APPENDIX A: Botanical Species List

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APPENDIX A: SITE PLANT SPECIES LIST

Common name Scientific name Abundance (DAFOR) Poor Semi-improved grassland Italian rye-grass Lolium multiflorum D Perennial rye-grass Lolium perenne F False oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius F Common couch Elymus repens O Smooth meadow-grass Poa pratensis O Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus O White clover Trifolium repens F Red clover Trifolium pratense F Creeping thistle Cirsium arvense F Scented mayweed Matricaria recutita F Common nettle Urtica dioica O Daisy Bellis perennis O Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare O Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris O Dandelion Taraxum officinale agg O Common chickweed Stellaria media O Spear-leaved orache Atriplex prostrata O Curled dock Rumex crispus O Broad-leaved dock Rumex obtusifolius O Greater plantain Plantago major O American willowherb Epilobium ciliatum O Smooth hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris O Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata O Common ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris R Common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica R Timothy Phleum pratense R Common nettle Urtica dioica D White bryony Bryonia dioica O Common ivy Hedera helix O Cleavers Galium aparine F Fat-hen Chenopodium album O Spear-leaved orache Atriplex prostrata O Creeping thistle Cirsium arvense O Bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. F Groundsel Senecio vulgaris F Common poppy Papaver rhoeas O Prickly sow-thistle Sonchus asper O Common field-speedwell Veronica persica O Common name Scientific name Abundance (DAFOR) Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata O Colt's-foot Tussilago farfara O Curled dock Rumex crispus O Field-rose Rosa arvensis O Hedge mustard Sisymbrium officinale R Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens O Hedgerows and Trees Ash Fraxinus excelsior R Blackthorn Prunus spinosa F Bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. O Dog-rose Rosa canina agg. F Elder Sambucus nigra R Field maple Acer campestre R Wild privet Ligustrum ovalifolium R Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna D Wild cherry Prunus avium R Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus R Elder Sambucus nigra F Common ivy Hedera helix F White bryony Bryonia dioica O Wild plum Prunus domestica R Crab apple Malus sylvestris R Black horehound Ballota nigra O Red campion Silene dioica O Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata O Apple Malus domestica R Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum R