| List of vascular plant species seen at the
BSS/BNC field meeting at Holy Island (Lindisfarne), Northumberland. |
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| Vice-county name: |
North
Northumberland (formerly Cheviot) |
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| Vice-county number: |
68 |
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| Site: |
The Snook, Lindisfarne |
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| O.S. Grid reference: |
Km. square: NU0943 |
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| Date: |
12th July, 2008 |
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| Recorders: |
R.
Milne, C. & J. Jeffree, A. Twyford, B. Sumner & members of the
Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. |
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| Scientific names of species |
Common names of species |
Notes |
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| Acaena novae-zelandiae |
Pirri-pirri-bur |
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| Agrostis stolonifera |
Creeping bent |
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| Ammophila arenaria |
Marram Grass |
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| Anagallis tenella |
Bog Pimpernel |
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| Anthoxanthum odoratum |
sweet vernal grass |
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| Anthyllis vulneraria |
kidney vetch |
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| Armeria maritima |
Thrift or Sea Pink |
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| Arrhenatherum elatius |
false oat grass |
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| Aster tripolium |
Sea Aster |
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| Astragalus danicus |
Purple Milk-vetch |
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| Bellis perennis |
Daisy |
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| Briza media |
Quaking Grass |
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| Calluna vulgaris |
ling, heather |
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| Campanula rotundifolia |
Harebell or Scottish Bluebell |
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| Carex arenaria |
Sand sedge |
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| Carex otrubae |
False Fox Sedge |
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| Catapodium rigidum |
Fern Grass |
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| Centaurium littorale |
Seaside centaury |
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| Cirsium arvense |
Creeping Thistle |
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| Cirsium palustre |
Marsh Thistle |
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| Cirsium vulgare |
Spear Thistle |
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| Corallorhiza trifida |
Coralroot Orchid |
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| Dactylhoriza fuchsii |
Common Spotted Orchid |
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| Dactylhoriza incarnata ssp. incarnata |
Early Marsh Orchid |
Flesh pink variety, found in marshy areas. |
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| Dactylhoriza purpurella |
Northern Marsh Orchid |
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| Echium vulgare |
Viper's Bugloss |
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| Eleocharis palustris |
Common Spike-rush |
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| Elytrigia juncea |
Sand couch |
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| Epipactis palustris |
Marsh Helleborine |
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| Epipactis sancta |
Lindisfarne Orchid |
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| Erodium cicutarium |
Common Stork's Bill |
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| Euphrasia agg. |
Eyebright |
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| Festuca rubra |
red fescue |
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| Filipendula ulmaria |
meadowseet |
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| Fragaria vesca |
Alpine strawberry |
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| Galium verum |
Lady's Bedstraw |
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| Gentianella amarella ssp. septentrionale |
Autumn Gentian |
Pale northern subspecies. |
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| Glaux maritima |
Sea Milkwort |
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| Heracleum sphondylium |
Hogweed |
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| Holcus lanatus |
Yorkshire Fog |
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| Hydrocotyle vulgaris |
Marsh Pennywort |
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| Hypochaeris radicata |
Common Cat's-ear |
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| Juncus gerardii |
Saltmarsh Rush |
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| Linum catharticum |
Fairy Flax |
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| Listera ovata |
Common Twayblade |
? Neottia ovata |
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| Lotus corniculatus |
Bird's-foot Trefoil |
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| Ononis repens |
Rest-harrow |
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| Pinguicula vulgaris |
Butterwort |
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| Plantago maritima |
Sea Plantain |
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| Polygala vulgaris |
Common Milkwort |
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| Polypodium vulgare |
Common Polypody |
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| Potentilla anserina |
Silverweed |
? Argentina anserina |
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| Primula veris |
Cowslip |
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| Prunella vulgaris |
Self-heal |
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| Prunella vulgaris |
Self heal |
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| Pyrola rotundifolia var. rotundifolia |
Round-leaved Wintergreen |
Sand dune variety |
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| Ranunculus acris |
Meadow Buttercup |
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| Ranunculus flammula |
Lesser Spearwort |
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| Sagina nodosa |
Knotted Pearlwort |
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| Salix repens |
Creeping Willow |
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| Samolus valerandi |
Brookweed |
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| Schoenus nigricans |
Black Bog-rush |
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| Selaginella selaginoides |
Lesser Clubmoss |
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| Senecio jacobaea |
Common Ragwort |
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| Thymus polytrichus |
Wild thyme |
Richard spotted a white variety among the pink |
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| Trifolium campestre |
Hop Trefoil |
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| Trifolium repens |
White Clover |
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| Triglochin maritima |
Sea Arrow-grass |
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| Valeriana officinalis |
Common Valerian |
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| Viola
sp. |
violet |
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| Abbreviations: |
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| Agg., aggregate of
micro-species. |
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| Sp.,
species; ssp., subspecies; var., variety. |
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| Late records: |
Lesser butterfly orchid, Platanthera bifolia recorded on
subsequent day |
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