Flora & Plantlife
Our grassland is home to some of the UK's most cherished and beautiful wildflowers from striking bee orchids to the corky fruited water drop-wort.
Our recent botanical survey undertaken by Green Ecology (May/June 2017) has identified over 200 species; some of which are listed below
- Common Fleabane
- Dyer's Greenwood
- Greater Butterfly Orchid
- Common Spotted Orchid
- Early Marsh Orchid
- Early Purple Orchid
- Bee Orchid
- Pyramidal Orchid
- Adders Tongue Fern
- Southern Marsh Orchid
- Twayblade Orchid
- Green Winged Orchid
- Primrose
- Bluebell
- Yellow Rattle
- Cowslip
- Sallow
- Cuckoo Flower
- Hoary Plantain
- Ribwort Plantain
- Ox-Eye Daisy
- Allium (Wild onion/Garlic/Chive)
- Knapweed
- St Johns Wort
- Meadow foxtail
- Betonica officinalis (Betony)
- Campanula glomerata (Clustered Bellflower)
- Lotus corniculatus (Birdsfoot Trefoil)
- Helianthemum nummularium (Common Rock-rose
- Filipendula vulgaris (Dropwort)
- Succisa pratensis (Devil's-bit Scabious)
- Euphrasia officinalis (Eyebright)
- Centaurea scabiosa (Greater knapweed)
- Scabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious)
- Festuca ovina (Sheep's Fescue)
- Cynosurus cristatus (Crested Dogstail)
- Phleum bertolonii (Smaller Cat's-tail)
- Poa pratensis (Smooth-stalked Meadow-grass)
- Festuca rubra (Slender Red Fescue)
- Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent)
- Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass)
- Lotus corniculatus (Birdsfoot Trefoil)
- Trifolium pratense (Wild Red Clover)
- Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
- Grass Vetchling
- Common Sedge
- Carnation Sedge
- Spindle
- Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell)
- Plantago media (Hoary Plantain)
- Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch)
- Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw)
- Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram)
- Leontodon hispidus (Rough Hawkbit)
- Poterium sanguisorba ssp sanguisorba (Salad Burnet)
- Hazel
- Dogwood
- Field Maple
- Wayfaring Tree
- Wild Privet
- Hawthorn
- Blackthorn
- Common Buckhorn
- Elm
- Horse Chestnut
- Burnet Saxifrage
- Yellow Wort
- Glaucous Sedge
- Ancient Oaks
- Sunflower
- Millet
- Sorghum
- Triticale
- Quinoa
- Linseed
- Corky fruited water drop-wort
- Agrimonia eupatoria (Agrimony)
- Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal)
- Daucus carota (Wild Carrot)
- Centaurea nigra (Common Knapweed)
- Clinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil)
- Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower)
- Glebionis segetum (Corn Marigold)
- Agrostemma githago (Corn Cockle)
- Anthemis arvensis (Corn Chamomile)
- Papaver rhoeas (Common Poppy)
- Bupleurum rotundifolium (Thorow-wax)
- Dipsacus fullonum (Teasel)
- Tragopogon spp.(Goats Beard)
- Ajuga reptans (Bugle)
- Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling)
- Wooly Thistle
- Slender Tare
- Black Knapweed
- Greater Knapweed