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 found on plant surveys (in alphabetical order)
Name: Species: 14/10/05: 14/04/06: 01/09/06: 08/04/07: 10/10/07: County Status:
Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis absent absent absent absent present nationally scarce species
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua present present present absent present frequent
Beaked Hawk's-beard Crepis vesicaria absent absent absent present absent frequent
Black Medick Medicago lupulina present absent absent absent present frequent
Black Mustard Brassica nigra absent absent present present absent locally frequent
Bramble Rubus fruticosus present present present present present frequent
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius present present present present present frequent
Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides present present present present present frequent
Buckshorn Plantain Plantago coronopus present present absent absent absent locally frequent
Buddleia Buddleia davidii present present present present present frequent
Charlock Sinapsis arvensis present present absent present present frequent
Cleavers Galium aparine absent present absent present present frequent
Clematis Clematis vitalba absent absent present absent absent frequent
Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata present present absent present present frequent
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara present absent absent absent absent frequent
Common Bird's-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus absent absent absent absent present frequent
Common Field Speedwell Veronica persica present present absent present absent frequent
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa present absent absent present absent frequent
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis present absent absent absent absent frequent
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris absent absent absent present absent frequent
Common Nettle Urtica dioica absent absent absent present absent frequent
Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea present present present present present frequent
Common Restharrow Ononis repens present absent absent absent absent locally frequent
Common Wintercress Barbarea vulgaris present present absent absent absent frequent
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens absent absent absent present present frequent
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans absent absent absent absent present frequent
Curled Dock Rumex crispus present absent absent absent absent frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale present present present present present frequent
Dwarf Thistle Cirsium acaule absent absent absent absent present confined to calcareous grassland
Field Poppy Papaver rhoeas present present absent present absent frequent
Greater Plantain Plantago major present absent absent absent present frequent
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus present present present present present sporadic
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum absent absent absent present present sporadic
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris present present absent absent absent frequent
Hawkweed Ox-tongue Picris hieracioides present present present present present confined to calcareous grassland
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale present absent absent absent absent frequent
Hemlock Conium maculatum present absent absent present absent frequent
Hoary Ragwort Senecio erucifolius absent absent present present present frequent
Hop Trefoil Trifolium campestre absent absent absent absent present common
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis present present present present present frequent
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica present absent present present present frequent
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus absent absent present absent absent common
Marjoram Origanum vulgare absent absent absent absent present confined to calcareous grassland
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris absent absent present absent absent common
Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum present absent absent absent absent frequent
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus present absent absent absent absent local
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola present absent present absent absent frequent
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper present absent absent absent present frequent
Red Fescue Festuca rubra absent absent absent present present frequent
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber present present present present present frequent
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata present present present present present frequent
Rock Stonecrop Sedum forsterianum present present absent present absent found in less than 3% of Dorset
Round-leaved Cranesbill Geranium rotundifolium absent present absent absent absent found in less than 3% of Dorset
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis present present present absent absent frequent
Sea Beet Beta vulgaris absent absent absent present present frequent
Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum present present present present present frequent
Slender Thistle Carduus tenuiflorus present absent absent absent absent frequent
Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus present absent absent absent absent locally frequent
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus present present absent absent present frequent
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare present present present present present frequent
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum present present present present present frequent
Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare present present present present present frequent
Weld Reseda luteola present present present present absent frequent
Wild Carrot Daucus carota absent absent absent present absent frequent
Winter Heliotrope Petasites fragrans absent absent absent present present frequent
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia present present present present present frequent
Wormwood Artemisia absinthium present absent present present present occasional
Yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata absent absent absent absent present confined to calcareous grassland



Bob Ford, October 2007