Sunday 8 June 2008

old landfill site

Last Tuesday I had a look round the old landfill sight to the north west of the town, which has been turned into an area of meadows and wetlands. Plants seen are

cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), daisy (Bellis perennis, lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis), pendulous sedge (Carex pendula), knapweed (Centaurea nigra, a mouse-ear (Cerastium sp.) rose-bay willow-herb (Chamaerion angustifolium), a goosefoot (Chenopodium sp. - perhaps Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henrici)), creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense, spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), a bindweed (Convolvulus sp.), hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), broom (Cytisus scoparius), teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), great willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum), ash (Fraxinus excelsior), cleavers (Galium aparine), hedge bedstraw (Galium mollugo), meadow cranesbill (Geranium pratense), hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus), ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), common bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), gypsywort (Lycopus eurpaeus), musk mallow (Malva moschata), water mint (Mentha aquatica), forget-me-not (Myosotis sp., yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea), white water lily (Nymphaea alba), ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata), a plantain (Plantago sp. - probably Plantago major), silverweed (Potentilla anserina), oak (Quercus robur), field buttercup (Ranunculus acris, creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens, celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus scleratus), weld (Reseda luteola), bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.), broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius), salad burnet(Sanguisorba minor), a figwort (Scophularia sp., but apparently Scrophularia auriculata, rather than Scrophularia nodosa as seen today), hoary ragwort (Senecio erucifolius), common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), red campion (Silene dioica, hedge mustard (Sisyrimbium officinalis), prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper), a chickweed (Stellaria sp.), stitchwort (Stellaria holostea), a comfrey (Symphytum sp.), dandelion (Taraxacum officinalis agg.), a trefoil (Trifolium sp.), red clover (Trifolium pratense), white clover (Trifolium repens), coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), gorse (Ulex europaeus), nettle (Urtica dioica, a speedwell (Veronica sp. - I couldn't get close enough to identify it), hairy tare (Vicia hirsuta), common vetch Vicia sativa, bush vetch (Vicia sepium), a mayweed (genus uncertain), a shrub with flowers with 4 petals, 4 stamens and one style (family uncertain) and a herbaceous plant with pinnately dissected foliage (family uncertain)

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