Restoration of Withies Croft remnant wall: October 2005 plant survey.


The haul route below both landscaped bunds was walked from east to west on the afternoon of October 14th 2005. 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:
Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides frequent
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale frequent
Field Poppy Papaver rhoeas frequent
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale frequent
Smooth Sowthistle Sonchus oleraceus frequent
Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum frequent
Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum frequent
Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata frequent
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum frequent
Curled Dock Rumex crispus frequent
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola frequent
Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea frequent
Common Field Speedwell Veronica persica frequent
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata frequent
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis frequent
Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare frequent
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara frequent
Charlock Sinapsis arvensis frequent
Weld Reseda luteola frequent
Common Wintercress Barbarea vulgaris frequent
Buddleia Buddleia davidii frequent
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis frequent
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis frequent
Prickly Sowthistle Sonchus asper frequent
Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus locally frequent
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa frequent
Wormwood Artemisia absinthium occasional
Slender Thistle Carduus tenuiflorus frequent
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica frequent
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius frequent
Black Medick Medicago lupulina frequent
Hawkweed Ox-tongue Picris hieracioides confined to calcareous grassland
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus local
Common Restharrow Ononis repens locally frequent
Buckshorn Plantain Plantago coronopus locally frequent
Greater Plantain Plantago major frequent
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus sporadic



Table 2. Species found on south-facing bund (in order of discovery, east-west)
Name: Species: County Status:
Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides frequent
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale frequent
Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum frequent
Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum frequent
Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata frequent
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola frequent
Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea frequent
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata frequent
Charlock Sinapsis arvensis frequent
Weld Reseda luteola frequent
Common Wintercress Barbarea vulgaris frequent
Buddleia Buddleia davidii frequent
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis frequent
Wormwood Artemisia absinthium occasional
Hawkweed Ox-tongue Picris hieracioides confined to calcareous grassland
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus local
Rock Stonecrop Sedum forsterianum nationally scarce
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris frequent
Hedge Bedstraw Galium mollugo frequent
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber frequent
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia frequent
Bramble Rubus fruticosus frequent
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare frequent


Bob Ford, October 2005