21st July 2019
Leader : Ken Balkow
Attendees :
Ken Balkow
Peter Burton
Les Coe
Nora Boyle (Doncaster Naturalists' Society)
David Swales (Barnsley Naturalists')
Apologies :
Louise Hill
John Scott
The Trans Pennine Trail follows the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal between Meadowhall and Rotherham. A map is available here.
The group met at 10am at Meadowhall South tram stop to begin the survey, travelling along the canal and river tow path terminating at Rotherham railway station at 3pm enjoying a rain free warm day. The path is a hard surface all the way with not too many walkers and cyclist being encountered.
The are around the tram stop is botanical very rich; we recorded 34 species before reaching the canal towpath
Tetrad SK3990 Meadowhall to Tinsley Forge Bridge No 1
Accepted Taxon
|
Common Name
|
Location Description
|
Achillea millefolium
|
Yarrow
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Achillea millefolium
|
Yarrow (Pink var.)
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Agrimonia eupatoria
|
Agrimony
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Anisantha sterilis
|
Barren Brome
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Arrhenatherum elatius
|
False Oat-grass
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Artemisia vulgaris
|
Mugwort
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Bidens tripartita
|
Trifid Bur-marigold
|
Canal edge
|
Bromus hordeaceus
|
Soft Brome
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Buddleja davidii
|
Butterfly Bush
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Calystegia silvatica
|
Large Bindweed
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Centaurea scabiosa
|
Greater Knapweed
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Chaenomeles japonica
|
Japanese Quince
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Chenopodium ficifolium
|
Fig-leaved Goosefoot
|
Canal towpath
|
Clinopodium vulgare
|
Wild Basil
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Convolvulus arvensis
|
Field Bindweed
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Dipsacus fullonum
|
Wild Teasel
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Equisetum arvense
|
Field Horsetail
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Erigeron acer
|
Blue Fleabane
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Fallopia baldschuanica
|
Russian Vine
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Foeniculum vulgare
|
Fennel
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Galega officinalis
|
Goat's Rue
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Galium mollugo
|
Hedge Bedstraw
|
Canal towpath
|
Geranium pratense
|
Meadow Cranesbill
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Glyceria maxima
|
Reed Sweet-grass
|
Canal
|
Hirschfeldia incana
|
Hoary Mustard
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Hypericum perforatum
|
Perforate St. John's Wort
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Knautia arvensis
|
Field Scabious
|
Canal towpath
|
Lolium perenne
|
Perennial Ryegrass
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Lycopus europaeus
|
Gipsywort
|
Canal edge
|
Malva moschata
|
Musk Mallow
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Malva sylvestris
|
Common Mallow
|
Canal towpath
|
Matricaria chamomilla
|
Scented Mayweed
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Melilotus officinale
|
Ribbed Melilot
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Origanum vulgare
|
Marjoram
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Papaver rhoeas
|
Shirley Poppy
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Potamogeton natans
|
Broad-leaved Pondweed
|
Canal
|
Robinia pseudacacia
|
False Acacia
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Saponaria officinalis
|
Soapwort
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
Scutellaria galericulata
|
Skullcap
|
Canal towpath
|
Senecio squalidus
|
Oxford Ragwort
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Senecio inaequidens
|
Narrow-leaved Ragwort
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Silene latifolia
|
White Campion
|
Path from tram stop to canal
|
Sinapis arvensis
|
Charlock
|
Canal towpath
|
Sisymbrium offinale
|
Hedge Mustard
|
Canal towpath
|
Stachys palustris
|
Marsh Woundwort
|
Canal edge
|
Stachys sylvatica
|
Hedge Woundwort
|
Canal edge
|
Tanacetum vulgare
|
Tansy
|
Canal towpath
|
Vicia villosa
|
Fodder Vetch
|
Meadowhall tram stop
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
Tetrad SK3991
Accepted Taxon
|
Common Name
|
Location Description
|
Agrostis stolonifera
|
Creeping Bent
|
Canal towpath
|
Aster sp.
|
Aster sp.
|
.
|
Atriplex prostrata
|
Spear-leaved Orache
|
Canal edge
|
Bellis perennis
|
Daisy
|
Grass verge on towpath
|
Butomus umbellatus
|
Flowering Rush
|
Canal
|
Carex otrubae
|
False Fox Sedge
|
Canal side
|
Carex remota
|
Remote Sedge
|
Canal edge
|
Catapodium rigidum
|
Fern Grass
|
Canal edge
|
Centaurium erythraea
|
Common Centaury
|
Canal edge
|
Conyza canadensis
|
Canadian Fleabane
|
.
|
Crepis capillaris
|
Smooth Hawksbeard
|
.
|
Epilobium ciliatum
|
American Willowherb (white form)
|
Canal side
|
Epilobium montanum
|
Broad-leaved Willowherb
|
.
|
Epilobium parviflorum
|
Hoary Willowherb
|
.
|
Erodium cicutarium
|
Common Storksbill
|
side of tow path
|
Fallopia japonica
|
Japanese Knotweed
|
.
|
Forsythia suspensa
|
Forsythia
|
.
|
Geranium lucidum
|
Shining Cranesbill
|
.
|
Geranium pusillum
|
Small-flowered Cranesbill
|
.
|
Geum urbanum
|
Herb Bennet
|
Canal towpath
|
Helminthotheca echioides
|
Bristly Oxtongue
|
Canal towpath
|
Hirschfeldia incana
|
Hoary Mustard
|
.
|
Hypochaeris radicata
|
Catsear
|
.
|
Iberis umbellata
|
Garden Candytuft
|
.
|
Lepidium latifolium
|
Dittander
|
edge of canal wall
|
Linaria maroccana
|
Garden Toadflax
|
Canal towpath
|
Linaria purpurea
|
Purple Toadflax
|
.
|
Linaria vulgaris
|
Common Toadflax
|
.
|
Malva trimestris
|
Royal Mallow
|
.
|
Medicago lupulina
|
Black Medick
|
.
|
Nasturtium officinale agg
|
Watercress
|
In canal
|
Odontites vernus
|
Red Bartsia
|
.
|
Salix alba
|
White Willow
|
.
|
Scrophularia auriculata
|
Water Figwort
|
.
|
Sedum album
|
White Stonecrop
|
.
|
Senecio jacobaea
|
Common Ragwort
|
.
|
Stachys palustris
|
Marsh Woundwort
|
Canal side
|
Torilis japonica
|
Upright Hedge-parsley
|
.
|
Trifolium campestre
|
Hop Trefoil
|
.
|
Vicia hirsuta
|
Hairy Tare
|
.
|
Vulpia myuros
|
Ratstail Fescue
|
Canal edge
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
Tetrad SK4091
Accepted Taxon
|
Common Name
|
Location Description
|
Brachypodium sylvaticum
|
Wood False Brome
|
.
|
Cirsium arvense
|
Creeping Thistle
|
.
|
Conium maculatum
|
Hemlock
|
.
|
Crataegus monogyna
|
Hawthorn
|
.
|
Elytrigia repens
|
Common Couch
|
.
|
Equisetum arvense
|
Field Horsetail
|
.
|
Hedera colchica
|
Persian Ivy
|
.
|
Helminthotheca echioides
|
Bristly Oxtongue
|
.
|
Hirschfeldia incana
|
Hoary Mustard
|
.
|
Lactuca virosa
|
Great Lettuce
|
.
|
Lapsana communis
|
Nipplewort
|
.
|
Leucanthemum vulgare
|
Ox-eye Daisy
|
.
|
Lotus corniculatus
|
Birdsfoot Trefoil
|
.
|
Medicago lupulina
|
Black Medick
|
.
|
Reseda luteola
|
Weld
|
.
|
Salix fragiis
|
Crack Willow
|
.
|
Salix viminalis
|
Osier
|
.
|
Saponaria officinalis
|
Soapwort
|
.
|
Senecio jacobaea
|
Common Ragwort
|
.
|
Silene dioica
|
Red Campion
|
.
|
Sonchus asper
|
Rough Sow-thistle
|
.
|
Stachys sylvatica
|
Hedge Woundwort
|
.
|
Tragopogon pratensis
|
Goatsbeard
|
.
|
Tripleurospermum inodorum
|
Scentless Mayweed
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
Tetrad SK4092
Accepted Taxon
|
Common Name
|
Location Description
|
Achillea millefolium
|
Yarrow
|
.
|
Agrostis capillaris
|
Common Bent
|
.
|
Alisma lanceolata
|
Narrow-leaved Water-plantain
|
in canal
|
Alnus glutinosa
|
Alder
|
.
|
Angelica sylvestris
|
Wild Angelica
|
.
|
Apium nodiflorum
|
Fool's Watercress
|
in canal
|
Arrhenatherum elatius
|
False Oat-grass
|
.
|
Artemisia vulgaris
|
Mugwort
|
.
|
Atriplex prostrata
|
Spear-leaved Orache
|
in canal
|
Bromus hordeaceus
|
Soft Brome
|
.
|
Buddleja davidii
|
Butterfly Bush
|
.
|
Calystegia sepium
|
Hedge Bindweed
|
.
|
Calystegia silvatica
|
Large Bindweed
|
.
|
Carex remota
|
Remote Sedge
|
canal side
|
Cerastium fontanum
|
Mouse-ear Chickweed
|
.
|
Circaea lutetiana
|
Enchanter's Nightshade
|
.
|
Convolvulus arvensis
|
Field Bindweed
|
.
|
Crepis capillaris
|
Smooth Hawksbeard
|
.
|
Dactylis glomerata
|
Cocksfoot
|
.
|
Dipsacus fullonum
|
Wild Teasel
|
.
|
Elytrigia repens
|
Common Couch
|
.
|
Epilobium ciliatum
|
American Willowherb
|
.
|
Epilobium hirsutum
|
Great Willowherb
|
.
|
Equisetum arvense
|
Field Horsetail
|
.
|
Filipendula ulmaria
|
Meadowsweet
|
.
|
Geranium dissectum
|
Cut-leaved Cranesbill
|
.
|
Geranium pyrenaicum
|
Hedgerow Cranesbill
|
.
|
Geranium robertianum
|
Herb Robert
|
.
|
Geum urbanum
|
Herb Bennet
|
.
|
Glyceria maxima
|
Reed Sweet-grass
|
.
|
Helminthotheca echioides
|
Bristly Oxtongue
|
.
|
Heracleum sphondylium
|
Hogweed
|
.
|
Humulus lupulus
|
Hop
|
canal side
|
Hydrocharis morus-ranae
|
Frogbit
|
In canal
|
Hypericum perforatum
|
Perforate St. John's Wort
|
.
|
Lamium album
|
White Dead-nettle
|
.
|
Lathyrus pratensis
|
Meadow Vetchling
|
.
|
Lemna minor
|
Common Duckweed
|
in canal
|
Leontodon hispidus
|
Autumn Hawkbit
|
.
|
Leucanthemum vulgare
|
Ox-eye Daisy
|
.
|
Ligustrum vulgare
|
Wild Privet
|
.
|
Linaria vulgaris
|
Common Toadflax
|
.
|
Lotus pedunculatus
|
Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil
|
.
|
Malva sylvestris
|
Common Mallow
|
.
|
Matricaria discoidea
|
Pineappleweed
|
.
|
Medicago lupulina
|
Black Medick
|
.
|
Myosotis arvensis
|
Field Forgetmenot
|
.
|
Myrrhis odorata
|
Sweet Cicely
|
.
|
Odontites vernus
|
Red Bartsia
|
.
|
Plantago lanceolata
|
Ribwort Plantain
|
.
|
Poa trivialis
|
Rough Meadow-grass
|
.
|
Potamogeton natans
|
Broad-leaved Pondweed
|
in canal
|
Potentilla reptans
|
Creeping Cinquefoil
|
.
|
Prunella vulgaris
|
Self-heal
|
.
|
Pteridium aquilinum
|
Bracken
|
.
|
Rorippa palustris
|
Marsh Yellow-cress
|
in canal
|
Rumex conglomeratus
|
Clustered Dock
|
canal side
|
Rumex crispus
|
Curled Dock
|
.
|
Rumex obtusifolius
|
Broad-leaved Dock
|
.
|
Rumex sanguineus
|
Wood Dock
|
canal side
|
Salix fragilis
|
Crack Willow
|
.
|
Saponaria officinalis
|
Soapwort
|
.
|
Scrophularia nodosa
|
Common Figwort
|
.
|
Senecio jacobaea
|
Common Ragwort
|
.
|
Silene dioica
|
Red Campion
|
.
|
Sparganium emersum
|
Unbranched Bur-reed
|
.
|
Spirodela polyrhiza
|
Greater Duckweed
|
In canal
|
Stachys palustris
|
Marsh Woundwort
|
.
|
Symphoricarpos albus
|
Snowberry
|
.
|
Tanacetum parthenium
|
Feverfew
|
.
|
Teucrium scorodonia
|
Wood Sage
|
.
|
Tragopogon pratensis
|
Tragopogon pratensis
|
.
|
Trifolium medium
|
Zigzag Clover
|
.
|
Trifolium pratense
|
Red Clover
|
.
|
Trifolium repens
|
White Clover
|
.
|
Typha latifolia
|
Bulrush
|
In drainage ditch
|
Veronica montana
|
Wood Speedwell
|
.
|
Vicia cracca
|
Tufted Vetch
|
.
|
Vicia sativa
|
Common Vetch
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
Tetrad SK4192
Accepted Taxon
|
Common Name
|
Location Description
|
Achillea millefolium
|
Yarrow
|
.
|
Agrostis capillaris
|
Common Bent
|
on canal wall
|
Alisma gramineum
|
Narrow-leaved Water Plantain
|
Tow path
|
Amsinckia micrantha
|
Common Fiddleneck
|
.
|
Anagallis arvensis
|
Scarlet Pimpernel
|
.
|
Arctium minus
|
Lesser Burdock
|
.
|
Arenaria serpyllifolia
|
Thyme-leaved Sandwort
|
.
|
Armoracia rusticana
|
Horse-radish
|
.
|
Artemisia vulgaris
|
Mugwort
|
.
|
Aster agg.
|
Michaelmas Daisy
|
.
|
Bellis perennis
|
Daisy
|
.
|
Borago officinalis
|
Borage
|
.
|
Buddleja davidii
|
Butterfly Bush
|
.
|
Calystegia silvatica
|
Large Bindweed
|
.
|
Chamerion angustifolium
|
Rosebay
|
.
|
Chenopodium album
|
Fat Hen
|
.
|
Clematis vitalba
|
Traveller's Joy
|
.
|
Convolvulus arvensis
|
Field Bindweed
|
.
|
Dryopteris filix-mas
|
Male Fern
|
.
|
Epilobium ciliatum
|
American Willowherb
|
.
|
Epilobium hirsutum
|
Great Willowherb
|
.
|
Equisetum arvense
|
Field Horsetail
|
.
|
Euphorbia helioscopia
|
Sun Spurge
|
.
|
Fallopia japonica
|
Japanese Knotweed
|
.
|
Filipendula ulmaria
|
Meadowsweet
|
.
|
Galega officinalis
|
Goat's Rue
|
.
|
Geranium × oxonianum ‘Claridge Druce’
|
Druce Cranesbill
|
.
|
Geranium robertianum
|
Herb Robert
|
.
|
Glyceria maxima
|
Reed Sweet-grass
|
.
|
Helminthotheca echioides
|
Bristly Oxtongue
|
.
|
Heracleum sphondylium
|
Hogweed
|
.
|
Hirschfeldia incana
|
Hoary Mustard
|
.
|
Hydrocharis morus-ranae
|
Frogbit
|
.
|
Lactuca serriola
|
Prickly Lettuce
|
.
|
Leontodon saxatilis
|
Lesser Hawkbit
|
.
|
Lepidium didymum
|
Lesser Swine-cress
|
.
|
Lepidium latifolium
|
Dittander
|
.
|
Linaria vulgaris
|
Common Toadflax
|
.
|
Malva sylvestris
|
Common Mallow
|
.
|
Matricaria chamomilla
|
Scented Mayweed
|
.
|
Matricaria discoidea
|
Pineappleweed
|
.
|
Melilotus officinalis
|
Ribbed Melilot
|
.
|
Myrrhis odorata
|
Sweet Cicely
|
.
|
Odontites vernus
|
Red Bartsia
|
.
|
Oenothera glazioviana
|
Large-flowered Evening Primrose
|
.
|
Papaver rhoeas
|
Common Poppy
|
.
|
Parietaria judaica
|
Pellitory of the Wall
|
.
|
Pastinaca sativa
|
Wild Parsnip
|
.
|
Pentaglottis sempervirens
|
Green Alkanet
|
.
|
Persicaria lapathifolia
|
Pale Persicaria
|
.
|
Persicaria maculosa
|
Redleg
|
.
|
Pimpinella major
|
Greater Burnet-saxifrage
|
.
|
Plantago lanceolata
|
Ribwort Plantain
|
.
|
Plantago major
|
Greater Plantain
|
.
|
Pteridium aquilinum
|
Bracken
|
.
|
Reseda lutea
|
Wild Mignonette
|
.
|
Reseda luteola
|
Weld
|
.
|
Rumex obtusifolius
|
Broad-leaved Dock
|
.
|
Saponaria officinalis
|
Soapwort
|
.
|
Senecio inaequidens
|
Narrow-leaved Ragwort
|
.
|
Senecio jacobaea
|
Common Ragwort
|
.
|
Senecio squalidus
|
Oxford Ragwort
|
.
|
Silene latifolia
|
White Campion
|
.
|
Sisymbrium offinale
|
Hedge Mustard
|
.
|
Solanum dulcamara
|
Bittersweet
|
.
|
Sonchus asper
|
Prickly Sowthistle
|
.
|
Sorbus aucuparia
|
Rowan
|
.
|
Sparganium erectum
|
Branched Bur-reed
|
canal edge
|
Symphoricarpos x chenaultii
|
Coralberry
|
.
|
Tanacetum vulgare
|
Tansy
|
.
|
Trifolium campestre
|
Hop Trefoil
|
.
|
Trifolium repens
|
White Clover
|
.
|
Verbascum pulverulentum
|
Hoary Mullein
|
.
|
Verbascum thapsus
|
Great Mullein
|
.
|
Veronica persica
|
Common Field Speedwell
|
.
|
Vicia hirsuta
|
Hairy Tare
|
.
|
Vicia sativa
|
Common Vetch
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
Tetrad SK4292
Accepted Taxon
|
Common Name
|
Location Description
|
Acer platanoides
|
Norway Maple
|
.
|
Angelica sylvestris
|
Wild Angelica
|
on canal wall
|
Aster agg.
|
Michaelmas Daisy
|
.
|
Buddleja davidii
|
Butterfly Bush
|
.
|
Centranthus ruber
|
Red Valerian
|
.
|
Chenopodium rubrum
|
Red Goosefoot
|
.
|
Cirsium vulgare
|
Spear Thistle
|
Canal side
|
Cytisus scoparius
|
Broom
|
.
|
Daucus carota
|
Wild Carrot
|
.
|
Epilobium ciliatum
|
American Willowherb
|
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Epilobium hirsutum
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Great Willowherb
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Equisetum arvense
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Field Horsetail
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Ficus carica
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Fig
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Hirschfeldia incana
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Hoary Mustard
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Humulus lupulus
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Hop
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Leontodon saxatilis
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Lesser Hawkbit
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Malva sylvestris
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Common Mallow
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Medicago lupulina
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Black Medick
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Mycelis muralis
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Wall lettuce
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Canal side
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Oenanthe crocata
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Hemlock Water Dropwort
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on canal wall
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Papaver rhoeas
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Common Poppy
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Pastinaca sativa
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Wild Parsnip
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Polypogon viridis
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Water Bent
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roadside gutter
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Reseda luteola
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Weld
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Sagina filicaulis
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Slender Pearwort
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roadside gutter
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Senecio inaequidens
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Narrow-leaved Ragwort
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Senecio jacobaea
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Common Ragwort
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Senecio squalidus
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Oxford Ragwort
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Sisymbrium orientale
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Eastern Rocket
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Sonchus arvensis
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Corn Sow-thistle
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Stachys palustris
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Marsh Woundwort
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Ulex europaeus
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Gorse
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Urtica urens
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Small Nettle
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