The Wetlands Restoration Project
Marsh Area - Plant
Species Survey
July 1991
| This walking survey of the flora present was conducted in the summer of 1991 following the completion of restoration work in earlier in the year. The area had been cleared of rhododendron in 1990. At this time regeneration was largely confined to the wetter areas. |
| Trees | Herbs |
| Alder | Foxglove |
| Ash | Marsh Thistle |
| Birch, Silver | Spear Thistle |
| Hawthorn | Burdock |
| Holly | Stinging Nettle |
| Oak, English | Dead Nettle |
| Oak, Turkey | Yellow Archangel |
| Rowan | Bluebell |
| Sycamore | Tutsan |
| Willow | Creeping Buttercup |
| Willowherb | |
| Shrubs | Yellow Iris |
| Rhododendron | Marsh Bedstraw |
| Common Speedwell | |
| Mosses | Yellow Pimpernel |
| Attrichum undulatum | Wood Sorrel |
| Liverwort | Hairy Bittercress |
| Mnium hornum | Field Bindweed |
| Thuidium tamariscinum | Duckweed |
| Reeds, Sedges and Rushes | Grasses |
| Rush, Soft | Bamboo |
| Sedge, Pendgler | False Broom |
| Wood Poa | |
| Ferns | Wood Sedge |
| Hard Fern | |
| Lady Fern |
Species Totals |
|
| Trees | 10 |
| Shrubs | 1 |
| Mosses etc. | 4 |
| Reeds, Sedges and Rushes | 2 |
| Herbs etc. | 19 |
| Ferns | 2 |
| Grasses | 4 |
| Total number of species | 42 |
