Greening: Crop lists for the crop diversification rules

Use these crop lists and the leaflet ‘Greening: Work out what it means for you’ to find out what you’ll need to grow (and over what area) to meet the crop diversification rules.

For crop diversification, the regulations say that a ‘crop’ is:

a) a culture of any of the different genera defined in the botanical classification of crops (see below)

b) a culture of any of the species in the case of Brassicaceae, Solanaceae, and Cucurbitaceae (see below). These botanical ‘families’ include large numbers of agricultural crops within them, so crops falling under these headings are defined at the level of the species rather than the genus.

c) land lying fallow (the ‘Greening: Work out what it means for you’ leaflet has more information on fallow land)

d) grasses or other herbaceous forage (the ‘Greening: Work out what it means for you’ leaflet has more information)

Winter and spring crops count as separate crops.

Cultures of different genera defined in the botanical classification of crops that will count as a single crop for crop diversification (part a of the regulations)

Crop name Genus Includes Barley Hordeum Two row barley, six row barley, malting barley, feed barley Basil Ocimum all Basils Beet Beta Sugar beet, Beetroot, Redbeet, Chard, Mangolds, Field beet, Fodder beet Borage Borago Borage Buckwheat Fagopyrum Buckwheat Canary seed Phalaris Canary seed Carrot Daucus Carrot Celery Apium Celery, Celeriac Chickpea Cicer Chickpea Chicory Chichorium Chicory, Endive, Radiccio, Italian chicory Daffodil Narcissus All daffodils Dill Anethum Dill Evening primrose Oenothera Evening primrose Fennel Foeniculum Fennel Fenugreek Trigonella Fenugreek Field Beans Vicia Field beans, Broad beans, Tic beans

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Crop name Genus Includes Green Beans Phaseolus French beans, Green beans, Haricot beans, Runner beans Hemp Cannabis Hemp Lentils Lens Lentils Lettuce Lactuca Lettuce, Romaine lettuce, Cos lettuce, Iceberg lettuce, Butterhead lettuce Linseed Linum Linseed, Flax Lupins Lupinus Lupins Maize Zea Maize, Corn, Sweetcorn Millet Echinochloa Millet Oats Avena Quaking oats, Porridge oats, Feed oats, Naked oats Onions Allium Onions, Spring onions, Scallions, Garlic, Chives, Leeks, Shallot Oregano Origanum Oregano, Marjoram Parsley Petroselinum All Parsleys Parsnips Pastinaca Parsnips Peas Pisum Vining pea, Marrow fat pea, Feed pea, Snow pea, Snap pea, Mange tout Rye Secale Winter rye (for cover), Rye Sage Salvia Sages, Clary sage Soya Glycine Soya bean, Soybean Spinach Spinacia Spinach Strawberry Fragaria Strawberry Sweet potato Ipomoea Sweet potato Thyme Thymus All thymes Triticale Triticosecale Triticale Tulip Tulipa All tulips Wheat Triticum Common or Bread wheat, Einkorn, Durum wheat, Spelt, Biscuit wheat, Feed wheat, Red wheat Yam Dioscorea Yam

This is not an exhaustive list - more examples will be added over the summer.

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Species of the botanical genera will count as a single crop for crop diversification (part b of the regulations)

Brassicaceae species

Crop name Species Includes Cabbage Brassica oleracea Cabbages, White cabbage, Red cabbage, Savoy cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Kale, Chinese kale, Kohlrabi, Calabrese Turnip Brassica rapa Turnip, Turnip rape, Chinese cabbage (Pak choi), Bok choi Oilseed Brassica napus Oilseed rape, Industrial rape, Swede Brown mustard Brassica juncea Brown mustard Mustard Sinapsis alba White or Yellow mustard (Sometimes Brassica sinapsis) Crambe Crambe maritima Seakale, Crambe Rocket Eruca sativa Rocket Radish Raphanus sativus Radish Watercress Nasturtium Watercress officinale Horseradish Armoracia Horseradish (syn.Cochlearia armoracia) rusticana Solanaceae species:

Crop name Species Includes Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum Tobacco Potato Solanum tuberosum Early potato, Maincrop potato, Seed potato Tomato Solanum Tomato lycopersicum Aubergine Solanum melongena Aubergine, eggplant Pepper Capsicum annuum Bell pepper, Chilli pepper Chilli Capsicum baccatum Peppadew chilli, Bishop's crown chilli, Lemon drop chilli Tree chilli Capsicum pubescens Tree chilli Cucurbitacae species:

Crop name Species Includes Squash Cucurbita pepo Pumpkins, Squashes, Marrows, Zucchini, Courgettes Japanese pie Cucurbita Japanese pie squash squash argyrosperma Siam pumpkin Cucurbita ficifolia Siam pumpkin, Seven year melon Banana squash Cucurbita maxim Banana squash, Buttercup squash Butternut squash Cucurbita moschata Butternut squash, Cheese pumpkin Water melon Citrullus lanatus Water melon Cucumber Cucumis sativus Cucumber Melon Cucumis melo Melons

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