Plant species seen in Kingcoed fields between 18 May 2010 and June 2016 Species name Latin name Top field Bottom field Bracken Pteridium aquilinum R top edge Male Fern Dryopteris filix-mas Top hedge Adder’s-tongue Fern Ophioglossum vulgatum Rare Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Abundant Abundant Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Frequent Frequent Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus Occasional Common Nettle Urtica dioica Edge/fire site Red Campion Silene dioica Edge Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea Edge Edge Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea O Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum F F Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius LF O Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis R gateway Curled Dock Rumex crispus O O Broad-leaved x Curled Dock Rumex x pratensis R Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus LF Edges LF edges Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa F F Imperforate St John’s-wort Hypericum maculatum O Cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis LF Shepherd’s Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris R gateway Silverweed Potentilla anserina top gateway Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans R Trailing Tormentil Potentilla anglica LF Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria Top hedge Dog Rose Rosa canina O in hedges Field Rose Rosa arvensis O in hedges O in hedges Common Vetch Vicia sativa F Bush Vetch Vicia sepium O Hairy Tare Vicia hirsute O Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca O O-F Bird’s-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus O F Greater Bird’s-foot Trefoil Lotus pedunculatus O Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis O O-F Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium F F White Clover Trifolium repens O-F O Red Clover Trifolium pratense A F Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Edge Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium O-LF LF Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temellum LF in copse Stone Parsley Sison amomum R – edge Pignut Conopodium majus R Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis LF LF Changing For-get-me-not Myosotis discolor R Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica Edge Self Heal Prunella vulgaris O LF Yellow Rattle Rhinanthis minor LF LA Field Speedwell Veronica persica R gateway Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum R gateway Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata A F Greater Plantain Plantago major LF gateway Goosegrass Galium aparine Edge Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare O-LF Daisy Bellis perennis O Common Cat’s-ear Hyopochaeris radicata O-LF LF Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus O Dandelion Taraxacum agg. F F Knapweed Centaurea nigra agg. O F Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense LF fire site R Lesser Burdock Arctium minus R Pineapple-weed Matricaria matricaroides LF gateway Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii O F Heath Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza maculatum O Southern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa O LA Heath x S Marsh Orchid hybrid O Oval Sedge Carex leporina O Yellow Sedge Carex demissa O Pale Sedge Carex pallescens R Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca LA Hairy Sedge Carex hirta LF Field Woodrush Luzula campestris O F Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus R Soft Rush Juncus effusus LF Hard Rush Juncus inflexus O Sharp-flowered Rush Juncus acutiflorus O Toadrush Juncus bufonius LF Sweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratum A A Crested Dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus O O Red Fescue Festuca rubra O O Common Bent Agrostis capillaris F LA False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius O edge Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus F-A F-A Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata O O Rough Meadow Grass Poa trivialis F F Annual Meadow Grass Poa annua LF gateway Rye-grass Lolium perenne O Soft Brome Bromus hordaceus O F Meadow Brome Bromus commutatus O Meadow Foxtail Alopeurus pratensis O O Timothy Grass Phleum pratense O Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense R 90 species excluding shrubs and trees Horsetail Equisetum arvense R .