The Wetlands Restoration
Project
Kingfisher Pond
Plant Species Survey
This walking survey of the flora present was conducted
in the summer of 1991 following the completion of excavation work in
earlier in the year. The area had been cleared of rhododendron in 1990. |
Trees |
Herbs, etc |
Alder |
Enchanter's Nightshade |
Birch, Silver |
Creeping Buttercup |
Oak, English |
Herb Robert |
Oak, Sessile |
Brooklime |
Pine, Scots |
Hairy Bittercress |
Willow |
Duckweed |
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Yellow Flag |
Shrubs |
Broad-leafed Willowherb |
Bramble |
Broad-leafed Dock |
Rhododendron |
Broad-leafed Plantain |
Heather |
Nettle |
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Valerian |
Reeds, Sedges
& Rushes |
Cleavers |
Lesser Reed Mace |
Greater Spearwort |
Branched Bur-reed |
White Water Lily |
Dwarf Rush |
Persicaria |
Soft Rush |
Mouse-Eared Chickweed |
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Japanese Knotweed |
Ferns |
Pineapple Weed |
Bracken |
Gipsy Wort |
Hard Fern |
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Grasses |
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Couch Grass |
1991 Species Totals |
Trees |
6 |
Shrubs |
3 |
Reeds, Sedges & Rushes |
4 |
Herbs, etc |
20 |
Ferns |
2 |
Grasses |
1 |
Total |
36 |
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Before the Restoration
Kingfisher Pond completely dried up and the rhododendron cleared. Note Scots
pines marking former island
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