TOTTERIDGE  FIELDS  NATURE  RESERVE
             
RELATIVE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF VASCULAR PLANTS
Updated August 2006
Common Name Latin Name Reserve Fields
    Hen Mead (F1) Nearer Slay Lands (F2) Nutt Field (F3)
    Field Hedge/border Field Hedge/border Field Hedge/border
Alder Alnus glutinosa   r   r    
American Willowherb (26/7/06) Epilobium ciliatum         r  pond  
Ash Fraxinus excelsior     o   o  
Autumn Hawkbit Leontodon autumnalis o          
Beech Fagus sylvatica           o
Bindweed Calystegia sepia   o        
Bird's-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus   o   o   o
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara           o
Black Bryony Tamus communis     *   *  
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa   a   a   a
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta   o        
Bog Stitchwort Stellaria uliginosa o o o   o  
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum   o        
Bramble Rubus fruticosus r f   a o a
Bristly Oxtongue Picris echioides         o  
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata           *
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius o   o   f  
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga         o  pond  
Bugle Ajuga reptans o          
Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus o          
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata o   o      
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus           *
Cinquefoil (hybrid) Potentilla x mixta       *    
Cleavers Galium aparine   a     o f
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata o f f o f o
Common Bent Agrostis capillaris   d o a o a
Common Couch Elytrigia repens         f  
Common Dog-violet Viola riviniana           o
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa       * o  
Common Hemp-nettle Galeopsis tetrahit           r
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum o   o   o  
Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea   *       o
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa f   o   o  
Common Vetch Vicia sativa o   f   o  
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus o   o   o  
Crab Apple Malus sylvestris   r        
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera     o   f  
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens f o o   f  
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans   f   o   o
Creeping Soft-grass Holcus mollis *          
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense f a f f f f
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus f   f   o  
Crow Garlic (2/7/03) Allium vineale  o          
Curled Dock Rumex crispus o   o   o  
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum   *   *   *
Dandelion Taraxacum sp. o       o  
Dog rose Rosa canina   f   a   a
Dog's Mercury Mercuriolis perennis           *
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea           *
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle         o  
Duckweed Lemna minor         o  pond  
Elder Sambucus nigra   o       o
Elm (English) Ulmus procera   o       o
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius f o o o f  
Field Maple Acer campestre       o   o
Field Rose Rosa arvensis   *   o   *
Floating Sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans         o  pond  
Fool's Watercress Apium nodiflorum         o  pond  
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata   o        
Goat Willow Salix caprea   o   o    
Goat's Beard Tragopogon pratensis o   o   o  
Grass Vetchling (18/6/06) Lathyrus nissolia     o      
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum   o     f  
Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil Lotus pedunculatus     o   *  
Greater Plantain Plantago major            
Greater Salad Burnet (2/7/03) Sanguisorba officinalis r          
Greater Stichwort Stellaria holostea f o f o   o
Grey Alder Alnus incana       r    
Grey Willow Salix cinerea   o     r o
Ground Elder Aegropodium podogaria   *        
Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea         o  
Guelder Rose Viburnum opulus   *   o    
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta         *  
Hard Rush Juncus inflexus     r      
Hardheads Centaurea nigra o r f   f  
Harebell  (garden origin?) Campanula rotundi folia r   r      
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna   f   f   f
Hawthorn (Hybrid) C. monogyna x laevigata   r        
Hazel Corylus avellana   r        
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium f o o   o  
Holly Ilex aquifolium           o
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum       *    
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus   o       o
Ivy Hedera helix   o       o
Jointed Rush Juncus articulatus         o  
Lady's Smock Cardamine pratensis     o   o  
Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis     *   *  
Lesser Stichwort Stellaria graminea o f o f r o
Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium o   o      
Lords and ladies Arum maculatum           *
Male Fern Dryopteris felix-mas           *
Marsh Foxtail Alopeeurus genticularis *       o  
Marsh Woundwort (15/7/02) Stachys palustris         o  pond  
Meadow Barley Hordeum secalinum     *      
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris f   o   o  
Meadow Crane's-bill  (garden origin?) Geranium pratense     o     o
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis f o f   f  
Meadow Sweet Filipendula ulmaria o       f  
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis f o o   o  
Midland Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata   o   o    
Mock Orange Philadelphus sp.           *
Narrow-fruited Water-cress Rorippa microphylla   *     o  pond  
Norway Maple Acer platanoides   *        
Oval Sedge Carex ovalis o   o      
Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare o   f   o  
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus o   o   o  
Pedunculate oak Quercus robur r f o f o f
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula           r
Pepper-saxifrage Silaus silaus         r  
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne o   f   o  
Pignut Conopodium majus o          
Plum Prunus domesticus           *
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper     o      
Ramsons Allium ursinum           *
Red Bartsia Odontites verna     *      
Red Campion Silene dioica   o       o
Red Clover Trifolium pratense o   o r o  
Red Fescue Festuca rubra f   f   f  
Redshank Persicaria maculosa         o  
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata o       o  
Rosebay Willowherb Chamerion angustifolium         f o
Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus         *  
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis *       o  
Rush hybrid   (August '06) Juncus x surrejanus         o  pond  
Russian Comfrey Symphytum x uplandicum       r    
Sedge (hybrid) Carex acuta x nigra         *  
Self Heal Prunella vulgaris f   o   f  
Smaller Cats'-tail Phleum bertolonii f   o   o  
Smooth Tare (30/6/06) Vicia tetrasperma     o      
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica o   o   o  
Soft Rush Juncus effusus         o  
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare o o o   o  
Square-stalked St John's-wort Hypericum tetrapterum         o  pond  
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum         *  
Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica   f   f   f
Stone Parsley (11/5/02) Sison amomum  r          
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum *   *     *
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus   r        
Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea o   f   f  
Timothy Phleum pratense o o o      
Toad Rush Juncus bufonius         *  
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa f o o   f  
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca f o o   o  
Velvet Bent Agrostis canina     o      
Water Crowfoot (11/5/02) Ranunculus aquatilis         o  pond  
Water Plantain Alisima plantago-aquatica         o  pond  
Water Starwort (2000?) Callitriche sp.         o  pond  
White Clover Trifolium repens o   f   f  
White Willow Salix alba       *    
Wild Service Tree Sorbus torminalis   o        
Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus     r o   o
Wood Meadow-grass  Poa nemoralis   *   o   o
Yarrow Achillea millefolium f o f o f o
Yellow Oat-grass Trisetum flavescens o          
Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus a o f   f  
             

             Relative Abundance: d = dominant, a = abundant, f = frequent, o = occasional, r = rare; past records * = location, blank = no location/record

Updated to August 2006 by John Rogers (building on and updating prior records by others including London Ecology Unit, Anthony Vaughan and Diana Griffith).