landfill site again

I had another look at the local (reclaimed) landfill site again on Tuesday.

Additional plants noted include water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica), hoary willowherb (Epilobium parviflorum), meadow sweet (Filipendulina ulmaria), prickly lettuce (Lactuca seriola), purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), musk mallow (Malva moschata), bog bean (Menyanthes trifoliata), red bartsia (Odontites vernus), common (Polygonum aviculare and equal-leaved (Polygonum arenastrum knotgrasses, wild mignonette (Reseda lutea), weld (Reseda luteola), both bulrush species (Typha angustifolia and Typha latifolia), an umbellifer, and a guelder rose (Viburnum opalus) seedling.

I then walked the length of old railway line that runs alongside the landfill site, and to a mile or so to the north. Here I saw a hemp nettle (Galeopsis sp.), a pseudo-radiate knapweed (Centaurea sp.), crosswort (Galium cruciata) and a scabious.

I came back along the canal. Plants noted along the towpath were horse radish (Armoracia rusticana), tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), hemp agrimomy (Eupatorium cannabinum), marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre), valerian (Valeriana officinalis), amphibious bistort (Persicaria amphibia), skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) and perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis).

Burdock has now come into flower, and a specimen has been identified as lesser burdock (Arctium lappa).