The following plants were identified growing wild on our allotment this year, by Geoffrey Norman, member of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) and the Surrey Botanical Society (SBS).
If you are interested in learning more about our local flora, he recommends the website of The South London Botanical Institute, situated at Tulse Hill. The Institute organises walks, in the Spring and Summer, looking for/at wild flowers and these are open to members and non-members, experts and beginners alike.
| Category | Plants |
Trees | Alder (Alnus glutinosa), Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus), Elder (Sambucus nigra), English elm (Ulmus procera), Evergreen oak (Quercus ilex), Field maple (Acer campestre), Hazel (Corylus avellana), Norway maple (Acer platanoides), Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), White poplar (Populus alba), Wild cherry (Prunus avium) |
| Shrubs | Bramble (Rubus agg), Burnet rose (Rosa spinosissima), Evergreen spindle (Euonymus japonicus), Greater periwinkle (Vinca major), Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), Spindle (Euonymus europaeus), Wild privet (Ligustrum vulgare) |
| Herbs | American winter-cress (Barbarea verna), Annual pearlwort agg (Sagina filicaulis), Autumn hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis), Balkan spurge (Euphorbia oblongata), Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Black horehound (Ballota nigra), Black medic (Medicago lupulina), Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum), Bristly oxtongue (Helminthotheca echiodes), Broad leaved everlasting pea (Lathyrus latifolius), Cat’s ear (Hypochaeris radicata), Christmas rose (Helleborus niger var), Cleavers (Galium aparine), Cockspur (Echinochloa crus-galli), Common chickweed (Stellaria media), Common comfrey (Symphytum officionale), Common couchgrass (Elytrigia repens), Common duck weed (Lemna minor), Common field speedwell (Veronica persica), Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Common mallow (Malva sylvestris), Common mouse ear (Cerastium fontanum), Common nettle (Urtica dioica), Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Coral spurge (Euphorbia corallioides), Corn salad (Valerianella locusta), Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens), Creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans), Creeping jenny (Lysimacia nummularia), Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), Curled dock (Rumex crispus), Cut leaved geranium (Geranium dissectum), Daisey (Bellis perennis), Early crocus (Crocus tommasinianus), Enchanters’ nightshade (Circaea lutetiana), Equal leaved knotgrass (Polygonum depressum), Fat hen (Chenopodium album), Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), Field wood rush (Luzula campestris), Fool’s parsley (Aethusia cynapium), Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Garden crocus (Crocus x cultorum), Garden verbena (Verbena bonariensis), Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus), Good king Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus), Great lettuce (Lactuca virosa), Great willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum), Greater Birds-foot trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus), Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus), greater plantain (Plantago major), Green alkanet (Pentaglotis sempervirens), Green field speedwell (Veronica agrestis), Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta), Hairy rocket (Erucastrum gallicum), Hard rush (Juncus inflexus), Hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium), Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica), Hedgerow geranium (Geranum pyranaicum), Hemlock (Conium maculatum), Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum), Hoary cress (Lepidium draba), Hoary mustard (Hirschfeldia incarna), Hoary willowherb (Epilobium parviflorum), Honesty (Lunaria annua), Hornbeam (Caprinus betulus), Hybrid bluebell (Hyacinthoides x massartiana), Ice plant aka Sedum (Hylotelephium spectabile), Italian lords and ladies (Arum italicum ssp italicum), Ivy (Hedera helix), Ivy leaved speedwell (Veronica hederifolia ssp lucorum), Knotgrass (Polygonium aviculare), Large bindweed (Calystegia silvatica), Lesser burdock (Arctium minus), Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna ssp fertilis), Lesser trefoil (Trifolium dubium), Lords and ladies (Arum maculatum), Many seeded goosefoot (Chenopodium polyspermum), Meadow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis), Nipplewort (Lapsana communis), Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), Pendulous sedge (Carex pendula), Petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus), Pineapple weed (Matricaria discoidea), Prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper), Primrose (Primula vulgaris), Procumbent pearlwort (Sagina procumbens), Procumbent yellow sorrel (Oxalis corniculata), Ramsoms (Allium ursinum), Red campion (Silene dioica), Red clover (Trifolium pratense), Red deadnettle (Lamium purpureum), Redshank (Persicaria maculosa), Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata), Russian comfrey (Symphytum x uplandium), Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius), Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), Scented mayweed (Matricaria chamomilla), Scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inordorum), Sessile oak (Quercus patraea), Small flowered geranium (Geranium pusillum), Smooth hawksbeard (Crepis capillaris), Smooth sow-thistle (Sonchus oleracerus), Smooth tare (Vicia tetrasperma), Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis var), Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), Spear-leaved orache (Atriplex prostrata), Square stalked willowherb (Epilobium tetragonum), Stone parsley (Sison amomum), Summer snowflake (Leucojum aestivum ssp pulchellum), Sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia), Sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum), Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), Three cornered garlic (Allium triquetrum), Tree mallow (Malva arborea), Upright forget me not (Myosotis stricta), Vervain (Verbena officinalis), Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata), Wavy bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa), White clover (Trifolium repens), White deadnettle (Lamium album), Wild carrot (Daucus carota ssp carota), Wild teasle (Dipsacus fullonum), Winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris), Wood avens (Geum urbanum), Wood dock (Rumex sanguineus), Yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus) |
Other Plants | Curled pondweed (Potamogeton crispus), Meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) |