Lea Marshes   Botany   Combined plant list    This comparison of various botanical surveys of Lea Marshes analyses a number of documents (not all of which feature on this web site right now). To view the documents that are on this web site click the following links: Walthamstow Marsh survey from 1970. Walthamstow plant list kept by LVRPA in 2002 and supplied to a person studying the marsh. ODA's ecological assessment of Porters Field in 2012 See also Leyton Marsh Extended Phase I Habitat and NVC Survey by London Wildlife Limited carried out 8-10th May 2013 and 23-25th July 2013. Short mown turf Wildflowers Abundant Page in key Name Scientific name In ODA proposal In '02 list In '02 EFB Notes 450 D Daisy Bellis perennis   yes yes   474 A Cat's Ear Hypochaeris radicata Yes NO NO   274 D White Clover Trifolium repens Yes yes yes   387 A Ribwort/ Narrow-leaved Plaintain Plantago lanceolata Yes NO yes   452 A Yarrow Achillea millefolium Yes yes yes   Common Page in key Name Scientific name In ODA proposal In '02 list In '02 EFB Notes 470 A Dandelion Taraxacum officionale   yes yes   387 C Hoary Plantain Plantago media Yes NO yes   152 A Mouse Ear Chickweed Cerastium spp. Yes yes yes   474 D Common Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus Yes NO NO AKA Rough Hawkbit 477 C Smooth Hawks Beard Crepis capillaris Yes NO yes   320 F Dove's Foot Cranesbill Geranium molle Yes NO yes   [455] Common Chamomile Anthemis nobilis Yes NO NO Anthemis nobilis = Roman Chamomile, Chamomile is Chamaemelum nobile 150 A Common Chickweed Stellaria media   yes yes   Few Page in key Name Scientific name In ODA proposal In '02 list In '02 EFB Notes 402 E Wall Speedwell Veronica arvensis   NO yes   463 ff Thistle Cirsium sp.   NO yes   440 A Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea   NO yes   388 E Horn Plantain Plantago coronopus   NO NO aka Buck's-horn Plantain 259 E Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans   yes yes aka Creeping Cinquefoil Grass species Abundant RD 416 Rye Grass Lolium perenne Yes - yes but included in proposal as spp,   Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea Yes - yes   RD 417 Creeping Red Fescue Festuca Rubra Yes - yes   RD 429 Creeping Bentgrass Agrostis stolonifera   - yes   Browntop Bentgrass Agrostis tenuis   - NO   Few Page in key Name Scientific name In ODA proposal In '02 list In '02 EFB Notes Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass Poa Pratensis Yes - yes   RD 420 Annual Meadow Grass Poa Annua   - yes   RD 427 Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus   - yes   Unmanaged, scrub grassland Wildflower Species Common Page in key Name Scientific name In ODA proposal In '02 list In '02 EFB Notes 336 D Common Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium   NO yes   121 A Nettle Urtica dioica yes   387 A Ribwort Plaintain Plantago lanceolata Yes NO yes   420£ Cleavers (goosegrass) Galium aparine   NO yes wrongly called Yarrow in document Few Page in key Name Scientific name In ODA proposal In '02 list In '02 EFB Notes 330 G Hemlock Conium maculatum   NO yes   320 F Dove's-Foot Cransesbill Geranium molle Yes NO yes   463 ff Thistle Cirsium sp.   NO yes   440 A Ragwort Senecio jacobaea   NO yes AKA Common Ragwort 152 A Mouse-Ear Chickweed Cerastium spp. Yes NO yes   150 A Common Chickweed Stellaria media   yes yes   470 A Dandelion Taraxacum officinale   yes yes   363 A Russian Comfrey Symphytum officinale   yes yes S officionale is Common Comfrey, Russian is a hybrid of this and creeping comfrey 256 ff Bramble Rubus Sp.   yes yes   Grasses Abundant Page in key Name Scientific name In ODA proposal In '02 list In '02 EFB Notes RD 416 Couch Agropyron repens   - NO aka Elymus repens - subspecies exist Common Page in key Name Scientific name In ODA proposal In '02 list In '02 EFB Notes Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea   - yes   RD 427 Yorkshire Fog Halcus lanatus   - NO   Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata   - yes   False Oatgrass Arrhenatherum elatius   - yes   Few Page in key Name Scientific name In ODA proposal In '02 list In '02 EFB Notes RD 417 Creeping Red Fescue Festuca rubra   - yes   RD 416 Rye Grass Lolium perenne   - yes   RD 429 Creeping Bentgrass Agrastis stolonifera   - NO   Grasses Seed mix   Page in key Replacement Suggestion 2002 E17 Marsh 2002 EFB 2012 Apr short 2012 Apr Unmanaged 25% Common Bent Agrostis capillaris - yes 25% RD 417 Creeping Red Fescue Festuca rubra - yes Abundant Few 25% Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass Poa pratensis - yes Few 5% Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata - yes Common 10% Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea - yes Abundant Common 10% RD 416 Rye grass Lolium spp. - yes Abundant (as Lolium Perenne) Abundant (as Lolium Perenne) Wildflowers: An even blend of: Page in key Replacement Suggestion 2002 E17 Marsh 2002 EFB 2012 Apr short 2012 Apr Unmanaged 474 A Cat's Ear Stellaria media NO NO Abundant 274 D White Clover Trifolium repens yes yes Abundant 387 A Ribwort Plaintain Plantago Lanceolata NO yes Abundant Common 452 A Yarrow Achillea millefolium yes yes Abundant 387 C Hoary Plantain Plantago media NO yes Common 152 A Mouse Ear Chickweed Cerastium spp yes yes Common Few 474 D Common Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus NO NO Common 477 C Smooth Hawks Beard Crepis capillaris NO yes Common 320 F Dove's-Foot Cranesbill Geranium molle NO yes Common Few [455] Common Chamomile Anthemis nobilis NO NO Common A.nobilis is Roman Chamomile. Chamomile is Chamaemelum nobile