Ledbury Naturalists Field Survey 2005

Grasses, Sedges and Rushes Location within Latin Name Common Name Coneygree N S BF Agrostis capillaris Common Bent a a Agrostis gigantea Black Bent a a Agrostis stolonifera Creeping Bent a Alopecurus myosuroides Slender Foxtail a Alopecurus pratensis Meadow Foxtail a Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet Vernal Grass a a a Arrhenatherum elatius False Oat Grass a a Brachypodium pinnatum False Brome a a a Brachypodium sylvaticum Wood False Brome a a a Briza media Quaking Grass a a Bromus erectus Erect Brome a a Bromus ramosus Hairy Brome a a Bromus sterilis Barren Brome a Carex flacca Glaucous Sedge a a Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge a a a Carex sylvatica Wood Sedge a a a Catapodium rigidum Fern Grass a Cynosurus cristatus Crested Dogs tail a a Dactylis glomerata Cocksfoot a a a Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hair Grass a a a Elymus repens Couch Grass a Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue a Festuca gigantea Giant Fescue a Festuca pratensis Meadow Fescue a Festuca rubra Red Fescue a a a Holcus lanatus Yorkshire Fog a a a Juncus effusus Soft Rush a Juncus inflexus Hard Rush a a Lolium multiflorum Italian Ryegrass a Lolium perenne Perennial Ryegrass a a Melica uniflora Wood Melick a a Milium effusum Wood Millet a Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary Grass a a Phleum pratense Timothy a Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass a a a Poa nemoralis Wood Meadow-grass a Poa trivialis Rough Stalked Meadow-grass a a Trisetum flavescens Yellow Oat Grass a a

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Flowers Location within Latin Name Common Name Coneygree N S BF Achillea millefolium Yarrow a a Aegopodium podagraria Ground Elder a a Aethusa cynapium Fool's Parsley a Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony a a Ajuga reptans Bugle a a a Alchemilla vulgaris Lady's Mantle a Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard a a Allium paradoxum Few-flowered Garlic a Anagallis arvensis Scarlet Pimpernel a a Anemone nemorosa Wood Anemone a Anthriscus sylvestris Cow Parsley a Aphanes arvensis Parsley Piert a Arctium lappa Greater Burdock a a Arctium minus Lesser Burdock a a a Arum maculatum Cuckoo Pint a a Atriplex patula Common Orache a Bellis perennis Daisy a a a Blackstonia perfoliata Yellow-wort a a a Bryonia dioica White Bryony a a Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed a Campanula trachelium Nettle Leaved Bellflower a Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's Purse a a Cardamine hirsuta Hairy Bittercress a a Centaurea nigra Knapweed a a a Centaurium erythraea Common Centaury a a a Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear a a Chaerophyllum temulum Rough Chervil a Chamerion angustifolium Rosebay Willowherb a Circaea lutetiana Enchanter's Nightshade a a Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle a a a Cirsium palustre Marsh Thistle a Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle a a a Clematis vitalba Traveller's-joy a a a Clinopodium vulgare Wild Basil a a a Convolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed a a Coronopus didymus Lesser Swine-cress a Coronopus squamatus Swine-cress a a Crepis capillaris Smooth Hawksbeard a a Cymbalaria muralis Ivy-leaved Toadflax a Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common Spotted Orchid a Daphne laureola Spurge Laurel a a Digitalis purpurea Foxglove a a Dipsacus fullonum Teasel a a Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb a a Epilobium montanum Broad-leaved Willowherb a a Epilobium parviflorum Hoary Willowherb a Epilobium tetragonum Square Stemmed Willowherb a Euphorbia amygdaloides Wood Spurge a a Euphrasia nemorosa Eyebright a Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet a Frageria vesca Wild Strawberry a

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Galium aparine Cleavers a a Galium mollugo Hedge Bedstraw a Galium odoratum Woodruff a Galium palustre Marsh Bedstraw a Galium verum Lady's Bedstraw a a Genista tinctoria Dyers Greenweed a Geranium dissectum Cut-leaved Crane's-bill a Geranium molle Dovesfoot Cranesbill a a a Geranium robertianum Herb Robert a a a Geum urbanum Wood Avens a a a Glechoma hederaceae Ground Ivy a a a Gnaphalium uliginosum Marsh Cudweed a a Hedera helix Ivy a a a Helianthemum nummularium Rock Rose a a a Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed a a Hyacinthoides nonscriptus Bluebell a a a Hypericum androsaemum Tutsan a a Hypericum hirsutum Hairy St. John's Wort a a a Hypericum maculatum Imperforate St. John's Wort a a a Hypericum perforatum Perforate St. John's Wort a a Hypericum pulchrum Slender St. John's Wort a Iris foetidissima Stinking Iris a a Kickxia spuria Sharp-leaved Fluellen a Lamiastrum galeobdolon Yellow Archangel a a Lamium album White Dead Nettle a a Lamium purpureum Red Dead Nettle a Lapsana communis Nipplewort a a Lathryus pratensis Meadow Vetchling a Leontodon autumnalis Autumn Hawkbit a Leontodon saxatalis Lesser Hawkbit a Ox-eye Daisy a a Linum catharticum Fairy Flax a Lithospermum officinale Common Gromwell a a Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle a a a Lotus corniculatus Birdsfoot Trefoil a a Lysimachia nemorum Yellow Pimpernel a Lysimachia nummularia Creeping Jenny a a Malva moschata Musk Mallow a a Malva neglecta Dwarf Mallow a Medicago lupulina Black Medick a a a Melilotus altissima Golden Melilot a Mentha aquatica Water Mint a Mentha arvensis Corn Mint a Mercurialis perennis Dog's Mercury a a a Moehringia trinervia Three-nerved Sandwort a Mycelis muralis Wall lettuce a Myosotis arvensis Field Forget-me-not a a Myosotis sylvatica Wood Forget-me-not a a Narcissus pseudonarcissus Daffodil a Odontites verna Red Bartsia a a Orchis mascula Early Purple Orchid a Origanum vulgare Wild Marjoram a a Paris quadrifolia Herb Paris a Persicaria maculosa Redshank a Pilosella officinarum Mouse-ear Hawkweed a Pimpinella saxifraga Burnet Saxifrage a a

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Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain a a Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass a Potentilla anserina Silverweed a Potentilla reptans Creeping Cinquefoil a a a Potentilla sterilis Barren Strawberry a a a Primula x polyantha False Oxslip a a Primula veris Cowslip a a a Primula vulgaris Primrose a a a Prunella vulgaris Self Heal a a a Ranunculus ficaria Lesser Celandine a a Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup a Reseda lutea Mignonette a Reseda luteola Weld a a Rosa arvensis Field Rose a a Rosa canina Dog Rose a Rosa micrantha Lesser Sweet Briar a Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel a a Rumex obtusifolius Broad-leaved Dock a Rumex sanguineus Wood Dock a a Sanguisorba minor Salad Burnet a a a Sanicula europaea Wood Sanicle a Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort a Scrophularia nodosa Common Figwort a a a Scrophularia vernalis Yellow Figwort a Senecio jacobaea Ragwort a a a Senecio vulgaris Groundsel a a Sison amomum Stone Parsley a a Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade a a Sonchus asper Prickly Sowthistle a a Sonchus oleraceus Smooth Sowthistle a a Stachys officinalis Betony a Stachys sylvatica Hedge Woundwort a a Tamus communis Black Bryony a a a Taraxacum erythrosperma Lesser Dandelion a Taraxacum officinale Dandelion a a Teucrium scorodonia Wood Sage a Thymus polytrichus Wild Thyme a a Torilis japonica Upright Hedge Parsley a a Trifolium dubium Lesser Trefoil a a Trifolium medium Zigzag Clover a Trifolium pratense Red Clover a a Trifolium repens White Clover a a a Tussilago farfara Coltsfoot a dioica Stinging Nettle a a Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein a a Verbena officinalis Vervain a Veronica arvensis Wall Speedwell a Veronica beccabunga Brooklime a a Veronica chamaedrys Germander Speedwell a a a Veronica filiformis Slender Speedwell a a Veronica montana Wood Speedwell a a Veronica officinalis Heath Speedwell a Veronica persica Field Speedwell a Veronica serpyllifolia Thyme-leaved Speedwell a a a Vicia sepium Bush Vetch a a a Viola hirta Hairy Violet a a a

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Viola odorata Sweet Violet (purple and white) a a a Viola reichenbachiana Early Dog-violet a a Viola riviniana Common Dog-violet a a

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Birds Location within Latin Name Common Name Coneygree N S Aegithalos caudatus Long Tailed Tit a Buteo buteo Buzzard a a Certhia familiaris Tree Creeper a Columba palumbus Wood Pigeon a a Corvus frugilegus Rook a Corvus monedula Jackdaw a Dendrocopus major Greater Spotted Woodpecker a a Erithacus rubeculata Robin a a Falco tinnunculus Kestrel a Fringilla coelebs Chaffinch a a Garrulus glandarius Jay a a Larus ridi bundus Black-headed Gull a Parus ater Coal Tit a Parus caeruleus Blue Tit a a Parus major Great Tit a a Phasianus colchicus Pheasant a a Phylloscopus collybita Chiff Chaff a a Phylloscopus trochilis Willow Warbler a Pica pica Magpie a Picus viridis Green Woodpecker a Prunella modularis Dunnock a Pyrrhula pyrrhula Bullfinch a a Regulus regulus Goldcrest a a Sylvia atricapilla Blackcap a a Troglodytes troglodytes Wren a a Turdus merula Blackbird a a Turdus philomelus Song Thrush a a Turdus viscivorus Mistle Thrush a a

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Fungi and other non flowering Plants Location within Group Latin Name Common Name Coneygree N S Fungi Aluteus thomsonii a Armillaria (rhizomorphs) Honey Fungus a Auricularia auricula-judae Jews Ear a Chlorociboria aeruginascens Green wood-cup fungus a a Coleosporium tussilaginis a Collybia fusipes a Coprinus cormatus Shaggy Inkcap a Coprinus micaceus Glistening Inkcap a Coprinus picaceus Magpie fungus a Cordyceps gracilis a a Dadaeleopsis confragosa Blushing Bracket a Daldinia concentrica Cramp Balls a a Disciotis venosa a Ganoderma adspersum a Heterobasidion annosum a Hormotheca robertiani a Hymenoscyphus fructigenus a Hypoxylon fragiforme a Hypoxylon fuscum a a Hypoxylon multiforme a Hypoxylon nummularium a a Hypoxylon rubiginosum a a Lactarius blennius Slimy Milk Cap a Laetiporus sulphureus Chicken of the wood a a Lycoperdon pyriforme Puff Balls a Melampsora populnea Dog's Mercury rust a Microsphaera alphitoides Oak Mildew a Mollisia cinerea a Nectria cinnarbarina a Oudemansiella radicata Rooting Shank a Pezizella chrysostigma a Piptoporus betulinus Polypore a Puccinia sessilis a Ramularia rubella a Resupinatus applicatus a Rhytisma acerinum Tar spot on Sycamore a a Sarcoscypha coccinia Scarlet elf cup a Trametes versicolor Many zoned Polypore a Tricholoma gambosum St. George's mushroom a Uromyces ficariae a Uromyces muscarii a Ustulina deusta a Xylaria hypoxylon Candle snuff a a

Lichens Evernia prunastri a Lecanora chlarotera a Parmelia glabratula ssp.glabratula a Parmelia saxatilis a Parmelia sulcata a Physcia adscendens a Ramelina farinacea a

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Location within Group Latin Name Common Name Coneygree N S Xanthoria candelaria Xanthoria parietina a

Mosses Atrichum undulatum a a Brachythecium rutabulum a a Calliergonella cuspidata a Eurynchium praelongum a a Fissidens bryoides a Fissidens taxifolius a a Hypnum cupressiforme a Mnium hornum a Orthotrichum diaphanum a Plagiomnium undulatum a a Pseudoscleropodium purum a Thuidium tamariscinum Tamarisk-leaved moss a a

Liverworts Lophocolea bidentata a Pellia endivifolia a Porella platyphylla a

Ferns Asplenium ruta-muraria Wall Rue Asplenium trichomanes Maidenhair Spleemwort a Athyrium felix-femina Lady Fern a Dryopteris affinis Scaly Male Fern a Dryopteris dilitata Broad Buckler Fern a Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern a Phyllitis scolopendrium Harts Tongue a Polypodium vulgare Common Polypody a Polystichum setiferum Soft Shield Fern a Pteridium aquilinum Bracken a

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Insects and other Invertebrates Location within Group Latin Name Common Name Coneygree N S BF Adela reamurella Golden Longhorn a Alabonia geoffrella Moth a Anthocharis cardamines Orange tip a Aphantopus hyperantus Ringlet a a Celastrina argiolus Holly Blue a a Cynthia cardui Painted Lady a Gonepteryx rhamni Brimstone a Inachis io Peacock a Lycaena phlaeas Small Copper a Maniola jurtina Meadow Brown a a degeerella Moth a Pararge aegeria Speckled Wood a a Pieris brassicae Large White a a Pieris rapae Small White a Polygonia c-album Comma a a Polyommatus icarus Common Blue a Pyronia tithonus Gatekeeper a Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar Moth a Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral a a

Diptera Bibio marci St. Marks Fly a Episyrphus balteatus Hoverfly a Jaapiella veronicae Gall on Veronica a a Macrodiplosis roboris Leaf gall on Oak a Phytomyza ilicis Leaf mine on Holly a a

Coleoptera Abax parallelepipedus Large Ground Beetle a Adalia 10-punctata 10-spot Ladybird a Adalia bipunctata 2 Spot Ladybird a Anaspis maculata Tumbling Flower Beetle a a Anaspis regimbarti Tumbling Flower Beetle a Aphodius prodromus Dung Beetle a Aphthona euphorbiae Flea Beetle on Wood Spurge a a Athous haemorrhoidalis Click Bettle a Calvia 14-guttata Cream-spot Ladybird a Ceuthorhynchus pollinarius Weevil a Chaetocnema concinna Flea Beetle a Chalcoides aurata Flea Beetle on Willow a Chalcoides aurea Flea Beetle on Willow a Cidnorhinus quadrimaculatus Small Nettle Weevil a a Cionus alauda Figwort Weevil a Cionus hortulans Figwort Weevil a a Cionus scrophularia Figwort Weevil a Cionus tuberculosus Figwort Weevil a Coccinella 7-punctata 7-spot Ladybird a a Curculio nucum Nut Weevil a Epuraea florea Sap Beetle a Epuraea melanocephala Sap Beetle a Grammoptera ruficornis Small Longhorn Beetle a Halyzia 16-guttata Orange Ladybird a Leisoma deflexum Small Weevil on buttercups a

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Location within Group Latin Name Common Name Coneygree N S BF Longitarsus luridus Small Flea Beetle a Longitarsus melanocephalus Small Flea Beetle a Longitarsus pratensis Small Flea Beetle a Malachius bipustulatus Malachite Beetle a Malthodes minimus Small Cantharid Beetle a Meligethes aeneus Pollen Beetle a Molorchus minor Longhorn Beetle a Oedemera nobilis Flower Beetle a Oulema melanopa Leaf Beetle a a Phyllobius roboretanus Small Green Nettle Weevil a Phyllotreta vittula Flea Beetle a Polydrosus pterygomalis Weevil a a Propylea 14-punctata 14-spot Ladybird a Pteleobius vittatus Weevil a Pterostichus cupreus Metallic Ground Beetle a Rhagonycha lignosa Catharid Beetle a Rhagonycha testacea Cantharid Beetle a Rhinoncus pericarpius Weevil a Rhizobius litura Ladybird family a Scaphidium quadrimaculatum Fungus Beetle a Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird a a Stenostola dubia Longhorn Beetle a Strangalia melanura Longhorn Beetle a Strophosoma capitata Weevil a Tachinus marginellus Rove Beetle a Tachyporus chrysomelinus Small Rove Beetle a Tytthapsis 16-punctata 16-spot Ladybird a

Hemiptera Anthocoris nemorum Flower Bug a a Aphrophora alni Large Frog Hopper a Calocoris stysi Capsid Bug a Capsus ater Capsid Bug a Deraeocoris ruber Capsid Bug a Dicyphus stachydis Capsid Bug a Dolycoris baccarum Sloe Bug a a Elasmostethus interstinctus Shield Bug a Harpocera thoracica Capsid Bug a Kleidocerys resedae Ground Bug a Leptoturna dolobrata Capsid Bug a a Liocoris tripustulatus Capsid Bug a Megaloceraea recticornis Grass Bug a Megalocoleus pilosus Capsid Bug a Orius vicinus Flower Bug a Philaenus spumarius Common Frog Hopper a Phytocoris ulmi Capsid Bug a Stenodema laevigatum Grass Bug a Trioza remota Gall on Oak a

Hymenoptera Bombus hortorum Small Garden Bumble Bee a Bombus lapidarius Large Red-tailed Bumble Bee a a Bombus lucorum White-tailed Bumble Bee a a Bombus pascuorum Common Carder Bee a a Bombus pratorum Early Bumble Bee a Bombus terrestris Buff-tailed Bumble Bee a

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Location within Group Latin Name Common Name Coneygree N S BF Bombylius major Bee Fly a a Lasius bruneus Brown Ant a Lasius flavus Yellow Meadow Ant a a Lasius niger Small Black Ant a a Liposthenes glechomae Gall on Ground Ivy a Liposthenes latreillei Gall on Ground Ivy a Myrmica rubra Red Ant a a Myrmica ruginodis Red Ant a Nomada ruficornis Kleptoparasitic Bee a Vespula vulgaris Common Wasp a

Neuroptera Micromus variegatus Brown Lacewing a

Odonata Aeshna mixta Migrant Hawker a Sympetrum striolatum Common Darter a

Orthoptera Chorthippus parallelus Meadow Grasshopper a a Leptophyes punctatissima Speckled Bush Cricket a Pholidoptera griseoaptera Dark Bush Cricket a Tetrix undulata Common Ground Hopper a

Mecoptera Panorpa germanica Scorpion-fly a

Acari Aceria acericampestris Gall on Field Maple a Aceria cephaloneus Gall on Sycamore a a Aceria machrochelus Gall on Field Maple a Aceria pseudoplatani Gall on Sycamore a Eriophyes similis Gall on Plum Leaves a

Isopoda Armadillidium vulgare Common Pill Woodlouse a a Oniscus asellus Common Shiny Woodlouse a a Philoscia muscorum Common Striped Woodlouse a a a Porcellio scaber Woodlouse a a Trichoniscus pusillus Small Woodlouse a a

Diplopoda Brachyiulus pusillus Small Julid Millipede a Cylindroiulus londinensis Millipede a Cylindroiulus punctatus Blunt-tailed Snake Millipede a a Glomeris marginata Pill Millipede a Polydesmus angustus Flat-backed Millipede a Tachypodoiulus niger White-legged Snake Millipede a a

Chilopoda Lithobius forficatus Centipede a a Lithobius microps Centipede a Lithobius variegatus Centipede a Strigamia crassipes Centipede a

Dermaptera Forficula auricularia Earwig a a

Araneae Anyphaena accentuata Spider a Araneus diadematus Cross Spider a Araniella cucurbitina Spider a Linyphia triangularis Spider a Meta mengei Spider a

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Location within Group Latin Name Common Name Coneygree N S BF Metellina segmentata Spider a Paidiscura pallens Spider a Phalangium opilio Spider a Pisaura mirabilis Spider a Tibellus oblongus Spider a Xysticus kochi Spider a

Opiliones Dicranopalpus ramosus Harvestman a Mitopus morio Harvestman a Phalangium opilio Harvestman a

Mollusca Aegopinella nitidula Waxy Glass Snail a Arion ater Large Black Slug a Arion subfuscus Forest or Dusky Slug a a Arion sylvaticus Silver Slug a Cepaea nemoralis Brown-lipped Banded Snail a Clausilia bidentata Door Snail a Deroceros reticulatum Grey Field Slug a Discus rotundatus Rounded Snail a a Helix aspersa Common Garden snail a Limax cinereoniger Ash-black slug a Limax maximus Great Grey Slug a Nesovitrea hammonis Rayed Glass Snail a Oxychilus cellarius Cellar Glass Snail a a Oxychilus helveticus Glossy Glass Snail a Trichia hispida Hairy Snail a Zonitoides excavatus Hollowed Glass Snail a

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Trees and Shrubs Location within Latin Name Common Name Coneygree N S Acer campestre Field Maple a a Acer platanoides Norway Maple a Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore a a Betula pendula Silver Birch a a Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush a a Carpinus betulus Hornbeam a Castanea sativa Sweet Chestnut a Clematis vitalba Traveller's Joy a a Cornus sanguinea Dogwood a a Corylus avellana Hazel a a Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster a Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn a a Daphne laureola Spurge Laurel a a Euonymus europaeus Spindle a a Fagus sylvatica Beech a a Fraxinus excelsior Ash a a Hedera helix Ivy a a Ilex aquifolium Holly a Larix decidua European Larch a a Larix kaempferi Japanese Larch a a Ligustrum vulgare Privet a a Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle a a Picea abies Norway Spruce a a Pinus nigra Black Pine a Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine a a Populus tremula Aspen a Prunus avium Wild Cherry a a Prunus domestica Plum a Prunus spinosa Blackthorn a a Quercus ilex Holm Oak a Quercus petraea Sessile Oak a a Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak a a Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry a a Rosa arvensis Field Rose a a Rosa canina Dog Rose a a Rubus caesius Dewberry a Rubus fruticosus Bramble a a Salix caprea Goat Willow a Sambucus nigra Elder a a Sorbus torminalis Wild Service Tree a Taxus baccata Yew a a Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar a a Tilia cordata Small-leaved Lime a Ulmus glabra Wych Elm a a Viburnum lantana Wayfaring Tree a Viburnum opulus Guelder Rose a a Viscum album Mistletoe a a

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