Table 2.	Species expected to colonize disturbed areas
Family: (ref. 5)	Name:	Species:	County Status:	Ref:
Ranunculaceae	Small-flowered Buttercup	Ranunculus parviflorus	confined to calcareous grassland	1
Papaveraceae	Long-headed Poppy	Papaver dubium	frequent	1
Fumariaceae	Common Fumitory	Fumaria officinalis	frequent	1
Caryophyllaceae	Mouse-ear Chickweed	Cerastium fontanum	frequent	1
	Bladder Campion	Silene vulgaris	frequent	1
	Common Chickweed	Stellaria media	frequent	1
Polygonaceae	Fiddle Dock	Rumex pulcher	local	1
Malvaceae	Common Mallow	Malva sylvestris	frequent	1
Brassicaceae	Lesser Swine-cress	Coronopus didymus	frequent	1
	Annual Wall Rocket	Diplotaxis muralis	frequent	1
	Common Whitlow Grass	Erophila verna	frequent	1
	Field Pennycress	Thlaspi arvense	frequent	1
Saxifragaceae	Rue-leaved Saxifrage	Saxifraga tridactylites	frequent	1
Rosaceae	Agrimony	Agrimonia eupatoria	frequent	1
	Creeping Cinquefoil	Potentilla reptans	frequent	1
	Dog Rose	Rosa canina	frequent	1
Fabaceae	Lucerne	Medicago sativa	frequent	1
	Tall Melilot	Melilotus altissima	frequent	1
	Sainfoin	Onobrychis viciifolia	frequent	1
	Restharrow	Ononis repens	frequent	1
	Hop Trefoil	Trifolium campestre	frequent	1
	Lesser Trefoil	Trifolium dubium	frequent	1
	Strawberry Clover	Trifolium fragiferum	frequent	1
	Rough Clover	Trifolium scabrum	local	1
	Sea Clover	Trifolium squamosum	Nationally scarce species	2
	Slender Tare	Vicia tenuissima	Nationally scarce species	2
Onagraceae	Rosebay Willowherb	Epilobium angustifolium	frequent	1
	Great Hairy Willowherb	Epilobium hirsutum	frequent	1
	Broad-leaved Willowherb	Epilobium montanum	frequent	1
Euphorbiaceae	Portland Spurge	Euphorbia portlandica	Locally frequent	1
Aceraceae	Sycamore	Acer pseudoplantanus	frequent	1
Geraniaceae	Common Storksbill	Erodium cicutarium	frequent	1
	Dovesfoot Cranesbill	Geranium molle	frequent	1
	Round-leaved Cranesbill	Geranium rotundifolium	found in less than 3% of Dorset	1
Apiaceae	Fennel	Foeniculum vulgare	occasional	1
	Wild Parsnip	Pastinaca sativa	frequent	1
Solanaceae	Black Nightshade	Solanum nigrum	frequent	1
Boraginaceae	Early Forget-me-not	Myosotis ramosissima	occasional	1
	Green Alkanet	Pentaglottis sempervirens	frequent	1
Verbenaceae	Vervain	Verbena officinalis	local	1
Lamiaceae	Common Calamint	Clinopodium ascendens	frequent	1
Plantaginaceae	Buckshorn Plantain	Plantago coronopus	locally frequent	1
Scrophulariaceae	Small Toadflax	Chaenorhinum minus	locally frequent	1
	Common Toadflax	Linaria vulgaris	frequent	1
	Great Mullein	Verbascum thapsus	sporadic	1
	Lilac Ivy-leaved Speedwell	Veronica sublobata	frequent	1
Caprifoliaceae	Elder	Sambucus nigra	frequent	1
Valerianaceae	Hairy-fruited Cornsalad	Valerianella eriocarpa	rare	1
	Cornsalad	Valerianella locusta	occasional	1
Asteraceae	Lesser Burdock	Arctium minus	frequent	1
	Welted Thistle	Carduus acanthoides	frequent	1
	Blue Fleabane	Erigeron acer	local	1
	Prickly Lettuce	Lactuca serriola	frequent	1
	Wall Lettuce	Mycelis muralis	occasional	1
	Common Ragwort	Senecio jacobaea	frequent	1
	Hoary Ragwort	Senecio erucifolius	frequent	1
	Golden-rod	Solidago virgaurea	locally frequent	1
	Perennial Sowthistle	Sonchus arvensis	frequent	1
	Prickly Sowthistle	Sonchus asper	frequent	1
Poaceae	Annual Beard-grass	Polypogon monspeliensis	nationally scarce species	2