We bought a field
The story of an 11.4 acre field in South West Shropshire
Plant List
Stony Field, New Invention – Plant lists recorded May & July 2019 and from 2020+ (thanks to John Clayfield and Rob Rowe)
Flowers
Betony*
Yarrow
Lesser Celandine
Meadowsweet
Goose-grass (Cleavers)
Marsh Bedstraw
Ladys Bedstraw
Dove’s Foot Cranesbill
Herb Robert
Cats Ear
Birds-Foot Trefoil
Greater Birds-Foot Trefoil
Blinks*
Cow Parsley
Parsley Piert (slender)*
Thale Cress
Daisy
Knapweed
Harebell
Shepherds Purse
Wavy Bittercress
Hairy Bittercress
Ladies Smock
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed
Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed
Rough Chervil
Creeping Thistle
Marsh Thistle
Spear Thistle
Pignut
Foxglove
Heath Groundsel
Groundsel (?)
Red Campion
Bog Stitchwort
Greater Stitchwort
Lesser Stitchwort
Chickweed
Bush Vetch
Common Violet
Field Forget-me-Not
Changing Forget-me-Not*
Creeping Forget-me-Not*
Water-cress (hybrid?)
BirdsFoot*
Mouse-Ear Hawkweed
Ribwort Plantain
Tormentil
Meadow Buttercup
Bulbous Buttercup
Lesser Spearwort
Whitlow Grass
Creeping Buttercup
Round-leaved Water-Crowfoot*
Common Sorrel
Sheep’s Sorrel
Broad-leaved Dock
Procumbent Pearlwort
Autumn Hawkbit
Dandelion
Lesser Trefoil
?Alsike Clover
Red Clover
White Clover
Nettle (common)
Wall Speedwell
Brooklime
Germander Speedwell
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Male Fern
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Appearing in 2021:
Common Valerian
Meadow Vetchling
Moonwort
Trailing St Johns Wort
Tormentil
Musk Mallow
Cut-leaved Cranesbill
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Grasses
Silver Hair Grass*
Creeping Soft Grass
Yellow Oat Grass*
Early Hair Grass*
Yorkshire Fog
Cocksfoot
Rye Grass
Marsh Foxtail
Meadow Foxtail
Sweet Vernal Grass
Soft Brome
Crested Dogstail
Heath Grass*
Sheeps Fescue
Red Fescue
Floating Sweet-Grass
Annual Meadow Grass
Smooth Meadow Grass
Rough Meadow Grass
Sedges & Rushes
Prickly Sedge*
Spring Sedge*
Hairy Sedge
Remote Sedge
Sharp-flowered Rush
Bulbous Rush*
Soft Rush
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*Axiophytes = species considered to be indicators of good ecological habitat
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Trees
Newly planted, January 2020
(top wood):
Sessile Oak
Pedunculate Oak
Hazel
Blackthorn
Holly
Silver Birch
Field Maple
Dogwood
Bird Cherry
Beech
Rowan
Guelder Rose
Dog Rose
Spindle
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Planted Autumn/Winter 2021/22
Wild Service
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Planted December 2021 (wetland)
Alder
Grey Willow
Alder Buckthorn
Downy Birch
Hedgerow trees:
Hawthorn
Crack Willow
Blackthorn
Elder
Holly
Dog Rose
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Fungi (recorded December 2018)
(thanks to Rob Rowe)
Hygrocybe virginea - Snowy Waxcap
Hygrocybe pratensis - Field Waxcap
Hygrocybe ceracea - Butter Waxcap
Hygrocybe coccinea - Scarlet Waxcap
Hygrocybe glutinosa - Glutinous Waxcap
Parrot Waxcap (2021)
Blackening Waxcap (2021)
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Galerina sp - Moss Bell
Enteloma sp - Pink Gill
Bolbitius titulans
Mycena flaveoalba - Ivory Bonnet
Rickenella swartzii - Collared Mosscap
Rickenella fibula - Orange Mosscap
Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis - The Goblet
Hares Foot Inkcap (2021)
Fungi (recorded November 2022) - thanks to Rob Rowe!
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Hygrocybe ceracea - Butter Waxcap
Hygrocybe chlorophana - Golden Waxcap
Hygrocybe virginea - Snowy waxcap
Hygrocybe coccinea - Scarlet Waxcap
Hygrocybe russocoriacea - Cedarwood Waxcap???????
Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens - Orange Waxcap ??????
Hygrocybe quieta - Oily Waxcap
Hygrocybe pratensis var. pratensis -Meadow Waxcap
Gliophorus psittacinus - Parrot Waxcap
Hygrocbe conica - Blackening waxcap
Hygrocbe insipida - Spangle waxcap
Clavulinopsis corniculata - Meadow coral
Clavulinopsis helvola - Yellow club
Clavaria fragilis - White spindles
Cystoderma amianthinum - Earthy powdercap
Clitocybe fragrans - Fragrant funnel
Agaricus campestre - Field mushroom
Agaricus pratense - Horse mushroom
Mycena flavoalba - Ivory bonnet
M. pura - Lilac bonnet
Clitocybe dealbata - Ivory funnel
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(2023)
Microglossom pratense - Green Earth tongue
Hygrocybe reidii - ​Honey Waxcap
Hygrocybe intermedia - Fibrous Waxcap
Ramariopsis subtilis - (a beige coloured coral)
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Butterflies observed
(not formal survey)
Meadow Brown
Ringlet
Common Blue
Orange Underwing (moth)
Silver Y (moth)
Angle Shades (moth)
Common Tortoiseshell
Small Copper
Cabbage White
Orange Tip
Wall
Green Veined White
Skippers - Small, Large, Essex
Speckled Wood
Damselflies/Dragonflies observed
(not formal survey)
Common Blue damselfly
Azure damselfy
Large Red damselfly
Beautiful Demoiselle
Broad bodied Chaser
Southern Hawker
Common Darter
Black Darter
Four Spot Chaser
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Invertebrates surveyed July 2021 (thanks to Joy of Wildlife)
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Invertebrates surveyed Sept 2022
(thanks to Joy of Wildlife)
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