The Plants of Gledhow Valley
A-Z by Common Name (text only)

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A

Alder - Alnus glutinosa
American Skunk Cabbage - Lysichiton americanus
Annual Meadow Grass - Poa annua
Ash - Fraxinus excelsior (see picture)

B

Blackberry; Bramble - Rubus fruticosus (see picture)
Bluebell (cross native/spanish) - Hyacinthoides non-scripta x Hyacinthoides hispanica
Bluebell (native) - Hyacinthoides non-scripta (see picture)
Broad Buckler Fern - Dryopteris dilatata
Broad-Leaved Dock - Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-Leaved Willowherb - Epilobium montanum (see picture)
Burdock - Arctium minus

C

Cherry Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus
Cock's Foot - Dactylis glomerata
Colt's Foot - Tussilago farfara
Common Beech - Fagus sylvatica (see picture)
Common Bent - Agrostis capillaris
Common Chickweed - Stellaria media
Common Columbine - Aquilegia vulgaris
Common Elder - Sambucus nigra
Common Ivy - Hedera helix (see picture)
Common Lime - Tilia x vulgaris
Common Nettle - Urtica dioica (see picture)
Common Privet - Ligustrum ovalifolium
Common Ragwort - Senecio jacobaea
Common Sorrel - Rumex acetosa
Cow Parsley; Queen Anne's Lace - Anthriscus sylvestris (see picture)
Crack Willow - Salix fragilis
Creeping Buttercup - Ranunculus repens
Creeping Soft-Grass - Holcus mollis
Creeping Thistle - Cirsium arvense (see picture)

D

Dog's Mercury - Mercurialis perennis
Domestic Apple - Malus sp.
Downy Birch - Betula pubescens

E

Enchanter's Nightshade - Circaea lutetiana
English Elm - Ulmus procera
English Oak; Pedunculate Oak - Quercus robur
Evergreen Alkanet (bright blue flowers) - Pentaglottis sempervirens

F

False Brome - Brachypodium sylvaticum
Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium
Field Rose - Rosa arvensis (see picture)

G

Garden Solomon's Seal (on roadside) - Polygonatum x hybridum
Garlic Mustard; Jack-by-the-hedge - Alliaria petiolata (see picture)
Giant Fescue - Festuca gigantea
Gooseberry - Ribes uva-crispa
Goosegrass; Cleavers - Galium aparine
Great Willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum (see picture)
Great Woodrush - Luzula sylvatica
Greater Plantain - Plantago major
Ground Elder; Goutweed - Aegopodium podagaria
Groundsel - Senecio vulgaris
Guelder Rose - Viburnum opulus

H

Hairy Bamboo - Sasaella ramosa
Hairy Brome - Bromopsis ramosa
Hairy Woodrush - Luzula pilosa
Hart's Tongue - Asplenium scolopendrium (see picture)
Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna (see picture)
Hazel - Corylus avellana
Hedge Mustard - Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge Woundwort - Stachys sylvatica
Herb Robert - Geranium robertianun (see picture)
Hogweed - Heracleum sphondylium
Holly - Illex Aquifolium (see picture)
Honesty - Lunaria annua
Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus
Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum (see picture)

I

Indian Balsam - Impatiens glandulifera
Indian Rhubarb (tall bristly stem; pink flowers) - Darmera peltata
Iris - Iris sp.
Ivy-Leaved Speedwell - Veronica hederifolia

J

Japanese Knotweed - Fallopia japonica (see picture)
Japanese Larch - Larix kaempferi

K

Knotgrass - Polygonum aviculare

L

Lady Fern (finely dissected fronds) - Athyrium filix-femina
Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla xanthochlora
Lesser Celandine - Ranunculus ficaria (see picture)
Lords-and-Ladies; Cuckoo Pint - Arum maculatum (see picture)

M

Male Fern - Dryopteris filix-mas (see picture)
Marsh Marigold - Caltha palustris
Meadow Buttercup - Ranunculus acris
Meadow Cranesbill - Geranium pratense (see picture)
Meadow Foxtail (tall grass) - Alopecurus pratensis
Meadowsweet - Filipendula ulmaria
Mugwort - Artemisia vulgaris

N

Nipplewort - Lapsana communis

O, P

Pendulous Sedge - Carex pendula
Pignut (edible tuber) - Conopodium majus (see picture)
Poplar (hybrid) - Populus x canadensis
Purple Loostrife - Lythrum salicaria
Pussy Willow; Goat Willow - Salix caprea

Q, R

Ramsons; Wild garlic - Allium ursinium
Raspberry - Rubus idaeus
Red Campion - Silene dioica (see picture)
Red Fescue - Festuca rubra
Red Valerian - Centranthus ruber
Rhododendron - Rhododendron ponticum
Ribwort Plantain - Plantago lanceolata
Rose-Bay Willowherb - Chamerion angustifolium (see picture)
Rough Meadow-Grass - Poa trivialis
Rowan; Mountain Ash - Sorbus aucuparia

S

Scaly Male Fern (many golden scales on stem) - Dryopteris affinis (see picture)
Sessile Oak (no stem on acorn) - Quercus petraea (see picture)
Silver Birch - Betula pendula
Smooth Meadow-Grass - Poa pratensis
Snowberry - Symphoricarpos albus
Snowdrop - Galanthus nivalis (see picture)
Soft Rush - Juncus effusus
Solomon's Seal - Polygonatum multiflorum
Spear Thistle - Cirsium vulgare (see picture)
Spiraea - Spiraea sp.
Spotted Deadnettle - Lamium maculatum
Swedish Whitebeam - Sorbus intermedia
Sweet Chestnut - Castanea sativa (see picture)
Sweet Vernal Grass - Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sycamore - Acer pseudoplatanus (see picture)

T

Thyme-Leaved Speedwell (zig-zag stems; 6 stamens) - Veronica serpyllifolia Tufted Hair-Grass - Deschampsia cespitosa

U, V, W

Wavy Bittercress - Cardamine flexuosa
Wavy Hair-Grass - Deschampsia flexuosa
Welsh Poppy - Meconopsis cambrica
Western Balsam Poplar - Populus trichocarpa
Whitebeam - Sorbus aria
Wild Cherry - Prunus avium (see picture)
Wild Raspberry - Rubus idaeus
Wood Anenome - Anemone nemorosa
Wood Avens; Herb Bennet - Geum urbanum
Wood Dock - Rumex sanguineus
Wood Forget-Me-Not - Myosotis sylvatica
Wood Melick (bright green grass) - Melica uniflora
Wood Millet - Milium effusum
Wood Sedge - Carex sylvatica
Wood Sorrel - Oxalis acetosella
Wych Elm - Ulmus glabra (see picture)

X, Y

Yellow Archangel - Lamiastrum galeobdolon (see picture)
Yellow Flag - Iris pseudacorus
Yellow Pimpernel - Lysimachia nemorum
Yew - Taxus baccata (see picture)

Z