Thrupp Lakes Species Data

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Herbs

This page relates to herbaceous plants in the area in and around the two lakes, known as Thrupp Lake and Bullfield Lake (or, to Didcot Power station operators, as lakes 'E' and 'F') at grid reference SU 518 975.

These lakes and their surroundings are currently threatened with desrtruction by Didcot ash disposal operations. Full story.

NAME	COMMON NAME
Achillea millefolium	Yarrow
Achillea ptarmica	Sneezewort
Agrimonia eupatoria	Agrimony
Alisma plantago-aquatica	Water-plantain
Alliaria petiolata	Garlic mustard
Anacamptis pyramidalis	Pyramidal orchid
Anagallis arvensis	Scarlet pimpernel
Anchusa arvensis	Bugloss
Angelica sylvestris	Wild angelica
Apium nodiflorum	Fool's water-cress
Arctium lappa	Greater burdock
Arctium minus	Lesser burdock#
Arenaria serpyllifolia	Thyme-leaved sandwort
Armoracia rusticana	Horse radish
Artemisia vulgaris	Mugwort
Arum maculatum	Lords-and-ladies
Ballota nigra	Black horehound
Barbarea vulgaris	Winter cress#
Bellis perennis	Daisy
Borago officinalis	Borage
Bryonia dioica	White bryony
Calystegia sepium	Hedge bindweed
Capsella bursa-pastoris	Shepherd's purse
Cardamine pratensis	Cuckoo flower
Carduus crispus	Welted thistle
Carduus nutans	Musk thistle
Carduus tenuiflorus	Slender thistle
Cephalanthera damasonium	White helleborine#
Centaurea nigra	Common knapweed
Centaurium erythraea	Common centaury#
Cerastium fontanum	Common mouse-ear
Cetaurea scabiosa	Greater knapweed
Chaerophyllum temulum	Rough chervil
Chamerion angustifolium	Rosebay willowherb
Chara aspera	A stonewort"
Chara virgata	A stonewort##
Chara vulgaris var. vulgaris	A stonewort##
Chara vulgaris var. papillata	A stonewort##
Chara contraria var. hispidula	A stonewort##
Cirsium arvense	Creeping thistle
Cirsium vulgare	Spear thistle
Conium maculatum	Hemlock
Consolida ajacis	Larkspur
Convolvulus arvensis	Field bindweed
Conyza canadensis	Canadian fleabane
Crepis biennis	Rough hawksbeard%
Dactylorhiza fuchsii	Common spotted orchid*
Dactylorhiza incarnata	Early marsh orchid*
Dactylorhiza praetermissa	Southern marsh orchid*
Daucus carota ssp. carota	Wild carrot
Dipsacus fullonum	Teasel
Echium vulgare	Viper's bugloss*
Elodea nuttallii	Nuttall's waterweed"
Epilobium ciliatum	American willowherb"
Epilobium hirsutum	Great willowherb
Epilobium parviflorum	Small-flowered hairy willowherb#
Erigeron acer	Blue fleabane
Erodium cicutarium	Common stork's-bill
Eupatorium cannabinum	Hemp-agrimony
Euphorbia helioscopia	Sun spurge
Fallopia convolvulus	Black bindweed
Filipendula ulmaria	Meadowsweet
Fumaria officinalis agg.	Common fumitory
Galium aparine	Cleavers
Galium mollugo	Hedge bedstraw
Galium parisiense	Wall bedstraw%
Galium verum	Lady's bedstraw
Geranium dissectum	Cut-leaved crane's-bill#
Geranium pratense	Meadow crane's-bill
Geranium pyrenaicum	Hedgerow crane's-bill
Geranium robertianum	Herb-robert
Glechoma hederacea	Ground-ivy
Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed
Humulus lupulus	Hop
Hypericum perforatum	Perforate St. John's wort
Hypericum tetrapterum	Square stalked St. John's wort
Hypochoeris radica	Cat's ear
Iris pseudoacorus	Yellow flag iris
Knautia arvensis	Field scabious
Lactuca serriola	Prickly lettuce
Lamium album	White dead-nettle
Lathyrus latifolius	Broad-leaved everlasting pea
Lathyrus pratensis	Meadow vetchling
Lemna minor	Common duckweed"
Leucanthemum vulgare	Oxeye daisy
Linaria vulgaris	Common toadflax
Listera ovata	Common twayblade
Lotus corniculatus	Common birds-foot-trefoil
Lychnis flos-cuculi	Ragged robin
Lycopus europaeus	Gipsywort
Lythrum salicaria	Purple loosestrife
Malva sylvestris	Common mallow
Matricaria discoidea	Pineapple mayweed
Medicago sativa ssp. sativa	Lucerne
Melilotus albus	White melilot
Melilotus altissima	Tall melilot#
Melilotus officinalis	Ribbed melilot
Mentha aquatica	Water mint
Mentha arvensis	Corn mint
Mentha spicata	Spearmint^
Myosotis scorpioides	Water forget-me-not*
Myosoton aquaticum	Water chickweed
Myriophyllum spicatum	Spiked water-milfoil"
Nuphar lutea	Yellow water-lily
Nymphaea alba	White water-lily*
Odontites vernus	Red bartsia
Oenanthera biennis	Common evening primrose#
Oenanthera glaziovinia	Large-flowered evening primrose
Ononis repens	Common restharrow
Onopordum acanthium	Cotton thistle
Ophrys apifera	Bee orchid
Orobanche sp.	Broomrape#
Papaver rhoeas	Common poppy
Pastinaca sativa	Wild parsnip
Pentaglottis sempervirens	Green alkanet
Persicaria amphibia	Amphibious bistort"
Persicaria maculosa	Redshank
Picris echioides	Bristly oxtongue
Plantago lanceolata	Ribwort plantain
Plantago major	Greater plantain
Polygonum aviculare agg.	Knotgrass
Potamogeton crispus	Curled pondweed"
Potamogeton pectinatus	Fennel pondweed"
Potamogeton pusillus	Lesser pondweed"
Potentilla anserina	Silverweed
Potentilla reptans	Creeping cinquefoil
Primulus veris	Cowslip
Prunella vulgaris	Selfheal
Pulicaria dysenterica	Common fleabane
Ranunculus repens	Creeping buttercup
Ranunculus scleratus	Celery-leaved buttercup
Reseda lutea	Wild mignonette
Reseda luteola	Weld
Rorippa palustris	Marsh yellow-cress
Rumex acetosa	Common sorrel
Rumex crispus	Curled dock
Rumex obtusifolius	Broad-leaved dock
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani	Grey club-rush
Scrophularia auriculata	Water figwort
Scutellaria galericulata	Skullcap
Sedum acre	Biting stonecrop*
Senecio aquaticus	Marsh ragwort
Senecio jacobaea	Common ragwort
Senecio squalidus	Oxford ragwort
Senecio vulgaris	Groundsel
Silene latifolia	White campion
Silene vulgaris	Bladder campion
Solanum dulcamara	Bittersweet
Solanum nigrum	Black nightshade
Solidago virgaurea	Goldenrod
Sonchus asper	Prickly sow-thistle
Stachys palustris	Marsh woundwort
Stachys sylvatica	Hedge woundwort
Stellaria media	Common chickweed
Symphytum officinale	Common comfrey
Tanacetum vulgare	Tansy
Taraxacum officinale agg.	Dandelion
Thalictrum flavum	Common meadow-rue
Torilis japonica	Upright hedge-parsley
Trifolium campestre	Hop trefoil
Trifolium dubium	Lesser trefoil
Trifolium pratense	Red clover
Trifolium repens	White clover
Tripleurospermum inodorum	Scentless mayweed
Tussilago farfara	Colt's-foot
Urtica dioica	Common nettle
Verbascum thapsus	Great mullein
Veronica anagallis-aquatica	Blue water-speedwell
Veronica chamaedrys	Germander speedwell
Vicia cracca	Tufted vetch

Plants recorded around 'Spinage's Field' ( Lake E) and 'Bullfield Lake' (Lake F) up to June 2005. Data up to 1998 Oxon BRC. With recent additions by Bob Eeles(*), Basil Crowley(#), Ivan wright(^), Penny Williams("), and Nick Stewart, the stonewort National Referee (##) , and Bioscan(%).

Colour code: Red List Vulnerable Nationally Rare Nationally Scarce Local

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