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

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Many of the photographs featured on this page were not actually taken in Gledhow Valley Woods, and there are lots of plants which are not yet pictured at all. We would be very grateful for any help you can give in completing this page... if you have any photographs we can use (especially if they were taken in the Woods themselves), please contact us.

A

Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore (see picture)
Aegopodium podagaria - Ground Elder; Goutweed
Aesculus hippocastanum - Horse Chestnut (see picture)
Agrostis capillaris - Common Bent
Alchemilla xanthochlora - Lady's Mantle
Alliaria petiolata - Garlic Mustard; Jack-by-the-hedge (see picture)
Allium ursinium - Ramsons; Wild garlic
Alnus glutinosa - Alder
Alopecurus pratensis - Meadow Foxtail (tall grass)
Anemone nemorosa - Wood Anenome
Anthoxanthum odoratum - Sweet Vernal Grass
Anthriscus sylvestris - Cow Parsley; Queen Anne's Lace (see picture)
Aquilegia vulgaris - Common Columbine
Arctium minus - Burdock
Artemisia vulgaris - Mugwort
Arum maculatum - Lords-and-Ladies; Cuckoo Pint (see picture)
Asplenium scolopendrium - Hart's Tongue (see picture)
Athyrium filix-femina - Lady Fern (finely dissected fronds)

B

Betula pendula - Silver Birch
Betula pubescens - Downy Birch
Brachypodium sylvaticum - Evergreen Alkanet (bright blue flowers)
Bromopsis ramosa - Hairy Brome

C

Caltha palustris - Marsh Marigold
Cardamine flexuosa - Wavy Bittercress
Carex pendula - Pendulous Sedge
Carex sylvatica - Wood Sedge
Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam
Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut (see picture)
Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian
Chamerion angustifolium - Rose-Bay Willowherb (see picture)
Circaea lutetiana - Enchanter's Nightshade
Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle (see picture)
Cirsium vulgare - Spear Thistle (see picture)
Conopodium majus - Pignut (edible tuber) (see picture)
Corylus avellana - Hazel
Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn (see picture)

D

Dactylis glomerata - Cock's Foot
Darmera peltata - Indian Rhubarb (tall bristly stem; pink flowers)
Deschampsia cespitosa - Tufted Hair-Grass
Deschampsia flexuosa - Wavy Hair-Grass
Dryopteris affinis - Scaly Male Fern (many golden scales on stem) (see picture)
Dryopteris dilatata - Broad Buckler Fern
Dryopteris filix-mas - Male Fern (see picture)

E

Epilobium hirsutum - Great Willowherb (see picture)
Epilobium montanum - Broad-Leaved Willowherb (see picture)

F

Fagus sylvatica - Common Beech (see picture)
Fallopia japonica - Japanese Knotweed (see picture)
Festuca gigantea - Giant Fescue
Festuca rubra - Red Fescue
Filipendula ulmaria - Meadowsweet
Fraxinus excelsior - Ash (see picture)

G

Galanthus nivalis - Snowdrop (see picture)
Galium aparine - Goosegrass; Cleavers
Geranium pratense - Meadow Cranesbill (see picture)
Geranium robertianun - Herb Robert (see picture)
Geum urbanum - Wood Avens; Herb Bennet

H

Hedera helix - Common Ivy (see picture)
Heracleum sphondylium - Hogweed
Holcus mollis - Creeping Soft-Grass
Hyacinthoides non-scripta - Bluebell (native) (see picture)
Hyacinthoides non-scripta x Hyacinthoides hispanica - Bluebell (cross native/spanish)

I

Illex Aquifolium - Holly (see picture)
Impatiens glandulifera - Indian Balsam
Iris pseudacorus - Yellow Flag
Iris sp. - Iris

J

Juncus effusus - Soft Rush

K, L

Lamiastrum galeobdolon - Yellow Archangel (see picture)
Lamium maculatum - Spotted Deadnettle
Lapsana communis - Nipplewort
Larix kaempferi - Japanese Larch
Ligustrum ovalifolium - Common Privet
Lunaria annua - Honesty
Luzula pilosa - Hairy Woodrush
Luzula sylvatica - Great Woodrush
Lysichiton americanus - American Skunk Cabbage
Lysimachia nemorum - Yellow Pimpernel
Lythrum salicaria - Purple Loostrife

M

Malus sp. - Domestic Apple
Meconopsis cambrica - Welsh Poppy
Melica uniflora - Wood Melick (bright green grass)
Mercurialis perennis - Dog's Mercury
Milium effusum - Wood Millet
Myosotis sylvatica - Wood Forget-Me-Not

N, O

Oxalis acetosella - Wood Sorrel

P

Pentaglottis sempervirens - False Brome
Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort Plantain
Plantago major - Greater Plantain
Poa annua - Annual Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis - Smooth Meadow-Grass
Poa trivialis - Rough Meadow-Grass
Polygonatum multiflorum - Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum x hybridum - Garden Solomon's Seal (on roadside)
Polygonum aviculare - Knotgrass
Populus trichocarpa - Western Balsam Poplar
Populus x canadensis - Poplar (hybrid)
Prunus avium - Wild Cherry (see picture)
Prunus laurocerasus - Cherry Laurel

Q

Quercus petraea - Sessile Oak (no stem on acorn) (see picture)
Quercus robur - English Oak; Pedunculate Oak

R

Ranunculus acris - Meadow Buttercup
Ranunculus ficaria - Lesser Celandine (see picture)
Ranunculus repens - Creeping Buttercup
Rhododendron ponticum - Rhododendron
Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry
Rosa arvensis - Field Rose (see picture)
Rubus fruticosus - Blackberry; Bramble (see picture)
Rubus idaeus - Raspberry
Rubus idaeus - Wild Raspberry
Rumex acetosa - Common Sorrel
Rumex obtusifolius - Broad-Leaved Dock
Rumex sanguineus - Wood Dock

S

Salix caprea - Pussy Willow; Goat Willow
Salix fragilis - Crack Willow
Sambucus nigra - Common Elder
Sasaella ramosa - Hairy Bamboo
Senecio jacobaea - Common Ragwort
Senecio vulgaris - Groundsel
Silene dioica - Red Campion (see picture)
Sisymbrium officinale - Hedge Mustard
Sorbus aria - Whitebeam
Sorbus aucuparia - Rowan; Mountain Ash
Sorbus intermedia - Swedish Whitebeam
Spiraea sp. - Spiraea
Stachys sylvatica - Hedge Woundwort
Stellaria media - Common Chickweed
Symphoricarpos albus - Snowberry

T

Tanacetum parthenium - Feverfew
Taxus baccata - Yew (see picture)
Tilia x vulgaris - Common Lime
Tussilago farfara - Colt's Foot

U

Ulmus glabra - Wych Elm (see picture)
Ulmus procera - English Elm
Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (see picture)

V

Veronica hederifolia - Ivy-Leaved Speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia - Thyme-Leaved Speedwell (zig-zag stems; 6 stamens)
Viburnum opulus - Guelder Rose

W, X, Y, Z