Compiled with assistance from Mike Betteridge, Steve Joul, Gwen Leach, Judy Howells, Adam Bull, and the Natural History Museum, London.
This page includes information on all the plant life found in Gledhow Valley Woods. At present there are details of 186 species of plants listed in alphabetical order by common name...
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Alternate Leaved Golden Saxifrage
Chrysosplenium alternifolium
Annual Meadow Grass
Poa annua
Ash
Fraxinus excelsior
Bearded Couch Grass
Elymus caninus
Blackberry; Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
Bluebell (cross native/spanish)
Hyacinthoides non-scripta x Hyacinthoides hispanica
Bluebell (native)
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Borage
Borago officinalis
Broad Buckler Fern
Dryopteris dilatata
Broad-leaved Dock
Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Willowherb
Epilobium montanum
Bugle
Ajuga reptans
Bush Vetch
Vicia sepium
Cherry Laurel
Prunus laurocerasus
Cock's Foot
Dactylis glomerata
Colt's Foot
Tussilago farfara
Columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris
Common Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Common Ash
Fraxinus excelsior
Common Beech
Fagus sylvatica
Common Bent
Agrostis capillaris
Common Bistort
Polygonum bistorta
Common Chickweed
Stellaria media
Common Couch Grass
Elymus repens
Common Daisy
Bellis perennis
Common Ivy
Hedera helix
Common Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
Common Lime
Tilia x vulgaris
Common Mallow
Malva sylvestris
Common Nettle
Urtica dioica
Common Privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Common Ragwort
Senecio jacobaea
Common Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
Common Vetch
Vicia sativa
Cornflower
Cow Parsley; Queen Anne's Lace
Anthriscus sylvestris
Crab Apple
Malus sylvestris
Crack Willow
Salix fragilis
Creeping Buttercup
Ranunculus repens
Creeping Soft-grass
Holcus mollis
Creeping Thistle
Cirsium arvense
Cuckoo Flower
Cardamine praten
Curled Dock
Rumex crispus
Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
Devil's Bit Scabious
Succisa pratensis
Dog's Mercury
Mercurialis perennis
Domestic Apple
Malus sp.
Downy Birch
Betula pubescens
Elder
Sambucus nigra
Enchanter's Nightshade
Circaea lutetiana
English Elm
Ulmus procera
English Oak; Pedunculate Oak
Quercus robur
False Brome
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Few Leaved Hawkweed
Hieracium murorum
Feverfew
Tanacetum parthenium
Field Forget-me-not
Myosotis arvensis
Field Maple
Acer campestre
Field Rose
Rosa arvensis
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Garden Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum x hybridum
Garlic Mustard; Jack-by-the-hedge
Alliaria petiolata
Germander Speedwell
Veronica chamaedrys
Giant Fescue
Festuca gigantea
Gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa
Goose Grass; Cleavers
Galium aparine
Great Willowherb
Epilobium hirsutum
Great Woodrush
Luzula sylvatica
Greater Periwinkle
Vinca major
Greater Plantain; Rat's Tail
Plantago major
Green Alkanet
Pentaglottis sempervirens
Ground Elder; Goutweed
Aegopodium podagaria
Groundsel
Senecio vulgaris
Guelder Rose
Viburnum opulus
Hairy Bamboo
Sasaella ramosa
Hairy Brome
Bromopsis ramosa
Hairy Woodrush
Luzula pilosa
Hart's Tongue
Asplenium scolopendrium
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
Hazel
Corylus avellana
Hedge Bindweed
Calystegia sepium
Hedge Mustard
Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge Woundwort
Stachys sylvatica
Herb Robert
Geranium robertianun
Hogweed
Heracleum sphondylium
Holly
Ilex Aquifolium
Honesty
Lunaria annua
Hornbeam
Carpinus betulus
Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
Indian Balsam
Impatiens glandulifera
Indian Rhubarb
Darmera peltata
Iris
Iris sp.
Ivy-Leaved Speedwell
Veronica hederifolia
Japanese Knotweed
Fallopia japonica
Japanese Larch
Larix kaempferi
Knotgrass
Polygonum aviculare
Large Flowered Evening Primrose
Oenothera glazioviana
Laburnum
Laburnum anagyroides
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Lady's Mantle
Alchemilla xanthochlora
Lesser Burdock
Arctium minus
Lesser Celandine
Ranunculus ficaria
Lords-and-ladies; Cuckoo Pint
Arum maculatum
Male Fern
Dryopteris filix-mas
Marsh Marigold
Caltha palustris
Meadow Buttercup
Ranunculus acris
Meadow Cranesbill
Geranium pratense
Meadow Foxtail
Alopecurus pratensis
Meadow Vetchling
Lathyrus pratensis
Meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
Mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
Nettle-leaved Bellflower; Throatwort; Huskwort
Campanula trachelium
Nipplewort
Lapsana communis
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulga
Pendulous Sedge
Carex pendula
Perforate St. John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum
Pignut
Conopodium majus
Pineappleweed
Matricaria discoidea
Poppy (Flanders)
Papaver rhoeas
Poplar (hybrid)
Populus x canadensis
Prickly Sow Thistle
Sonchus asper
Primrose
Primula vulgaris
Purple Loostrife
Lythrum salicaria
Pussy Willow; Goat Willow
Salix caprea
Ragged Robin
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Ramsons; Wild garlic
Allium ursinium
Red Campion
Silene dioica
Red clover
Trifolium Pratense
Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
Red Valerian
Centranthus ruber
Rhododendron
Rhododendron ponticum
Ribwort Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Rose-bay Willowherb
Chamerion angustifolium
Rough Hawksbit
Leontodon hispidus
Rough Meadow-grass
Poa trivialis
Rowan; Mountain Ash
Sorbus aucuparia
Scaly Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
Sessile Oak
Quercus petraea
Silver Birch
Betula pendula
Smooth Meadow-grass
Poa pratensis
Smooth Sow Thistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalis
Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum multiflorum
Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Spiraea
Spiraea sp.
Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum
Spreading Bellflower
Campanula patula
Stinging Nettle
Urtica dioica
Swedish Whitebeam
Sorbus intermedia
Sweet Chestnut
Castanea sativa
Sweet Vernal Grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sycamore
Acer pseudoplatanus
Teasel
Dipsacus fullonum
Thyme-leaved Speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia
Timothy
Phleum pratense
Tufted Hair-grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Vetch
Vicia cracca
Tutsan
Hypericum androsaemum
Water Avens
Geum rivale
Wavy Bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa
Wavy Hair-grass
Deschampsia flexuosa
Welsh Poppy
Meconopsis cambrica
Western Balsam Poplar
Populus trichocarpa
Western Red Cedar
Thuja plicata
White Clover
Trifolium repens
Whitebeam
Sorbus aria
Wild Cherry
Prunus avium
Wild Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
Wood Anenome
Anemone nemorosa
Wood Avens; Herb Bennet
Geum urbanum
Wood Dock
Rumex sanguineus
Wood Forget-me-not
Myosotis sylvatica
Wood Melick
Melica uniflora
Wood Millet
Milium effusum
Wood Sedge
Carex sylvatica
Wood Sorrel
Oxalis acetosella
Wych Elm
Ulmus glabra
Yellow Archangel
Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Yellow Flag
Iris pseudacorus
Yellow Pimpernel
Lysimachia nemorum
Yellow/American Skunk Cabbage
Lysichiton americanus
Yew
Taxus baccata
Yorkshire Fog Grass
Holcus lanatus
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