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Weed Survey Results
Following on from the great and informative talk that Sally Cunningham gave on the 3rd August she has been kind and efficient enough to supply us with the results from the walk round of the site that she performed.
Before people get too dispondant and lose heart over the length of the list, it needs to be remembered that this is a survey of the site as a whole, rather than a specific plot, and as such is probably not typical of any plot in particular. Some plots may only have a few of the plants listed and some have more, but with the aid of the control strategies that Sally also supplied they should all be controllable to some extent.
At present the list may not mean much to people, even those who were there on the day, without an idea of what the plants themselves actually look like. This is something we hope to remedy soon, but in the meantime google images is always a good place to start.
Acrid lettuce Lactusa virosa
Amaranthus spp
Binding buckwheat Polygonum convulvulus
Black nightshade Solanum nigrum
Bramble Rubus agg
Bristly ox-tongue Picris echoides
Broad leaved dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad leaved plantain Plantago vulgaris
Canadian fleabane Conyza canadensis
Cleavers, goosegrass Galium aparine
Codlins and cream, great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Comfrey agg – including Symphytum officinale, S.x uplandicum and probable hybrids
Common fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Common mallow Malva sylvestris
Common tares Vicia hirsuta
Common vetch Vicia sativa
Corn sowthistle Sonchus arvensis
Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping willowherb Epilobium obscurum
Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Dewberry Rubus caesius
Elecampagne Inula helenium
Evening primrose Oenothera biennis
False alkanet Pentaglossis sempervirens
Fat hen Chenopodium album
Field Penny Cress Thlaspe arvense
Field speedwell Veronica agrestis
Fig leaved goosefoot Chenopodium ficifolium
Fireweed, rosebay willowherb Epilobium angustifolium
Golden Rod Solidago spp, (prob. S. virgaurea)
Greater bindweed, Grandma Jump-Up Calystegia sepium
Greater hop trefoil Trifolium aureum
Ground elder, Aegopodium podgraria
Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Hairy bittercress Cardamine hirsuta
Hawksbeard Crepis biennis
Hedge mustard Sisimbrium officinale
Hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica
Herb Bennet Geum urbanum
Herb Robert Geranium robertianum
Hogweed Heracleum spondylium
Horehound Ballota nigra subsp foetida
Knotgrass Polygonium aviculare
Lesser Bindweed Convulvulus arvensis
Lesser hop trefoil Trifolium dubium
Lesser nettle Urticaria urens
Michelmas daisy Aster spp
Nettle Urticaria dioca
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Ox-Eye or Moon Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Persian speedwell Veronica persicaria
Pineappleweed Matricaria matricoides
Polygonum arenastrum
Prickly lettuce Lactusa serriola
Prickly sowthistle Sonchus asper
Prunus seedlings (plum & damson)
Ragwort Senecio jacobea
Red deadnettle Lamium purpureum
Redleg, Common Persicaria Polygonum persicaria
Scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis
Scentless mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum
Self heal Prunella vulgaris
Shepherd’s Purse Capsella bursa-pastoralis
Shining cranesbill Geranium lucidum
Small flowered cranesbill Geranium
Smooth sowthistle Sonchus oleraceus
Smooth willowherb Epilobium montanum
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgarae
Square stalked willowherb Epilobium tetragonum
Stag’s horn sumach Rhus typhina
Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopica
Sweet violet Viola odorata
Swinecress Cornonpus didymus
Teasel Dipsascus fullonum
Tufted vetch Vicia cracca
White Clover Trifolium repens
White mullein Verbascum thapsus
Yarrow Achillea millefoilum
Grasses, ferns and rushes
Horsetail Equisitum arvense
Annual meadow grass Poa annua
Barren Brome Bromus sterilis
Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata
Rye grass Lolium perenne
Twitch Agropyron repens
Two rowed barley Hordeum distichon
Wall barley Hordeum murinatum
Wheat Triticum aestivum
Male Fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
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