Wanstead Flats - Plant List - Part 3
Note : "Stace" indicates the page number of the plant in Stace 2nd Edition
p = Previous (Historical) record; COL = City of London Cemetery; EF = Essex Flora
(Clicking on 'Common Name' field for many species will take you to a photograph)
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Stace
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Species
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Common Name
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Location
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758
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Butomus umbellatus | Flowering Rush | H1, Some patches in Angel Pond 12/09/00 |
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762
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Elodea canadensis | Canadian Pondweed | F2/3, Dames Road Pond 05/07/76; H1 Angel Pond 21/08/79; Jubilee Pond, 22/06/10; Alexandra Lake, 30/06/10 |
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772
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Potamogeton crispus | Curled Pondweed | F2/3, Dames Road pond, abundant 21/08/79; Jubilee Pond, 22/06/10 |
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780
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Lemna minor | Common Duckweed | L2/3 in Alexandra Lake, 17/08/2016 (Wanless 2003, F2 or F3 in Jubilee Pond) |
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784
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Juncus squarossus | Heath Rush | I3, by track south of plantation (EF: 48 Wanstead Flats) |
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784
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Juncus tenuis | Slender Rush | L2 by south side of Alexandra Lake on sandhills 24/08/04 |
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785
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Juncus bufonius | Toad Rush | F4, Cat and Dog Pond 21/08/79; H1, dried edge of Angel Pond, 02/10/80; H4 in marshy area, 21/08/79; K3 north edge of lake, 28/09/80; L2 at edge of lake |
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788
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Juncus acutiflorus | Sharp-flowered Rush | H5 Marsh, 21/08/79 |
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788
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Juncus articulatus | Jointed Rush | F4, in Cat and Dog Pond; H5, marsh area, 21/08/79; L2, small amount on dried up south edge of Alexandra Lake, 29/09/80 |
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790
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Juncus conglomeratus | Compact Rush | F3/4 marsh; G3 ditch |
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790
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Juncus inflexus | Hard Rush | H5, marsh, 21/08/79; ; K3 two large patches at west end of Alexandra Lake, 29/12/04; F2 at south end of Jubilee Pond, 27/07/08 |
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790
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Juncus effusus | Soft Rush | F4 H1, plentiful over much of muddy Angel Pond, 01/09/93; H5 K3 L2 L3; F2 or F3 bank of Model Yacht Pond, August 2000; F2, F3 edge of Jubilee Pond 17/09/04 |
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791
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Luzula campestris | Field Wood-rush | I4, one clump by Long Wood, on path between wood and pitches; M2 one clump in rough grass, 10/04/81; N2, rough grass north of bandstand site |
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796
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Eleocharis palustris | Common Spike-rush | H1 two or three plants in south-west corner of Angel Pond, 21/08/79; many plants by the pond in 2008; plentiful 2016 |
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797
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Scirpus maritimus | Sea Club-rush | F2/3 Jubilee Pond 16/08/05 |
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801
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Cyperus longus | Galingale | L2 One patch on south bank of Alexandra Lake below sandhills 20/08/04; present 2007; not seen in 2016 |
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801
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Cyperus eragrostis | Pale Galingale | F2 by east edge of Jubilee Pond on 26/07/2008 |
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811
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Carex otrubae | False Fox-sedge | F2/3 a patch at east edge of Jubilee Pond, 1 August 2008 |
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811
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Carex spicata | Spiked Sedge | F2 by south end of Jubilee Pond, amongst Pendulous Sedge, on 26/07/2008 |
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811
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Carex divulsa | Grey Sedge | H4/5 a single patch at bottom of slope, known for some years by Roger Snook; present 11/04/2007 |
| 814 | Carex remota | Remote Sedge | K1/2, in the hedge between Capel Road and the Flats, 31/05/2017 |
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814
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Carex ovalis | Oval Sedge | I/J3, just south of plantation, 14/06/1987 |
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815
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Carex hirta | Hairy Sedge | G5 near Lake House Road, 03/06/79; L/M2 opposite Golden Fleece P.H., 17/05/1992 |
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816
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Carex pseudocyperus | Cyperus Sedge | F2 south edge of Jubilee Pond 17/09/04 (planted) |
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816
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Carex pendula | Pendulous Sedge | F2 south edge of Jubilee Pond 17/09/04 (planted) |
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822
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Carex nigra | Common Sedge | M8 marsh area |
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840
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Nardus stricta | Mat Grass | H3 H4 (EF: 39-86, 40-86) |
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844
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Festuca pratensis | Meadow Fescue | On the bank by Aldersbrook Road, 17/04/1977 |
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845
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Festuca rubra | Red Fescue | K/L2, abundant south of Alexandra Lake |
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849
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Festuca ovina | Sheep's Fescue | K2 south of Lake, 02/07/1979 |
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849
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Festuca filiformis | Fine-leaved Sheep's Fescue | F6 K/L2 I3 I4 |
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850
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Festuca [longifolia] | Hard Fescue | L2, south east of Alexandra Lake, 08/06/77 |
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852
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Lolium perenne | Perennial Rye-Grass | L1 by Capel Road; by Jubilee Pond, 27/07/08 |
| 853 | Vulpia bromoides | Squirreltail Fescue | G/H5, NE corner of Aldersbrook Flats |
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854
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Cynosurus cristatus | Crested Dog's-tail | F6 south of Bush Wood; H4 spring area; L2 |
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858
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Poa annua | Annual Meadow-grass | Common on track edges, etc. |
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858
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Poa pratensis | Smooth Meadow-grass | K2/3, south east of lake, 13/06/77 |
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858
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Poa trivialis | Rough Meadow-grass | K2/3, rough grassland south-east of lake, 08/06/77 |
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859
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Poa nemoralis | Wood Meadow-grass | M2, by trees east of Alexandra Lake, 11/05/77 |
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859
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Dactylis glomerata | Cock's-foot | Common |
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862
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Glyceria maxima | Reed sweet-grass | N6 marsh area, 19/06/77; F2 or F3 bank of Model Yacht Pond, August 2000; F2 or F3 bank of Model Yacht Pond, August 2000; |
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863
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Glyceria fluitans | Floating Sweet-grass | H1 edge of Angel Pond, 21/08/79 |
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864
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Arrhenatherum elatius | Tall or False Oat-grass | M1, by Capel Road-side |
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865
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Avena fatua | Wild Oat | I1 Capel Road ditch outcast, opposite No. 37, 05/08/79 |
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866
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Avena sativa | Common Oat | I1, outcast in ditch opposite 37 Capel Road, 50/08/79 |
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866
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Trisetum flavescens | Yellow Oat-grass | H5 below gorse bushes near spring, 10/7/79 |
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867
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Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hair Grass | Common |
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868
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Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire Fog | Common |
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868
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Holcus mollis | Creeping Soft-grass | K2 K3 |
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868
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Deschampsia flexuosa | Wavy Hair-grass | J3, south of 1953 plantation, common, 10/06/77 |
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869
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Aira praecox | Early Hair-grass | H5, on gravelly path leading west from spring; K/L,2/3 gravel south-east of sandhills |
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874
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Agrostis gigantea | Black Bent | L1 ditch, 08/07/79 |
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874
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Agrostis capillaris | Common or Fine bent | K2 L2 south of lake, dominant. |
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874
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Agrostis stolonifera | Creeping Bent | H5 marsh, 10/07/79 |
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880
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Alopecurus pratensis | Meadow Foxtail | L2, and common elsewhere |
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883
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Phleum pratense | Timothy | L2, common. |
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883
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Phleum bertolonii | Smaller Cat's-tail | H4/5 near spring; L1 north of Capel Road ditch |
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885
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Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus | Soft Brome | M6 |
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887
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Zerna erecta | Upright Brome | H5 near spring; J2/3 grassland; L1 ditch of Capel Road, 30/06/79; G/H5 in rough grassland, 22/06/09 |
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888
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Anisantha sterilis | Barren Brome | M1, abundant by Capel Road-side; N2 by COL wall and roadsides |
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892
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Elytrigia repens ssp. repens | Couch | K/L1 scattered along edge of Flats, 20/06/79 |
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895
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Hordeum murinum | Wall Barley | I4 Long Wood; scattered, particularly by roadsides; F2 or F3 bank of Model Yacht Pond, August 2000 |
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897
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Hordeum secalinum | Meadow Barley | |
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895
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Hordeum distichon | Two-rowed Barley | I1, outcast opposite 37 Capel Road, 05/08/79 |
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895
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Hordeum vulgare | Six-rowed barley | K2, outcast in ditch by Capel Road, 3/7/77 |
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898
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Triticum aestivum | Bread Wheat | G4, by Centre Road pavement, west side, 13/07/81; I1, ditch opposite 37 Capel Road on 05/08/79 |
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899
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Danthonia decumbens | Heath Grass | I4 (409-866) a few clumps near Genista anglica, 16/07/81 (EF: 40-86) |
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900
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Phragmites australis | Common Reed | Jubilee Pond, 11/08/07 |
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900
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Molinia caeulea subsp. caerulea | Purple Moor-grass | K2/3 south of Alexandra Lake; G4 (EF: 40-86 Wanstead Flats) |
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918
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Zea mays | Maize | K2/3 south of Alexandra Lake; G4, a single plant on 02/11/06 |
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921
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Typha angustifolia | Lesser Reedmace | F2/3, By Jubilee Pond |
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921
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Typha latifolia | Great Reedmace | E3, in Cat and Dog Pond, 2015 (Wanless 2003, E3, small stands grow around the margin of Cat and Dog Pond) |
| 926 | Kniphofia sp. | Red-hot Poker | In ditch by Capel Road, opp. No. 197, 26/05/2017 |
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931
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Ornithogalum angustifolium | Star-of-Bethlehem | H5, bank at east edge of Centre Road, 05/05/80; in the same area, but apparently many more plants, on 23/04/2014 |
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934
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Hyacinthus orientalis | Hyacinth | N2, by Aldersbrook Road, 27/04/79 |
| 934 | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | Bluebell | M2, corner of Manor Park Flats, 06/05/2021 |
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934
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Hyacinthoides hispanica | Spanish Bluebell | K2 opposite 118 Capel Road, 19/05/77; Scattered in various locations, from roadsides to more central parts. |
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934
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Chionodoxa forbesii | Glory-of-the-snow | H5, one plant only in grass beneath trees in the woody area of the N.W. corner of the square, by the left-hand side of the path leading from blackthorn bush to Aldersbrook Road. |
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938
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Allium triquetrum | Three-cornered Garlic | F4, a large clump by house fence at north edge of Lake House Road, Garden outcast, 03/06/79; K2 by Capel Road, 24/03/06 |
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940
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Allium vineale | Crow Garlic | G5, 1980's; H2 H3 H5, large areas on 30/04/92; K2, two clumps in rough grassland |
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941
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Tristagma uniflorum | Spring Starflower | G/H4, two adjacent clumps by Centre Roadside and in ditch, 14/04/07; still present 2009 |
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943
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Galanthus nivalis | Snowdrop | F5, five or six flowers near Lake House Rd at back of houses, 01/04/78; E3 in wood near changing rooms 03/02/05 |
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945
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Narcissus spp. | Hybrid Daffodils | F8; G4/5, "broomfields" area, some scattered plants; G7; J2/3 north-west corner of East Copse in ditch, looks like N. pseudonarcissus, 02/04/81; N2 by roadside |
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954
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Iris pseudacorus | Yellow Iris | L2, S.W. corner of the east island on Alexander Lake. Two adjacent patches, one distinctly taller than the other. |
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954
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Iris foetidissima | Stinking Iris | F4, a single plant very close to the Crataegus pedicellata shrub at west corner of junction of Lake House Road and Belgrave Wayleave, found in 2003 by Fred Wanless; with fruit 26/10/04 |
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955
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Crocus sp. |
Autumn Crocus | I2; L3, well established patch of about six flowers in wood north of lake, 31/10/79; Twelve flowers in same position 14/10/80 (possibly C. speciosus?) Thirty plus flowers on 08/10/95. Not seen in 2007 |
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956
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Crocus tommasinianus | Early Crocus | H5, in grass east side of Centre Road near "onion patch", 03/03/78;18/03/79; G2, Sidney Road Copse near bend 17/02/02 |
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956
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Crocus vernus / C. purpureus | Spring Crocus | H5, in grass east side of Centre Road near "onion patch", 03/03/78;18/03/79; by Sidney Road |
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958
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Crocus spp. (C. x stellaris) (C.aureus) | Yellow Garden Crocus | I1, one flower by west edge of tree opposite. 37 Capel Road, 18/03/78 - 17/03/79, still present (3 flowers) 11/02/05; E3, two clumps by Harrow Road 03/02/05 |
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962
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Cordyline australis | Cabbage-palm | (p) J4, a specimen planted about 2006/2007 by Aldersbrook Road-side was flourishing in 2008, but was destroyed by a car in 2009 |
| 971 | Anacamptis pyramidalis | Pyramidal Orchid | N2, One plant in grass north side of Aldersbrook Road, near City of London Cemetery wall. 26/06/2022 |
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The following is a list of species that I have not personally found, but have either been reported to me or I have found by research.
G = Gibson's Flora of Essex, 1862; EF = Flora of Essex, Jermyn ST; CC = Epping Forest Conservation Centre record.
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Stace
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Species
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Common Name
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Location
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139
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Chenopodium rubrum | Red Goosefoot | Wanless 2003, F2, F3, scattered plants around margins of Jubilee Pond |
| 268 | Teesdalia nudicaulis | Shepherd's Cress | Foster; The Flora of Essex, 1862. "In an old gravel pit on Epping Forest, not far from Ilford near the gate opposite East Ham Lane." |
| 301 | Anagallis arvensis | Scarlet Pimpernel | Wanless 2003, F2 two plants by S. edge of Jubilee Pond |
| 451 | Oenothera (glazioviana) | Large-flowered Evening Primrose | Wanless 2003, L2 one plant in pond dipping area of Jubilee Pond |
| 605 | Veronica agrestis | Field Speedwell | Wanless 2003, F2 pond dipping area of Jubilee Pond |
| 641 | Jasione montana | Sheep's-bit | J. Freeman 1862, The Stratford Flora Forest. "Bog" |
| 869 | Aira caryophyllea | Silver Hair-grass | Snook, pre 2010, unknown location (personal correspondence) |
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879
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Apera spica-venti | Loose Silky Bent | EF: 40-86 Wanstead Flats; BEC.,1945 rep, 73 |
| 882 | Alopecurus aequalis | Orange Foxtail | Wanless 2003, F2 and F3 between peninsular and pond dipping area of Jubilee Pond |