origin of the plant.


  1. Acer campestre - Field Maple (natural/indigenous) ##
  2. Acer platanoides - Norway Maple (natural/indigenous) 
  3. Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore (natural/indigenous) 
  4. Acer sp. - Purple Maple (Non-native planted) 
  5. Achillea millefolium - Yarrow (natural/indigenous) 
  6. Aesculus hippocastanum - Horse Chestnut (garden escape) 
  7. Agrimonia eupatoria - Agrimony (natural/indigenous) G
  8. Agrostis capillaris - Common Bent (natural/indigenous) 
  9. Agrostis stolonifera - Creeping Bent (natural/indigenous) 
  10. Alliaria petiolata - Hedge Garlic (natural/indigenous) 
  11. Allium oleraceum - Field Garlic (natural/indigenous) G AN
  12. Allium vineale - Crow Garlic (natural/indigenous) 
  13. Alnus glutinosa - Common Alder (natural/indigenous) #
  14. Alopecurus pratensis - Meadow Foxtail (natural/indigenous) 
  15. Anacamptis pyramidalis - Pyramidal Orchid (natural/indigenous) G AN
  16. Anagallis arvensis - Scarlet Pimpernel (natural/indigenous) 
  17. Anisantha madritensis - Compact Brome (natural/indigenous) 
  18. Anisantha sterilis - Sterile Brome (natural/indigenous) 
  19. Anthoxanthum odoratum - Sweet Vernal Grass (natural/indigenous) 
  20. Anthriscus sylvestris - Cow Parsley (natural/indigenous) 
  21. Aquilega vulgaris - Columbine/Granny’s Bonnet (garden escape) 
  22. Arctium minus - Lesser Burdock (natural/indigenous) 
  23. Arenaria serpyllifolia - Thyme-leaved Sandwort (natural/indigenous) 
  24. Arrhenatherum elatius - False Oat-grass (natural/indigenous) 
  25. Artemisia vulgaris - Mugwort (natural/indigenous) 
  26. Arum maculatum - Wild Arum (natural/indigenous) 
  27. Asplenium scolopendrium - Hart’s tongue Fern (natural/indigenous) 
  28. Avena fatua - Wild Oat (natural/indigenous) 
  29. Bellis perennis - Daisy (natural/indigenous) 
  30. Betula pendula - Silver Birch (natural/indigenous) #
  31. Betula pendula spp? - whitebarked Birch (Non-native planted) 
  32. Betula pubescens - Downy Birch (natural/indigenous) #
  33. Brachypodium sylvaticum - Brome Slender/False Wood- (natural/indigenous) 
  34. Bromopsis erecta - Upright Brome (natural/indigenous) G
  35. Bromus hordaceous - Soft Brome (Lop Grass) (natural/indigenous) 
  36. Bryonia dioica - White Bryony (natural/indigenous) 
  37. Calendula officinalis - Pot Marigold (garden escape) 
  38. Calystegia sepium - Hedge Bindweed (natural/indigenous) 
  39. Calystegia sylvatica - Great Bindweed (natural/indigenous) 
  40. Cardamine hirsuta - Hairy Bitter-cress (natural/indigenous) 
  41. Cardamine pratensis - Cuckoo flower/Lady’s Smock (natural/indigenous) 
  42. Carex hirta - Hairy Sedge (natural/indigenous) 
  43. Carex caryophyllea - Spring Sedge (natural/indigenous) 
  44. Carex divulsa subs. Divulsa - Grey Sedge (natural/indigenous) 
  45. Carex flacca - Glaucous Sedge (natural/indigenous) G
  46. Carex nigra - Common Sedge (natural/indigenous) mis-identified?
  47. Carex pendula - Pendulous Sedge (natural/indigenous) 
  48. Carex spicata - Spiked Sedge (natural/indigenous) 
  49. Carlina vulgaris - Carline Thistle (natural/indigenous) G AN
  50. Carpinus betulis - Hornbeam (natural/indigenous) #
  51. Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut (natural/indigenous) 
  52. Catapodium marinum - Sea Fern-grass (natural/indigenous) 
  53. Catapodium rigidum - Fern-grass/Hard Poa (natural/indigenous) G AN
  54. Centaurea nemoralis - Brown Knapweed (natural/indigenous) 
  55. Centaurea nigra - Black Knapweed (natural/indigenous) G
  56. Centaurea scabiosa - Greater Knapweed (natural/indigenous) G
  57. Centaurium erythraea - Centaury (natural/indigenous) G
  58. Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian (garden escape) 
  59. Cerastium fontanum - Common Mouse-ear (natural/indigenous) 
  60. Cerastium glomeratum - Sticky Mouse ear (natural/indigenous) 
  61. Chaerophyllum temulum - Rough Chervil (natural/indigenous) 
  62. Chenopodium album - Fat-hen (natural/indigenous) 
  63. Chrysosplenium oppositifolium - Opposite-Leaved Golden Saxifrage (natural/indigenous) 
  64. Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle (natural/indigenous) 
  65. Cirsium vulgare - Spear Thistle (natural/indigenous) 
  66. Clematis vitalba - Old man’s-beard (natural/indigenous) 
  67. Cochlearia danica - Danish Scurvy-grass (natural/indigenous) AN
  68. Cochlearia officinalis - Common Scurvy-grass (natural/indigenous) mis-identified?
  69. Conopodium majus - Pignut (natural/indigenous) 
  70. Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed (natural/indigenous) 
  71. Conyza canadensis - Canadian Fleabane (natural/indigenous) 
  72. Conyza floribunda - Bilbao’s Fleabane (natural/indigenous) 
  73. Cornus sanguinea - Dogwood (natural/indigenous) ##
  74. Corylus avellana - Hazel (natural/indigenous) ##
  75. Cotoneaster horizantalis - Wall /prostrate Cotoneaster (garden escape) 
  76. Cotoneaster salicifolius - Willow-leaved Cotoneaster (garden escape) 
  77. Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn (natural/indigenous) 
  78. Crepis capillaris - Smooth Hawksbeard (natural/indigenous) 
  79. Crepis vesicaria - Beaked Hawksbeard (natural/indigenous) 
  80. Cyclamen sp. - Cyclamen (garden escape) 
  81. Cynosurus cristatus - Crested Dog’s-tail (natural/indigenous) 
  82. Dactylis glomerata - Cocksfoot (natural/indigenous) 
  83. Dactylorhiza fuchsii - Common Spotted Orchid (natural/indigenous) G
  84. Dactylorhiza praetermissa - Southern Marsh Orchid (natural/indigenous) 
  85. Dactylorhiza x grandis - Hybrid Orchid (natural/indigenous) G AN
  86. Daphne laureola - Spurge-laurel (natural/indigenous) 
  87. Daucus carota (subsp. Carota 2018) - Wild Carrot (natural/indigenous) G
  88. Digitalis purpureum - Foxglove (natural/indigenous) #
  89. Dipsacus fullonum - Teasel (natural/indigenous) ##
  90. Dryopteris filix-mas - Male Fern (natural/indigenous) 
  91. Elytrigea repens - Common /Creeping Couch (natural/indigenous) 
  92. Epilobium ciliatum - American - Willowherb (garden escape) 
  93. Epilobium hirsutum - Great/Hairy Willowherb (natural/indigenous) 
  94. Epilobium montanum - Broad-leaved Willowherb (natural/indigenous) 
  95. Epilobium parviflorum - Hoary Willowherb (natural/indigenous) 
  96. Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail (natural/indigenous) 
  97. Erigeron acer - Blue Fleabane (natural/indigenous) G AN
  98. Erigeron karvinskianus - Mexican Fleabane (garden escape) 
  99. Erophila verna - Spring Whitlow-grass (natural/indigenous) G
  100. Euonymus europaeus - Spindle (natural/indigenous) #
  101. Eupatorium cannabinum - Hemp-agrimony (natural/indigenous) 
  102. Euphorbia helioscopa - Sun Spurge (natural/indigenous) 
  103. Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae - Turkish Wood Spurge (garden escape) 
  104. Fagus sylvaticus - Green Beech (natural/indigenous) #
  105. Fallopia japonica - Japanese Knotweed (garden escape) R
  106. Festuca arundinacea - Tall Fescue (natural/indigenous) 
  107. Festuca ovina - Sheep’s Fescue (natural/indigenous) G
  108. Festuca pratensis - Meadow Fescue (natural/indigenous) G
  109. Festuca rubra - Red Fescue (natural/indigenous) 
  110. Fragaria vesca - Wild Strawberry (natural/indigenous) 
  111. Frangula alnus - Alder Buckthorn (natural/indigenous) #
  112. Fraxinus excelsior - Ash (natural/indigenous) 
  113. Fumaria officinalis - Common Fumitory (natural/indigenous) 
  114. Galanthus nivalis - Snowdrop (garden escape) 
  115. Galinsoga quadriradiata - Shaggy Soldier (garden escape) 2018 Jean Oliver
  116. Galium album (prev. ‘mollugo’) - Hedge Bedstraw (natural/indigenous) 
  117. Galium aparine - Cleavers/Goosegrass (natural/indigenous) 
  118. Galium verum - Lady’s Bedstraw (natural/indigenous) 
  119. Geranium dissectum - Cut-leaved Cranesbill (natural/indigenous) 
  120. Geranium lucidum - Shining Cranesbill (natural/indigenous) 
  121. Geranium molle - Dovesfoot Cranesbill (natural/indigenous) 
  122. Geranium pyrenaicum - Hedgerow Cranesbill (natural/indigenous) 
  123. Geranium robertianum - Herb Robert (natural/indigenous) 
  124. Geum urbanum - Wood avens (natural/indigenous) 
  125. Glechoma hederacea - Ground-ivy (natural/indigenous) 
  126. Hedera helix - Ivy (natural/indigenous) 
  127. Helictotrichon pratense - Downy Oat-Grass (natural/indigenous) 
  128. Helictotrichon pubescens - Meadow Oat Grass (natural/indigenous) 
  129. Helminthotheca (prev. Picris e.) echioides - Bristly Oxtongue (natural/indigenous) 
  130. Heracleum sphondylium - Hogweed (natural/indigenous) 
  131. Hieracium sp. - Hawkweed (natural/indigenous) 
  132. Holcus lanatus - Yorkshire Fog (natural/indigenous) 
  133. Holcus mollis - Creeping Sweet-grass (natural/indigenous) 
  134. Hordeum distichon? - Four rowed? Barley [cultivated] (garden escape) 
  135. Hordeum secalinum/murinum - Meadow/Wall Barley (natural/indigenous) 
  136. Hyacinthoides hispanicus - Spanish Bluebell (garden escape) 
  137. Hyacinthoides non-scriptus - English Bluebell (natural/indigenous) 
  138. Hyacinthoides x massartiana - Hybrid Bluebell (natural/indigenous) 
  139. Hypericum androsaemum - Tutsan (natural/indigenous) 
  140. Hypericum perforatum - Perforate St John’s-wort (natural/indigenous) 
  141. Hypochaeris radicata - Common Catsear (natural/indigenous) 
  142. Ilex aquifolium - Holly (natural/indigenous) #
  143. Inula conyzae - Ploughman’s Spikenard (natural/indigenous) G
  144. Iris foetidissima - Stinking Iris (natural/indigenous) 
  145. Jasminum nudiflorum - Jasmine (garden escape) 
  146. Juglans regia - Walnut (garden escape) 
  147. Knautia arvensis - Field Scabious (natural/indigenous) G
  148. Lactuca serriola - Prickly Lettuce (natural/indigenous) 
  149. Lamium album - White Dead-nettle (natural/indigenous) 
  150. Lamium purpureum - Red Dead-nettle (natural/indigenous) 
  151. Lapsana communis - Nipplewort (natural/indigenous) 
  152. Lathyrus latifolius - Broad-leaved Everlasting pea (garden escape) 
  153. Lathyrus pratensis - Meadow Vetchling (natural/indigenous) G
  154. Leontodon autumnale - Autumnal hawkbit (natural/indigenous) 
  155. Leontodon hispisidus - Rough Hawkbit (natural/indigenous) 
  156. Leontodon saxatile - Lesser Hawkbit (natural/indigenous) G
  157. Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-eye Daisy (natural/indigenous) G
  158. Leycesteria formosa - Himalayan Honeysuckle (garden escape) 
  159. Ligustrum vulgare - Wild Privet (natural/indigenous) #
  160. Linum catharticum - Purging Flax (natural/indigenous) G
  161. Lithospermum officinale - Common Gromwell (natural/indigenous) G AN
  162. Lolium multiflorum - Italian Rye-grass (garden escape) 
  163. Lolium perenne - Perennial Rye-grass (natural/indigenous) 
  164. Lonicera nitida - Bush Honeysuckle (garden escape) 
  165. Lonicera periclymenum - Honeysuckle (natural/indigenous) 
  166. Lonicera sp. - Honeysuckle (garden escape) 
  167. Lotus corniculatus (var. sativus 2018) - Bird’s-foot Trefoil (natural/indigenous) G
  168. Lotus pedunculatus - Greater bird’s foot Trefoil (natural/indigenous) 
  169. Luzula campestris - Field Wood-rush (natural/indigenous) G
  170. Luzula multiflora - Heath Wood-rush (natural/indigenous) probably large L. campestris
  171. Lychnis flos-cuculi - Ragged Robin (natural/indigenous) 
  172. Malus sylvestris - Crab apple (natural/indigenous) 
  173. Malus pumila (prev. ‘domestica’) - Apple (garden escape) 
  174. Malva moschata - Musk Mallow (natural/indigenous) 
  175. Malva sylvestris - Common Mallow (natural/indigenous) 
  176. Matricaria chamomilla - Scented Mayweed (natural/indigenous) 
  177. Medicago arabica - Spotted Medick (natural/indigenous) 
  178. Medicago lupulina - Black Medick (natural/indigenous) 
  179. Melitotus altissimus - Golden/Tall Melilot (natural/indigenous) 
  180. Mercurialis perennis - Dog’s Mercury (natural/indigenous) 
  181. Muscari atlanticum - Grape Hyacinth (Non-native planted) 
  182. Myosotis arvensis - Field Forget-me-not (natural/indigenous) 
  183. Narcissus pseudonarcissus - wild Daffodil (Non-native planted) 
  184. Narcissus sp. - garden Daffodil (Non-native planted) 
  185. Odontites vernus - Red Bartsia (natural/indigenous) 
  186. Ononis repens - Creeping Restharrow (natural/indigenous) G
  187. Ophrys apifera - Bee Orchid (natural/indigenous) G AN
  188. Origanum vulgare - Wild Marjoram (natural/indigenous) 
  189. Ornithogalum umbellatum - Star-of-Bethlehem (Non-native planted) 
  190. Orobanche hederae - Ivy Broomrape (natural/indigenous) 
  191. Orobanche minor - Common Broomrape (natural/indigenous) G AN
  192. Papaver rhoeas - Common Poppy (natural/indigenous) 
  193. Pentaglottis sempervirens - Evergreen alkanet (natural/indigenous) 
  194. Persicaria amphibia - Amphibious Bistort (natural/indigenous) 
  195. Phleum bertolonii - Smaller Cat’s-tail (natural/indigenous) 
  196. Phleum pratense - Timothy [grass] (natural/indigenous) 
  197. Phyllitis scolopendrium - Hart’s-tongue fern (natural/indigenous) 
  198. Pinus sylvestris - Scots Pine (natural/indigenous) #
  199. Plantago coronopus - Buck’s Horn Plantain (natural/indigenous) 
  200. Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort Plantain (natural/indigenous) 
  201. Plantago major - Greater Plantain (natural/indigenous) 
  202. Poa annua - Annual Meadow-grass (natural/indigenous) 
  203. Poa compressa - Flattened Meadow-grass (natural/indigenous) 
  204. Poa humilis - Spreading Meadow-grass (natural/indigenous) 
  205. Poa pratensis - Smooth Meadow-grass (natural/indigenous) 
  206. Poa trivialis - Rough-stalked Meadow-grass (natural/indigenous) 
  207. Polygonum aviculare - Knotgrass (natural/indigenous) 
  208. Populus nigra sub.’italia’ - Black Poplar (Non-native planted) 
  209. Populus tremula - Aspen (natural/indigenous) #
  210. Potentilla reptans - Creeping Cinquefoil (natural/indigenous) 
  211. Potentilla sterilis - Barren Strawberry (natural/indigenous) 
  212. Poterium sanguisorba - Salad Burnet (natural/indigenous) Poterium sanguisorba
  213. Primula veris - Cowslip (natural/indigenous) G
  214. Primula vulgaris - Primrose (natural/indigenous) 
  215. Primula x polyantha - Hybrid Oxlip (natural/indigenous) 
  216. Prunella vulgaris - Selfheal (natural/indigenous) 
  217. Prunus avium - Wild Cherry (natural/indigenous) 
  218. Prunus domestica - Wild Plum (natural/indigenous) 
  219. Prunus domestica subsp insititia - Bullace (garden escape) 
  220. Prunus sp. - Cherry sp. (natural/indigenous) 
  221. Prunus sp. ? - purple Prunus? (garden escape) 
  222. Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn (natural/indigenous) ##
  223. Pteridium aquilinum - Bracken (natural/indigenous) 
  224. Pulcaria dysenterica - Common Fleabane (natural/indigenous) G
  225. Pyrus communis - Pear (Non-native planted) 
  226. Quercus petraea - Sessile/Durmast Oak (natural/indigenous) 
  227. Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak (natural/indigenous) #
  228. Ranunculus ficaria - Lesser Celandine (natural/indigenous) 
  229. Ranunculus acris - Meadow Buttercup (natural/indigenous) 
  230. Ranunculus bulbosus - Bulbous Buttercup (natural/indigenous) 
  231. Ranunculus repens - Creeping Buttercup (natural/indigenous) 
  232. Raphanus raphanistrum - Wild Radish (natural/indigenous) 
  233. Rhamnus catharticus - Purging Buckthorn (natural/indigenous) #
  234. Rhinanthus minor - Yellow [Hay ] Rattle (natural/indigenous) G
  235. Ribes rubrum - Red Currant (garden escape) 
  236. Rosa arvensis - Field Rose (natural/indigenous) #
  237. Rosa canina agg. - Dog Rose (natural/indigenous) #
  238. Rosa rubiginosa - Sweet Briar (natural/indigenous) #
  239. Rubus caesius - Dewberry (natural/indigenous) 
  240. Rubus fruticosus agg - Bramble (natural/indigenous) 
  241. Rumex acetosa - Sorrel (natural/indigenous) 
  242. Rumex conglomerata - Clustered Dock (natural/indigenous) 
  243. Rumex crispus - Curled Dock (natural/indigenous) 
  244. Rumex obtusifolius - Broad-leaved Dock (natural/indigenous) 
  245. Rumex sanguineus - Wood Dock (natural/indigenous) 
  246. Rumex X pratensis R.Crispus X obtusifolius - Hybrid Dock (natural/indigenous) 
  247. Sagina apetala - Upright Pearlwort (natural/indigenous) AN
  248. Salix caprea - Goat/Pussy Willow (natural/indigenous) #
  249. Sambucus nigra - Elder (natural/indigenous) #
  250. Saxifraga tridactylites - Rue-leaved Saxifrage (natural/indigenous) 
  251. Scilla sp.?? - Scilla (garden escape) 
  252. Scorzoneroides autumnalis - Autumnal Hawkbit (natural/indigenous) prev. Leontodon autumnale
  253. Scrophularia auriculata - Water Figwort (natural/indigenous) 
  254. Scrophularia nodosa - Common Figwort (natural/indigenous) 
  255. Sedum acre - Biting stonecrop (natural/indigenous) 
  256. Sedum album - White Stonecrop (natural/indigenous) 
  257. Senecio erucifolius - Hoary Ragwort (natural/indigenous) G
  258. Senecio jacobaea - Common Ragwort (natural/indigenous) 
  259. Senecio squalidus - Oxford Ragwort (natural/indigenous) 
  260. Senecio vulgaris - Groundsel (natural/indigenous) 
  261. Sherardia arvensis - Field Madder (natural/indigenous) 
  262. Silene dioica - Red Campion (natural/indigenous) 
  263. Silene latifolia [alba?] - White Campion (natural/indigenous) 
  264. Silene vulgaris subsp. vulgaris - Bladder Campion (natural/indigenous) 
  265. Sinapis arvensis - Charlock (natural/indigenous) 
  266. Sison amomum - Stone Parsley (natural/indigenous) 
  267. Sisymbrium officinale - Hedge Mustard (natural/indigenous) 
  268. Sonchus asper - Prickly Sow-thistle (natural/indigenous) 
  269. Sonchus oleraceus - Smooth Sow-thistle (natural/indigenous) 
  270. Sorbus anglica - Common/English Whitebeam (natural/indigenous) #
  271. Sorbus aucuparia - Rowan (natural/indigenous) #
  272. Sorbus eminens - Wye Valley Whitebeam (natural/indigenous) #
  273. Sorbus torminalis - Wild Service (natural/indigenous) #
  274. Stachys sylvatica - Hedge Woundwort (natural/indigenous) 
  275. Stellaria graminea - Lesser Stitchwort (natural/indigenous) 
  276. Stellaria holostea - Greater Stitchwort (natural/indigenous) 
  277. Stellaria media - Common Chickweed (natural/indigenous) 
  278. Symphoricarpos albus (prev.’rivularis’) - Snowberry (garden escape) 
  279. Tamus communis - Black Bryony (natural/indigenous) 
  280. Taraxacum vulgare agg. - Dandelion (natural/indigenous) 
  281. Taxus baccata - Yew (natural/indigenous) ##
  282. Torilis japonica - Upright Hedge-parsley (natural/indigenous) 
  283. Tragopogon pratense - Goatsbeard (natural/indigenous) 
  284. Tragopogon pratensis - Goat’s-beard subsp.minor (2018) (natural/indigenous) 
  285. Tragopon porrifolius - Salsify (natural/indigenous) 
  286. Trifolium campestre - Hop Trefoil (natural/indigenous) 
  287. Trifolium dubium - Lesser Trefoil (natural/indigenous) 
  288. Trifolium hybridum - Alsike Clover (natural/indigenous) 
  289. Trifolium pratense - Red Clover (natural/indigenous) 
  290. Trifolium repens - White Clover (natural/indigenous) 
  291. Tripleurospermum inodorum - Scentless Mayweed (natural/indigenous) 
  292. Trisetum flavescens - Yellow Oat-grass (natural/indigenous) G
  293. Triticium aestivum - Bread Wheat (garden escape) 
  294. Tussilaga farfara - Coltsfoot (natural/indigenous) 
  295. Ulex europaeus - Gorse (natural/indigenous) #
  296. Ulmus procera - English Elm (natural/indigenous) 
  297. Ulmus americana - American - Elm “Princeton” (Non-native planted) 
  298. Urtica dioica - Nettle (natural/indigenous) 
  299. Valerianella locusta - Common Corn Salad (natural/indigenous) 
  300. Veronica arvensis - Wall Speedwell (natural/indigenous) 
  301. Veronica chamaedrys - Germander Speedwell (natural/indigenous) 
  302. Veronica persica - Common Field Speedwell (natural/indigenous) 
  303. Veronica polita - Grey Field Speedwell (natural/indigenous) 
  304. Viburnum lantana - Wayfaring Tree (natural/indigenous) #
  305. Viburnum opulus - Guelder Rose (natural/indigenous) #
  306. Vicia cracca - Tufted Vetch (natural/indigenous) 
  307. Vicia hirsuta - Hairy Tare (natural/indigenous) 
  308. Vicia sativa - Common Vetch (natural/indigenous) 
  309. Vicia sepium - Bush Vetch (natural/indigenous) 
  310. Vicia sylvatica - Wood Vetch (natural/indigenous) 
  311. Vicia tetrasperma - Smooth Tare (natural/indigenous) AN
  312. Vinca major - Periwinkle (garden escape) 
  313. Viola riviana - Common Dog Violet (natural/indigenous) 
  314. Viola odorata - Sweet Violet (natural/indigenous) 
  315. Vulpia bromoides - Squirrel-tail Fescue (natural/indigenous) 

Total: 315