Wednesday 14 May 2008

allotment weeds

I has a look round the allotment site this evening to see what weeds (and other non-cultivated plants) are growing there.

A Brassica, a bindweed (probably Calystegia sp.), hairy bitter-cress (Cardamine hirsuta), creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), a willowherb (Epilobium sp.), spindle (Euonymus europaeus), a fumitory (Fumaria sp.), cleavers (Galium aparine), hedgerow cranesbill (Geranium pyreniacum), opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata), greater plantain (Plantago major), field buttercup (Ranunculus acris), creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens), bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.), broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius), pearlwort (Sagina procumbens), common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), smooth sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus), dandelion (Taraxaxum offinicalis agg.), a hop trefoil (Trifolium sp.), nettle (Urtica dioica), a speedwell (Veronica sp.), a tare (Vicia sp.), a vetch (Vicia sp.) and common dog violet (Viola riviniana).

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