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 Cuckooflower (aka lady’s smock) – cardamine pratensis
PRIMROSE FAMILY – primulaceae	Primrose – primula vulgaris
ROSE FAMILY – rosaceae	Dog rose – rosa canina * Bramble – rubus fruticosus * Meadowsweet – filipendula ulmaria Herb bennet – geum urbanum
PEA FAMILY – fabaceae	Bush vetch – vicia lathyroides
WILLOWHERB FAMILY – onogrageae	Great willowherb – epilobium hirsutum Enchanter’s nightshade – circaea lutetiana
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 Ground elder – aegopodium podagraria * Wild angelica – angelica sylvestris * Hemlock water dropwort – oenanthe crocata *
DEADNETTLE FAMILY – lamiaceae	White deadnettle – lamium album Yellow archangel – lamiastrum galeobdolon Ground ivy – glechoma hederacea Hedge woundwort – stachys sylvatica * Bugle – ajuga reptans Gypsywort – lycopus europaeus *
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 Dandelion – taraxacum officinale * Nipplewort – lapsana communis *
LILY FAMILY – liliaceae	Bluebell – hyacinthoides non-scriptus Spanish bluebell – hyacinthoides hispanica Ramsons (aka wild garlic) – allium ursinum
IRIS FAMILY – iridaceae	YELLOW IRIS – iris pseudacorus *
ARUM FAMILY – araceae	Lords-and-ladies (aka cuckoo pint) – arum maculatum
TREES & SHRUBS	Hazel – corylus avellana Alder – alnus glutinosa Poplar – (identity uncertain) Crack willow – salix fragilis Ash – fraxinus excelsior Elder – sambucus nigra Pedunculate oak – quercus robur Hawthorn – crataegus monogyna Horse chestnut – aesculus hippoastanum Sycamore – acerpseudoplatanus Ivy – hedera helix Wild cherry – prunus avium
SEDGES	Pendulous sedge – carex pendula
FERNS	Male fern – dryopteris filix-max Hartstongue –phyllitis scolopendrium

* not in flower

Checklist of trees and plants on the Powder Mills site, 2005

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