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Taxon Vernacular Abax parallelipipedus Acer campestre Maple, Field Acer platanoides Norway Maple Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore Aegithalos caudatus Long-tailed Tit Aegopodium podagraria Ground-elder Ajuga reptans Bugle Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard Allium ursinum Ramsons Alopecosa pulverulenta a wolf spider Amara aenea Amara familiaris Amaurobius fenestralis Anemone nemorosa Wood anemone Anthobium unicolor Anthriscus sylvestris Parsley, Cow Apodemus sylvaticus Wood mouse Arctium minus Lesser Burdock Arion ater Large Black Slug Arion subfuscus Dusky Slug Armadillidium vulgare Common Pill Woodlouse Arum maculatum Lords and Ladies Bembidion lampros Betula pendula Silver Birch Betula pubescens Birch, Downy Bombus hypnorum Tree Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombylius major Bee-fly Buteo buteo Buzzard Calathus rotundicollis Calocera viscosa Calocybe gambosa St Georges mushroom Capreolus capreolus Deer, Roe Carduelis cannabina Linnet Carduelis carduelis Goldfinch Carduelis flammea Mealy Redpoll Carduelis spinus Siskin Carpinus betulus Hornbeam Castanea sativa Chestnut, Sweet Centromerus sylvaticus a money spider Cepaea nemoralis Snail Certhia familiaris Treecreeper Chamerion angustifolium Rosebay Willowherb Cirsium palustre Marsh Thistle Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle Cladonia coniocrea Lichen Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird Columba palumbus Wood Pigeon Conopodium majus Pignut Coprinus micaceous Cortinicara gibbosa Corvus corax Raven Corvus corone corone Carrion Crow Corvus monedula Jackdaw Corylus avellana Hazel Crataegus laevigata Hawthorn, Midland Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Crumomyia nitida a lesser dung fly Cyanistes caeruleus Blue Tit Cylindroiulus punctatus Blunt-tailed Snake-millipede Daedaleopsis confragosa Blushing bracket Daldinia concentrica King Alfreds` cakes Dendrocopos major Great Spotted Woodpecker Deroceras reticulatum Netted Slug Deschampsia flexuosa Wavy Hair-grass Diaea dorsata a crab spider Dicyphus stachydis a capsid bug Digitalis purpurea Foxglove Discus rotundatus Snail Drymus sylvaticus a ground bug Dryopteris dilatata Broad Buckler fern Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern Elasmostethus interstinctus Birch Shieldbug Elasmucha grisea Parent Bug Epilobium hirsutum Great Hairy Willowherb Erithacus rubecula Robin Exidia plana Ficaria verna Lesser Celandine Fraxinus excelsior Ash Fringilla coelebs Chaffinch Galium album Hedge bedstraw Galium aparine Cleavers Garrulus glandarius Jay Geranium robertianum Herb robert Geum urbanum Wood Avens Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy Gyromitra esculenta Hedera helix Ivy Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed Heterobasidium annosum Holcus lanatus Yorkshire-fog Hyacinthoides non-scripta Bluebell Hydroporus planus a diving water beetle Hypericum pulchrum Slender St. John's wort Hyphodontia sambuci Elder Whitewash Hypholoma fasciculare Sulphur tuft Ilex aquifolium Holly Inachis io Peacock Iris foetidissima Stinking Iris Juncus conglomeratus Compact Rush Juncus effusus Soft rush Juncus tenuis Slender Rush Lamium album Nettle, White Dead- Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus spinibarbis Limax flavus Yellow Slug Limax maximus Great Grey Slug Linyphia hortensis a money spider Liocoris tripustulatus a capsid bug Lithobius forficatus Lithobius variegatus Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle Loricera pilicornis Luzula pilosa Hairy Woodrush Lycogola Terrestre Lysimachia nemorum Pimpernel, Yellow Lysimachia nummularia creeping Jenny Malus sylvestris Apple, Crab Metellina mengei an orb web spider Milium effusum Wood Millet Moehringia trinervia Three-veined Sandwort Mollisia cinerea Myosotis sylvatica Wood Forget-me-not Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus Daffodil Nebria brevicollis Nectria cinnabarina Coral Spot Nedyus quadrimaculatus Small Nettle Weevil Nemastoma bimaculatum Notiophilus biguttatus Notiophilus rufipes Oniscus asellus Common Shiny Woodlouse Ophyiulus pilosus a snake-millipede Othius punctulatus Oxalis acetosella Wood Sorrel Parus major Great Tit Pentaglottis sempervirens Alkanet, Green Periparus ater Coal Tit Philoscia muscorum Common Striped Woodlouse Phylloscopus collybita Chiffchaff Phyllotreta undulata a flea beetle Phytomyza ilicis Holly leaf miner Picea abies Spruce, Norway Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Piptoporus betulina Piptoporus betulinus Birch Polypore or Razor Strop Plantago major Greater Plantain Platybunus triangularis Platynus assimilis Polydesmus angustus Common Flat-backed Millipede Polydesmus denticulatus a flat-backed Millipede Populus sp. Poplar (a ) Porcellio scaber Common Rough Woodlouse Potentilla sterilis Barren Strawberry Primula vulgaris Primrose Proteroiulus fuscus a snake-millipede Prunella modularis Dunnock Prunella vulgaris Selfheal Prunus avium Cherry Prunus cerasifera Plum, Cherry Prunus laurocerasus Cherry Laurel Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Pterostichus madidus Pterostichus strennus Quercus cerris Oak, Turkey Quercus petraea Oak, Sessile Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak Rana temporaria Common frog Ranunculus auricomis Goldilocks Buttercup Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Regulus regulus Goldcrest Reticularia lycoperdon Ribes rubrum Redcurrant Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Rubus fruticosus agg. Bramble sp. Rubus idaeus Raspberry Rumex obtusifolius Broad-leaved Dock Rumex sanguineus Wood Dock Salix x fragilis sens. lat. 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