Flora of Pauline's Swamp

Plants in the swamp and field

East Cambridgeshire District County Wildlife Sites Register 2005 lists some of the swamp's plants. These are indicated with 2005 in the first column of list below. In 2010 I started listing other plants I found there - these are indicated with either the year I first noticed the plant or *. Many plants were planted by the Hawes family, these are indicated by PH.

Those entries with note after them have notes which may be accessed by clicking the note link.

See also my Pauline's Swamp diary

2005Field mapleAcer campestre
Horse chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
2005BugleAjuga reptans
Water plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaNote 028
2018Hedge Garlic Alliaria petiolata
* RamsonsAllium ursinumNote 001
*Cow parsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
2005 Fool's water-cressApium nodiflorum
2018BurdockArctium lappa
2005False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
ArumArum maculatum
* DaisyBellis perennis
* Silver birchBetula pendula
* White BryonyBryonia dioica
2005 PHKingcup or Marsh marigoldCaltha palustris
2017Hedge bindweed or BellbineCalystegia sepium
2005Cuckoo flowerCardamine pratensis
2005 Lesser Pond SedgeCarex acutiformis
2005Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
2005Black SedgeCarex nigra
2005 Black KnapweedCentaurea nigra
2005Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Soft hornwortCeratophyllum submersumNote 002
*Stinking stonewortChara foetidaNote 003
* Fat henChenopodium album
2005 Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
2005Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Field bindweedConvolvulus arvensis
*DogwoodCornus sanguinea
2005 HazelCorylus avellana
2005 HawthornCrataegus monogyna
2005CocksfootDactylis glomerata
Wild carrotDaucus carotaNote 004
* Wood strawberryDuchesnea indicaNote 005
2017Canadian pondweedElodea canadensisNote 006
* Spanish bluebellEndymion hispanicusNote 007
2005 Great hairy willowherbEpilobium hirsutumNote 007
* Small-flowered willowherbEpilobium parviflorumNote 007
2017Winter aconiteEranthis hyemalis
2005 Red fescueFestuca rubra
2005 MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
* Willow mossFontinalis antipyreticaNote 008
2005 AshFraxinus excelsior
* PHSnowdropGalanthus nivalis
2005 CleaversGalium aparine
2005 Fen bedstrawGalium uliginosum
2005Lady's bedstrawGalium verum
*Herb robertGeranium robertianum
* Wood avensGeum urbanumNote 009
* Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
* Floating sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansNote 010
* IvyHedera helix
* Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris
2005Yorkshire fogHolcus lanatus
2018Water violetHottonia palustrisNote 037
HopHumulus lupulusNote 037
* Frog-bitHydrocharis morsus-ranaeNote 011
* Square-stemmed St John's wortHypericum tetrapterum
2005 PHYellow Flag IrisIris pseudacorus
*WalnutJuglans regia
2005 Hard RushJuncus inflexus
2005Blunt-flowered rushJuncus subnodulosus
*Field scabious Knautia arvensis
* Great lettuceLactuca virosaNote 012
2005Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Ivy-leaved duckweedLemna trisulcaNote 013
2018Oxeye daisyLeucanthemum vulgareNote 038
2017Common bird's-Foot trefoilLotus corniculatus
2017GipsywortLycopous europaeus
2018Yelow loosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris
* Pineapple weedMatricaria matricarioidesNote 015
2005 Water mintMentha aquatica
2005 Water forget-me-notMyosotis scorpiodes
* PHDaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
2005 WatercressNasturtium officinale
2017Fringed water lilyNymphoides peltataNote 030
2013Adder's tongue fernOphioglossum vulgatum Note 016
2017Star of BethlehemOrnithogalum angustifolium
2012Wild parsnipPastinaca sativaNote 017
* Green alkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
* RedshankPersicaria maculosa
* Ribwort plantainPlantago lanceolata
* Greater plantainPlantago major
Grey poplarPopulus x canescensNote 032
2017Fennel pondweedPotamogeton pectinaceusNote 030
* SilverweeedPotentilla anserina
* Creeping cinquefoilPotentilla reptans
2005 CowslipPrimula veris
*PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
2005 Self HealPrunella vulgaris
*Blackthorn or SloePrunus spinosa
* PHCommon or Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
2005 Meadow buttercupRanunculus acris
* Lesser celandineRanunculus ficaria
* Greater spearwortRanunculus lingua
* Thread-leaved Water CrowfootRanunculus trichophyllus
2018Yellow rattleRhianthus minorNote 014
* Dog roseRosa canina
2005 BrambleRubus fruticosus
2005 SorrelRumex acetosa
2005 Goat WillowSalix caprea
2005 ElderSambucus nigra
2005 Water figwortScrophularia auriculata
Common ragwortSenecio jacobaeaNote 021
White campionSilene latifoliaNote 022
2018AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumNote 036
2005BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
2018RowanSorbus aucupariaNote 035
* Water soldierStratiotes alloides
2018Black bryonyTamus communisNote 033
* Red cloverTrifolium pratenseNote 023
* Colt's footTussilago farfaraNote 024
* Great reedmaceTypha latifolia
* NettleUrtica dioica
* Aaron's rod or Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
* Blue water speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquaticaNote 025
* BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
* Germander speedwellVeronica chamaedrysNote 026
2017Thyme-leaved speedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaNote 029
2005Tufted vetchVicia cracca
PeriwinkleVinca major
* Field pansyViola arvensis
* VioletViola odorata

Notes

Love Lane

The swamp is approached by a small lane (locally known as Love Lane) beside the Reach Road (Meadow View) Industrial Estate. This lane has additional flora. However the lane gets mowed too frequently so some of those plants below are distinctly transient. I have noticed:

*Yarrow or MilfoilAchillea milefolium
*Ground elderAegopodium podagraria
*Garlic mustardAlliaria petiolata
*Burr chervilAnthriscus cerefoliumNote 027
*Spear-leaved oracheAtriplex prostata
*Black horehoundBallota nigraNote 034
*HemlockConium maculatumNote 027
*TeaselDipsacus fullonum
*Hedge BedstrawGalium mollugo
*Herb RobertGeranium robertianum
*Wood AvensGeum urbanum
*Great lettuceLactuca virosa
*NipplewortLapsana communis
*White deadnettleLamium album
*Oxeye daisyLeucanthemum vulgare
*Common MallowMalva sylvestris
*Annual mercuryMercurialis annua
*Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
*Bristly OxtonguePicris echioides
*Ribwort plantainPlantago lanceolata
*Cornfield knotgrassPolygonum rurivagum
*Wild cherryPrunus avium
*White campionSilene latifolia
*Hedge musardSisymbrium officinale
*BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
*Goat's beardTragopogon pratensis
*NettleUrtica dioica
*Small NettleUrtica urensNote 027

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