David Newman's Plant List

This is David's list of 87 plants from his article "A Regular Walk" in the April issue of the Hunton Herald

Scientific Name

 English Name

Acer campestre

Field Maple

Achillea millefolium

Yarrow

Aegopodium podagraria

Ground-elder

Agrostis capillaris

Common Bent

Alliaria petiolata

Garlic Mustard

Anisantha sterilis

Barren Brome

Anthriscus sylvestris

Cow Parsley

Armoracia rusticana

Horse-radish

Arrhenatherum elatius

False Oat-grass

Artemisia vulgaris

Mugwort

Arum maculatum

Lords-and-Ladies

Atriplex prostrata

Spear-leaved Orache

Avena fatua

Wild-oat

Barbarea vulgaris

Winter-cress

Bellis perennis

Daisy

Berula erecta

Lesser Water-parsnip

Callitriche stagnalis sens. lat.

Common Water-starwort

Calystegia sepium

Hedge Bindweed

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Shepherd's-purse

Cardamine hirsuta

Hairy Bitter-cress

Carex otrubae

False Fox-sedge

Centaurea nigra

Common Knapweed

Cerastium fontanum

Common Mouse-ear

Cirsium arvense

Creeping Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Spear Thistle

Convolvulus arvensis

Field Bindweed

Cornus sanguinea

Dogwood

Coronopus squamatus

Swine-cress

Corylus avellana

Hazel

Crataegus monogyna

Hawthorn

Elytrigia repens

Common Couch

Epilobium hirsutum

Great Willowherb

Filipendula ulmaria

Meadowsweet

Galium aparine

Cleavers

Galium mollugo

Hedge Bedstraw

Geranium dissectum

Cut-leaved Crane's-bill

Glechoma hederacea

Ground-ivy

Hedera helix

Ivy

Heracleum sphondylium

Hogweed

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Bluebell

Hypericum perforatum

Perforate St John's-wort

Lactuca serriola

Prickly Lettuce

Lamium album

White Dead-nettle

Lamium purpureum

Red Dead-nettle

Lapsana communis

Nipplewort

Lathyrus pratensis

Meadow Vetchling

Lemna trisulca

Ivy-leaved Duckweed

Lolium perenne

Perennial Rye-grass

Lotus corniculatus

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

Malva sylvestris

Common Mallow

Matricaria recutita

Scented Mayweed

Medicago arabica

Spotted Medick

Oenanthe crocata

Hemlock Water-dropwort

Phalaris arundinacea

Reed Canary-grass

Picris echioides

Bristly Oxtongue

Plantago lanceolata

Ribwort Plantain

Plantago major

Greater Plantain

Poa trivialis

Rough Meadow-grass

Potentilla anserina

Silverweed

Potentilla reptans

Creeping Cinquefoil

Prunus spinosa

Blackthorn

Ranunculus repens

Creeping Buttercup

Rosa canina

Dog-rose

Rubus fruticosus agg.

Brambles

Rumex acetosa

Common Sorrel

Rumex obtusifolius

Broad-leaved Dock

Rumex sanguineus

Wood Dock

Salix caprea

Goat Willow

Sambucus nigra

Elder

Scrophularia nodosa

Common Figwort

Senecio jacobaea

Common Ragwort

Senecio vulgaris

Groundsel

Silene dioica

Red Campion

Sisymbrium officinale

Hedge Mustard

Sonchus arvensis

Perennial Sow-thistle

Sonchus oleraceus

Smooth Sow-thistle

Spergularia marina

Lesser Sea-spurrey

Stellaria holostea

Greater Stitchwort

Tamus communis

Black Bryony

Taraxacum agg.

Dandelions

Tragopogon pratensis

Goat's-beard

Trifolium pratense

Red Clover

Trifolium repens

White Clover

Ulmus procera

English Elm

Urtica dioica

Common Nettle

Veronica chamaedrys

Germander Speedwell

Veronica persica

Common Field-speedwell