Restoration of Withies Croft remnant wall: April 2007 plant survey.


The haul route below both landscaped bunds was walked from east to west on the morning of April 8th 2007. The plant species present were recorded as they were found. They are listed below in the same order.

Table 1. Species found on north-facing bund (in order of discovery, east-west)
Name: Species: County Status:
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber frequent
Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides frequent
Cleavers Galium aparine frequent
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum frequent
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata frequent
Red Fescue Festuca rubra frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale frequent
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius frequent
Beaked Hawk's-beard Crepis vesicaria frequent
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa frequent
Cocks-foot Dactylis glomerata frequent
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare frequent
Weld Reseda luteola frequent
Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare frequent
Field Poppy Papaver rhoeas frequent
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis frequent
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens frequent
Buddleia Buddleia davidii frequent
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus sporadic
Common Nettle Urtica dioica frequent
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris frequent
Wormwood Artemisia absinthium occasional
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica frequent
Hemlock Conium maculatum frequent
Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum frequent
Sea Beet Beta vulgaris frequent
Winter Heliotrope Petasites fragrans frequent
Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea frequent



Table 2. Species found on south-facing bund (in order of discovery, east-west)
Name: Species: County Status:
Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides frequent
Cleavers Galium aparine frequent
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum frequent
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale frequent
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa frequent
Cocks-foot Dactylis glomerata frequent
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare frequent
Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare frequent
Field Poppy Papaver rhoeas frequent
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis frequent
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens frequent
Buddleia Buddleia davidii frequent
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus sporadic
Common Nettle Urtica dioica frequent
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris frequent
Bramble Rubus fruticosus frequent
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia frequent
Hedge Bedstraw Galium mollugo frequent
Black Mustard Brassica nigra frequent
Rock Stonecrop Sedum forsterianum Nationally scarce species
Charlock Sinapsis arvensis frequent
Hoary Ragwort Senecio erucifolius frequent
Willowherb Epilobium spp frequent ?
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica frequent
Hawkweed Ox-tongue Picris hieracioides confined to calcareous grassland
Wild Carrot Daucus carota frequent


Bob Ford, April 2007