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Adria Bellflower Campanula portenschlagiana
Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Alder Buckthorn Frangula alnus
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Allium sp Allium triquetrum
Almond Prunus dulcis
Almond Willow Salix triandra
Alpine Squill Scilla bifolia
American Willowherb Epilobium ciliatum
Amphibious Bistort Persicaria amphibia
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Annual Pearlwort Sagina apetala
Apple Malus sp
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Aspen Populus tremula
Autumn Crocus Crocus nudiflorus
'Autumn Joy' Sedum spectabile x telephium 'Herbstfreude'
Autumnal Hawkbit Leontodon autumnalis
Balkan Maple Acer hyrcanum
Balm Melissa officinalis
Bamboo Pseudosasa japonica (or similar)
Barberry Berberis sp
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis
Bay Laurus nobilis
Bay Willow Salix pentandra
Beaked Hawk's-beard Crepis vesicaria
Bearded Iris Iris germanica
Bear's-breeches Acanthus mollis
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Bell Heather Erica cinerea
Betony Stachys officinalis
Bird Cherry Prunus padus
Bird's-foot Ornithopus perpusillus
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara
Black Bent Agrostis gigantea
Black Currant Ribes nigrum
Black Horehound Ballota nigra
Black Medick Medicago lupulina
Black Mustard Brassica nigra
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum
Black Poplar Populus nigra (sens. lat.)
Black-bindweed Fallopia convolvulus
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa (sometimes impure)
Bladder-senna Colutea arborescens
Bloody Crane's-bill Geranium sanguineum
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Bog Stitchwort Stellaria uliginosa
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata
Bog-myrtle Myrica gale
Box Buxus sempervirens
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Brambles Rubus fruticosus agg.
Branched Bur-reed Sparganium erectum
Bread Wheat Triticum aestivum
Bristle Club-rush Isolepis setacea
(Bristle-grass) Setaria sp
Bristly Oxtongue Picris echioides
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata
Broad-leaved Cockspurthorn Crataegus persimilis
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Pondweed Potamogeton natans
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga
Broom Cytisus scoparius
Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus
Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica
Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum
Bugle Ajuga reptans
Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus
Bulbous Rush Juncus bulbosus
Bullwort Ammi majus
Bulrush Typha latifolia
Bur Chervil Anthriscus caucalis
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium
'Busy Lizzie' Impatiens sp
Butcher's-broom Ruscus aculeatus
Butterbur Petasites hybridus
Butterfly-bush Buddleia davidii
California Brome Ceratochloa carinata
Canadian Fleabane Conyza canadensis
Canadian Goldenrod Solidago canadensis
Canary-grass Phalaris canariensis
Caper Spurge Euphorbia lathyris
Cappadocian Maple Acer cappadocicum
Carrot Daucus carota
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Caucasian Lime Tilia x euchlora
Celery-leaved Buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus
Charlock Sinapis arvensis
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera ( * as var. pissardii)
Chicory Cichorium intybus
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Cleavers Galium aparine
Clustered Dock Rumex conglomeratus
Coastal Redwood Sequoia sempervirens
Cock's Foot Dactylis glomerata
Cockspur Echinochloa crus-galli
Colt's-foot Tussilago farfara
Columbine Aquilegia sp
Common Amaranth Amaranthus retroflexus
Common Arache Atriplex patula
Common Bent Agrostis capillaris
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Common Bistort Persicaria bistorta
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Cornsalad Valerianella locusta
Common Couch Elytrigia repens
Common Cudweed Filago vulgaris
Common Dog-violet Viola riviniana
Common Duckweed Lemna minor
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica
Common Hempnettle Galeopsis tetrahit
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Common Michaelmas-daisy Aster x salignus (or similar)
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea
Common Reed Phragmites australis
Common Sedge Carex nigra
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Common Storksbill Erodium cicutarium
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris
Common Vetch Vicia sativa (probably all ssp segetalis)
Common Water-starwort Callitriche stagnalis
Common Whitebeam Sorbus aria
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp
Cotton Thistle Onopordum acanthium
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Cowslip Primula veris
Crab Apple Malus sylvestris
Crack-willow Salix fragilis
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Creeping Comfrey Symphytum grandiflorum
Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Willow Salix repens
Creeping Yellow-cress Rorippa sylvestris
Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Curled Pondweed Potamogeton crispus
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Daisy Bellis perennis
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale agg
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Deodar Cedrus deodara
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis
(Dissected-leaved Bramble) Rubus laciniatus
Dog-rose Rosa canina
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Dotted Loosestrife Lysimachia punctata
Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
Dragon Arum Dracunculus vulgaris
Druce's Crane's-bill Geranium x oxonianum
Duckweed Lemna sp
Dusky Crane's-bill Geranium phaeum
Dwarf Gorse Ulex minor
Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus
Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana
Early Hair-grass Aira praecox
Eastern Balsam-poplar Populus balsamifera
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elephant Ears Bergenia crassifolia
Elm Ulmus sp
Enchanter's Nightshade Circaea lutetiana
Equal-leaved Knotgrass Polygonum arenastrum
European Larch Larix decidua
Evening Primrose
Oenothera SppEvergreen Oak Quercus ilex
Evergreen Spindle Euonymus japonicus
False Brome Brachypodium sylvaticum
False oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius
False-acacia Robinia pseudoacacia
Fat-hen Chenopodium album
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium
Few-flowered Garlic Allium paradoxum
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field Maple Acer campestre
Field Penny-cress Thlaspi arvense
Field Wood-rush Luzula campestris
Fig Ficus carica
Fine-leaved Sheep's-fescue Festuca filiformis (tenuifolia)
Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
Flax Linum usitatissimum
Floating Sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans
Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum
Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium
Fool's-water-cress Apium nodiflorum
Forsythia Forsythia x intermedia
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Fringecups Tellima grandiflora
Fringed Water-lily Nymphoides peltata
Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris
Garden Asparagus Asparagus officinalis ssp officinalis
Garden Honeysuckle Lonicera x italica
Garden Lobelia Lobelia erinus
Garden Privet Ligustrum ovalifolium
Garden Radish Raphanus sativus
Garden Rocket Eruca vesicaria
Garden Strawberry Fragaria x ananassa
Garden Tree-mallow Lavatera thuringiaca
Garlic Mustard ( Jack-by-the-hedge) Alliaria petiolata
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Giant Fescue Festuca gigantea
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum
Goat Willow Salix caprea
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis
Goat's-rue Galega officinalis
Goldilocks Buttercup Ranunculus auricomus
Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Grape-hyacinth Muscari sp
Grass Vetchling Lathyrus nissolia
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia
Great Lettuce Lactuca virosa
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Greater Spearwort Ranunculus lingua
Greek dock Rumex cristatus
Green Alkanet Pentaglossis sempervirens
Green Field-speedwell Veronica agrestis
Grey Alder Alnus incana
Grey Poplar Populus x canescens
Grey Sedge Carex divulsa
Grey Willow Salix cinerea
Ground Elder Aegopodium podagraria
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus
Guernsey Fleabane Conyza sumatrensis
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Buttercup Ranunculus sardous
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta
Hairy Tare Vicia hirsuta
Hard Rush Juncus inflexus
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant
Harebell Campanula rotundifolia
Hare's-foot Clover Trifolium arvense
Hart's-tongue Phyllitis scolopendrium
Hawkweed Hieracium sp
Hawkweed (sect. Tridentata) Hieracium trichocaulon
Hawkweed (sect. Vulgata) Hieracium maculatum
Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hazel Corylus avellana
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Heath Groundsel Senecio sylvaticus
Heath Rush Juncus squarrosus
Heath Wood-rush Luzula multiflora
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Heath-grass Danthonia decumbens
Hedge Bedstraw Galium mollugo
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge Veronica Hebe sp
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica
Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum
Hemlock Conium maculatum
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata
Hemp Cannabis sativa
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Highclere Holly Ilex x altaclerensis
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa
Hoary Cress Lepidium draba
Hoary Mustard Hirschfeldia incana
Hoary Ragwort Senecio erucifolius
Hoary Willowherb Epilobium parviflorum
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Hollyhock Alcea rosea
Honesty Lunaria annua
Honey Garlic Nectaroscordum siculum
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Hop Humulus lupulus
Hop Trefoil Trifolium campestre
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus
Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse-radish Armoracia rusticana
Huntingdon Elm Ulmus x vegeta
Hyacinth Hyacinthus orientalis
Hybrid Black Poplar Populus x canadensis 'Serotina'
Hybrid Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica
Hybrid Fescue x Festulolium loliaceum
Hybrid Gorse Ulex sp
Hybrid Hawthorn Crataegus x media (macrocarpa)
Hybrid Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum x sphondylium
Indian Balsam Impatiens glandulifera
Indian Bean Tree Catalpa bignonioides
Irish Ivy Hedera 'Hibernica'
Italian Alder Alnus cordata
Italian Lords-and-Ladies Arum italicum
Ivy Hedera helix
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Japanese Knotgrass Fallopia japonica
Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa
Jointed Rush Juncus articulatus
Juneberry Amelanchier lamarckii
Kerria Kerria japonica
Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare
Laburnum Laburnum anagyroides
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Large-leaved Lime Tilia platyphyllos
Laurustinus Viburnum tinus
Lawson's Cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Least Duckweed Lemna minuta
Leek Allium porrum
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus
Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria
Lesser Knotweed Persicaria campanulata
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor
Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea
Lesser Swine-cress Coronopus didymus
Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium
Leyland Cypress x Cupressocyparis leylandii
Lilac Syringa vulgaris
Lily-of-the-valley Convallaria majalis
Lime Tilia x europaea (vulgaris)
(Lime) Tilia sp
Lombardy-poplar Populus nigra 'Italica'
London Bur-marigold Bidens connata
London Plane Platanus x hispanica
Londonpride Saxifraga x urbium
Loquat Tree Eriobotrya japonica
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lucerne Medicago sativa ssp sativa
Lucombe Oak Quercus x crenata (cerris x suber)
Lungwort Pulmonaria offinalis
(Magnolia) Magnolia sp
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Manna Ash Fraxinus ornus
Many-leaved Hawkweed Hieracium sabaudum
Many-seeded Goosefoot Chenopodium polyspermum
Marsh Bedstraw Galium palustre
Marsh Cinquefoil Potentilla palustris
Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum
Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus
Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris
Meadow Barley Hordeum secalinum
Meadow Brome Bromus commutatus
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris
Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis
Meadow Saffron Colchicum autumnale
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria
Midland Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata
(Mint) Mentha sp
Mock-orange Philadelphus sp
Montbretia Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella officinarum
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Musk-mallow Malva moschata
(Daffodil) Narcissus sp
Narrow Buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana
Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium
New Zealand Pigmyweed Crassula helmsii
Niger Guizotia abyssinica
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Nodding Bur-marigold Bidens cernua
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Oak Quercus sp
Orange Day-lily Hemerocallis fulva
Orange-ball-tree Buddleia globosa
Orange-fruited Whitebeam Sorbus croceocarpa
Oregon Maple Acer macrophyllum
Oregon-grape Mahonia aquifolium
Oriental Plane Platanus orientalis
Osier Salix viminalis
Osoberry Oemleria cerasiformis
Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris
Oval Sedge Carex ovalis
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus
Pagoda Tree Sophora japonica
Pale Willowherb Epilobium roseum
Parrot's-feather Myriophyllum aquaticum
Passion Flower Passiflora caerulea
Pear Pyrus communis
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula
Perenial Wall-rocket Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Perennial Cornflower Centaurea montana
Perennial Nipplewort Lapsana communis ssp intermedia
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis
Perfoliate Alexanders Smyrnium perfoliatum
Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum
Persian Ivy Hedera colchica
Persicaria x intercedens (hydropiper x maculosa)
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus
Pignut Conopodium majus
Pill Sedge Carex pilulifera
Pin Oak Quercus palustris
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Pink Purslane Claytonia sibirica
Pink Water-Speedwell Veronica catenata
Pink-sorrel Oxalis articulata
Polypody Polypodium vulgare agg.
Poplar Populus sp
Portugese Laurel Prunus lusitanica
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola
Prickly Sedge Carex muricata ssp lamprocarpa
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens
Procumbent Yellow-sorrel Oxalis corniculata
Purple Moor-grass Molinia caerulea
Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis
Ragged-robin Lychnis flos-cuculi
Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ramsons Allium ursinum
Rape Brassica napus
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Rat's-tail Fescue Vulpia myuros
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Currant Ribes rubrum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Fescue Festuca rubra
Red Goosefoot Chenopodium rubrum
Red Oak Quercus rubra
Red-berried Elder Sambucus racemosa
Red-osier Dogwood Cornus sericea
Redshank Persicaria maculosa
Reed Sweet-grass Glyceria maxima
Remote Sedge Carex remota
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Rigid Hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum
(Rose) Rosa sp
Rosebay Willowherb Chamerion angustifolium
Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus
Rough Hawk's-beard Crepis biennis
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis
Russian Comfrey Symphytum x uplandicum
Russian-vine Fallopia baldschuanica
Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor (inc. ssp muricata)
Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis
Sanicle Sanicula europaea
Scaly Male-fern Dryopteris affinis
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis ssp arvensis
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea
Shaggy-soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata
Sharp-flowered Rush Juncus acutiflorus
Shasta Daisy Leucanthemum x superbum
Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella
Sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Short-fruited Willowherb Epilobium obscurum
Siberian Iris Iris siberica
Siberian Squill Scilla siberica
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Silver Maple Acer saccharinum
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata
Slender Parsley-piert Aphanes australis
Slender Rush Juncus tenuis
Slender Speedwell Veronica filiformis
Slender St John's Wort Hypericum pulchrum
Slender Trefoil Trifolium micranthum
Small Balsam Impatiens parviflora
Small Yellow-sedge Carex viridula ssp. viridula
Smaller Cat's-tail Phleum bertolonii
Small-flowered Crane's-bill Geranium pusillum
Small-leaved Elm Ulmus minor
Small-leaved Lime Tilia cordata
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris
Smooth Meadow-grass Poa pratensis
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus
Smooth Tare Vicia tetrasperma
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Snow-in-Summer Cerastium tomentosum
Soft Lady's-mantle Alchemilla mollis
Soft Rush Juncus effusus
Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum
Soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus
Solomon's-seal Polygonatum multiflorum
Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium
Spanish Bluebell Hyacinthoides hispanica
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear-leaved Orache Atriplex prostrata
Spindle Euonymus europaeus
Spotted Dead-nettle Lamium maculatum
Spotted Medick Medicago arabica
Spotted-laurel Aucuba japonica
Spring Sowbread Cyclamen sp
Spring Starflower Tristagma uniflorum
Springbeauty Claytonia perfoliata
Square-stalked St John's-wort Hypericum tetrapterum
Square-stalked Willowherb Epilobium tetragonum
Stag's-horn Sumach Rhus typhina
Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Sunflower Helianthus annuus
Swamp Cypress Taxodium distichum
Swedish Whitebeam Sorbus intermedia
Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Sweet-briar Rosa rubiginosa
Sweet-flag Acorus calamus
Swine-cress Coronopus squamatus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana
Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus
Thorn-apple Datura stramonium
Three-cornered Garlic Allium triquetrum
Three-nerved Sandwort Moehringia trinervia
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia
Timothy Phleum pratense
Toad Rush Juncus bufonius
Tomato Lycopersicon esculentum
Tormentil Potentilla erecta
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana
Trailing St John's Wort Hypericum humifusum
Traveller's Joy Clematis vitalba
Tree-of-Heaven Ailanthus altissima
Trifid Bur-marigold Bidens tripartita
Tuberous Comfrey Symphytum tuberosum
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca
Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera
Turkey Oak Quercus cerris
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Two-rowed Barley Hordeum distichon
Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica
Violet Cress Ionopsidium acaule
Virginia-creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum
Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis
Wall Speedwell Veronica arvensis
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Water Chickweed Myosoton aquaticum
Water Dock Rumex hydrolapathum
Water Fern Azolla filiculoides
Water Figwort Scrophularia auriculata
Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides
Water Horsetail Equisetum fluviatile
Water Mint Mentha aquatica
Water-cress Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper
Water-plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica
Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa
Wavy Hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa
Wayfaring-tree Viburnum lantana
Weeping Willow Salix x sepulcralis (alba x babylonica)
Weld Reseda luteola
Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum
Welsh Poppy Meconopsis cambrica
Welted Thistle Carduus crispus
Western Yellow-pine Pinus ponderosa
Weymouth Pine Pinus strobus
White Bryony Bryonia dioica
White Campion Silene latifolia
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Comfrey Symphytum orientale
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Pigweed Amaranthus albus
White Poplar Populus alba
White Water-lily Nymphaea alba
White Willow Salix alba
White-stemmed Bramble Rubus cockburnianus
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris
Wild Cherry Prunus avium
Wild Onion (Crow Garlic) Allium vineale
Wild Plum Prunus domestica (inc. ssp institia)
Wild Privet Ligustrm vulgare (perhaps all L. ovalifolium)
Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum
Wild Service-tree Sorbus torminalis
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca (perhaps all F. x ananassa)
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Wild-oat Avena fatua
Willow Salix sp
Wilson's Honeysuckle Lonicera nitida
Winter Heliotrope Petasites fragrans
Winter-cress Barbarea vulgaris
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Wood Avens Herb-Bennet Geum urbanum
Wood Club-rush Scirpus sylvaticus
Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus
Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica
Wood Meadow-grass Poa nemoralis
Wood Millet Milium effusum
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia
Wood Speedwell Veronica montana
Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides ssp robbiae
Woodruff Galium odoratum
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yellow Archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon ssp argentatum
Yellow Buckeye Aesculus flava
Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus
Yellow Oat-grass Trisetum flavescens
Yellow Water-lily Nuphar lutea
Yellow-flowered Strawberry Duchesnea indica
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor
Yew Taxus baccata
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Zigzag Clover Trifolium medium
ENGLISH NAME |
LATIN NAME |
OCCURENCES |
NOTES |
| Callitriche stagnatis |
Frequent on wet mud as well as ponds |
||
| Calluna vulgaris |
12 |
Native. First records: J. Gerard (1597), T. Johnson (1632). The native population declined until in 1942, the single plant that had survived since 1927 succumbed (Kent, 1975). The present plants are recent re- |
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| Caltha palustris |
7 |
Native. First record: T. Johnson (1629). "Ken Wood pastures, abundant" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). The plants on Sandy Heath, where the species was last seen in 1904 (Kent, 1975), and possibly the others, are re- |
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| Calystegia sepium |
20 |
Native. First record: T. Johnson (1632). |
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| Calystegia silvatica |
23 |
Naturalised garden escape. |
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| Campanula portenschlagiana |
1 |
A twentieth century garden escape, widely naturalised across London; flowers are longer than wide. |
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| Campanula poscharskyana |
3 |
A twentieth century garden escape, widely naturalised across London; flowers are wider than long. |
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| Campanula rotundifolia |
2 |
Native. "North Heath, Hampstead" and "South Heath, Hampstead" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869); also de Cespigny (1877). Seen at Ken Wood and the Heath Extension by R.S.R. Fitter (Kent, 1975). |
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| Campanula trachelium |
5 |
Native, but usually on calcareous soils; plants here originated as garden escapes. First record: R. S. R. Fitter, in 1945 (Kent & Lousley, 1951- |
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| Cannabis sativa |
1 |
A (short- |
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| Capsella bursa- |
33 |
Native |
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| Cardamine flexuosa |
52 |
Native. First record: J. Newton (ca 1680) in a "ditch bet[ween] Cane [Ken] Wood and the close newly stubbed up" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). |
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| Cardamine hirsuta |
4 |
Native |
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| Cardamine pratensis |
14 |
Native. First record: T. Johnson (1629). More than one (sub)species may be present. Also known as Lady's Smock Found in damp flushes around March |
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| Carduus crispus |
8 |
Native |
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| Carex divulsa |
3 |
Native. There appear to be no historic records of this sedge (which is ssp. divulsa) from the Heath. |
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| Carex hirta |
27 |
Native. First record: A. Irvine, about 1830. "South Heath, Hampstead" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). |
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| Carex muricata ssp lamprocarpa |
2 |
Native. Recorded from "dry parts of woods about Hampstead and Highgate" by E. Forster, in 1789 (Trimen & Dyer, 1869), though Kent (1975) regarded this and other historic records as uncertain. |
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| Carex nigra |
2 |
Native. First record: A. Irvine, about 1830. "South Heath, Hampstead" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). Despite its English name it has never been abundant on the Heath. |
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| Carex ovalis |
23 |
Native. "South Heath, Hampstead, 1866" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869); "Plenty about the bog on Hampstead Heath (de Crespigny, 1877). |
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| Carex pendula |
51 |
Native. First record: J. Petiver (1695). Some recent records may be of ornamental plantings. |
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| Carex pilulifera |
3 |
Native. First (and first British) record: Doody, about 1688. Seen by Trimen & Dyer (1869) and de Crespigny (1877). |
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| Carex remota |
22 |
Native. Common, and shade- |
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| Carex viridula ssp. viridula |
1 |
Native. First record: A. Irvine, about 1830, West Heath; also Trimen, 1866. The modern record, which requires confirmation, is also from West Heath where Kent (1975) could not find it. |
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| Carpinus betulus |
52 |
Native. First record: T. Johnson (1629). |
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| Castanea sativa |
33 |
A Roman introduction, widely planted; the numerous scattered records suggest a high degree of natural regeneration on the Heath. |
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| Catalpa bignonioides |
1 |
Introduced (N. America), planted |
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| Cedrus deodara |
2 |
Introduced (C. Asia), planted. |
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| Centaurea montana |
2 |
A very persistent garden escape. |
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| Centaurea nigra |
35 |
Native. "Lower Heath, Hampstead" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). Probably all records are of ssp. nigra though ssp. nemoralis could occur on the lighter soils of Sandy Heath. |
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| Centaurium erythraea |
2 |
Native. First record: J. Newton, about 1680 - |
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| Cerastium fontanum |
55 |
Native. Frequent throughout. |
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Sticky Mouse- |
16 |
Native. First record: C. Merrett (1666). |
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| Cerastium tomentosum |
1 |
Garden escape. |
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| Ceratochloa carinata |
18 |
Alien (California). An established escape from Kew Gardens that has spread rapidly since 1945. |
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| Ceratophyllum demersum |
1 |
Native |
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| Chamaecyparis lawsoniana |
1 |
Alien (N. America). A garden escape that fortunately rarely regenerates. |
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| Chamerion angustifolium |
147 |
The form widespread in the lowlands of Britain may be distinct from the much less common native upland species. First record: J. Hill (1760), in "Cane [Ken] Wood, Hampstead". According to Whiting (1912) it was absent from the Heath itself before about 1880. |
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| Chelidonium majus |
5 |
Ancient introduction. First record: G.T. Burnett, about 1830. Then, as now, near houses. |
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| Chenopodium album |
9 |
Native. "South Heath, Hampstead" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). A variable species once treated more broadly. |
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| Chenopodium polyspermum |
8 |
Ancient introduction, previously regarded as native. First record: J.T.B. Syme (1850). |
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Red Goosefoot |
1 |
Native. First record: T. Johnson (1632). |
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| Circaea lutetiana |
91 |
Native. First record: J. Blackstone, 1737. The few pre- |
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| Cichorium intybus |
1 |
Possibly native but may have been introduced as a crop. First record: C.L. Morley, about 1678. |
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| Cirsium arvense |
211 |
Native. An almost ineradicable weed. |
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| Cirsium palustre |
4 |
Native. "South Heath, Hampstead" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869); de Crespigny (1877). |
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| Cirsium vulgare |
87 |
Native. A persistent weed. |
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| Claytonia perfoliata |
1 |
Alien (N. America), naturalised since the 1930s. First records: H.C. Harris (Heath Extension) and D.H. Kent (West Heath), 1949 (Kent & Lousley, 1951). |
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| Claytonia sibirica |
9 |
Alien (N. America), naturalised since the 1930s. First record: H.C. Harris (North- |
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| Clematis vitalba |
1 |
Native but perhaps introduced, and not persistent, on the Heath. |
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| Colchicum autumnale |
1 |
Not native in Middlesex. A relic of cultivation. |
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| Colutea arborescens |
1 |
Alien (Mediterranean). Easily naturalised. |
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| Conium maculatum |
9 |
Ancient introduction. No early records for the Heath. |
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| Conopodium majus |
61 |
Native. First record: T. Johnson (1632); J. Gerard's "field adjoining to High- |
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| Convallaria majalis |
8 |
Native. First records: J. Gerard (1597); T. Johnson (1629). "Plentiful" at an old site in Ken Wood in 1973 (Kent, 1975) but recent records are of re- |
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| Convolvulus arvensis |
6 |
Native |
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| Conyza canadensis |
8 |
Alien (N. America), introduced about 1690. Now widely naturalised; Trimen & Dyer (1869) had no records from the Heath. |
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| Conyza sumatrensis |
25 |
Alien (S. America). First recorded in Britain in 1974 and on the Heath about 1989 (Burton, 1995); still expanding its range. |
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| Cornus mas |
1 |
A garden ornamental (W. Asia), probably planted. |
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| Cornus sanguinea |
16 |
Native. "South Heath, Hampstead" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). |
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| Cornus sericea |
1 |
Alien (N. America). Widely planted, and sometimes naturalised; this may be a planted specimen. |
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| Coronopus didymus |
4 |
Alien (?S. America). Seen by H.C. Harris on East Heath about 1949, and gradually increasing. |
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| Coronopus squamatus |
4 |
Ancient introduction. Inconspicious, and perhaps commoner than the few records suggest. |
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| Corylus avellana |
93 |
Native. First record: T. Johnson (1632). There are concerns that squirrels eating the nuts may affect regeneration. Flowering in January. |
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| Cotoneaster sp |
2 |
.Alien. Probably bird- |
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| Crassula helmsii |
2 |
Alien (Australasia). An invasive waterweed, first recorded in the London area in 1956. |
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| Crataegus laevigata |
34 |
Native. First record: T. Johnson (1632), not there distinguished from C. monogyna. |
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| Crataegus monogyna |
187 |
Native. First record: T. Johnson (1632), not there distinguished from C. laevigata. "Very old thorns … on Hampstead North Heath" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). |
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| Crataegus persimilis |
3 |
Alien (N. America). Probably planted, or grafted to native hawthorn stock. |
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| Crataegus x media (macrocarpa) |
2 |
Native |
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| Crepis biennis |
1 |
Native, but only on chalky soil. Presumably introduced here. |
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| Crepis capillaris |
27 |
Native. First record: A. Irvine, about 1830. |
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| Crepis vesicaria |
8 |
Alien (S.W. Asia). First (Middlesex) record 1866, now common in S. England. |
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| Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora |
18 |
A persisting garden escape, sometimes naturalised. |
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| Crocus nudiflorus |
1 |
Garden escape, perhaps naturalised. |
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| Crocus sp |
8 |
Garden escape. |
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| Crocus tommasinianus |
10 |
Garden escape, perhaps naturalised. |
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| x Cupressocyparis leylandii |
5 |
Planted, where it should not be. |
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| Cyclamen hederifolium |
1 |
Alien (S. Europe). Occasionally naturalised. |
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| Cyclamen sp |
2 |
Garden escape. |
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| Cymbalaria muralis |
7 |
Alien (S. Europe), naturalised since the seventeenth century. First record: A. Irvine, about 1830, |
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| Cynosurus cristatus |
21 |
Native. Has been common in London since the time of L'Obel, about 1576. |
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| Cytisus scoparius |
15 |
Native. "South Heath, Hampstead" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). |
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| Dactylis glomerata |
210 |
Native, and abundant throughout. |
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| Dactylorhiza fuchsii |
4 |
Native. First record: J. Gerard (1597), "Hampstead Wood"; Palma Christi, Serapias foemina pratensis of T. Johnson (1632) may be this plant. |
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| Danthonia decumbens |
9 |
Native. First record: J. Morris (1850); also "South Heath, Hampstead (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). |
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| Datura stramonium |
1 |
An alien casual, erratic and rarely persisting. |
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| Daucus carota |
31 |
Native. There are few early records; Kent (1975) cites H.C. Harris, East Heath, about 1950. To distinguish with certainty ssp. carota (wild) from ssp. sativa (garden) the plant must be dug up; probably both ssp. are represented here. |
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| Deschampsia cespitosa |
19 |
Native. "South Heath, Hampstead" (Trimen & Dyer, 1869). |
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| Deschampsia flexuosa |
32 |
Native. First record: A. Irvine, about 1830. |
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| Digitalis purpurea |
61 |
Native. First record: T. Johnson (1629). |
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| Diplotaxis tenuifolia |
7 |
Ancient introduction. First record: T. Johnson (1632). Once very common in London, this species declined but is now increasing again. |
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| Dipsacus fullonum |
5 |
Native. First record: A. Irvine, about 1830. |
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| Dracunculus vulgaris |
1 |
Garden escape. |
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| Dryopteris affinis |
8 |
Native. This was poorly identified until recently. Both ssp. affinis and ssp. borreri are present. |
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| Dryopteris carthusiana |
4 |
Native. First record: W. Pamplin, about 1830. |
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| Dryopteris dilatata |
91 |
Native. First record: A. Buddle, about 1705. The commonest fern on the Heath. |
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| Dryopteris filix- |
71 |
Native. First record: S. Doody, about 1705 (Ken Wood). |
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| Duchesnea indica |
3 |
Alien (S.E Asia). A persistent casual. |
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