Restoration of Withies Croft remnant wall: April 2009 plant survey.


The haul route below both landscaped bunds was walked from east to west on the morning of April 8th 2009. 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:
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum frequent
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber frequent
Buddleia Buddleia davidii frequent
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata frequent
Cocks-foot Dactylis glomerata frequent
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica frequent
Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum frequent
Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale frequent
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua frequent
Curled Dock Rumex crispus frequent
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica frequent
Red Fescue Festuca rubra frequent
Smooth Sowthistle Sonchus oleraceus frequent
Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus frequent
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia frequent
Fern Grass Catapodium rigidum local
Black Medick Medicago lupulina frequent
Winter Heliotrope Petasites fragrans frequent
Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare frequent
Marjoram Origanum vulgare confined to calcareous grassland
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus common
Bramble Rubus fruticosus frequent
Common Gorse Ulex europaeus frequent
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens frequent
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare frequent



Table 2. Species found on south-facing bund (in order of discovery, east-west)
Name: Species: County Status:
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum frequent
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber frequent
Buddleia Buddleia davidii frequent
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens frequent
Red Clover Trifolium pratense frequent
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata frequent
Cocks-foot Dactylis glomerata frequent
Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum frequent
Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides frequent
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale frequent
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis frequent
Hawkweed Ox-tongue Picris hieracioides confined to calcareous grassland
Red Fescue Festuca rubra frequent
Black Medick Medicago lupulina frequent
Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare frequent
Marjoram Origanum vulgare confined to calcareous grassland
Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus frequent
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia frequent
Cleavers Galium aparine frequent
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare frequent
Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella officinarum locally frequent
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber frequent
Bramble Rubus fruticosus frequent
Curled Dock Rumex crispus frequent
Hedge Bedstraw Galium mollugo frequent
Horseshoe Vetch Hippocrepis comosa confined to calcareous grassland


Bob Ford, April 2009