MSc Plant Diversity students learning grass ID
Since Monday the MSc Plant Diversity group has been travelling along the southern coast of England on its Summer Term field trip. After 5 nights in youth hostels in Dorset and Devon we have now settled in static caravans at the Lizard Peninsular in southern Cornwall. Each day we have been compiling a species-seen list and studying the vegetation type of the area.
MSc Plant Diversity Field Course 2015 starting in Reading on Monday 20th April
Today, Sunday, we walked the heathland and meadows near our caravan park which are on serpentine soils, something that makes the Lizard Peninsular so interesting to botanists. Today’s species list from a four hour survey is just over 140. Some of them are illustrated in the Gallery below.
Arum maculatum (Araceae)
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum (Aspleniaceae)
Asplenium scolopendrium (Aspleniaceae)
Anthriscus sylvestris (Apiaceae)
Allium triquetrum (Amaryllidaceae)
Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Asparagaceae)
Callitriche stagnalis (Plantaginaceae)
Carex flacca (Cyperaceae)
Carex demissa (Cyperaceae)
Carex pendula (Cyperaceae)
Carlina vulgaris (Asteraceae)
Chamaemelum nobile (Asteraceae)
Cirsium palustre (Asteraceae)
Cardamine pratensis (Brassicaceae)
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (Iridaceae)
Crassula tillaea (Crassulaceae)
Eupatorium cannabinum (Asteraceae)
Filipendula vulgaris (Rosaceae)
Geranium robertianum (Geraniaceae)
Hedera sp. (Araliaceae)
Juncus bulbosus (Juncaceae)
Lamium galeobdolon subsp. argentatum (Lamiaceae)
Luzula multiflora (Juncaceae)
Orchis mascula (Orchidaceae)
Pedicularis sylvatica (Orobanchaceae)
Potentilla erecta (Rosaceae)
Prunus spinosa (Rosaceae)
Polygala serpyllifolia (Polygalaceae)
Ranunculus hederaceus (Ranunculaceae)
Rumex sanguineus (Polygonaceae)
Ruscus aculeatus (Asparagaceae)
Salix caprea (Salicaceae)
Samolus valerandi (Primulaceae)
Schoenus nigricans (Cyperaceae)
Salix cinerea (Salicaceae)
Scrophularia auriculata (Scrophulariaceae)
Silene dioica (Caryophyllaceae)
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sapindaceae)
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Tamus [Dioscorea] communis (Dioscoreaceae)
Thymus polytrichus (Lamiaceae)
Ulex gallii (Fabaceae)
Ulmus sp. (Ulmaceae)
Ulmus sp. (Ulmaceae)
Valerianella sp. (Caprifoliaceae)
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sapindaceae)
Ajuga reptans (Lamiaceae)
Anagallis arvensis (Primulaceae)
Carex flacca (Cyperaceae)
The species list for those who need it!
| Aspleniaceae | Asplenium adiantum-nigrum | Maidenhair Spleenwort |
| Aspleniaceae | Asplenium scolopendrium | Hart’s-tongue |
| Dennstaedtiaceae | Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris affinis agg. | Scaly Male-fern |
| Dryopteridaceae | Dryopteris dilatata | Broad Buckler-fern |
| Polypodiaceae | Polypodium interjectum ? | Intermediate Polypody |
| Polypodiaceae | Polypodium vulgare | Polypody |
| Cyperaceae | Carex demissa | Yellow sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex flacca | Glaucous Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Carex pendula | Pendulous Sedge |
| Cyperaceae | Schoenus nigricans | Black Bog-rush |
| Dioscoreaceae | Tamus communis | Black Bryony |
| Iridaceae | Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora | Montbretia |
| Iridaceae | Iris foetidissima | Stinking Iris |
| Juncaceae | Juncus bufonius | Toad Rush |
| Juncaceae | Juncus effusus | Soft-rush |
| Juncaceae | Juncus inflexus | Hard Rush |
| Juncaceae | Luzula campestris | Field Wood-rush |
| Juncaceae | Luzula multiflora ssp. congesta | Heath Wood-rush |
| Liliaceae | Allium triquetrum | Three-cornered Garlic |
| Liliaceae | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | Bluebell |
| Liliaceae | Ruscus aculeatus | Butcher’s-broom |
| Orchidaceae | Orchis mascula | Early-purple Orchid |
| Poaceae | Agrostis curtisii | Bristle bent |
| Poaceae | Agrostis stolonifera | Creeping bent |
| Poaceae | Anthoxanthum odoratum | Sweet Vernal-grass |
| Poaceae | Arrhenatherum elatius | False Oat-grass |
| Poaceae | Brachypodium sylvaticum | False-brome |
| Poaceae | Bromus hordeaceus | Soft-brome |
| Poaceae | Cortaderia selloana | Pampas-grass |
| Poaceae | Cynosurus cristatus | Crested Dog’s-tail |
| Poaceae | Dactylis glomerata | Cock’s-foot |
| Poaceae | Danthonia decumbens | Heath grass |
| Poaceae | Deschampsis cespitosa | Tufted hair grass |
| Poaceae | Festuca rubra | Red Fescue |
| Poaceae | Glyceria declinata | Small Sweet-grass |
| Poaceae | Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire-fog |
| Poaceae | Lolium perenne | Perennial Rye-grass |
| Poaceae | Molinia caerulea | Purple Moor-grass |
| Poaceae | Poa annua | Annual Meadow-grass |
| Poaceae | Poa trivialis | Rough Meadow-grass |
| Poaceae | Schedonorus arundinaceus | Tall fescue |
| Aceraceae | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore |
| Apiaceae | Aegopodium podagraria | Ground-elder |
| Apiaceae | Angelica sylvestris | Wild Angelica |
| Apiaceae | Anthriscus sylvestris | Cow Parsley |
| Apiaceae | Heracleum sphondylium | Hogweed |
| Apiaceae | Oenanthe crocata | Hemlock Water-dropwort |
| Apiaceae | Smyrnium olusatrum | Alexanders |
| Araceae | Arum maculatum | Lords-and-Ladies |
| Araliaceae | Hedera helix/hibernica | Ivy |
| Asteraceae | Bellis perennis | Daisy |
| Asteraceae | Carlina vulgaris | Carline Thistle |
| Asteraceae | Centaurea nigra | Common Knapweed |
| Asteraceae | Chamaemelum nobile | Chamomile |
| Asteraceae | Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle |
| Asteraceae | Cirsium palustre | Marsh Thistle |
| Asteraceae | Cirsium vulgare | Spear Thistle |
| Asteraceae | Crepis capillaris | Smooth Hawk’s-beard |
| Asteraceae | Eupatorium cannabinum | Hemp-agrimony |
| Asteraceae | Hypochaeris radicata | Cat’s-ear |
| Asteraceae | Lapsana communis | Nipplewort |
| Asteraceae | Leontodon saxatilis | Lesser Hawkbit |
| Asteraceae | Petasites fragrans | Winter Heliotrope |
| Asteraceae | Pulicaria dysenterica | Common Fleabane |
| Asteraceae | Senecio jacobaea | Common Ragwort |
| Asteraceae | Taraxacum officinale agg. | Dandelion |
| Brassicaceae | Cardamine flexuosa | Wavy Bitter-cress |
| Brassicaceae | Cardamine pratensis | Cuckooflower |
| Buddlejaceae | Buddleja davidii | Butterfly-bush |
| Callitrichaceae | Callitriche stagnalis | Common Water-starwort |
| Caprifoliaceae | Lonicera periclymenum | Honeysuckle |
| Caprifoliaceae | Sambucus nigra | Elder |
| Caryophyllaceae | Cerastium diffusum | Sea mouse-ear |
| Caryophyllaceae | Cerastium fontanum | Common Mouse-ear |
| Caryophyllaceae | Cerastium glomeratum | Sticky Mouse-ear |
| Caryophyllaceae | Montia fontana | Water brickweed |
| Caryophyllaceae | Sagina procumbens | Procumbent Pearlwort |
| Caryophyllaceae | Silene dioica | Red Campion |
| Caryophyllaceae | Stellaria alsine | Bog Stitchwort |
| Caryophyllaceae | Stellaria media | Common Chickweed |
| Clusiaceae | Hypericum androsaemum | Tutsan |
| Crassulaceae | Crassula tillaea | Mossy Stonecrop |
| Crassulaceae | Umbilicus rupestris | Navelwort |
| Ericaceae | Calluna vulgaris | Ling |
| Ericaceae | Erica cinerea | Bell Heather |
| Ericaceae | Erica vagans | Cornish Heath |
| Euphorbiaceae | Mercurialis perennis | Dog’s Mercury |
| Fabaceae | Lotus corniculatus | Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil |
| Fabaceae | Lotus pedunculatus | Greater Bird’s-foot-trefoil |
| Fabaceae | Medicago arabica | Spotted medick |
| Fabaceae | Medicago lupulina | Black Medick |
| Fabaceae | Trifolium repens | White Clover |
| Fabaceae | Ulex europaeus | Gorse |
| Fabaceae | Ulex gallii | Western Gorse |
| Fabaceae | Vicia sativa | Common Vetch |
| Gentianaceae | Centaurium erythraea | Common Centaury |
| Geraniaceae | Erodium cicutarium | Common storksbill |
| Geraniaceae | Geranium dissectum | Cut leaved cranesbill |
| Geraniaceae | Geranium robertianum | Herb-Robert |
| Lamiaceae | Ajuga reptans | Bugle |
| Lamiaceae | Glechoma hederacea | Ground-ivy |
| Lamiaceae | Lamium galeobdolon subsp. argentatum | A Yellow Archangel |
| Lamiaceae | Prunella vulgaris | Selfheal |
| Lamiaceae | Teucrium scorodonia | Wood Sage |
| Lamiaceae | Thymus polytrichus | Thyme |
| Linaceae | Linum bienne | Pale Flax |
| Onagraceae | Circaea lutetiana | Enchanter’s-nightshade |
| Orobanchaceae | Pedicularis sylvatica | Lousewort |
| Plantaginaceae | Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago coronopus | Buck’s-horn Plantain |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort Plantain |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago major | Greater Plantain |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantago maritima | Sea Plantain |
| Plantaginaceae | Veronica montana | Wood Speedwell |
| Plantaginaceae | Veronica serpyllifolia | Thyme-leaved Speedwell |
| Polygalaceae | Polygala serpyllifolia | Heath Milkwort |
| Polygonaceae | Rumex acetosa | Common Sorrel |
| Polygonaceae | Rumex acetosella | Sheep’s Sorrel |
| Polygonaceae | Rumex obtusifolius | Broad-leaved Dock |
| Polygonaceae | Rumex sanguineus | Wood Dock |
| Primulaceae | Anagallis arvensis | Scarlet Pimpernel |
| Primulaceae | Primula vulgaris | Primrose |
| Primulaceae | Samolus valerandi | Brookweed |
| Ranunculaceae | Ficaria verna | Lesser Celandine |
| Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus acris | Meadow Buttercup |
| Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus flammula | Lesser Spearwort |
| Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus hederaceus | Ivy-leaved Crowfoot |
| Ranunculaceae | Ranunculus repens | Creeping Buttercup |
| Rosaceae | Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn |
| Rosaceae | Filipendula ulmaria | Meadowsweet |
| Rosaceae | Filipendula vulgaris | Dropwort |
| Rosaceae | Geum urbanum | Wood Avens |
| Rosaceae | Potentilla erecta | Tormentil |
| Rosaceae | Prunus spinosa | Blackthorn |
| Rubiaceae | Galium album | Hedge Bedstraw |
| Rubiaceae | Galium aparine | Cleavers |
| Rubiaceae | Rubia peregrina | Wild Madder |
| Salicaceae | Salix caprea | Goat Willow |
| Salicaceae | Salix cinerea | Grey Willow |
| Salicaceae | Salix repens | Creeping Willow |
| Sapindaceae | Aesculus hippocastanum | Horse-chestnut |
| Scrophulariaceae | Scrophularia auriculata | Water Figwort |
| Ulmaceae | Ulmus minor ? | Small-leaved Elm |
| Urticaceae | Urtica dioica | Common Nettle |
| Valerianaceae | Valerianella sp | Corn-salad |
| Violaceae | Viola reichenbachiana | Early Dog-violet |
| Violaceae | Viola riviniana | Common Dog-violet |
Tomorrow we visit Lizard Point to look at Fabaceae species.
Nice post thanks, was a great trip! Can you clarify which nomenclature you are following, some of these names and families are different from Stace (2010) which Dr M follows!