Maiden Erlegh Reserve Wildflower Survey

Renee Grayer, a local expert on identification of flowers, has done a survey of the wildflower areas in the Maiden Erlegh Reserve. Two areas were surveyed - the "new" wildflower area bordering the lake path between the Green Fair field and Oakwood Meadow, and the scallops along Instow Road. The survey was conducted in late July. The results are shown in the tables below. Entries marked with * result from sowings of seed by the park rangers. Other flowers are naturally-occurring. See how many you can find when you next walk by.

Click on the English name of a flower to see a picture of it. Pictures are by permission of ukwildflowers.com.
Click on a picture of the flower beds to see a larger version.

Lake Path Border English name Scientific name Black Horehound Ballota nigra Black Medick Medicago lupulina Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra Common Bird's-foot-trefoil * Lotus corniculatus Common Nettle Urtica dioica Field Scabious * Knautia arvensis Foxglove * Digitalis purpurea Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Greater Plantain Plantago major Hoary Plantain * Pantago media Kidney Vetch * Anthyllis vulneraria Lesser Burdock Arctium minus Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea Meadow Crane's-bill * Geranium pratense Musk Mallow * Malva moschata Nettle-leaved Bellflower * Campanula trachelium Oxeye Daisy * Leucanthemum vulgare Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum Prickly Oxtongue * Picris echioides Purple Toadflax * Linaria purpurea Red Campion * Silene dioica Selfheal Prunella vulgaris White Clover Trifolium repens Wild Carrot Daucus carota
Instow Rd Scallops English name Scientific name Agrimony * Agrimonia eupatoria Black Horehound Ballota nigra Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Bramble Rubus fruticosus Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii Cock's-foot Dactylus glomerata Common Vetch Vicia sativa Common Bird's-foot-trefoil * Lotus corniculatus Common Mallow Malva sylvestris Common Nettle Urtica dioica Common Restharrow * Ononis repens Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense Dark Mullein * Verbascum nigrum Field Scabious * Knautia arvensis Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil * Lotus pedunculatus Greater Knapweed * Centaurea scabiosa Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Hoary Plantain * Pantago media Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Hollyhock * Alcea rosea Lady's Bedstraw * Galium verum Lesser Burdock Arctium minus Marjoram * Origanum vulgare Meadow Crane's-bill * Geranium pratense Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris Musk Mallow * Malva moschata Nipplewort Lapsana communis Oxeye Daisy * Leucanthemum vulgare Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper Ragwort Senecio jacobaea Red Campion * Silene dioica Red Clover Trifolium pratense Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Sainfoin * Onobrychis viciifolia Selfheal Prunella vulgaris Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Tufted Vetch * Vicia cracca White Clover Trifolium repens White Dead-nettle Lamium album Wild Basil * Clinopodium vulgare Wild Carrot Daucus carota Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus Yarrow Achillea millefolium