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


The haul route below both landscaped bunds was walked from east to west on the morning of October 14th 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:
Buddleia Buddleia davidii frequent
Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare frequent
Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides frequent
Marjoram Origanum vulgare confined to calcareous grassland
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata frequent
Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus abundant
Black Medick Medicago lupulina frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale frequent
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber frequent
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia frequent
Bramble Rubus fruticosus frequent
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum frequent
Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea frequent
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis frequent
Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella officinarum locally frequent
Restharrow Ononis repens frequent
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua frequent
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera frequent
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare frequent
Willowherb Epilobium spp frequent ?
Curled Dock Rumex crispus frequent
Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus locally frequent
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis frequent
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius frequent
Common Gorse Ulex europaeus frequent
Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica frequent
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris 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
Buddleia Buddleia davidii frequent
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale frequent
Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare frequent
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens frequent
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia frequent
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber frequent
Willowherb Epilobium spp frequent ?
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis frequent
Hawkweed Ox-tongue Picris hieracioides confined to calcareous grassland
Hoary Ragwort Senecio erucifolius frequent
Bramble Rubus fruticosus frequent
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale frequent
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia frequent
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua frequent
Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea frequent
Curled Dock Rumex crispus frequent
Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopia frequent
Meadow Grass Poa spp frequent?
Common Field Speedwell Veronica persica frequent
Hedge Bedstraw Galium mollugo frequent
Wild Madder Rubia peregrina locally frequent
Winter Heliotrope Petasites fragrans frequent
White Clover Trifolium repens frequent
Greater Plantain Plantago major frequent
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense frequent


Bob Ford, October 2009