Plants recorded by Richard Jefferies along Nightingale Lane 1886

 

   
The card Lucy made for the visiting President of the Richard Jefferies Society, Andrew Rosabi


Richard Jefferies describes 60 plants along Nightingale Lane. I tried to list them but I wanted to include the elm tree hence more than 60. He wrote that the elms were not doing well locally. He also used different names for plants such as moon daisy,  a word commonly used for ox-eye daisy. 
 
References to the moon, derived from the glow that emanated from a stand of daisies in the dark. It would be a welcome plan to reintroduce some of these to the verge along Church Lane. There are a few surprises in the list, for example viper's bugloss, which is a chalk loving plant. Some of the scientific names may have changed.


Agrimonia eupatoria

Agrimony

Veronica beccabunga

Brooklime

Daucus carota

Carrot

Galium aparine

Cleavers

Lotus corniculatus

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

Viola riviniana

Common Dog-violet

Scrophularia nodosa

Common Figwort

Papaver rhoeas

Common Poppy

Linaria vulgaris

Common Toadflax

Mentha arvensis

Corn Mint

Anthriscus sylvestris

Cow Parsley

Primula veris

Cowslip

Potentilla reptans

Creeping Cinquefoil

Cardamine pratensis

Cuckooflower

Bellis perennis

Daisy

Taraxacum agg.

Dandelion

Rosa canina

Dog-rose

Sambucus nigra

Elder

Ulmus agg.

Elm

Convolvulus arvensis

Field Bindweed

Knautia arvensis

Field Scabious

Rosa arvensis

Field-rose

Aethusa cynapium

Fool's Parsley

Digitalis purpurea

Foxglove

Veronica chamaedrys

Germander Speedwell

Arctium lappa

Greater Burdock

Chelidonium majus

Greater Celandine

Stellaria holostea

Greater Stitchwort

Glechoma hederacea

Ground-ivy

Campanula rotundifolia

Harebell

Hieracium agg.

Hawkweed

Crataegus monogyna

Hawthorn

Geranium robertianum

Herb-Robert

Lonicera periclymenum

Honeysuckle

Humulus lupulus

Hop

Ranunculus ficaria

Lesser Celandine

Arum maculatum

Lords-and-Ladies

Hippuris vulgaris

Mare's-tail

Filipendula ulmaria

Meadowsweet

Artemisia vulgaris

Mugwort

Leucanthemum vulgare

Oxeye Daisy

Persicaria lapathifolia

Pale Persicaria

Sonchus arvensis

Perennial Sow-thistle

Lythrum salicaria

Purple-loosestrife

Anacamptis pyramidalis

Pyramidal Orchid

Rubus idaeus

Raspberry

Chamerion angustifolium

Rosebay Willowherb

Anagallis arvensis

Scarlet Pimpernel

Prunella vulgaris

Selfheal

Potentilla anserina

Silverweed

Viola odorata

Sweet Violet

Potentilla erecta

Tormentil

Echium vulgare

Viper's-bugloss

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Water-plantain

Viburnum lantana

Wayfaring-tree

Bryonia dioica

White Bryony

Lamium album

White Dead-nettle

Dipsacus fullonum

Wild Teasel

Geum urbanum

Wood Avens

Achillea millefolium

Yarrow

Iris pseudacorus

Yellow Iris

Lathyrus aphaca

Yellow Vetchling

Rhinanthus minor

Yellow-rattle
                        








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