TETBURY HILL CEMETERY, MALMESBURY

PLANT RECORDED JULY 2021 Ann Skinner and Melissa Robb DAFOR scale: D- dominant; A- abundant; F-frequent; O- occasional; R- rare English name Scientific name Recorded 7/7/2021 Annual meadow-grass annua O

Autumn hawkbit autumnalis O Black medick Medicago lupulina LF Broad-leaved willowherb Epilobium montanum R Bugle Ajuga reptans O Bulbous buttercup bulbosus O Cleavers Galium aparine O Cock's-foot O Common bent capillaris LF Common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus LF Common cats ear Hypochaeris radicata Common nettle Urtica dioica O Common ragwort jacobea R Common sorrel Rumex acetosa O Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris O Cowslip Primula veris R Creeping bent grass Agrostis stolonifera Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens O Creeping cinquefoil Potentilla reptans LF Creeping thistle arvense R Cut-leaved crane's-bill Geranium dissectum O Daisy Bellis perennis F Dandelion Taraxacum sp. (agg.) O False oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius O Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis O Field forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis O Field woodrush Luzula campestris O-LF Garlic mustard Alliara petiolata O Germander speedwell Veronica chamaedrys F Greater plantain Plantago major LF Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea LF Groundsel Senecio vulgaris O Herb bennet (wood avens) Geum urbanum O Herb robert Geranium robertianum O Hoary plantain Plantago media LF Hogweed sphondylium Hop trefoil Trifolium campestre O Lady's bedstraw Galium verum LF Lords and ladies (wild arum) Arum maculatum O Meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris Meadow fescue pratensis Meadow foxtail pratensis Mouse-eared hawkweed Pilosella officinarum F Nipplewort Lapsana communis O Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare R Perennial rye-grass perenne O Prickly sow thistle Sonchus asper R Primrose Primula vulgaris O Ragwort Senecio jacobaea R Red clover Trifolium pratense LF Red fescue Festuca rubra LF Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata LF Rosebay willowherb Chamerion angustifolium O-LF Rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus F Self-heal Prunella vulgaris F Smooth hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris O Smooth meadow-grass Sweet vernal grass odoratum O Tall fescue Festuca arundinacea O Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Thyme-leaved speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia O White clover Trifolium repens F-A Wild oat (grass) fatua O-LF Yarrow Achillea millefolium O Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus LF

TREES AND SHRUBS (HEDGES AND SCRUB AREA

Beech Fagus sylvatica Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Bramble fruticosus (agg.) Elder Sambucus nigra Elm Ulmus sp. Field maple Acer campestre Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Hazel Corylus avellana Ligustrum vulgare Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus

PLANTS TO ADD OR INCREASE (as pot grown plug plants in grassland)

Betony Betonica officinalis Common knapweed nigra Cowslip Primula veris Field scabious Knautia arvensis Greater knapweed Centaurea Meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Moon daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Primrose Primula vulgaris Yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor

BUTTERFLIES

Holly blue Celastrina argiolus

Meadow brown jurtina

Speckled wood Pararge aegeria

OTHER SPECIES OF INTEREST/IMPORTANCE

Hedgehog, grass snake, slow worm.

Plants found in the walls include Wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria, Harts tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and ivy-leaved toadflax Cymbalaria muralis.

INTRODUCED PLANT SPECIES

Alkanet Periwinkle Virginia creeper

SCALE

The scale relates to frequency of occurrence in the Cemetery. Plants marked in yellow have still to be checked.