Descriptions of Plants on Stanpit Marsh

On this page we describe interesting facts about the plants found on Stanpit Marsh. All photographs are by members of FOSM. It is an ongoing project and you can become involved. If you have photographed a plant on Stanpit Marsh send it in for display here.

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Rare Plants on Stanpit Marsh
Insects and Spiders on Stanpit Marsh
Mammals on Stanpit Marsh
Birds seen on Stanpit Marsh
Aquatic Animals on Stanpit Marsh
Reptiles and Amphibians on Stanpit Marsh

 

 

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• Acorns on an Oak

  Acorns on an Oak (Quercus robur)

  Grows in woods and hedges, common. 
  Flowers April-May.  Acorns in winter. 
  Found in North Scrubs.

   

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• Alexanders

  Alexanders (Smyrnium olisatrum)

  Also known as Black Lovage. Its leaf and flower is not unlike Angelica for which it is sometimes mistaken. It grows to 3-4 feet with large leaves. It has a strong sweet smell. The fruit when ripe is almost black, hence its other name.
  Flowers June – Sept. 
  Found on the Common.

   

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• Sea arrowgrass

  Sea arrowgrass (Triglochin maritima)
  
  Seashores and salt marshes.
  Flowers July – Sept.  
  Found on edge of Central Marsh

   

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• Sea beet

  Sea beet (Beta vulgaris maritima)
  
  Seashores, widespread.        
  Flowers July – Sept.
  Found beside pathway before Crouch Hill

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• Large bindweed

  Large bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)

• Garden escape.      
  Naturalised in hedges, thickets and on waste ground.
  Flowers June – Aug.  Found in North Scrubs.

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• Greater birdsfoot trefoil

  Greater birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus uliginosus)

  Wet meadows and bogs, common. 
  Flowers July – Sept. 
  Found in North Scrubs.

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• Great burdock

  Great burdock (Arctium lappa)
  
  Waste places, mostly S and mid Britain.
  Flowers July – Sept.
  Found along path to the Marsh.

   

   

   

   

  Lesser burdock

  Lesser burdock (Arctium minus)
  
  Waste places, by roadsides.
  Flowers July – Sept.
  Found along path to the Marsh and in Information Centre enclosure.

   

   

   

   

Celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus)

Muddy ditches and sides of ponds, common. 
Flowers May – Sept. 
Found near Purewell Stream.

 

 

 

 

• Wild celery

  Wild celery (Apium graveolens)

• Wet places and ditches, mostly near the sea, widespread.
  Flowers June – Aug.
  Found beside the main pathway just beyond the Bailey Bridge.

   

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• Strawberry clover

  Strawberry clover (Trifolium fragiferum)

• Grassy places on heavy soils.         
  Creeping and rooting.  Flowers July-Aug.
  Found on bank beside Crouch Hill.

   

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• Sea club-rush

  Sea club-rush (Scirpus maritimus)
  
  Estuary mud, widespread.
  Flowers July. 
  Found on Central Marsh

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• Common cord-grass

   

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  Common cord-grass (Spartina anglica)

• Tidal and mud flats, widespread.
  Flowers July – Nov.
  Found to the left of the main path just before Crouch Hill.
  This plant is of national interest, as it is a hybrid of an
  introduced American species and a native species
  which can help bind mud together but becomes invasive
  and detrimental to other species if allowed to spread.
  There is very little on the Marsh.

   

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  • • Marsh cudweed

      Marsh cudweed (Gnaphalium uliginosum)

    • Damp places and waysides, common.
      Flowers July – Aug.                    
      Found to the rear of  North Scrubs.

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• Fleabane

  Fleabane (Inula dysenterica; Pulicaria dysenterica)

  Wet meadows and ditches, rather common. 
  Flowers Aug – Sept. 
  Found to the south edge of Crouch Hill.
  Fleabane was used for dysentery as its name documents. This plant is dried and used powdered to kill fleas on animals. It has also been burned for its smoke in farm barns as an insecticide. It flowers from late July to September. Its fruit or seed is silky and crowned by a few short, unequal hairs of a dirty-white, with an outer ring of very short bristles or scales. It has a salty taste and astringent, so animals dont eat it.

   

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Water forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)

Pond and stream verges, common and widespread. 
Flowers May-Oct.  
Found beside Purewell Stream.

 

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Glasswort (Salicornia europaea)

Muddy tidal marshes, widespread. 
Flowers Aug – Sept. 
Found on South Marsh.

 

 

 

 

 

Gypsywort, Bugleweed (Lycopus europaeus)

Ditches and river banks. 
Widespread and common. 
Flowers June – Sept. 
Found on outer edge of North Scrubs.

This plant yields a black dye that is said to give a permanent colour to wool and silk. It was used by gypsies to stain their skin darker, hence its name. It is favourite herb of herbalists and is used to strengthen the heart whilst reducing the pulse rate (tachycardia). Also used for irritating coughs with excessive phlegm, and menopausal sweats. It is specifically used for Grave's disease.

 

• Common holly

  Holly (Ilex aquifolium)

  Common Holly - yellow-berried variety
  Ditches and river banks. 
  Grows in woods and hedges, common.
  White flowers April – May.
  Red, orange and yellow berries in winter.
  Found in North Scrubs.

 

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• Yellow iris

  Yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus)

• Grows in wet fields and marshes. 
  Flowers May-July. 
  Found along the edge of North Scrubs.

  Picture shows Iris bud just opening

 

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Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

This is a perennial herb, native to Europe, but also found in central Asia, Australia, North Africa and very common in North America. It likes wet and marshy places. It has a creeping rhizome (underground stem). It can grow to a height of 120cm (4 feet).
Not used by herbalists these days, but in the past Purple Loosestrife was valued to relieve dysentery, diarrhoea, and stomach pains; the red flower suggested to herbalists its use for bleeding, hence it was used for internal haemorrhage, excessive menstrual flow, nosebleeds ; externally it was used as a compress for eczema. Amazingly, corroborating early herbal medicine uses, recent research has shown it has an antibiotic effect on the typhus bacillus and dysentery amoeba.
Go out onto the Marsh and gaze at the sheer beauty of this magnificent plant. Find it near the New Information Centre looking across the central Marsh.

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    marsh bedstraw

    Common marsh bedstraw (Galium palustre)

    Wet meadows, common. 
    Flowers June – Aug. 
    Found in wet area of North Scrubs.

     

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• Marshmallow

  Marshmallow (Alathea officinale)

  This is the official plant that used to be used by doctors for internal gastric ulcers and external leg ulcers, and found in the British Pharmacopoea. This is not the common mallow.

  Grows in marshes near the sea. 
  Flowers Aug – Sept. 
  Found along the edge of North Scrubs.

   

 

 

• Sea milkwort

  Sea milkwort (Glaux maritima)

  Estuarine mud, salt marshes, widespread.
  Flowers June – Aug.
  Found on edge of Central Marsh near the Bailey Bridge.

   

 

 

 

 

• Spear-leaved orache

  Spear-leaved orache (Astriplex hastate)

• Recognised by spear shaped leaves.  Annual.
  Found on bare ground, by the sea.
  Often grows together with Common orache.
  Flowers Aug – Sept.                              
  Found on North Marsh alongside Crouch Hill.

   

 

 

 

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      Orange balsam (Impatiens capensis)
      
      Garden escape – naturalised on river banks.  Mostly S and E England and Midlands.
      Flowers June – Aug. 
      Found beside Purewell Stream.

       

       

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      Upright hedge-parsley (Torilis japonica)

    • Hedgerows, widespread and common.
      Flowers July – Aug.
      Found in hedge alongside Purewell Stream..

       

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              Marsh pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris)
              
              Peaty bogs, pond verges, common.
              Flowers July – Aug.             
              Found in North Scrubs.

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              Scarlet pimpernel

               

              • • Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)

                  • Grows on cultivated and waste land.
                    Widespread and common.      
                    Found in Information Centre enclosure.

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                  Greater plantain

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    • Greater plantain (Plantago major)

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    Flowers May – Sept.
    Found on edge of Central Marsh.

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        Sea plantain (Plantago maritima)
        
        Salt marshes and mountains.  Widespread.
        Flowers June – Aug.
        Found near Purewell Stream.

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      • Common ragwort

        Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
        
        Neglected pastures, common. 
        Flowers July-Oct. 
        Found in North Scrubs.

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• Marsh ragwort

  Marsh ragwort (Senecio aquaticus)
  
  Wet meadows, widespread and common.
  Flowers July-Aug.
  Found in marshland near Purewell Stream.

 

 

 

 

 

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• Redshank

  Redshank (Polygonum persicaria)
  
  Cultivated and damp ground.
  Widespread and common.         
  Flowers June – Oct. 
  Found in North Scrubs.

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Great reedmace (Typha latifolia)

Grows from underwater rhizomes with an upright stem and narrow, straight leaves. 
Female flower head is a brown spike and the male flower arises directly above it. 
They flower in June and July producing cotton tufted fruits and turn the spike into a feathery grey (see picture below). 
The flowers are wind pollinated and the fruits drift away on wind currents. 
Found in Purewell stream.

 

 

 

Great reedmace (Typha latifolia)

They flower in June and July producing cotton tufted fruits and turn the spike into a feathery grey. 
The flowers are wind pollinated and the fruits drift away on wind currents. 
Found in Purewell stream.

 

 

 

 

 

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    Flowering-rush (Butomus umbellatus)

    This is a rare plant found on Stanpit Marsh

    • Grows by ponds and dykes. 
      Flowers July – Sept. 
      Found by Purewell Stream.

      
      

     

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• Soft rush

  Soft rush (Juncus effusus)
  
  Wet places, widespread and common.
  Flowers June – Aug.
  Found in North Scrubs..

   

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  • Common sea lavender

    Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare)
    
    Muddy salt marshes.  Common in E and S England.
    Flowers July – Sept.   
    Found on Central and East Marsh

   

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  • Lesser sea-spurrey (Spergularia marina)
    
    Salt marshes, widespread.
    Flowers June – Aug.      
    Found on Central Marsh on edge of North Scrubs
    but can be seen elsewhere on the Marsh.

   

   

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Silverweed (Potentilla anerina)

Silverweed is abundant in England and throughout Europe, and can be found in New Zealand and China. The leaves are an identification method as their underside is a silver colour. The leaves are about 2-5 inches long, toothed. The flowers are buttercup-like and bloom from early summer till tate autumn. Large, with 5 petals of a brilliant yellow and the calyx is cleft into 10 divisions. It is a favourite food of cattle, horses, goats, pigs and geese. Sheep don't eat it though.
In herbal medicine, Silverweed is used for all kinds of bleedings, including for piles and leg ulcers as a lotion. It was used for cramps in the stomach due to wind or irritable bowel. It used to be applied to get rid of pimples and freckles, also to relieve sunburn.

 

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    Common sorrel

    Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa)

    Pastures, widespread and common.
    Flowers May – June.             
    Found in North Scrubs.

     

    
    

     

   

Sheep’s sorrel (Rumex acetosella)

Heaths on acid soils.  Widespread and common.
Flowers May – Aug.
Found on edge of North Scrubs.

 

 

 

 

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonfum)

Fields, hedge banks, stream banks waste ground.
Mostly S and E England.
Flowers July – Aug.
Found near Purewell Stream.

 

 

 

 

 

Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

Waste ground, very common.
Flowers July – Sept. 
Found near Purewell stream.

 

 

 

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    • Thrift (Ameria maritima)
      
      Sea cliffs, rocks and salt-marshes. 
      Widespread and common.
      Flowers Mar – Sept.
      Found on inside edge of East Marsh but can be seen all over East and North Marshes

     

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    • • Fool’s water-cress (Apium nodiflorum)

    • Muddy ditches and pond verges, common. 
      Flowers July – Aug. 
      Found beside Purewell Stream.

       

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      • Hemlock water-dropwort

        Seedhead of Hemlock water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata)
        
        Boggy places and beds of streams, widespread.
        Flowers June – July.
        Found in North Scrubs and along pathway to the Marsh.

       

       

       

       

      
      

• Parsley water-dropwort

  Parsley water-dropwort (Senecio aquaticus)
  
  Wet meadows, widespread and common.
  Flowers July-Aug.
  Found in marshland near Purewell Stream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Water mint

  Water mint (Mentha aquatica)

  This plant is also known as Marsh Mint, it has a fresh characteristic smell of mint. It grows abundantly 1-2 feet high, in extensive masses in wet places, banks of rivers and marshes. It has whorls of lilac flowers.
  In herbal medicine itt was used as a digestive aid and for loose bowels; for difficult menstruation; and for colds and flu and inflammatory complaints.

   

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  • Great willowherb

    Great willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)
    
    Ditches and streamsides, common.
    Flowers July – Aug.
    Found in hedge along pathway to the Marsh

   

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Rose bay willowherb (Epilobium augustifolium)

Grows in woodland clearings, waste and burnt ground. 
Widespread and common.
Flowers July – Sept.  Found in the Scrub.

 

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• Marsh woundwort

  Marsh woundwort (Stachys palustris)
  

• Ditches and streams.  Widespread and common.
  Flowers July – Sept.
  Found in the Scrub in front of the Information Centre.

   

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• Fungi

 

• Blushing bracket fungi

  Blushing bracket fungus (Daedaleopsis confragosa)

• This fungus is called Blushing Bracket because there are often shades of pink and mauve in the upper surface.  It is kidney shaped and seen most commonly growing in tiers on dead or dying broad-leaf timber, notably Willow.  It is usually found beside rivers and streams.  It can be seen throughout the year and its spores are released in late summer and autumn.  It is slow-growing, and can persist for several years.  (The Willow branch in this photo has now been lopped off.)

   

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Yellow brain fungus

This fungus, in wet conditions, is yellow and resembles brain tissue.  It becomes a hard orange bracket in dry weather.  It grows on fallen branches of deciduous trees, particularly Birch, Ash and Hazel, and also on Gorse.  It is widespread, and can be seen in late autumn and early winter.  It is inedible.

 

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Mushroom

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Common greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia Caperata)

Grey in colour when dry, yellow-green when wet. 
Widespread and common on trunks of deciduous trees and on other base-poor substrates.  Found in North Scrubs.
(we are not certain this is the common greenshield lichen, but fairly sure!)

 

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Ramalina (Ramalina fastigiata)

Grey in colour when dry, green when wet.  Widespread and common on tree trunks and branches.  Found in North Scrubs.
Go out onto the Marsh and gaze at the sheer beauty of this magnificent plant. Find it near the New Information Centre looking across the central Marsh.

 

 

Hummocks

Mounds of grass.

This view is from near Purewell Stream

 

 

 

 

 

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Some FOSM members decided to study the Stanpit Marsh Nature Reserve's flora and try to record as many plants as possible and the areas they're growing on. This was begun some years ago and the results have given us a running start.
Would you like to be involved? As you walk round the Marsh, note the plants around you and the place where you saw them; you don't need to know their botanical names; take a picture if you can; and send them to us to add to our data base.

 

COMMON NAME ..............LATIN ..............SITE ..............KNOWN RECORD

Yarrow.............. Achillea Millofolium.............. GMPM 87
Ground Elder.............. Aegopodium podagraria.............. NS 94
Common Water Plantain.............. Alisma plantago aquatica.............. PM 87.91
Scarlet Pimpernel.............. Anagalis arvensis.............. WM 94
Cow Parsley.............. Anthriscus sylvestris.............. EMB.NS 87
Parsley Piert ..............Aphanes arvensis.............. CH.GM 87
Wild Celery.............. Apium graveolens.............. CM. GM. Sp.Pnt.SM 91.94
Fool's Watercress.............. Apium nodiflorum.............. CM.NM.PM 87
Thrift ..............Armeria maritima.............. EM.SM 87.91
Mugwort ..............Artemisia vulgaris.............. NS 87
Lords & Ladies.............. Arum tripolium.............. PM 87
Sea Aster ..............Aster tripolium ..............CM.Bpt.GM.NM.SM 91
Sea Purslane ..............Atriplex portulacoides.............. ? 91
Spear-leaved Orache.............. Atriplex prostrata ..............CM.Bpt.NM.PM 91
Black Horehound ..............Ballota nigra ..............PM 87.07
Daisy ..............Bellis perennis.............. CM.EMB.GM.NM.PM 87
Sea Beet ..............Beta vulgaris.............. Bpt.EM.NM.Spt. 87
Nodding Bur Marigold.............. Bidens cernua ..............PM.WMB 87.94.07
Buddliah ..............Buddleija davidii ..............WM 94
Flowering Rush ..............Butomus umbellatus.............. CM.WMB.PM 87.93.94.96.07
Water Starwort sp ? ..............Callitriche obtusangula.............. NS 87
Common Water Starwort ..............Callitriche stagnals agg.............. CM 87
Marsh Marigold ..............Caltha palustris ..............CM.PM.WMB. 91
Hedge Bindweed.............. Calystegia sepium ..............NS.PM 94
Large Bindweed ? ..............Calystegia sepium ..............WMB 94
Shepherds Purse ..............Capsella bursa-pastoris.............. CH.PM 87
Lady's Smock ..............Cardamine pratensis ..............CM.PM.WM 87
Lesser Centaury ..............Centarium pulchellum ..............CM.EM.SM 87.94
Little Mouse-ear ? ..............Cerastium semidecandrum.............. GB 91
Soft Hornwort ..............Ceratophyllum submersum ..............CM 87
Fat Hen ..............Chenopodium album ..............PM.SM 87
Creeping Thistle ..............Cirsium arvense ..............CH.GM.NM.PM.SS. 87.94
Spear Thistle.............. Cirsium Vulgare.............. GM 87
English Scurvy Grass ..............Cochlearia anglica ..............CM.EM.GM 87
Common Scurvy Grass ..............Cochlearia officinalis ..............CM.SM ? 91
Hemlock ..............Conium maculatum ..............PM 87
Field Bindweed ..............Convolvulus arvensis ..............CM.EM 87
Cocksfoot ..............Dactylis glomerata ..............EMB.PM 87
Teasel ..............Dipsaeus fullonum ..............GM.NM.PM 91.94.07
Broad Buckler Fern ..............Dryopoteros dilatata ..............NS 87
Great Willow Herb ..............Epilobium hirsutum.............. NS.WMB 87
Cudweed ..............Filago sp ..............NS 94
Meadow Sweet.............. Filipendula ulmaria.............. PM 87
Fennel ..............Foeniculum vulgare.............. NS 87
Gallant Soldier ..............Galinsoga parviflora.............. ? 87
Common Cleavers ..............Galium aparine ..............CM.GM.PM 87
Hedge Bedstraw ..............Galium mollugo ..............PM 87
Marsh Bedstraw ..............Galium palustre ..............CM.PM 87
Dovesfoot ..............Cranesbill Geranium molle ..............GB.GM.NM.PM 87
Sea Milkwort ..............Glaux maritima ..............CM.EM.GM.NM.SM 91
Ground Ivy ..............Glechoma hederacea ..............NS.PM 87
Ivy ..............Hedera helix ..............NS.PM 87.07
Giant Hogweed ..............Heracleum mantegazzianum ..............Spt 87
Horseshoe Vetch ?.............. Hippocrepis comosa ..............GM 87
Marestail ..............Hippuris vulgaris ..............CM.PM 91.94.96
Sea Sandwort ..............Honkenya peploides ..............GB 87
Hop ..............Humulus lupulus ..............NS 87
Bluebell - Spanish ..............Hyancinthoides hispanica.............. NS ?
Bluebell ..............Hyancinthoides non-scripta ..............NS ?
Marsh Pennywort.............. Hydrocotyle vulgaris ..............NS 94
Common Catsear.............. Hypochaeris radicata ..............CM 87
Orange Balsam ..............Impatiens capensis ..............PM.WMB 91.07
Himalayan Balsam.............. Impatiens glandulifera ..............PM 87.91
Indian Balsam ..............Impatiens glandulifera ..............CM. NS 94
Yellow Flag Iris ..............Iris pseudacorus ..............CM.NM.NS.PM.WMB 91
White Dead Nettle ..............Lamium album.............. EMB 87.91.07
Red Dead Nettle.............. Lamium purpureum ..............EMB.NS.PM 87
Common Duckweed ..............Lemna minor ..............PM 94
Autumn Hawkbit.............. Leontondon autumnalis.............. CM 87
Common Sea Lavender.............. Limonium vulgare.............. EM. NM 87.91
Mudwort ..............Limosella Aquatica ..............PM 87
Honeysuckle.............. Lonicera periclymenum ..............CH.NS 87
Bird'sfoot Trefoil ..............Lotus corniculatus ..............SM 87
Common Bird'sfoot Trefoil .............. Lotus corniculatus ..............NS 87.91
Greater Bird'sfoot Trefoil ..............Lotus uliginosus ..............NS 94
Hairy Bird'sfoot Trefoil ..............Lotuus subbiflorus ..............NS 87
Tree Lupin ..............Lupinus arbareus ..............Spt 87
Ragged Robin ..............Lychnis flos-cuculi ..............CM.PM.WMB 91.94
Gipsywort ..............Lycopus europaeus ..............CM.PM.SS 87.07
Creeping Jenny ..............Lysimachia nummularis ..............NS 94
Purple Loosestrife.............. Lythrum salicaria ..............WMB 91.94
Musk Mallow ..............Malva moschata ..............NS. 91
Marsh Mallow ..............Althaea officinalis ..............CH.NS. SS. 87.91
Common Mallow.............. Malva sylvestris ..............NS.PM 91
Pineapple Weed ..............Matricaria matricarioides ..............PM 87
Black Medick ..............Medicago lupulina ..............CH.Spt 91
Water Mint ..............Mentha aquatica ..............CM.GM.PM.WMB 87.91
Spear Mint ..............Mentha spicata ..............WMB 94
Monkey Flower.............. Mimulus guttatus ..............PM 91
Upright Chickweed ..............Moenchia erecta ..............GB.SM 87. 96
Blinks ..............Montia fontana.............. CM.EM 87
Tufted Forget-me-not ..............Myosotis laxa ..............PM 87
Water Fotget-me-not.............. Myosotis scorpioides ..............CM.NS.PM.WMB 91.94
Spiked Water Milfoil ..............Myriophyllum spicatum ..............CM 87
Changing Forget-me-not ..............Mysotis discolor ..............CH 91
Watercress ..............Naturium officinale.............. PM 8794
Fringed Water Lily ..............Nymphoides peltata ..............PM 87
Red Bartsia ..............Odontites vernus.............. WM 91
Hemlock Water Dropwort ..............Oenanthe crocata.............. CH.CM.GM.NM.PM.Spt.
Tubular Water Dropwort .............. Oenanthe fistulosa.............. CM.PM 87
Parsley Water Dropwort .............. Oenanthe lachanelii CM.PM 87
Corky-fruited Water Dropwort ..............Oenanthe pimpinelloides.............. CM.GM.NM.PM.SS 94? 96
Narrow-leaved Dropwort.............. Oenanthe silaifolia ..............PM 86.87
Bird'sfoot ..............Ornithopus perpusillus.............. CH 87
Common Poppy ..............Papaver rhoeas.............. NS 87.91
Redshank ..............Persicaria maculosa ..............CH 91
Knotgrass ..............Polygonum aviculare.............. PM.WM 87.91
Silver Weed ..............Potentilla anserina ..............CH.CM.GB.NM.NS.PM 87.91
Common Fleabane ..............Pulicaria dysenterica ..............CM.NS 91.94.07
Meadow Buttercup ..............Ranunculuc acris ..............CM.PM 87
Brackish Water Crowfoot ..............Ranunculus baudotii ..............CM.GB.PM 91.94
Lesser Celandine.............. Ranunculus ficaria ..............CM.NS.PM 87
Ivy-leaved Crowfoot.............. Ranunculus hederaceus ..............CM 87
Creeping Buttercup ..............Ranunculus repens ..............CM.GB.NM.PM 87
Celery-leaved Buttercup ..............Ranunculus sceleratus ..............CM.GM.NM.PM.WM 91.07
Japanese Knotweed ..............Reynoutria japonica.............. WMB 94
Yellow Rattle ..............Rhinanthus minor.............. CM 94
Marsh Yellowcress ..............Rorippa palustris ..............PM 87
Dog Rose ..............Rose canina ..............NS 91
Bramble ..............Rubus fruticosos ..............CH. NS 87.07
Cut-leaved Bramble ..............Rubus laciniatus ..............NS 91.94.96
Sheep's Sorrel ..............Rumex acetosella ..............CH.NS.PM 91
Clustered Dock ..............Rumex conglomeratus ..............CM.PM 87
Curled Dock ..............Rumex crispus ..............CM.PM 87
Water Dock ..............Rumex hydrolapathum ..............CM.PM 87
Broad-leaved Dock ..............Rumex obtusifolius ..............PM.SS 87
Beaked Tassleweed ..............Ruppia maritima ..............CM 87
Sea Pearlwort.............. Sagina maritima ..............CM 91
Procumbent ..............Pearlwort Sagina procumbens ..............CM 87
Glasswort ..............Salicornia europaea ..............EM. NM. SM 87.91
Brookweed ..............Samolus valerandi ..............WM 91.94
Perennial Sow Thistle ..............Sanchus arvensis ..............Spt 87
Common Figwort ..............Scrophularia nodosa ..............NS 94
Sculcap ..............Scutellaria galericulata.............. NS 91
English Stonecrop ..............Sedum anglicum ..............CH 94
Marsh Ragwort ..............Senecio aquaticus ..............CM.NM.PM.WM 87.91
Common Ragwort ..............Senecio jacobaea ..............CH.CM.GB.NS.PM.SS 91
White Campion ..............Silene alba ..............PM 87
Hedge Mustard ..............Sisymbrium officinale ..............PM 87
Bittersweet ..............Solanum dulcamara ..............PM 87
Black Nightshade ..............Solarum nigrum ..............NS 94
Lesser Sea Spurrey ..............Spergularia marina ..............CM. NM 87
Greater Sea Spurrey ..............Spergularia media ..............CM. NM 87
Sand Spurrey ..............Spergularia rubra ..............CM. NM 87.91
Hybrid Woundwort ..............Stachys ambigua.............. EMB 94?96
Marsh Woundwort ..............Stachys palustris ..............NS. PM 91.94
Common Chickweed ..............Stellara media.............. CH.NS.PM 87
Lesser Stitchwort ..............Stellaria graminea ..............NS 91
Greater Stitchwort ..............Stellaria holostea ..............NS.PM 87.91
Marsh Stitchwort ..............Stellaria pulustris ..............WM 91
Common Comfrey ..............Symphtum officinale ..............PM 87
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare ..............Spt 87
Dandelion Taraxafum officinale ..............EB.GB.PM 87
Common Meadow Rue Thatlictrum flavum.............. NS. PM 91.94.96
Junus ambiguus ..............Toad Rush Group.............. NM 94
Strawberry Clover ..............Trifolium fragiferum CM.NM.PM.SM 87.91.94
Clustered Clover ..............Trifolium glomeratum GB.NS 87.94.96
Slender Trefoil ..............Trifolium micranthum CH 87
Bird'sfoot Clover ..............Trifolium ornithopodioides CH 91
Fenugreek ..............Trifolium ornithopodioides ? ?
Red Clover ..............Trifolium pratense CM.PM.Spt 87
White Clover ..............Trifolium repens..............CM.EM.GM.NM.PM.SM 87
Subterranean ..............Clover Trifolium subterraneum ..............CH 87.91.94
Suffocated Clover ..............Trifolium suffocatum ..............CH.GB 91.94
Reed Mace ..............Typha latifolia ..............WM 91
Common Gorse ..............Ulex europaeus ..............87
Common Nettle ..............Urtica dioica ..............CH.NS.PM.SS 87
Blue Water Speedwell ..............Veronica anagallis-aquatica ..............PM 91
Wall Speedwell ..............Veronica arrensis ..............CH 87
Brooklime ..............Veronica beccabunga.............. PM 91
Pink Water Speedwell ..............Veronica catenata ..............NS 94
Ivy-leaved Speedwell.............. Veronica lederifelia ..............GB 87
Common Field Speedwell.............. Veronica persica ..............PM 87
Common Vetch.............. Veronica sativa ssp nigra.............. PM 87
Tufted Vetch ..............Vicia cracca ..............NS 87
Horned Pondweed.............. Zannichellia palustris ..............PM 94
Buck'shorn Plantain ..............Plantago coronopus ..............CH.GM.NS.SM 87
Ribwort Plantain ..............Plantago lanceclata ..............GM.NS.PM.SS 87
Greater Plantain ..............Plantago major ..............CM.GM.NM.NS.PM.SM 87
Common Milkwort ..............Plantago maritima ..............CM.EM.GM.NM.PM.SM 87
Bistort ..............Polygonum bistort ..............SM 87
Redshank ..............Polygonum persicaria ..............PM 87
Curled Pondweed ..............Potamogeton crispus ..............CM 87
Common Valerian ..............Valeriana officinalis.............. PM 87

PlantSearch - Stanpit Marsh Nature Reserve

North Scrubs see map
(our survey moved from Information Centre to west)
Plants found:

Clover
Silverweed
Nettle
Bugleweed
Bramble
Dock
Grasses (many) - need naming
Buttercup
Ragwort
Iris
Catchfly ? See photo
Bistort
Thistle
Burdock
Elder tree
Holly tree (with bright yellow berries)
Fern - unidentified - see photo
Poplar tree
Hawthorn
White flower - unidentified - see photo
Convolvulus
Two plants - unidentified - see photo
Ground ivy
Water mint - see photo 45
Gorse
Silver birch tree - see photo 48
Fungus on silver birch - unidentified - see photo 49
Ash tree? - unidentified - see photo
Mushroom - unidentified - see photo
Oak tree
Plantain
Willow tree
Reeds
Penny wort - see photo
Bramble (with ‘geranium’ like leaf)
Catchfly - unidentified - see photo
Plant - unidentified - see photo of leaf
Hawkweed

PlantSearch Stanpit Marsh Nature Reserve
21 September 2008
North Scrubs see map
(our survey moved from the main path to west)
Plants found:

Plant under Silver Birch - unidentified - see photo
Rowan tree
Marsmallow
Teasle
Black horehound
Hops
Dog rose
Bindweed

Survey of North Scrubs completed
Result: 44 plants found excluding grasses

PlantSearch Stanpit Marsh Nature Reserve
28 September 2008
Stanpit Scrubs see map
(our survey moved from the main path to west)
Plants found:

Common mallow
Blackberry
Iris
Reeds
Water mint
Dock
Fleabane
Stinging nettle
Marahmallow
Hawthorn
Plantain flat
Holm Oak (Quercus ilex)
Gorse
Holly
Sea beet
Bugle weed
Honeysuckle
Thistle spp? see photo
Withy tree
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Sea holly
Hawkweed
Dabdelion
Thistle
Silverweed
Clover
Common Oak
Ground ivy
Moss
bistort
Elder
Sea lavender
Black horehound

Survey of Stanpit Scrubs completed:
Result: 36 plants found (excluding grasses)

PlantSearch Stanpit Marsh Nature Reserve
12th October
Central Marsh see map
(our survey kept to the right of the main path to Mother Sillers channel [not on the very marshy area])
Plants found:
Blackberry
Gorse
Dock
Honeysuckle
Dog rose
Convolvulus
Elder
Buttercup
Geranium
Ragwort
Sheep sorrel
Field mushroom
Thistle
Hawk weed
Reeds
Grasses