Restoration of Withies Croft remnant wall: Comparison of plant survey results.


This table shows the species present on each date that a plant survey was taken. Species have been arranged to clarify order of succession, with species at the top of the list representing the early colonisers and species at the bottom of the list recent colonisers.

Species found on plant surveys
Name: Species: 14/10/05: 14/04/06: 01/09/06: 08/04/07: 10/10/07: 16/04/08: 31/10/08: 08/04/09: 14/10/09: County Status:
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Hairy Rockcress Arabis hirsuta present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent calcareous grassland
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent local
Slender Thistle Carduus tenuiflorus present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Buckshorn Plantain Plantago coronopus present present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent locally frequent
Common Restharrow Ononis repens present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present locally frequent
Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present locally frequent
Curled Dock Rumex crispus present absent absent absent absent absent absent present present frequent
Round-leaved Cranesbill Geranium rotundifolium absent present absent absent absent absent absent absent absent scarce in Dorset
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola present absent present absent absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Field Poppy Papaver rhoeas present present absent present absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Hemlock Conium maculatum present absent absent present absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa present absent absent present absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper present absent absent absent present absent absent absent absent frequent
Common Wintercress Barbarea vulgaris present present absent absent absent present absent absent absent frequent
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris present present absent absent absent present absent absent absent frequent
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis present present present absent absent absent present absent present frequent
Weld Reseda luteola present present present present absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius present present present present present absent absent absent absent frequent
Clematis Clematis vitalba absent absent present absent absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus absent absent present absent absent absent absent present absent common
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris absent absent present absent absent absent absent absent absent common
Black Mustard Brassica nigra absent absent present present absent absent absent absent absent locally frequent
Beaked Hawk's-beard Crepis vesicaria absent absent absent present absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Common Nettle Urtica dioica absent absent absent present absent absent absent absent absent frequent
Rock Stonecrop Sedum forsterianum present present absent present absent absent absent absent absent scarce in Dorset
Charlock Sinapsis arvensis present present absent present present present absent absent absent frequent
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus present present absent absent present present absent present absent frequent
Wormwood Artemisia absinthium present absent present present present present absent absent absent occasional
Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata present present absent present present present present present absent frequent
Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum present present present present present present present present absent frequent
Common Field Speedwell Veronica persica present present absent present absent present absent present present frequent
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare present present present present present present present present present frequent
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum present present present present present present present present present frequent
Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare present present present present present present present present present frequent
Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides present present present present present present present present present frequent
Buddleia Buddleia davidii present present present present present present present present present frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale present present present present present present present present present frequent
Hawkweed Ox-tongue Picris hieracioides present present present present present present present present present calcareous grassland
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis present present present present present present present present present frequent
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber present present present present present present present present present frequent
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata present present present present present present present present present frequent
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia present present present present present present present present present frequent
Bramble Rubus fruticosus present present present present present absent present present present frequent
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua present present present absent present present present present present frequent
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica present absent present present present present present present present frequent
Sea Beet Beta vulgaris absent absent absent present present absent absent absent absent frequent
Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea present present present present present present absent absent present frequent
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus present present present present present present absent absent absent sporadic
Cleavers Galium aparine absent present absent present present present absent present absent frequent
Winter Heliotrope Petasites fragrans absent absent absent present present present absent present present frequent
Hoary Ragwort Senecio erucifolius absent absent present present present absent present present present frequent
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris absent absent absent present absent absent present absent absent frequent
Wild Carrot Daucus carota absent absent absent present absent absent present absent absent frequent
Red Fescue Festuca rubra absent absent absent present present absent present present absent frequent
Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis absent absent absent absent present absent absent absent absent nationally scarce
Hop Trefoil Trifolium campestre absent absent absent absent present absent absent absent absent common
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans absent absent absent absent present absent absent absent absent frequent
Dwarf Thistle Cirsium acaule absent absent absent absent present absent absent absent absent calcareous grassland
Yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata absent absent absent absent present absent present absent absent calcareous grassland
Marjoram Origanum vulgare absent absent absent absent present absent present present present calcareous grassland
Black Medick Medicago lupulina present absent absent absent present absent present present present frequent
Greater Plantain Plantago major present absent absent absent present absent present present present frequent
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens absent absent absent present present present present present present frequent
Willowherb Epilobium spp absent absent absent present present present present absent present sporadic
Common Bird's-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus absent absent absent absent present present present present absent frequent
Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea absent absent absent absent absent absent present absent absent frequent
Red Clover Trifolium pratense absent absent absent absent absent absent present present absent frequent
Fern Grass Catapodium rigidum absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present absent local
Horseshoe Vetch Hippocrepis comosa absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present absent calcareous grassland
Meadow Grass Poa spp absent absent absent absent absent present absent absent present calcareous grassland
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera absent absent absent absent absent absent present absent present abundant
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius absent absent absent absent absent absent present absent present frequent
Common Gorse Ulex europaeus absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present present frequent
Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella officinarum absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present present locally frequent
Hedge Bedstraw Galium mollugo absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present present frequent
Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present abundant
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present frequent
Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopia absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present frequent
Wild Madder Rubia peregrina absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present locally frequent
White Clover Trifolium repens absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present frequent
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense absent absent absent absent absent absent absent absent present frequent



Bob Ford, November 2009