Species Lists For Porthkerry Country Park Items in green are sightings from the PWG up to and including 2013 Items in red are from the historic record Algae Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Ulva sp Sea Lettuce Grasses Fungi Agrostis capillaris Common Bent-grass Agrostis stolenifera Creeping Bent-grass Agaricus campestris Common Field Mushroom Alopecurus geniculatus Marsh Foxtail Armillaria mellea Honey Fungus Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet Vernal Grass Auricularia auricular-judae Jelly Ear/Jew’s Ear Brachypodium sylvaticum False Brome Boletus Edulis Penny Bun Bromus sterilis Barren Brome Calvatia gigantean Giant Puff-ball Dactylis glomerata Cock’s-foot Coprinus comatus Shaggy Inkcap Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hair-grass Coprinus plicatilis Pleated Inkcap Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue Daldinia concentrica King Alfed’s Cake/Cramp Festuca gigantea Giant Fescue Balls Festuca rubra Red Fescue Ganoderma austral Southern Bracket Glyceria fluitans Floating Sweet Grass Geastrum triplex Collared Earthstar Holcus lanatus Yorkshire Fog Hygrocybe nigrescens Holcus mollis Creeping Soft Grass Inonotus dryadeus Oak Bracket Hordeum murinum Wall Barley Laetiporus sulphureus Chicken Of The Woods Lolium perenne Perennial Rye-grass Lepiota rhacodes Shaggy Parasol Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass Lepista personatum Blewits Poa nemoralis Wood Meadow-grass Lycosperdon perlatum Common Puff-ball Poa trivialis Rough Meadow-grass Phellinus igniarius Willow Bracket Schoenoplectus lacustris Bullrush/Reed Mace Piptoporus betulinus Birch Bracket Fungus Polyporus squamosus Dryad’s Saddle Sedges Polystictus versicolor Russula emetica The Sickener Carex flacca Carnation Sedge Sarcoscypha coccinea Scarlet Elfcup Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Trametes versicolor Turkey Tail Carex sylvatica Wood Sedge Mosses Scirpus maritimus Sea Club-rush Brachythecium rutabulum Rough-stalked Feather- Rushes moss Climacium dendroides Tree Climacium Moss Juncus articulates Jointed Rush Polytrichum commune Common Haircap Juncus inflexus Hard Rush Moss/Goldilocks Moss/Great Gold-headed Moss Plants Ferns Achillea millefolium Yarrow Dryopteris affinis Scaly Male Fern Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony Dryopteris austriaca Broad Buckler-fern Agrostemma githago Corncockle Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern Ajuga reptans Bugle Equisetum telmateia Great Horsetail Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard Ophioglossum vulgatum Common Adder’s Tongue Allium schoenoprasum Chives Fern Allium ursinum Wild Garlic/Ramsons Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart’s Tongue Fern Allium vineale Crow Garlic/Wild Onion Polypodium vulgare Common Polypody Anagallis arvensis Scarlet Pimpernel Polystichum angular Soft Shield-fern Anchusa arvensis Bugloss Anemone nemorosa Wood Anemone Galium odoratum Woodruff/Sweet Woodruff Angelica sylvestris Wild Angelica Galium saxatile Heath Bedstraw Anthemis arvensis Corn Chamomile Galium verum Lady’s Bedstraw Anthriscus sylvestris Cow Parsley Gallium mollugo Hedge Bedstraw Apium graveolens Wild Celery Geranium dissectum Cut-leaved Cranesbill Apium nodiflorum Fool’s Watercress Geranium pyrenaicum Hedgerow Cranesbill Aquilegia vulgaris Columbine Geranium robertianum Herb Robert Arctium minus Lesser Burdock Geranium sanguineum Bloody Crane’s-bill Armoracia rusticana Horse-radish Gerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear Arum maculatum Lords & ladies/Cuckoo-pint Geum urbanum Wood Avens/Herb Bennett Atriplex praecox Early Orache Glaux maritime Sea-milkwort Atriplex prostrata Spear-leaved Orache Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy Bellis perennis Daisy Hedera helix Ivy Berula erecta Lesser Water Parsnip Helianthemum nummularium Rock Rose Beta vulgaris ssp maritime Sea Beet Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed Blackstonia perfoliata Yellow Wort Hieracium agg Hawkweed Brassica rapa Turnip Hieracium umbellatum agg Leafy Hawkweed Callitriche brutia Intermediate Water-starwort Humulus lupulus Hop Callitriche stagnalis Common Water-starwort Hyacinthoides non-scripta Bluebell Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed Hypericum androsaemum Tutsan Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd’s purse Hypericum hirsutum Hairy St John’s Wort Cardamine flexuosa Wavy Bitter-cress Hypochaeris radicata Cat’s-ear Cardamine pratensis Cuckooflower/Lady’s Smock Iris foetidissima Stinking Iris Carduus crispus Welted Thistle Iris pseudacorus Yellow Flag Centaurea cyanus Cornflower Knautia arvensis Field Scabious Centaurea jacea Brownray Knapweed Lamiastrum galeobdolon Yellow Archangel Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed Lamium amplexicaule agg Henbit Dead-nettle Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed Lapsana communis Nipplewort Centranthus ruber Red Valerian Lathyrus pratensis Meadow Vetchling Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear Leucanthemum vulgare Ox-eye Daisy Chaerophyllum temulum Rough Chervil Linaria purpurea Purple Toadflax Chamerion angustifolium Rosebay Willowherb Lithospermum purpureocaeruleum Purple Chenopodium album Fat-hen Gromwell Cicuta virosa Cowbane Lotus corniculatus Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil Circaea lutetiana Enchanter’s Nightshade Lysimachia vulgaris Yellow Loosestrife Cirsium acaule Dwarf Thistle Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Malva sylvestris Common Mallow Cirsium eriophorum Woolly Thistle Matricaria discoidea Pineappleweed Cirsium palustre Marsh Thistle Meconopsis cambrica Welsh Poppy Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle Medicago lupulina Black Medick Clematis vitalba Old Man’s Beard/Traveller’s Joy Melilotus officinalis Ribbed Melilot Clinopodium vulgare Wild Basil Mentha aquatic Water Mint Convolvus arvensis Field Bindweed Mercurialis perennis Dog’s Mercury Coronopus squamatus Swine-cress Myosotis arvensis Field Forget-me-not Crepis capillaris Smooth Hawk’s-beard Myosotis scorpioides Water Forget-me-not Crepis vesicaria Beaked Hawk’s-beard Myosotis sylvatica Wood Forget-Me-Not Dactylorhiza fuchsia Common Spotted-orchid Narcissus pseudonarcissus Daffodil Daucus carota Wild Carrot Neottia nidus-avis Bird’s Nest Orchid Dipsacus fullonum Wild Teasel Oenanthe crocata Hemlock Water Dropwort Echinops sphaerocephalus Glandular Globe Thistle Ononis spinosa Spiny Rest-harrow Epilobium Fleischeri Lesser Willowherb Origanum vulgare Wild Marjoram Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb Orobanche minor Common Broomrape Epilobium montanum Broad-leaved Willowherb Papaver rhoeas Common Poppy Erodium cicutarium Common Stork’s Bill Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy Eupatorium cannabinum Hemp-agrimony Persicaria amphibian Amphibious Bistort Euphrasia nemorosa Common Eyebright Persicaria maculosa Redshank Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed Picris echioides Bristly Ox-tongue Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet Picris hieracioides Hawkweed Ox-tongue Foeniculum vulgare Fennel Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Fragaria vesca Wild Strawberry Plantago major Greater Plantain Galanthus nivalis Snowdrop Platanthera bifolia Lesser Butterfly Orchid Galium aparine Cleavers/Goosegrass Platanthera chlorantha Greater Butterfly Orchid Polygonum aviculare Knot Greass Urtica dioica Common Nettle Potentilla anserina Silverweed Veronica beccabunga Brooklime Potentilla reptans Creeping Cinquefoil Veronica ckamaedrys Germander Speedwell Potentilla stirilis Barren Strawberry Veronica Montana Wood Speedwell Primula veris Cowslip Veronica persica Common Field Speedwell Primula vulgaris Primrose Vici hirsuta Hairy Tare Prunella vulgaris Selfheal Vicia angustifolia Narrow-leaved Vetch Pulicaria dysenterica Common Fleabane Vicia cracca Tufted Vetch Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup Vicia sativa Common Vetch Ranunculus auricomus Goldilocks Buttercup Vicia sepium Bush Vetch Ranunculus ficaria Lesser Celandine Vicia sylvatica Wood Vetch Ranunculus flammula Lesser Spearwort Viola canina Heath Dog-violet Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Viola odorata Sweet Violet Ranunculus scleratus Celery-leaved Buttercup Viola reichenbachiana Early Dog-violet Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Viola riviniana Common Dog-violet Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Water Cress Rorippa sylvestris Creeping Yellowcress Trees Rosa arvensis Field Rose Rosa canina Dog-rose Acer campestre Field Maple Rubia peregrina Wild Madder Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore Rubus caesius Dewberry Aesculus flava Yellow Buck-eye Rubus fruticosus Bramble Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut Rubus idaeus Raspberry Aesculus x carnea Red Horse Chestnut Rubus ulmifolius Elmleaf Blackberry/Thornless Alnus glutinosa Alder Blackberry Betula pendula Silver Birch Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel Betula pubescens Hairy Birch Rumex acetosella Sheep’s Sorrel Castanea sativa Sweet Chestnut Rumex crispus Curled Dock Cedrus libani Cedar Of Lebanon Rumex obtusifolius Common/Broad-leaved Dock Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Lawson Cypress Rumex sanguineus Wood Dock Cornus sanguinea Dogwood Sanguisorba minor Salad Burnet Corylus avellana Hazel Sanicula europaea Sanicle Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Scrophularia auricularia Water Figwort Euonymus europaeus Spindle Scrophularia nodosa Common Figwort Fagus sylvatica Beech Scrophularia umbrosa Green Figwort Fagus sylvatica purpurea Purple Beech Senecio jacobaea Common Ragwort Fraxinus excelsior Common Ash Senecio vulgaris Groundsel Ilex aquifolium Holly Silene dioica Red Campion Juglans regia Walnut Silene latifolia White Campion Larix decidua Larch Silene uniflora Sea Campion Larix x eurolepis Hybrid Larch/Dunkeld Sinapis arvensis Charlock Laurus nobilis Bay Laurel Sisymbrium officinale Hedge Mustard Ligustrum lucidum Privet Smyrnium olusatrum Hedge Parsley/Alexanders Ligustrum vulgare Wild Privet Solanum dulcamara Bittersweet/Woody Linaria vulgaris Common Toadflax Nightshade Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle