FLORA OF RSPB CONWY NATURE RESERVE ACERACEAE Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore ALISMATACEAE Alisma plantago-aquatica Common Water-plantain APIACEAE Aegopodium podagraria Ground-elder Chaerophyllum temulentum Rough Chervil Conium maculatum Hemlock Daucus carota Wild Carrot Foeniculum vulgare Fennel Heracleum sphondylium Hogweed Oenanthe crocata Hemlock Water-dropwort Torilis japonica Upright Hedge Parsley ARALIACEAE Hedera helix Ivy ASTERACEAE (= COMPOSITAE) Achillea millefolium Yarrow (or Milfoil) Artemisia absinthium Wormwood Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort Aster tripolium Sea Aster Bellis perennis Daisy Centaurea nigra subsp. nigra Common Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle Crepis capillaris Smooth Hawksbeard Crepis vesicaria Beaked Hawksbeard Hypochaeris radicata Cat's-ear Inula conyza Autumn Hawkbit Lapsana communis Ploughman's Spikenard Leontodon autumnalis Nipplewort Leontodon saxatilis Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon taraxacoides Common Hawkbit Leucanthemum vulgare Oxeye Daisy Picris echioides Bristly Oxtongue Pilosella officianum Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pulicaria dysenterica Common Fleabane Senecio erucifolius Hoary Ragwort Senecio jacobaea Ragwort Senecio squalidus * Oxford Ragwort Senecio vulgaris Groundsel Sonchus arvensis Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus asper Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus Smooth Sow-thistle Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Tragopogon pratensis Goatsbeard Tripleurospermum maritimum Sea Mayweed Tussilago farfara Colt's-foot BETULACEAE Alnus cordata Italian Alder Alnus glutinosa Alder Betula pendula Silver birch BORAGINACEAE Echium vulgare Viper's-bugloss Myosotis arvensis Field (or Common) Forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima Early Forget-me-not Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Symphytum x uplandicum Russian Comfrey BRASSICACEAE (= CRUCIFERAE) Hesperis matronalis Dame's-violet Armoracia rusticana Horse-radish Brassica oleracea Wild Cabbage Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's Purse Cardamine pratensis Cuckooflower (or Lady's-smock) Diplotaxis muralis Annual Wall Rocket Lepidium heterophyllum Smith's Pepperwort Cardamine hirsuta Hairy Bitter-cress BUDDLEJACEAE Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush CAPRIFOLIACEAE Viburnum lantana Wayfaring tree CARYOPHYLLACEAE Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum Sticky Mouse-ear Silene dioica Red Campion Silene latifolia White Campion Silene x hampeanum Hybrid between Red and White Campion Spergula arvensis Corn Spurrey Spergularia marina Lesser Sea-spurrey CHENOPODIACEAE Atriplex glabriuscula Babington's Orache Atriplex patula Common Orache Atriplex portulacoides Sea-purslane Atriplex prostrata Spear-leaved Orache Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima Sea Beet Chenopodium album Fat-hen Salicornia europaea Glasswort Sarcocornia perennis Perennial Glasswort CISTACEAE Oenothera biennis Evening Primrose CLUSIACEAE Hypericum tetrapterum Square-stalked St. John's-wort CONVOLVULACEAE Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium subsp. silvatica Large Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed CRASSULACEAE Sedum album White Stonecrop CYPERACEAE Bolboschoenus maritimus Sea Club-rush Carex hirta Hairy Sedge Carex otrubae False Fox Sedge Eleocharis palustris Common Spike-rush DIPSACACEAE Dipsacus fullonum Teasel Knautia arvensis Field Scabious ELAEAGINACEAE Hippophaea rhamnoides Sea Buckthorn EUPHORBIACEAE Euphorbia helioscopa Sun Spurge EQUISETACEAE Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail FABACEAE (= LEGUMINOSAE) Anthyllis vulneraria Kidney Vetch Cytisus scoparius Broom Lathyrus latifolius Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea Lathyrus nissolia Grass Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Meadow Vetchling Lotus corniculatus Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatas Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil Medicago arabica Spotted Medick Medicago lupulina Black Medick Melilotus albus White melilot Melilotus altissima Tall Melilot Trifolium arvense Hare's-foot Clover Trifolium campestre Hop Trefoil Trifolium dubium Lesser Trefoil Trifolium pratense Red Clover Trifolium repens White (or Dutch) Clover Ulex europaeus Gorse Vicia cracca Tufted Vetch Vicia hirsuta Hairy Tare Vicia sativa subsp. nigra Common Vetch FUMARIACEAE Fumaria officinalis Common Fumitory GENTIANACEAE Blackstonia perfoliata Yellow-wort Centaurium erythraea Common Centaury GERANIACEAE Erodium cicutarium Common Storksbill Geranium dissectum Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum Shining Crane's-bill Geranium molle Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium pratense Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum Hedgerow (or Mountain) Crane's-bill Geranium robertianum Herb-Robert IRIDACEAE Iris pseudacorus Yellow Iris (or Flag) JUNCAGINACEAE Juncus acutiflorus Sharp-flowered rush Juncus bufonius Toad rush Juncus effusus Soft Rush Juncus gerardii Salt-marsh Rush Juncus inflexus Hard Rush Triglochin maritima Sea Arrow-grass LAMIACEAE (= LABIATAE) Ballota nigra Black Horehound Clinopodium vulgare Wild Basil Lamium album White Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Red Dead-nettle Mentha aquatica Water Mint Prunella vulgaris Selfheal Stachys sylvatica Hedge Woundwort Teucrium scorodonia Wood Sage LILIACEAE Hyacinthoides hispanica x non-scripta Hybrid between native & Spanish bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta syn. Endymion non-scriptus Bluebell MALVACEAE Malva moschata Musk Mallow Malva sylvestris Common Mallow OLEACEAE Ligustrum vulgare Wild Privet ONAGRACEAE Chamerion angustifolium Rosebay Willowherb Epilobium ciliatum American Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb Epilobium montanum Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium obscurum Short-fruited Willowherb Epilobium palustre Marsh Willowherb Epilobium parviflorum Hoary Willowherb ORCHIDACEAE Dactylorhiza fuchsii Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa Southern Marsh Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis Pyramidal Orchid Ophrys apifera Bee Orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp coccinea Early Marsh Orchid OROBANCHACEAE Orobanche hederae Ivy broomrape OXALIDACEAE Oxalis articulata* Pink Oxalis PLANTAGINACEAE Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Plantago major Greater Plantain Plantago maritima Sea Plantain PLUMBAGINACEAE Limonium vulgare Common Sea-lavender POACEAE (=GRAMINIAE) Agrostis stolonifera Creeping Bent Anisantha sterilis Barren Brome Anthoxanthum oderatum Sweet Vernal Grass Arrhenatherum elatius False Oat Grass Cynosurus cristatus Crested Dogstail Dactylis glomerata Cocksfoot Festuca rubra Red Fescue Holcus lanatus Yorkshire Fog Lolium perenne Perennial Ryegrass Phleum pratense Timothy Phragmites australis Common Reed Poa angustifolia Narrow-leaved Meadow Grass Poa annua Annual Meadow Grass Poa pratensis Smooth Meadow Grass POLYGONACEAE Persicaria amphibia Amphibious Bistort Persicaria maculosa Redshank Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel Rumex conglomeratus Clustered Dock Rumex crispus Curled Dock Rumex obtusifolius Broad-leaved Dock PRIMULACEAE Anagallis arvensis Scarlet Pimpernel Glaux maritima Sea-milkwort Lysimachia vulgaris Yellow Loosestrife Primula veris Cowslip Primula vulgaris Primrose (pin-eyed form) PTEROPSIDA Asplenium trichomanes Maiden Hair Spleenwort Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern Phyllitis scolopendrium Hartstongue RANUNCULACEAE Clematis vitalba Traveller's Joy (or Old Man's Beard) Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus baudotii Brackish Water-crowfoot Ranunculus ficaria Lesser Celandine Ranunculus flammula Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus Celery-leaved Buttercup (or Crowfoot) RESEDACEAE Reseda luteola Weld (or Dyer's Rocket) ROSACEAE Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony Alchemilla vulgaris Lady's Mantle Cotoneaster horizontalis Wall Cotoneaster Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet Potentilla anglica Trailing Tormentil Potentilla anserina Silverweed Potentilla reptans Creeping Cinquefoil Rosa arvensis Field Rose Rosa canina Dog Rose Rosa pimpinellifolia Burnet Rose Rosa rugosa Japanese Rose Rosa sherardii Sherard's Downy Rose Rubus ulmifolius Bramble Rubus caesius Dewberry Sanguisorba minor subsp. minor Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor subsp. muricata* Fodder Burnet Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Sorbus intermedia Swedish Whitebeam RUBIACEAE Galium aparine Cleavers (or Goosegrass) Galium palustre subsp. palustre Common Marsh-bedstraw Galium verum Lady's Bedstraw SALICACEAE Salix caprea Goat Willow Salix viminalis Osier SCROPHULARIACEAE Digitalis purpurea Foxglove Linaria vulgaris Common Toadflax Odontites vernus subsp.vernus Red Bartsia Rhinanthus minor Yellow rattle Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein Veronica arvensis Wall Speedwell Veronica catenata Pink water-speedwell Veronica chamaedrys Germander Speedwell Veronica filiformis Slender Speedwell Veronica persica Common Field-speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia Thyme-leaved Speedwell SOLANACEAE Bittersweet (or Woody Nightshade) Solanum dulcamara TYPHACEAE Bullrush (or Great Reedmace) Typha latifolia URTICACEAE Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica Common Nettle Urtica dioica VALERIANACEAE Red Valerian Centranthus ruber * Common Cornsalad Valerianella locusta Notes: * Non-native species Latin names are as given in the New Flora of the British Isles by Clive A. Stace. English names are those recommended by the Botanical Society of the British Isles and are taken from the English Names of Wild Flowers by J.G.Dony,C.M.Rob and F.H.Perring. Flora surveyed and originally recorded by Geoff Battershall (BSBI County Recorder) with assistance from Gillian Anstis, Drs. Francis and Mary Lupton and Colin Metcalfe. Additional records by RSPB site staff and volunteers..