Monday, 22 July 2019

Meadowhall to Rotherham along the Trans Pennine Trail

Meadowhall to Rotherham along the Trans Pennine Trail
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
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Tetrad SK3991


Accepted Taxon
Common Name
Location Description
Agrostis stolonifera
Creeping Bent
Canal towpath
Aster sp.
Aster sp.
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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
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Iberis umbellata
Garden Candytuft
.
Lepidium latifolium
Dittander
edge of canal wall
Linaria maroccana
Garden Toadflax
Canal towpath
Linaria purpurea
Purple Toadflax
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Linaria vulgaris
Common Toadflax
.
Malva trimestris
Royal Mallow
.
Medicago lupulina
Black Medick
.
Nasturtium officinale agg
Watercress
In canal
Odontites vernus
Red Bartsia
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Salix alba
White Willow
.
Scrophularia auriculata
Water Figwort
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Sedum album
White Stonecrop
.
Senecio jacobaea
Common Ragwort
.
Stachys palustris
Marsh Woundwort
Canal side
Torilis japonica
Upright Hedge-parsley
.
Trifolium campestre
Hop Trefoil
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Vicia hirsuta
Hairy Tare
.
Vulpia myuros
Ratstail Fescue
Canal edge
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Tetrad SK4091


Accepted Taxon
Common Name
Location Description
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Wood False Brome
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Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle
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Conium maculatum
Hemlock
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Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn
.
Elytrigia repens
Common Couch
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Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail
.
Hedera colchica
Persian Ivy
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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
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Tripleurospermum inodorum
Scentless Mayweed
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Tetrad SK4092


Accepted Taxon
Common Name
Location Description
Achillea millefolium
Yarrow
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Agrostis capillaris
Common Bent
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Alisma lanceolata
Narrow-leaved Water-plantain
in canal
Alnus glutinosa
Alder
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Angelica sylvestris
Wild Angelica
.
Apium nodiflorum
Fool's Watercress
in canal
Arrhenatherum elatius
False Oat-grass
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Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort
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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
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Vicia sativa
Common Vetch
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Tetrad SK4192


Accepted Taxon
Common Name
Location Description
Achillea millefolium
Yarrow
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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
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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
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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 
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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
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Vicia sativa
Common Vetch
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Tetrad SK4292


Accepted Taxon
Common Name
Location Description
Acer platanoides
Norway Maple
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Angelica sylvestris
Wild Angelica
on canal wall
Aster agg.
Michaelmas Daisy
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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
.
Epilobium hirsutum
Great Willowherb
.
Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail
.
Ficus carica
Fig 
.
Hirschfeldia incana
Hoary Mustard
.
Humulus lupulus
Hop
.
Leontodon saxatilis
Lesser Hawkbit
.
Malva sylvestris
Common Mallow
.
Medicago lupulina
Black Medick
.
Mycelis muralis
Wall lettuce
Canal side
Oenanthe crocata
Hemlock Water Dropwort
on canal wall
Papaver rhoeas
Common Poppy
.
Pastinaca sativa
Wild Parsnip
.
Polypogon viridis
Water Bent
roadside gutter
Reseda luteola
Weld
.
Sagina filicaulis
Slender Pearwort
roadside gutter
Senecio inaequidens
Narrow-leaved Ragwort
.
Senecio jacobaea
Common Ragwort
.
Senecio squalidus
Oxford Ragwort
.
Sisymbrium orientale
Eastern Rocket
.
Sonchus arvensis
Corn Sow-thistle
.
Stachys palustris
Marsh Woundwort
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Ulex europaeus
Gorse
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Urtica urens
Small Nettle
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