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Friends of St George’s Churchyard
Churchyard update July 2008
Wild plants survey
John Hawksford and his colleague Tony Smith from New Mills Natural History Society have carried out the first of three inspections to record the wild plants present in the churchyard. We are most grateful to them for giving their expert services for no charge.
The list of their preliminary findings can be seen below. This list will be added to when they return in June and again in August to record the plants that emerge later in the year.
John reports that the findings are typical of a field before the use of modern herbicides and fertilizers – reflecting the churchyard’s origin as a farmer’s field 150 years ago.
To give the plants present the best chance of flowering and setting seed, the older areas of the churchyard will not be mown until later in the year.
A bonus of leaving the church field to grow naturally has been the wonderful show of Lady’s Smock during May – at the end of May buttercups are beginning to show.
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Acer pseudoplatanus
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Sycamore
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Field also
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Achillea millefolium
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Yarrow
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Agrostis canina
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Velvet Bent
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Field only
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Agrostis capillaris
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Common Bent
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Field only
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Alchemilla xanthochlora
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a Lady's-mantle
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Aesculus hippocastanum
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Horse-chestnut
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Alliaria petiolata
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Garlic Mustard
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Field only
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Alopecurus pratensis
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Meadow Foxtail
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Field also
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Alopecurus geniculatus
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Marsh Foxtail
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Field only
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Anthoxanthum odoratum
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Sweet Vernal Grass
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Field also
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Arrhenatherum elatius
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False Oat-grass
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Athyrium filix-femina
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Lady-fern
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Bellis perennis
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Daisy
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Field also
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Cardamine flexuosa
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Wavy Bitter-cress
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Field also
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Cardamine hirsuta
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Hairy Bitter-cress
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Cardamine pratensis
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Cuckoo-flower
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Field also
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Carex flacca
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Glaucous Sedge
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Carex hirta
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Hairy Sedge
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Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
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Common Mouse-ear
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Cerastium glomeratum
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Sticky Mouse-ear
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Field only
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Chamaenerion angustifolium
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Rosebay Willowherb
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Field also
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Cirsium arvense
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Creeping Thistle
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Conopodium majus
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Pignut
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Crataegus monogyna
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Hawthorn
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Cynosurus cristatus
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Crested Dog's-tail
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Field only
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Dactylis glomerata
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Cocks-foot
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Field also
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Deschampsia caespitosa
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Tufted Hair-grass
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Dryopteris dilatata
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Broad Buckler-fern
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Dryopteris filix-mas
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Male-fern
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Epilobium hirsutum
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Great Willowherb
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Field only
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Epilobium montanum
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Broad-leaved Willowherb
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Field also
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Epilobium obscurum
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Short-fruited Willowherb
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Epilobium parviflorum
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Hoary Willowherb
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Epipactis helleborine
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Broad-leaved Helleborine
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Field only
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Equisetum arvense
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Field also Horsetail
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Euphorbia peplus
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Petty Spurge
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Fagus sylvatica
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Beech
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Festuca gigantea
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Giant Fescue
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Festuca rubra
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Red Fescue
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Field also
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Fraxinus excelsior
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Ash
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Field also
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Galium aparine
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Cleavers
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Geranium robertianum
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Herb-Robert
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Field only
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Geum urbanum
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Wood Avens
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Field only
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Hedera helix ssp. helix
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Common Ivy
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Heracleum sphondylium
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Hogweed
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Holcus lanatus
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Yorkshire-fog
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Field also
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Holcus mollis
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Creeping Soft-grass
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Hyacinthoides hispanica x non-scripta
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Hybrid Bluebell
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Hyacinthoides non-scripta
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Bluebell
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Hypochaeris radicata
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Common Cat's-ear
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Field only
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Ilex aquifolium
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Holly
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Ilex aquifolium x perado (I. x altaclerensis)
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Highclere Holly
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Juncus effusus
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Soft Rush
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Lathyrus pratensis
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Meadow Vetchling
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Ligustrum ovalifolium
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Garden Privet
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Lolium perenne
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Perennial Rye-grass
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Field only
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Luzula campestris
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Field also Wood-rush
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Field also
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Lysimachia nummularia
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Creeping-Jenny
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Mahonia aquifolium
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Oregon Grape
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Moehringia trinervis
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Three-nerved Sandwort
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Myosotis sylvatica
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Wood Forget-me-not
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Persicaria bistorta
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Common Bistort
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Pilosella aurantiaca
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Fox-and-cubs
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Plantago lanceolata
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Ribwort Plantain
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Field also
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Plantago major
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Greater Plantain
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Field only
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Poa annua
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Annual Meadow-grass
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Field also
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Poa pratensis
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Smooth Meadow-grass
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Poa trivialis
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Rough Meadow-grass
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Field also
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Potentilla reptans
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Creeping Cinquefoil
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Potentilla x mixta
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A hybrid Cinquefoil
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Quercus robur
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Pedunculate Oak
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Ranunculus acris
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Meadow Buttercup
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Field also
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Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer
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a Lesser celandine
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Ranunculus ficaria ssp. ficaria
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a Lesser celandine
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Field also
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Ranunculus repens
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Creeping Buttercup
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Field also
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Rubus fruticosus agg.
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Bramble
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Field also
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Rumex acetosa ssp. acetosa
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Common sorrel
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Field also
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Rumex obtusifolius
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Broad-leaved Dock
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Field also
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Sambucus nigra
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Elder
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Field also
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Sanguisorba officinalis
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Great Burnet
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Scrophularia nodosa
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Common Figwort
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Senecio jacobaea
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Common Ragwort
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Field also
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Sonchus asper
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Prickly Sow-thistle
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Field also
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Sonchus oleraceus
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Smooth Sow-thistle
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Field only
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Stachys sylvatica
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Hedge Woundwort
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Field only
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Stellaria holostea
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Greater Stitchwort
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Stellaria media
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Common Chickweed
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Stellaria uliginosa
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Bog Stitchwort
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Field only
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Taraxacum sp.
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Dandelion agg.
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Field also
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Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (T. x vulgaris)
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Lime
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Trifolium medium
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Zig-zag Clover
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Trifolium pratense
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Red Clover
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Trifolium repens
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White Clover
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Urtica dioica
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Common Nettle
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Field only
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Veronica filiformis
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Slender Speedwell
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Field also
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Veronica hederifolia ssp. hederifolia
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an Ivy-leaved speedwell
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Veronica persica
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Common Field-speedwell
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Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia
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Thyme-leaved speedwell
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Field also
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Vicia sepium
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Bush Vetch
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Field also
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Viola riviniana
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Common Dog-violet
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Atrichum undulatum
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a hair-moss
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Barbula convoluta
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a moss
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Barbula fallax
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a moss
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Barbula unguiculata
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a moss
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Brachythecium populeum
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a moss
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Brachythecium rutabulum
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a moss
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Bryum capillare
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a moss
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Calliergon cuspidatum
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a moss
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Campylopus introflexus
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a moss
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Ceratodon purpureus
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a moss
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Didymodon insulanus
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a moss
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Eurhynchium hians
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a moss
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Eurhynchium praelongum
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a moss
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Fissidens taxifolius
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a moss
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Grimmia pulvinata
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a moss
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Hypnum cupressiforme sens. lat.
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a moss
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Mnium hornum
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a moss
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Rhynchostegium confertum
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a moss
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Rhynchostegium murale
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a moss
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Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
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a moss
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Schistidium apocarpum sens. lat.
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a moss
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Tortula muralis
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a moss
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Lophocolea bidentata
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a liverwort
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Lecanora expallens
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a lichen
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Lecania erisybe
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a lichen
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Lecanora muralis
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a lichen
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Lecidella scabra
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a lichen
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Bombus terrestris
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Buff-tailed Bumble Bee
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