The Flora and Fauna of the Northwich Woodlands Compiled by Paul M Hill Last updated: 23 rd August 2010 CONTENTS Plants 4 Mosses 8 Fungi 9 Bryophytes 10 Lichens 10 Beetles 11 Bees, Ants and Wasps 13 Sawflies 13 Parasitic / Gall Waps 14 True Bugs 14 Planthoppers and Aphids 14 Mayflies 14 Scorpianflies 15 Lacewings 15 Stoneflies 15 Caddisflies 15 Flies 15 Micro-moths 20 Butterflies 24 Macro-moths 24 Dragonflies and Damselflies 27 Earwigs 27 Grasshopper, Crickets and Groundhoppers 28 Amphipods 28 Wood and Water Louse 28 Spiders 28 Mites 29 Centipedes and Millipedes 29 Leeches 29 Snails and Slugs 30 Birds 31 Mammals 33 Amphibians and Reptiles 33 BOTANICAL Plants Equisetum arvense............. Field Horsetail Phleum bertolonii................ Smaller Cat's-tail Equisetum palustre............. Marsh Horsetail Phleum pratense ................ Timothy Equisetum sylvaticum......... Wood Horsetail Phragmites australis ........... Common Reed Larix decidua ..................... European Larch Poa annua.......................... Annual Meadow-grass Pinus nigra......................... Austrian Pine / Corsican Poa compressa .................. Flattened Meadow-grass Pine Poa pratensis ..................... Smooth Meadow-grass Pinus sylvestris .................. Scots Pine Poa humilis......................... Spreading Meadow-grass Taxus baccata.................... Yew Poa trivialis......................... Rough Meadow-grass Taxodium distichum ........... Swamp Cypress Puccinellia distans.............. Reflexed Saltmarsh-grass Ophioglossum vulgatum..... Adder's-tongue Puccinellia maritima............ Common Saltmarsh-grass Phyllitis scolopendrium....... Hart's-tongue Puccinellia rupestris............ Stiff Saltmarsh-grass Pteridium aquilinum............ Bracken Arrhenatherum elatius......... False Oat-Grass Athyrium filix-femina........... Lady-fern Schoenoplectus lacustris .... Common Club-rush Dryopteris dilatata .............. Broad Buckler-fern Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Grey Club-rush Dryopteris filix-mas............. Male-fern Bolboschoenus maritimus... Sea Club-rush Dryopteris carthusiana........ Narrow Buckler-Fern Danthonia decumbens........ Heath-grass Lagarosiphon major............ Curly Waterweed Sparganium erectum .......... Branched Bur-reed Potamogeton crispus.......... Curled Pondweed Sparganium emersum......... Unbranched Bur-reed Potamogeton natans .......... Broad-leaved Pondweed Trisetum flavescens............ Yellow Oat-grass Potamogeton pectinatus..... Fennel Pondweed Typha angustifolia .............. Lesser Bulrush Potamogeton polygonifolius Bog Pondweed Typha latifolia..................... Bulrush Triglochin maritimum.......... Sea Arrowgrass Avena fatua........................ Wild-oat Triglochin palustre.............. Marsh Arrowgrass Vulpia bromoides................ Squirreltail Fescue Zannichellia palustris.......... Horned Pondweed Brachypodium sylvaticum ... False-brome Butomus umbellatus........... Flowering-rush Briza media........................ Quaking-grass Alisma plantago-aquatica ... Water-plantain Bromus hordeaceus............ Soft-brome Elodea canadensis............. Canadian Waterweed Bromus racemosus............. Smooth Brome Lemna gibba...................... Fat Duckweed Bromopsis ramosa.............. Hairy-brome Lemna minor...................... Common Duckweed Calamagrostis epigejos....... Wood Small-reed Lemna trisulca.................... Ivy-leaved Duckweed Elytrigia repens................... Common Couch Arum maculatum................ Lords-and-Ladies Carex acuta........................ Slender Tufted-sedge Lemna minuta .................... Least Duckweed Carex acutiformis................ Lesser Pond-sedge Calla palustris .................... Bog Arum Agrostis canina................... Velvet Bent Isolepis setacea ................. Bristle Club-rush Carex spicata ..................... Spiked Sedge Juncus acutiflorus .............. Sharp-flowered Rush Agrostis gigantea................ Black Bent Juncus articulatus .............. Jointed Rush Carex echinata................... Star Sedge Juncus ambiguus ............... Frog Rush Carex flacca ....................... Glaucous Sedge Juncus bufonius................. Toad Rush Carex hirta ......................... Hairy Sedge Juncus bulbosus ................ Bulbous Rush Agrostis stolonifera............. Creeping Bent Juncus conglomeratus........ Compact Rush Carex nigra......................... Common Sedge Juncus effusus................... Soft-rush Carex otrubae..................... False Fox-sedge Juncus gerardii................... Saltmarsh Rush Carex ovalis ....................... Oval Sedge Juncus inflexus .................. Hard Rush Agrostis capillaris................ Common Bent Juncus maritimus ............... Sea Rush Carex paniculata................. Greater Tussock-sedge Juncus subnodulosus......... Blunt-flowered Rush Carex pendula.................... Pendulous Sedge Juncus tenuis..................... Slender Rush Aira caryophyllea................ Silver Hair-grass Kobresia simpliciuscula ...... False Sedge Carex remota ..................... Remote Sedge Anisantha sterilis................ Barren Brome Carex riparia....................... Greater Pond-sedge Lolium multiflorum.............. Italian Rye-grass Carex sylvatica................... Wood-sedge Lolium perenne .................. Perennial Rye-grass Secale cereale.................... Rye Luzula campestris .............. Field Wood-rush Cladium mariscus............... Great Fen-sedge Luzula sylvatica.................. Great Wood-rush Cynosurus cristatus............ Crested Dog's-tail Anthoxanthum odoratum .... Sweet Vernal-grass Dactylis glomerata.............. Cock's-foot Melica uniflora.................... Wood Melick Deschampsia cespitosa...... Tufted Hair-grass Milium effusum................... Wood Millet Deschampsia flexuosa........ Wavy Hair-grass Nardus stricta..................... Mat-grass Eleocharis palustris............. Common Spike-rush Phalaris arundinacea.......... Reed Canary-grass Elymus caninus .................. Bearded Couch Phalaris canariensis ........... Canary-grass Carex viridula ..................... Yellow-sedge Biodiversity of the Northwich Woodlands 4 BOTANICAL Festuca arundinacea.......... Tall Fescue Odontites vernus ................ Red Bartsia Festuca gigantea................ Giant Fescue Orobanche minor var. minor Alopecurus geniculatus ...... Marsh Foxtail Petasites fragrans............... Winter Heliotrope Festuca ovina..................... Sheep's-fescue Petasites hybridus .............. Butterbur Festuca pratensis............... Meadow Fescue Picris echioides .................. Bristly Oxtongue Festuca rubra agg. ............. Red Fescue Plantago lanceolata............ Ribwort Plantain Festuca rubra..................... Red Fescue Plantago major ................... Greater Plantain Alopecurus pratensis.......... Meadow Foxtail Plantago media .................. Hoary Plantain Glyceria declinata............... Small Sweet-grass Arctium lappa ..................... Greater Burdock Glyceria fluitans.................. Floating Sweet-grass Prunella x intermedia.......... Hybrid Self-heal Glyceria maxima ................ Reed Sweet-grass Prunella vulgaris................. Selfheal Glyceria notata................... Plicate Sweet-grass Pulicaria dysenterica........... Common Fleabane Holcus lanatus ................... Yorkshire-fog Rhinanthus minor ............... Yellow-rattle Holcus mollis...................... Creeping Soft-grass Artemisia absinthium .......... Wormwood Hordeum jubatum............... Foxtail Barley Artemisia vulgaris............... Mugwort Hordeum murinum.............. Wall Barley Sambucus nigra ................. Elder Iris pseudacorus................. Yellow Iris Scrophularia auriculata ....... Water Figwort Asparagus officinalis .......... Asparagus Scrophularia nodosa........... Common Figwort Tamus communis............... Black Bryony Scutellaria galericulata........ Skullcap Pontederia cordata............. Pickerelweed Senecio aquaticus .............. Marsh Ragwort Narcissus pseudonarcissus Daffodil / Wild Daffodil Senecio erucifolius.............. Hoary Ragwort Dactylorhiza fuchsii ............ Common Spotted-orchid Senecio jacobaea............... Common Ragwort Dactylorhiza incarnata........ Early Marsh-orchid Adoxa moschatellina........... Moschatel Dactylorhiza maculata ........ Heath Spotted-orchid Senecio squalidus .............. Oxford Ragwort Dactylorhiza praetermissa .. Southern Marsh-orchid Senecio vulgaris................. Groundsel Dactylorhiza purpurella....... Northern Marsh-orchid Solanum dulcamara............ Bittersweet Hyacinthoides hispanica..... Spanish Bluebell Solanum nigrum ................. Black Nightshade Hyacinthoides non-scripta... Bluebell Solidago virgaurea.............. Goldenrod Epipactis palustris .............. Marsh Helleborine Sonchus arvensis............... Perennial Sow-thistle Allium ursinum ................... Ramsons Sonchus asper ................... Prickly Sow-thistle Gymnadenia conopsea....... Fragrant Orchid Sonchus oleraceus............. Smooth Sow-thistle Anacamptis pyramidalis...... Pyramidal Orchid Stachys arvensis ................ Field Woundwort Callitriche sp. ..................... a water-starwort Stachys palustris ................ Marsh Woundwort Hypochaeris glabra ............ Smooth Cat's-ear Stachys sylvatica................ Hedge Woundwort Hypochaeris radicata.......... Cat's-ear Succisa pratensis ............... Devil's-bit Scabious Inula conyzae....................