Supplementary material for:
Graham, J. & Stroh, P. (2023) Madeleine’s Patch – notes and lessons in creating a flower-rich meadow in Fenland. Nature in Cambridgeshire. 65:
77-83
Table 1. Flowering plant species recorded at Madeleine’s Patch: 2017 (Baseline) – 2022
Latin name |
English name |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Achillea millefolium |
Yarrow |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Agrimonia eupatoria |
Agrimony |
||||||
Agrostis capillaris |
Common Bent |
||||||
Agrostis stolonifera |
Creeping Bent |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Alopecurus myosuroides |
Black Grass |
1 |
|||||
Anthoxanthum odoratum |
Sweet vernal-grass |
1 |
1 |
||||
Anthriscus sylvestris |
Cow Parsley |
1 |
1 |
||||
Arctium minus |
Lesser Burdock |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Arrhenatherum elatius |
False-oat |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Briza media |
Quaking-grass |
||||||
Bromus hordeaceus |
Soft Brome |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Capsella bursa-pastoris |
Sheppard’s Purse |
1 |
1 |
||||
Carex flacca |
Glaucous Sedge |
||||||
Centaurea cyanus |
Corn Flower |
1 |
|||||
Centaurea nigra |
Knapweed |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Chenopodium album |
Fat-hen |
1 |
|||||
Chenopodium ficifolium |
Fig-leaved Goosefoot |
1 |
|||||
Cirsium arvense |
Creeping Thistle |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Cirsium vulgare |
Spear thistle |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Conium maculatum |
Hemlock |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Convolvulus arvensis |
Field Bindweed |
1 |
|||||
Cruciata laevipes |
Crosswort |
||||||
Cynosurus cristatus |
Crested Dog’s-tail |
1 |
1 |
||||
Dactylis glomerata |
Cock’s-foot |
1 |
1 |
||||
Daucus carota |
Wild Carrot |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Deschampsia cespitosa |
Tufted Hair-grass |
||||||
Elymus repens |
Couch |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Epilobium hirsutum (seedling) |
Hairy Willowherb |
1 |
1 |
||||
Epilobium parviflorum |
Hoary Willowherb |
1 |
|||||
Epilobium tetragonum |
Square-stemmed Willowherb |
1 |
1 |
||||
Erigeron canadensis |
Canadian Fleabane |
1 |
|||||
Ervum tetraspermum |
Smooth Tare |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Euphorbia helioscopia |
Sun Spurge |
1 |
|||||
Fallopia convolvulus |
Black Bindweed |
1 |
1 |
||||
Festuca rubra |
Red Fescue |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Filipendula ulmaria |
Meadowsweet |
||||||
Galium album |
Hedge Bedstraw |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Galium aparine |
Cleavers |
1 |
1 |
||||
Galium verum |
Lady’s Bedstraw |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Geranium pratense |
Meadow Cranes’s-bill |
1 |
1 |
||||
Geranium pusillum |
Small Crane’s-bill |
1 |
|||||
Glechoma hederacea |
Ground Ivy |
1 |
|||||
Guizotia abyssinica |
Niger |
1 |
|||||
Helianthus annuus |
Sunflower |
1 |
|||||
Helminthotheca echioides |
Bristly Ox-tongue |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Heracleum sphondylium |
Hogweed |
1 |
1 |
||||
Hordeum distichon |
Barley (volunteer) |
1 |
|||||
Jacobaea vulgaris |
Ragwort |
1 |
1 |
||||
Knautia arvensis |
Field Scabious |
1 |
|||||
Lactuca serriola |
Prickly lettuce |
1 |
1 |
||||
Lamium album |
White Dead-nettle |
1 |
1 |
||||
Lamium hybridum |
Cut-leaved Dead-nettle |
1 |
1 |
||||
Lamium purpureum |
Red Dead-nettle |
1 |
1 |
||||
Lapsana communis |
Nipplewort |
1 |
1 |
||||
Lathyrus pratensis |
Meadow Vetchling |
1 + P |
|||||
Leontodon hispidus |
Hairy Hawkbit |
P |
|||||
Leucanthemum vulgare |
Ox-eye Daisy |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Lipandra polysperma |
Many-seeded Goosefoot |
1 |
|||||
Lolium multiflorum |
Italian Rye-grass |
1 |
1 |
||||
Lolium perenne |
Perennial Rye-grass |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Lotus corniculatus |
Bird’s-foot Trefoil |
1 |
1 |
1 + P |
|||
Lotus pedunculatus |
Greater Bird’s-foot Trefoil |
||||||
Malva moschata |
Musk Mallow |
1 |
1 |
||||
Malva sylvestris |
Common Mallow |
1 |
|||||
Matricaria chamomilla |
Scented Mayweed |
1 |
|||||
Matricaria discoidea |
Pineapple Weed |
1 |
|||||
Medicago lupulina |
Black Medick |
1 |
|||||
Papaver lecoqii |
1 |
||||||
Papaver rhoeas |
Field Poppy |
1 |
1 |
||||
Persicaria amphibia |
Amphibious Bistort |
1 |
1 |
||||
Persicaria lapathifolia |
Pale Persicaria |
1 |
|||||
Persicaria maculosa |
Redshank |
1 |
|||||
Phleum bertolonii |
Small-leaved Timothy |
1 |
1 |
||||
Phleum pratense |
Large-leaved timothy |
1 |
1 |
||||
Plantago lanceolata |
Ribwort Plantain |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Plantago major |
Greater Plantain |
1 |
1 |
||||
Plantago media |
Hoary Plantain |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Poa annua |
Annual Meadow-grass |
1 |
1 |
||||
Poa trivialis |
Rough-leaved Meadow-grass |
1 |
1 |
||||
Polygonum aviculare |
Knotgrass |
1 |
1 |
||||
Poterium sanguisorba |
Salad Burnet |
||||||
Primula veris |
Cowslip |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Prunella vulgaris |
Self-heal |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Pulicaria dysenterica |
Fleabane |
1 |
1 |
||||
Ranunculus acris |
Meadow Buttercup |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Ranunculus repens |
Creeping Buttercup |
1 |
|||||
Rhinanthus minor |
Yellow Rattle |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Rumex acetosa |
Sorrel |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
Rumex obtusifolius |
Broad-leaved Dock |
1 |
1 |
||||
Scorzoneroides autumnalis |
Autumnal Hawkbit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Senecio vulgaris |
Groundsel |
1 |
1 |
||||
Silaum silaus |
Pepper-saxifrage |
||||||
Silene dioica |
Red Campion |
1 |
|||||
Silene flos-cuculi |
Ragged Robin |
||||||
Silene latifolia |
White Campion |
1 |
1 |
||||
Silene vulgaris |
Bladder Campion |
||||||
Sinapis arvensis |
Charlock |
1 |
1 |
||||
Sisymbrium officinale |
Hedge Mustard |
1 |
1 |
||||
Sonchus asper |
Prickly Sowthistle |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Sonchus oleraceus |
Smooth Sowthistle |
1 |
1 |
||||
Stellaria media |
Chickweed |
1 |
1 |
||||
Taraxacum sp. |
Dandelion |
1 |
1 |
||||
Trifolium pratense |
Red Clover |
P |
|||||
Trifolium repens |
White Clover |
1 |
1 |
||||
Tripleurospermum inodorum |
Scentless Mayweed |
1 |
1 |
||||
Trisetum flavescens |
Yellow Oat-grass |
1 |
|||||
Triticum aestivum |
Wheat (volunteer) |
1 |
1 |
||||
Tussilago farfara |
Colt’s-foot |
1 |
|||||
Urtica dioica |
Nettle |
1 |
1 |
||||
Veronica hederifolia |
Ivy-leaved Speedwell |
1 |
1 |
||||
Veronica persica |
Common Field-speedwell |
1 |
1 |
||||
Total no. of species |
31 |
56 |
30 |
32 |
28 |
39 |
|
P = Plug Plant Species | Sown Species |