Plant Species recorded in St Mary’s Churchyard 8th August 2021
Trees and Shrubs
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Hazel Corylus avellana
Holly Ilex europaeus
London Plane Platanus platanoides
Holm Oak Quercus ilex
False Acacia Robinia pseudoacacia
A rose Rosa sp.
Elder Sambucus nigra
Yew Taxus baccata
Lime Tilia x europaea
Grassland species
The grassland varies in character and condition, although having been cut fairly recently it’s hard to be certain of its overall composition. In places, it consists of finer grass species and reflects free-draining soil conditions, although it is not apparently particularly diverse. In other places it is dominated by coarser species, perhaps reflecting periods where management effort was lower or there has been some disturbance.
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Daisy Bellis perennis
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Smooth Hawk’s-beard Crepis capillaris
Cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata
Red Fescue Festuca rubra
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Doves-foot Crane’s-bill Geranium molle
Common Cat’s-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Self-heal Prunella vulgaris
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Dandelion Taraxacum agg.
White Clover Trifolium repens
Woodland species
Where the canopy cover is thicker, the ground flora is generally sparse and a modest diversity of shade-tolerant woodland species is present.
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Herb Robert Geranium robertianum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Common Ivy Hedera helix
A bluebell Hyacinthoides sp.
Small Balsam Impatiens parviflora
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Polypody Polypodium sp.
A violet Viola sp.
Disturbed ground species
Around the edges of the grassland, adjacent to the building and in other places where there has been some ground disturbance there is a diversity of species adapted to such conditions. Some of these could be described as “weeds”, but they are more properly considered as ruderals, species of waste ground.
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis
Shepherd’s Purse Capsella bursa-pastoralis
Fern Grass Catapodium rigidum
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
A fleabane Conyza sp.
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum
Square-stalked Willowherb Epilobium tetragonum
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus
Hedgerow Crane’s-bill Geranium pyrenaicum
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola
Spotted Medick Medicago arabica
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Redshank Persicaria maculosa
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Knot-grass Polygonum aviculare
Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea
Annual Pearlwort Sagina apetala
Groundsel Senecio vugaris
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus
White Comfrey Symphytum orientale
Hedge Mustard Sysimbrium officinale
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Garden species
Domesticated species aren’t my speciality, but there are a few obvious ones around the grounds.
Box Buxus sempervirens
A cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Bay Laurus nobilis
Balm Melissa officinalis
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus
Invertebrate species recorded in St Mary’s Churchyard 8th August 2021
Flies (Diptera)
Cerodontha iridis Iris Leaf-miner
Episyrphus balteatus Marmalade Hoverfly
Liriomyza amoena Elder Leaf-miner
Liriomyza pusilla Daisy Leaf-miner
Obolodiplosis robiniae Black Locust Gall Midge
Phytomyza ilicis Holly Leaf-miner
Phytomyza ranunculi Buttercup Leaf-miner
Scaeva pyrastri Pied Hoverfly
Scathophaga stercoraria Yellow Dung-fly
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Cameraria oehridella Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner
Ectoedemia heringella New Holm Oak Pygmy
Luffia ferchaultella Grey Bagworm
Phyllonorycter platani London Midget
True bugs (Hemiptera)
Javasella dubia a planthopper
Ledra aurita Horned Leafhopper
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Harmonia axyridis Harlequin Ladybird
Bees, Wasps and Ants
Lasius niger Black Garden Ant
Vespula vulgaris Common Wasp
Trees and Shrubs
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Hazel Corylus avellana
Holly Ilex europaeus
London Plane Platanus platanoides
Holm Oak Quercus ilex
False Acacia Robinia pseudoacacia
A rose Rosa sp.
Elder Sambucus nigra
Yew Taxus baccata
Lime Tilia x europaea
Grassland species
The grassland varies in character and condition, although having been cut fairly recently it’s hard to be certain of its overall composition. In places, it consists of finer grass species and reflects free-draining soil conditions, although it is not apparently particularly diverse. In other places it is dominated by coarser species, perhaps reflecting periods where management effort was lower or there has been some disturbance.
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Daisy Bellis perennis
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Smooth Hawk’s-beard Crepis capillaris
Cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata
Red Fescue Festuca rubra
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Doves-foot Crane’s-bill Geranium molle
Common Cat’s-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Self-heal Prunella vulgaris
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Dandelion Taraxacum agg.
White Clover Trifolium repens
Woodland species
Where the canopy cover is thicker, the ground flora is generally sparse and a modest diversity of shade-tolerant woodland species is present.
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Herb Robert Geranium robertianum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Common Ivy Hedera helix
A bluebell Hyacinthoides sp.
Small Balsam Impatiens parviflora
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Polypody Polypodium sp.
A violet Viola sp.
Disturbed ground species
Around the edges of the grassland, adjacent to the building and in other places where there has been some ground disturbance there is a diversity of species adapted to such conditions. Some of these could be described as “weeds”, but they are more properly considered as ruderals, species of waste ground.
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis
Shepherd’s Purse Capsella bursa-pastoralis
Fern Grass Catapodium rigidum
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
A fleabane Conyza sp.
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum
Square-stalked Willowherb Epilobium tetragonum
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus
Hedgerow Crane’s-bill Geranium pyrenaicum
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola
Spotted Medick Medicago arabica
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Redshank Persicaria maculosa
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Knot-grass Polygonum aviculare
Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea
Annual Pearlwort Sagina apetala
Groundsel Senecio vugaris
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus
White Comfrey Symphytum orientale
Hedge Mustard Sysimbrium officinale
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Garden species
Domesticated species aren’t my speciality, but there are a few obvious ones around the grounds.
Box Buxus sempervirens
A cotoneaster Cotoneaster sp.
Bay Laurus nobilis
Balm Melissa officinalis
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus
Invertebrate species recorded in St Mary’s Churchyard 8th August 2021
Flies (Diptera)
Cerodontha iridis Iris Leaf-miner
Episyrphus balteatus Marmalade Hoverfly
Liriomyza amoena Elder Leaf-miner
Liriomyza pusilla Daisy Leaf-miner
Obolodiplosis robiniae Black Locust Gall Midge
Phytomyza ilicis Holly Leaf-miner
Phytomyza ranunculi Buttercup Leaf-miner
Scaeva pyrastri Pied Hoverfly
Scathophaga stercoraria Yellow Dung-fly
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Cameraria oehridella Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner
Ectoedemia heringella New Holm Oak Pygmy
Luffia ferchaultella Grey Bagworm
Phyllonorycter platani London Midget
True bugs (Hemiptera)
Javasella dubia a planthopper
Ledra aurita Horned Leafhopper
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Harmonia axyridis Harlequin Ladybird
Bees, Wasps and Ants
Lasius niger Black Garden Ant
Vespula vulgaris Common Wasp