Scrooby Plant Species Survey

Scrooby Gardening Club is undertaking a survey of the plant species found in the parish of Scrooby. Work started in early 2009 and will continue throughout the year. We plan to visit the site once a month the whole of 2009.

The first piece of land to be surveyed is the relict common known as the Whinz. A species list is below.

24 January 2009

LocalityThe Whinz
HabitatSandy wasteland next to the river Ryton 4m above sea level
Recorder(s)Alison Evans, Chris Evans, Ann Robbins
Grid ReferenceSK650913
Date24/01/2009
SpeciesAlder
Artemesia
Ash
Blackthorn
Bramble
Burdock
Campion
Celandine
Cherry
Chickweed
Couch grass
Cow Parsley
Dogwood
Elder
Erodium
Field Thistle
Forget-me-not
Foxglove
Goosegrass
Gorse
Ground Ivy
Hawthorne
Hogweed
Hornbeam
Ivy
Lichen - cladonia
Mouse ear
Nettle
Periwinkle
Ragwort
Ribwort Plantain
Rowen
Scots Pine
Silver Birch
Sorrel
Spear Thistle
St John's wort
Veronica
Willow
Willowherb
Wood sage

4 March 2009

LocalityThe Whinz
HabitatSandy wasteland next to the river Ryton 4m above sea level
Recorder(s)Penny Cawley, Sarah Coombes, Chris and Tony Spence, Ann Robbins
Grid ReferenceSK650913
Date04/03/2009
SpeciesAs above
Bluebell
Daffodil (garden escapes introduced by fly tippers)
Snowdrop

1 April 2009

LocalityThe Whinz
HabitatSandy wasteland next to the river Ryton 4m above sea level
Recorder(s)Alison Evans, Sarah Coombes, Ann Robbins
Grid ReferenceSK650913
Date01/04/2009
SpeciesAs above
Dandelion
Clover
Ragwort
Dog Rose
Comfrey
Meadowsweet?
Bracken
Tansy
Cow wheat
Yarrow
Claytonia perfoliata
Stitchwort?
Verbascum
Ground Elder
Red Dead Nettle
White Dead Nettle

Mosses

LocalityThe Whinz
Habitat Sandy wasteland next to the river Ryton 4 m above seal level
Recorder(s) Alison Evans, Chris Evans, Ann Robbins
Grid Reference SK650913
Date 24 January 2009 / 1 April 2009
1. SK6500 9139 Aulocomnium androgynum
2. SK6503 9134 Brachythecium albicans
3. SK6503 9134 Brachythecium rutabulum
4. SK6493 9150 Brachythecium velutinum 1.4.09
5. SK6495 9149 Campylopus introflexus
6. SK6500 9139 Campylopus ? paradoxus
7. SK6494 9150 Dicranoweisia cirrata
8. SK6503 9134 Eurhynchium praelongum
9. SK6500 9139 Plagiomnium affine
10. SK6494 9150 Polytrichum juniperinum
11. SK6454 9146 Scleropodium purum
12. SK6503 9134 Tortula muralis 1.4.09