Checklist of trees and plants on the Powder Mills site, 2005
Compiled by Anita Fleming, May 2005
This is an area of woodland and scrub, intersected by waterways, some with flowing water, some stagnant, some dried up, with a few boggy patches. The preponderant tree is sycamore, a non-native that is a poor provider of biodiversity, few invertebrates live on it and birds usually nest elsewhere. The leaves create heavy shade, inimical to most plant life, apart from brambles and nettles. Most trees are clad with ivy.
A further survey will be done, as necessary in the autumn/winter 2007.
ACONITUM FAMILY | Aconitum napellus (monkshood or wolfsbane) |
PINK FAMILY – caryophyllaceae | Greater stitchwort – stellaria holostea |
NETTLE FAMILY – urticaceae | Stinging nettle – urtica dioica * |
DOCK FAMILY | Curled dock – rumex crispus * |
VIOLET FAMILY – violaceae | Common dog violet – viola riviniana |
CABBAGE FAMILY – brassicaceae |
Garlic mustard – alliaria petiolata |
PRIMROSE FAMILY – primulaceae | Primrose – primula vulgaris |
ROSE FAMILY – rosaceae |
Dog rose – rosa canina * |
PEA FAMILY – fabaceae | Bush vetch – vicia lathyroides |
WILLOWHERB FAMILY – onogrageae |
Great willowherb – epilobium hirsutum |
SPURGE FAMILY – euphorbiaceae | Dog’s mercury – mecurialis perennis |
CRANESBILL FAMILY – geraniaceae | Herb Robert – geranium robertianum |
BALSAM FAMILY – balsaminaceae |
Himalayan balsam – impatiens glandulifera * |
CARROT FAMILY – apiaceae |
Cow parsley – anthriscus sylvestris |
DEADNETTLE FAMILY – lamiaceae |
White deadnettle – lamium album |
FIGWORT FAMILY – scrophularaceae | Wood speedwell – veronica montana |
BEDSTRAW FAMILY – rubaciaea |
Cleavers (aka avens, goosegrass) – gallium aparine |
HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY – caprifoliaceae | Honeysuckle – lonicera periclymenum * |
DAISY FAMILY – asteraceae (compositae) |
Lesser burdock – arctium inus |
LILY FAMILY – liliaceae |
Bluebell – hyacinthoides non-scriptus |
IRIS FAMILY – iridaceae | YELLOW IRIS – iris pseudacorus * |
ARUM FAMILY – araceae | Lords-and-ladies (aka cuckoo pint) – arum maculatum |
TREES & SHRUBS |
Hazel – corylus avellana |
SEDGES | Pendulous sedge – carex pendula |
FERNS |
Male fern – dryopteris filix-max |
* not in flower