Sunday 7 July 2019

Geoffrey Wilmore Memorial Recording Day : Elsecar, South Yorkshire

Geoffrey Wilmore Memorial Recording Day : Elsecar, South Yorkshire
Saturday, 6th July 2019

Leader : Louise Hill
Meet 10.30 am at Elsecar Heritage Centre
This is to be a joint meeting with the Bradford Botany Group

Attendees :

From SYBG
Louise Hill
John Scott
Ken Balkow
Graeme Coles
Al Roberts
Les Coe

From Bradford Botany Group
Bruce Brown
Carmen Horner
Anthony Grange
Rita Grange
Ian Dyson
Paula Burnet
Susan Simcock
Tom Simcock
Jesse Tregale

Apologises :
Everald Ellis
Neil Barrett
Kay Woodward
Peter Burton

The group assembled at the Heritage Centre car park, despite the turmoil created as our meeting clashed with a very popular two day antique collectables fair organised by BBR Auctions for the devotees of pot lids, Breweriana, bottles, pharmacy and kitchenware that attracts visitors worldwide.

Botanising in the car park
The morning was spent recording flora during a circuit of the reservoir, then followed a walk through to the railway sidings and canal, before visiting the on site cafe for tea and cakes to round off a very successful day.

Small Toadflax (Chaenorhinum minus)
We recorded approx 240 species from the 1km square. Not bad when we started off with just 76 species. There were some duplicates but many new species. The tetrad total now stands at 290.

Grid Ref SK3899
Tetrad SK
Elsecar
Field Maple
Acer campestre
Water Lane woodlands
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
Water Lane woodlands
Sycamore
Acer pseudoplatanus
Water Lane woodlands
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Grasslands around reservoir
Sneezewort
Achillea ptarmica
Grasslands around reservoir
Horse-chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
Grasslands west of reservoir and footpath near Simon Wood
Fool's Parsley
Aethusa cynapium
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Common Bent
Agrostis capillaris
Grasslands around reservoir
Creeping Bent
Agrostis stolonifera
Grasslands around reservoir
Garlic Mustard
Alliaria petiolata
Water Lane woodlands
Ramsons
Allium ursinum
Water Lane woodlands
Wild Onion
Allium vineale
Dam (upstream side)
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Woodlands around reservoir
Meadow Foxtail
Alopecurus pratensis
Grasslands around reservoir
Wild Angelica
Angelica sylvestris
Grasslands around reservoir
Barren Brome
Anisantha sterilis
Dam
Sweet Vernal-grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Grasslands around reservoir
Cow Parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris
Woodlands around reservoir
Thale Cress
Arabidopsis thaliana
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Lesser Burdock
Arctium minus
Woodlands around reservoir
.
Arenaria serpyllifolia s.l.
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
False Oat-grass
Arrhenatherum elatius
Grasslands around reservoir
Wormwood
Artemisia absinthium
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Wall-rue
Asplenium ruta-muraria
Stone wall on Wentworth Road beside Park
Maidenhair Spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes
Stone wall on Wentworth Road beside Park
Michaelmas-Daisy
Aster
Dam
Lady-fern
Athyrium filix-femina
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Daisy
Bellis perennis
Park grasslands
Silver Birch
Betula pendula
Scattered trees west of reservoir
Downy Birch
Betula pubescens
Scattered trees west of reservoir
False Brome
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Stream bank in Simon Wood
Hairy-brome
Bromopsis ramosa
Woodlands around reservoir
Butterfly-bush
Buddleja davidii
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Marsh-marigold
Caltha palustris
Western margin of reservoir
Hedge Bindweed
Calystegia sepium
Grasslands around reservoir
Large Bindweed
Calystegia silvatica
Woodlands around reservoir
Shepherd's-purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Footpath across dam
Hairy Bitter-cress
Cardamine hirsuta
Heritage Centre
Hairy Sedge
Carex hirta
Grasslands around reservoir
Common Sedge
Carex nigra
Fen area between Simon Wood and Heritage Centre
False Fox-sedge
Carex otrubae
Western margin of reservoir
Oval Sedge
Carex leporina
Grasslands around reservoir
Remote Sedge
Carex remota
Grasslands around reservoir
Spiked Sedge
Carex spicata
Grasslands around reservoir and fen area between Simon Wood and Heritage Centre
Wood-sedge
Carex sylvatica
Stream bank in Simon Wood
Fern-grass
Catapodium rigidum
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Common Knapweed
Centaurea nigra s.s.
Grasslands around reservoir
Common Mouse-ear
Cerastium fontanum
Grasslands around reservoir
Small Toadflax
Chaenorhinum minus
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Rosebay Willowherb
Chamerion angustifolium
Grasslands around reservoir
Enchanter's-nightshade
Circaea lutetiana
Water Lane woodlands
Creeping Thistle
Cirsium arvense
Grasslands around reservoir
Marsh Thistle
Cirsium palustre
Grasslands around reservoir
Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Grasslands around reservoir
Hazel
Corylus avellana
.
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
Scrub around reservoir
Crested Dog's-tail
Cynosurus cristatus
Grasslands around reservoir
Cock's-foot
Dactylis glomerata
Grasslands around reservoir
Common Spotted-orchid
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Damp grasslands around reservoir
.
Dactylorhiza fuchsii x praetermissa = D. x grandis
Damp grasslands around reservoir
Southern Marsh-orchid
Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Damp grasslands around reservoir
Tufted Hair-grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Damp grasslands around reservoir
Wavy Hair-grass
Deschampsia flexuosa
Simon Wood
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Grasslands around reservoir
Male-fern
Dryopteris filix-mas
Grasslands around reservoir
Common Spike-rush
Eleocharis palustris
Reservoir margins
Bearded Couch
Elymus caninus
Water Lane woodlands
Common Couch
Elytrigia repens
Grasslands around reservoir
American Willowherb
Epilobium ciliatum
Stream through Park
Great Willowherb
Epilobium hirsutum
Stream through Park and reservoir margins
Broad-leaved Willowherb
Epilobium montanum
Path edge around reservoir
Field Horsetail
Equisetum arvense
Grasslands around reservoir
Great Horsetail
Equisetum telmateia
Fen area between Simon Wood and Heritage Centre
Petty Spurge
Euphorbia peplus
Fen area between Simon Wood and Heritage Centre
Beech
Fagus sylvatica
Simon Wood
Russian-vine
Fallopia baldschuanica
Near Heritage Centre (Forge Lane)
Giant Fescue
Schedonorus giganteus
Reservoir edge beside Water Lane
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Festuca rubra agg.
Grasslands around reservoir
Meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
Damp grasslands around reservoir
Ash
Fraxinus excelsior
Water Lane woodlands
Cleavers
Galium aparine
Water Lane woodlands
Marsh-bedstraw
Galium palustre
Reservoir margins
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill
Geranium dissectum
Footpath near Beam Engine entrance gate
Meadow Crane's-bill
Geranium pratense
Footpath near Beam Engine entrance gate
Herb-Robert
Geranium robertianum
Footpath from Railway Crossing up to Simon Wood
Wood Avens
Geum urbanum
Water Lane woodlands
Ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Water Lane woodlands
Common Ivy
Hedera helix
Water Lane woodlands
Hogweed
Heracleum sphondylium
Grasslands around reservoir
Yorkshire-fog
Holcus lanatus
Grasslands around reservoir
Creeping Soft-grass
Holcus mollis
Water Lane woodlands (near Dam)
Wall Barley
Hordeum murinum
Heritage Centre southern car park
Perforate St John's-wort
Hypericum perforatum
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Square-stalked St John's-wort
Hypericum tetrapterum
Grasslands around reservoir
Cat's-ear
Hypochaeris radicata
Grasslands around reservoir
Holly
Ilex aquifolium
Water Lane woodlands
Indian Balsam
Impatiens glandulifera
Reservoir margins
Yellow Iris
Iris pseudacorus
Reservoir margins
Jointed Rush
Juncus articulatus
Reservoir margins
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Juncus bufonius s.l.
Reservoir margins
Soft-rush
Juncus effusus
Reservoir margins
Hard Rush
Juncus inflexus
Reservoir margins
Laburnum
Laburnum anagyroides
Reservoir edge beside Water Lane
Prickly Lettuce
Lactuca serriola
Old Railway Sidings (TPT edge)
Nipplewort
Lapsana communis
Water Lane woodlands
Meadow Vetchling
Lathyrus pratensis
Grasslands around reservoir and north-west of Kings Wood
Autumn Hawkbit
Scorzoneroides autumnalis
Grasslands around reservoir
Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Water Lane woodlands near dam
Wild Privet
Ligustrum vulgare
Water Lane
Common Toadflax
Linaria vulgaris
Old Railway Sidings (TPT edge)
Perennial Rye-grass
Lolium perenne
Grasslands around reservoir
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Grasslands around reservoir
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus pedunculatus
Fen area between Simon Wood and Heritage Centre
Field Wood-rush
Luzula campestris
Grasslands west of reservoir
Yellow Pimpernel
Lysimachia nemorum
Stream bank in Simon Wood
Apple
Malus pumila
Woodlands around reservoir
Musk-mallow
Malva moschata
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Common Mallow
Malva sylvestris
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Pineappleweed
Matricaria discoidea
Reservoir dam path
Black Medick
Medicago lupulina
Heritage Centre southern car park
Lucerne
Medicago sativa
Old Railway Sidings (TPT edge)
Wood Melick
Melica uniflora
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Ribbed Melilot
Melilotus officinalis
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Water Mint
Mentha aquatica
Reservoir margins
Corn Mint
Mentha arvensis
Footpath from Railway Crossing up to Simon Wood
Dog's Mercury
Mercurialis perennis
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Wood Millet
Milium effusum
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Field Forget-me-not
Myosotis arvensis
.
Water Forget-me-not
Water Forget-me-not
Reservoir margins
Wood Forget-me-not
Myosotis sylvatica
.
Red Bartsia
Odontites vernus
Grasslands around reservoir
Large-flowered Evening-primrose
Oenothera glazioviana
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Long-headed Poppy
Papaver dubium s.s.
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Common Poppy
Papaver rhoeas
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Amphibious Bistort
Persicaria amphibia
Grasslands around reservoir
Pale Persicaria
Persicaria lapathifolia
Dam
Reed Canary-grass
Phalaris arundinacea
Reservoir margins
Timothy
Phleum pratense s.s.
Grasslands around reservoir
Hart's-tongue
Asplenium scolopendrium
Stone wall on Wentworth Road beside Park
Fox-and-cubs
Pilosella aurantiaca
Verge near railway crossing at Heritage Centre
Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris
Scattered trees west of reservoir
Ribwort Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Grasslands around reservoir
Greater Plantain
Plantago major
Grasslands around reservoir (path edges)
Annual Meadow-grass
Poa annua
Grasslands around reservoir (path edges)
.
Poa pratensis s.l.
Grasslands around reservoir
Rough Meadow-grass
Poa trivialis
Grasslands around reservoir
.
Polygonum aviculare agg.
Grasslands around reservoir (path edges)
Silverweed
Potentilla anserina
Grasslands around reservoir
Creeping Cinquefoil
Potentilla reptans
Grasslands around reservoir
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
Footpath from Railway Crossing up to Simon Wood
Wild Cherry
Prunus avium
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Cherry Plum
Prunus cerasifera
Scattered trees west of reservoir
Wild Plum
Prunus domestica
Scattered trees west of reservoir
Blackthorn
Prunus spinosa
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Sessile Oak
Quercus petraea
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Pedunculate Oak
Quercus robur
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Hybrid Oak
Quercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Meadow Buttercup
Ranunculus acris
Grasslands around reservoir
Greater Spearwort
Ranunculus lingua
Grasslands around reservoir
Creeping Buttercup
Ranunculus repens
Reservoir margins
Celery-leaved Buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus
Reservoir margins
Wild Mignonette
Reseda lutea
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Weld
Reseda luteola
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Yellow-rattle
Rhinanthus minor
Grasslands around reservoir
Rhododendron
Rhododendron ponticum
Water Lane woodlands between Park and Dam
Water-cress Spp
Nasturtium officinale agg.
Reservoir margins
Field-rose
Rosa arvensis
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
.
Rosa canina agg.
Grasslands around reservoir
Bramble
Rubus fruticosus agg.
Grasslands around reservoir
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
Footpath from Railway Crossing up to Simon Wood
Common Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
Grasslands around reservoir
Clustered Dock
Rumex conglomeratus
Reservoir margins
Wood Dock
Rumex sanguineus
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
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Sagina filicaulis
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Procumbent Pearlwort
Sagina procumbens
Footpaths in park and Heritage Centre
White Willow
Salix alba
Reservoir margins
Goat Willow
Salix caprea
Reservoir margins
Grey Willow
Salix cinerea
Reservoir margins
Crack-willow
Salix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Reservoir margins
Elder
Sambucus nigra
Verge near railway crossing at Heritage Centre
Water Figwort
Scrophularia auriculata
Reservoir margins
Common Figwort
Scrophularia nodosa
Footpath from Railway Crossing up to Simon Wood
Hoary Ragwort
Senecio erucifolius
Grasslands near Simon Wood
Oxford Ragwort
Senecio squalidus
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Groundsel
Senecio vulgaris
Dam
Red Campion
Silene dioica
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Bladder Campion
Silene vulgaris
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Hedge Mustard
Sisymbrium officinale
Dam
Bittersweet
Solanum dulcamara
Reservoir margins
Perennial Sow-thistle
Sonchus arvensis
Reservoir margins
Prickly Sow-thistle
Sonchus asper
Dam
Smooth Sow-thistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Dam
Rowan
Sorbus aucuparia
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Branched Bur-reed
Sparganium erectum
Reservoir margins
Marsh Woundwort
Stachys palustris
Reservoir margins
Hedge Woundwort
Stachys sylvatica
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Lesser Stitchwort
Stellaria graminea
Grasslands north-west of Kings Wood and near Simon Wood
Common Chickweed
Stellaria media s.s.
Dam
Devil's-bit Scabious
Succisa pratensis
Fen area between Simon Wood and Heritage Centre
Russian Comfrey
Symphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Footpath from Railway Crossing up to Simon Wood
Wood Sage
Teucrium scorodonia
Simon Wood
Goat's-beard
Tragopogon pratensis
Grasslands around reservoir
Hare's-foot Clover
Trifolium arvense
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Hop Trefoil
Trifolium campestre
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Lesser Trefoil
Trifolium dubium
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
Grasslands around reservoir
White Clover
Trifolium repens
Grasslands around reservoir
Scentless Mayweed
Tripleurospermum inodorum
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Colt's-foot
Tussilago farfara
Footpath from Railway Crossing up to Simon Wood
Bulrush
Typha latifolia
Reservoir margins
Common Nettle
Urtica dioica
Reservoir margins
Wall Speedwell
Veronica arvensis
Dam
Brooklime
Veronica beccabunga
Reservoir margins
Germander Speedwell
Veronica chamaedrys
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Heath Speedwell
Veronica officinalis
Simon Wood
Thyme-leaved Speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Guelder-rose
Viburnum opulus
Reservoir margins
Tufted Vetch
Vicia cracca
Grass verge around Heritage Centre Car Park
Hairy Tare
Vicia hirsuta
.
Bush Vetch
Vicia sepium
Grasslands around reservoir
Lesser Periwinkle
Vinca minor
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Common Dog-violet
Viola riviniana
Woodlands around reservoir
Squirreltail Fescue
Vulpia bromoides
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Rat's-tail Fescue
Vulpia myuros
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Rose
Rosa
Grasslands around reservoir
y Maes Tafol
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Galingale
Cyperus longus
Reservoir margins
Least Duckweed
Lemna minuta
Reservoir margins
Pines
Pinus
Scattered trees west of reservoir
Noble Fir
Abies procera
Scattered trees west of reservoir
.
Cirsium arvense x palustre = C. x celakovskianum
Grasslands around reservoir
Weeping Willow
Salix alba x babylonica = S. x sepulcralis
Reservoir margin near Water Lane
Small-flowered Crane's-bill
Geranium pusillum
Verge near railway crossing at Heritage Centre
Soft Shield-fern
Polystichum setiferum
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
Annual Beard-grass
Polypogon monspeliensis
Block paving near Cricket Ground
Snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus
Old Railway Sidings (TPT edge)
Broom
Cytisus scoparius
Scattered trees west of reservoir
Pale Willowherb
Epilobium roseum
Footpaths in Elsecar Village and Heritage Centre
.
Hieracium sect. Hieracium
Water Lane woodlands (near dam
Common Duckweed
Lemna minor
Reservoir margins
Lime
Tilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
In park near Wentworth Road
Broad-leaved Dock
Rumex obtusifolius
Water Lane woodlands (near dam)
.
Sorbus aria agg.
Heritage Centre
Dandelion
Taraxacum
Grasslands around reservoir
Zigzag Clover
Trifolium medium
Footpath from Railway Crossing up to Simon Wood and grasslands around reservoir
Great Mullein
Verbascum thapsus
Old Railway Sidings (Car Park)
Field Maple
Acer campestre
Dearne and Dove Canal
Flowering-rush
Butomus umbellatus
Dearne and Dove Canal
Perennial Cornflower
Centaurea montana
Dearne and Dove Canal
Dogwood
Cornus sanguinea
Dearne and Dove Canal
Wild Teasel
Dipsacus fullonum
Dearne and Dove Canal
.
Geranium x oxonianum 'Claridge Druce'
Dearne and Dove Canal
Meadow Crane's-bill
Geranium pratense
Dearne and Dove Canal
.
Lavatera
Dearne and Dove Canal
Least Duckweed
Lemna minuta
Dearne and Dove Canal
Dotted Loosestrife
Lysimachia punctata
Dearne and Dove Canal
Creeping-Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia
Dearne and Dove Canal
White Water-lily
Nymphaea alba
Dearne and Dove Canal
Mind-your-own-business
Soleirolia soleirolii
Dearne and Dove Canal
Japanese Spiraea
Spiraea japonica
Dearne and Dove Canal
Algerian Ivy
Hedera algeriensis
Footpath from Railway Crossing up to Simon Wood and grasslands around reservoir
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Cornus koenigii
Near Railway
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