National Plant Monitoring Scheme SPECIES LISTS Index Arable Field Margins ................................................................................................... 1 Bog and wet heath comprising Blanket bog (BB), Raised bog (RB) and Wet heath (WH) ........................... 2 Blanket bog .......................................................................................................... 4 Raised bog ............................................................................................................. 5 Wet heath ............................................................................................................ 6 Broadleaved woodland comprising Dry deciduous woodland (DDW), Hedgerows of native species (HNS) and Wet woodland (WW).................................................................................................. 7 Dry deciduous woodland .......................................................................................... 9 Hedgerows of native species ..................................................................................... 10 Wet woodland ....................................................................................................... 11 Coast comprising Coastal saltmarsh (CS), Coastal sand dunes (CSD), Coastal vegetated shingle (CVS), Machair (M) and Maritime cliff tops and slopes (MCT) .................................................................. 12 Coastal saltmarsh ................................................................................................... 15 Coastal sand dunes ................................................................................................. 16 Coastal vegetated shingle ......................................................................................... 17 Machair ............................................................................................................... 18 Maritime cliff tops and slopes .................................................................................... 19 Fresh water comprising Nutrient-poor lakes and ponds (NPL), Nutrient-rich lakes and ponds (NRL) and Rivers and streams (RS) ............................................................................................. 20 Nutrient-poor lakes and ponds ................................................................................... 22 Nutrient-rich lakes and ponds ................................................................................... 23 Rivers and streams ................................................................................................. 24 Heathland comprising Dry heathland (DH) and Dry montane heathland (DMH) .....................................25 Dry heathland ....................................................................................................... 27 Dry montane heathland ........................................................................................... 28 Lowland grassland comprising Dry acid grassland (DAG), Dry calcareous grassland (DCG), Neutral damp grassland (NDG) and Neutral pastures and meadows (NPM) ............................................29 Dry acid grassland .................................................................................................. 32 Dry calcareous grassland .......................................................................................... 33 Neutral damp grassland............................................................................................ 34 Neutral pastures and meadows .................................................................................. 35 Marsh and Fen comprising Acidic fens, flushes, mires and springs (AFF) and Base-rich fens, flushes, mires and springs (BFF) ......................................................................................................... 36 Acidic fens, flushes, mires and springs ......................................................................... 38 Base-rich fens, flushes, mires and springs..................................................................... 39 Native pinewood and juniper scrub ............................................................................... 40 Rock outcrops cliffs and screes comprising Inland rocks and scree (IRS) and Montane rocks and scree (MRS) .......................................................................................................... 41 Inland rocks and scree ............................................................................................. 43 Montane rocks and scree .......................................................................................... 44 Upland grassland comprising Montane acid grassland (MAG) and Montane calcareous grassland (MCG) ..........45 Montane acid grassland ............................................................................................ 47 Montane calcareous grassland ................................................................................... 48 i National Plant Monitoring Scheme SPECIES LISTS Support and advice We value your time and effort and a dedicated team is able to support you with your survey. Keep up to date with workshops and training days by visiting www.npms.org.uk. If you have questions about any aspect of this survey methodology or would simply like some more advice then please email [email protected] or phone (01722) 342743. Where data cannot be entered online survey forms should be sent to: NPMS Volunteer Coordinator Plantlife 14 Rollestone Street Salisbury Wiltshire SP1 1DX ii Arable Field Margins Name Common name WF Indicator Page No. Aethusa cynapium Fool's Parsley + 2 Alopecurus myosuroides Black-grass - 130 Anagallis arvensis Scarlet Pimpernel + 63 Anthemis cotula Stinking Chamomile + 4 Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's Purse + 8 Cerastium glomeratum Sticky Mouse-ear + 9 Chaenorhinum minus Small Toadflax + 87 Chenopodium album Fat-hen + 107 Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle - 87 Euphorbia exigua Dwarf Spurge + 109 Euphorbia helioscopia Sun Spurge + 109 Fumaria sp. Fumitories + 71 Galium aparine Cleavers / Goosegrass - 14 Glebionis segetum Corn Marigold + 38 (Chrysanthemum segetum) Kickxia elatine Sharp-leaved Fluellen + 42 Kickxia spuria Round-leaved Fluellen + 42 Lamium amplexicaule Henbit Dead-nettle + 74 Matricaria chamomilla (Matricaria Scented Mayweed + 20 recutita) Medicago lupulina Black Medick + 46 Persicaria lapathifolia Pale Persicaria + 22 Reseda lutea Wild Mignonette + 52 Sherardia arvensis Field Madder + 77 Silene latifolia White Campion + 29 Sonchus arvensis Perennial Sowthistle + 57 Sonchus oleraceus Smooth Sowthistle + 58 Stellaria media Common Chickweed - 30 Tripleurospermum inodorum Scentless Mayweed + 32 Urtica dioica Common Nettle - 117 Vicia hirsuta Hairy Tare + 104 Viola arvensis Field Pansy + 62 1 National Plant Monitoring Scheme Bog and wet heath comprising Blanket bog (BB), Raised bog (RB) and Wet heath (WH) Fine Name Common name WF Page No. Habitats Betula pubescens / pendula Downy Birch / Silver Birch 148 All Blechnum spicant Hard-fern 126 BB / RB Calluna vulgaris Heather 84 All Carex echinata Star Sedge 141 RB Carex limosa Bog-sedge 141 BB Carex nigra Common Sedge 142 RB Carex panicea Carnation Sedge 142 RB Carex rostrata Bottle Sedge 144 BB / RB Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle 87 All Cirsium dissectum Meadow Thistle 88 WH Conifer seedlings / saplings Conifer seedlings / saplings 153 All Dactylorhiza maculata Heath Spotted-orchid 70 WH Deschampsia flexuosa Wavy Hair-grass 134 RB Drosera anglica Great Sundew 12 BB/ RB Drosera intermedia Oblong-leaved Sundew 12 WH Drosera rotundifolia Round-leaved Sundew 12 All Eleocharis multicaulis Many-stalked Spike-rush 145 RB Empetrum nigrum Crowberry 90 BB / RB Erica cinerea Bell Heather 91 BB / WH Erica tetralix Cross-leaved Heath 71 All Eriophorum angustifolium Common Cottongrass 145 All Eriophorum vaginatum Hare's-tail Cottongrass 146 BB / RB Huperzia selago Fir Clubmoss 124 RB / WH Juncus inflexus / effusus / Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact Rush 138/139 All conglomeratus Juncus squarrosus Heath Rush 139 BB Luzula multiflora Heath Wood-rush 154 WH Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean 20 All Molinia caerulea Purple Moor-grass 136 All Myrica gale Bog-myrtle 111 All Nardus stricta Mat-grass 136 BB Narthecium ossifragum Bog Asphodel 47 All Neottia cordata (Listera cordata) Lesser Twayblade 111 BB Pedicularis sylvatica Lousewort 75 WH Pinguicula lusitanica Pale Butterwort 96 WH Pinguicula vulgaris Common Butterwort 96 WH Species Lists 2 Potamogeton polygonifolius Bog Pondweed 123 RB Potentilla erecta Tormentil 49 BB / WH Rhynchospora alba White Beak-sedge 146 All Rubus chamaemorus Cloudberry 25 BB Schoenus nigricans Black Bog-rush 147 WH Scutellaria minor Lesser Skullcap 76 BB Succisa pratensis Devil's-bit Scabious 101 WH Trichophorum germanicum Deergrass 147 BB / WH (Trichophorum cespitosum) Ulex gallii / minor Western Gorse / Dwarf Gorse 61 WH Urtica dioica Common Nettle 117 All Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry / Blaeberry 81 All Vaccinium oxycoccos Cranberry 81 BB / RB Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry 81 RB Viola palustris Marsh Violet 104 RB / WH 3 National Plant Monitoring Scheme Blanket Bog Name Common name WF Indicator Page No. Betula pubescens / pendula Downy Birch / Silver Birch - 148 Blechnum spicant Hard-fern + 126 Calluna vulgaris Heather + 84 Carex limosa Bog-sedge + 141 Carex rostrata Bottle Sedge + 144 Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle - 8 Conifer seedlings / saplings Conifer seedlings / saplings - 153 Drosera anglica Great Sundew + 12 Drosera