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A Local Wildlife Site with public footpaths criss-crossing parts of the course.
Parts of the grassland is species rich but, being a golf-course much of it has received herbicides and fertiliser. Quite a bit of the good quality grassland remains but it is either left unmanaged or regularly mown, neither of which is ideal. Along the fairways around the perimiter of the site the vegetative rosettes survive but very little gets to flower because it is regularly mown right up to the scrub bordering the course.
The good news is that as of 2017, there is an initiative underway to improve the ecological interest and value of the course. NP and David Wood undertook a botanical survey on 10th July as part of this initiative and the species list can be found below. (Needless to say, most of the credit for the impressive list lies with DCW). Many of the non-native trees and cultivars were not identified.
NGR SK 631311
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| Taxon | Vernacular |
|---|---|
| Acer campestre | Field Maple |
| Acer negundo | Ashleaf Maple |
| Acer platanoides | Norway Maple |
| Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |
| Achillea ptarmica | Sneezewort |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | Horse-chestnut |
| Aethusa cynapium | Fool's Parsley |
| Agrimonia eupatoria | Agrimony |
| Agrostis capillaris | Common Bent |
| Agrostis gigantea | Black Bent |
| Agrostis stolonifera | Creeping Bent |
| Ajuga reptans | Bugle |
| Alliaria petiolata | Garlic Mustard |
| Alopecurus pratensis | Meadow Foxtail |
| Anagallis arvensis | Scarlet Pimpernel |
| Anisantha sterilis | Barren Brome |
| Anthoxanthum odoratum | Sweet Vernal-grass |
| Anthriscus sylvestris | Cow Parsley |
| Apium nodiflorum | Fool's-water-cress |
| Arctium lappa | Greater Burdock |
| Arctium minus | Lesser Burdock |
| Arrhenatherum elatius | False Oat-Grass |
| Artemisia vulgaris | Mugwort |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Lady-fern |
| Atriplex prostrata | Spear-leaved Orache |
| Ballota nigra | Black Horehound |
| Bellis perennis | Daisy |
| Betonica officinalis | Betony |
| Betula pendula | Silver Birch |
| Brachypodium pinnatum agg. | Tor-grass |
| Brachypodium sylvaticum | False-brome |
| Bryonia dioica | White Bryony |
| Buddleja davidii | Butterfly-bush |
| Calystegia sepium | Hedge Bindweed |
| Calystegia silvatica | Large Bindweed |
| Capsella bursa-pastoris | Shepherd's-purse |
| Cardamine flexuosa | Wavy Bitter-cress |
| Cardamine pratensis | Cuckooflower |
| Carduus crispus | Welted Thistle |
| Carex flacca | Glaucous Sedge |
| Carex hirta | Hairy Sedge |
| Carex pendula | Pendulous Sedge |
| Carpinus betulus | Hornbeam |
| Castanea sativa | Sweet Chestnut |
| Centaurea nigra | Common Knapweed |
| Centaurium erythraea | Common Centaury |
| Cerastium fontanum | Common Mouse-ear |
| Cerastium glomeratum | Sticky Mouse-ear |
| Chaerophyllum temulum | Rough Chervil |
| Chamerion angustifolium | Rosebay Willowherb |
| Chelidonium majus | Greater Celandine |
| Chenopodium album | Fat-hen |
| Chenopodium ficifolium | Fig-leaved Goosefoot |
| Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle |
| Cirsium palustre | Marsh Thistle |
| Cirsium vulgare | Spear Thistle |
| Conopodium majus | Pignut |
| Convolvulus arvensis | Field Bindweed |
| Cornus sanguinea | Dogwood |
| Cornus sericea | Red-osier Dogwood |
| Corylus avellana | Hazel |
| Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn |
| Cynosurus cristatus | Crested Dog's-tail |
| Cytisus scoparius | Broom |
| Dactylis glomerata | Cock's-foot |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hair-grass |
| Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove |
| Dryopteris dilatata | Broad Buckler-fern |
| Dryopteris filix-mas | Male-fern |
| Elytrigia repens | Common Couch |
| Epilobium ciliatum | American Willowherb |
| Epilobium hirsutum | Great Willowherb |
| Epilobium montanum | Broad-leaved Willowherb |
| Epilobium obscurum | Short-fruited Willowherb |
| Epilobium parviflorum | Hoary Willowherb |
| Epilobium roseum | Pale Willowherb |
| Epilobium tetragonum | Square-stalked Willowherb |
| Equisetum arvense | Field Horsetail |
| Euphorbia exigua | Dwarf Spurge |
| Euphorbia helioscopia | Sun Spurge |
| Euphorbia peplus | Petty Spurge |
| Festuca rubra agg. | Red Fescue |
| Filipendula vulgaris | Dropwort |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Ash |
| Fumaria officinalis | Common Fumitory |
| Galeopsis tetrahit | Common Hemp-nettle |
| Galium aparine | Cleavers |
| Galium verum | Lady's Bedstraw |
| Geranium dissectum | Cut-leaved Crane's-bill |
| Geranium pratense | Meadow Crane's-bill |
| Geranium robertianum | Herb-Robert |
| Geum urbanum | Wood Avens |
| Glechoma hederacea | Ground-ivy |
| Glyceria maxima | Reed Sweet-grass |
| Gnaphalium uliginosum | Marsh Cudweed |
| Hedera helix | Common Ivy |
| Heracleum sphondylium | Hogweed |
| Hieracium Section Sabauda | A Hawkweed |
| Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire-fog |
| Holcus mollis | Creeping Soft-grass |
| Hyacinthoides sp. | Bluebell / Spanish Bluebell/hybrid |
| Hypericum androsaemum | Tutsan |
| Hypericum perforatum | Perforate St John's-wort |
| Hypericum tetrapterum | Square-stalked St John's-wort |
| Hypochaeris radicata | Cat's-ear |
| Ilex aquifolium | Holly |
| Iris pseudacorus | Yellow Iris |
| Isolepis setacea | Bristle Club-rush |
| Juncus articulatus | Jointed Rush |
| Juncus bufonius | Toad Rush |
| Juncus conglomeratus | Compact Rush |
| Juncus effusus | Soft-rush |
| Juncus inflexus | Hard Rush |
| Juncus tenuis | Slender Rush |
| Lactuca serriola | Prickly Lettuce |
| Lamium album | White Dead-nettle |
| Lamium amplexicaule | Henbit Dead-nettle |
| Lamium purpureum | Red Dead-nettle |
| Lapsana communis | Nipplewort |
| Larix kaempferi | Japanese Larch |
| Lathyrus pratensis | Meadow Vetchling |
| Lemna minor | Common Duckweed |
| Leontodon saxatilis | Lesser Hawkbit |
| Lepidium coronopus | Swine-cress |
| Lolium perenne | Perennial Rye-grass |
| Lonicera nitida | Wilson's Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera periclymenum | Honeysuckle |
| Lotus corniculatus | Common Bird's-foot-trefoil |
| Luzula campestris | Field Wood-rush |
| Malus pumila | Apple |
| Malus sylvestris | Crab Apple |
| Malva sylvestris | Common Mallow |
| Matricaria chamomilla | Scented Mayweed |
| Matricaria discoidea | Pineappleweed |
| Medicago lupulina | Black Medick |
| Moehringia trinervia | Three-nerved Sandwort |
| Myosotis arvensis | Field Forget-me-not |
| Myosotis sylvatica | Wood Forget-me-not |
| Nasturtium officinale agg. | Water-cress |
| Papaver dubium | Long-headed Poppy |
| Papaver rhoeas | Common Poppy |
| Papaver somniferum | Opium Poppy |
| Persicaria amphibia | Amphibious Bistort |
| Persicaria lapathifolia | Pale Persicaria |
| Persicaria maculosa | Redshank |
| Petunia x hybrida | Petunia |
| Phalaris arundinacea var. picta | Variegated Reed Grass |
| Phleum bertolonii | Smaller Cat's-tail |
| Phleum pratense | Timothy |
| Pilosella officinarum | Mouse-ear-hawkweed |
| Pimpinella major | Greater Burnet-saxifrage |
| Pinus nigra | Austrian Pine / Corsican Pine |
| Pinus sylvestris | Scots Pine |
| Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort Plantain |
| Plantago major | Greater Plantain |
| Platanus x hispanica | London Plane (P. occidentalis x orientalis) |
| Poa annua | Annual Meadow-grass |
| Poa trivialis | Rough Meadow-grass |
| Polygonum arenastrum | Equal-leaved Knotgrass |
| Polygonum aviculare | Knotgrass |
| Populus alba | White Poplar |
| Populus nigra 'Italica' | Lombardy-poplar |
| Populus x canadensis | Hybrid Black-poplar |
| Populus x canescens | Grey Poplar (P. alba x tremula) |
| Potentilla erecta | Tormentil |
| Potentilla reptans | Creeping Cinquefoil |
| Potentilla x italica | P. erecta x reptans |
| Prunella vulgaris | Selfheal |
| Prunus avium | Wild Cherry |
| Prunus domestica | Wild Plum |
| Prunus laurocerasus | Cherry Laurel |
| Prunus padus | Bird Cherry |
| Prunus spinosa | Blackthorn |
| Quercus robur | Pedunculate Oak |
| Ranunculus acris | Meadow Buttercup |
| Ranunculus bulbosus | Bulbous Buttercup |
| Ranunculus repens | Creeping Buttercup |
| Ranunculus sceleratus | Celery-leaved Buttercup |
| Reseda luteola | Weld |
| Rosa arvensis | Field-rose |
| Rosa canina agg. | Dog-rose |
| Rubus fruticosus agg. | Bramble |
| Rubus idaeus | Raspberry |
| Rubus ulmifolius | Elm-leaved Bramble |
| Rumex acetosa | Common Sorrel |
| Rumex crispus | Curled Dock |
| Rumex obtusifolius | Broad-leaved Dock |
| Rumex sanguineus | Wood Dock |
| Sagina procumbens | Procumbent Pearlwort |
| Salix alba | White Willow |
| Salix babylonica | Weeping Willow |
| Salix caprea | Goat Willow |
| Salix cinerea | Grey Willow |
| Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia | Rusty Willow |
| Salix x fragilis sens. lat. | Hybrid Crack-willow |
| Salix x holosericea | S. cinerea x viminalis |
| Sambucus nigra | Elder |
| Sanguisorba officinalis | Great Burnet |
| Scorzoneroides autumnalis | Autumn Hawkbit |
| Senecio erucifolius | Hoary Ragwort |
| Senecio jacobaea | Common Ragwort |
| Senecio viscosus | Sticky Groundsel |
| Senecio vulgaris | Groundsel |
| Silene dioica | Red Campion |
| Sinapis arvensis | Charlock |
| Sisymbrium officinale | Hedge Mustard |
| Solanum dulcamara | Bittersweet |
| Sonchus arvensis | Perennial Sow-thistle |
| Sonchus asper | Prickly Sow-thistle |
| Sonchus oleraceus | Smooth Sow-thistle |
| Sorbus aucuparia | Rowan |
| Stachys sylvatica | Hedge Woundwort |
| Stellaria graminea | Lesser Stitchwort |
| Stellaria media | Common Chickweed |
| Succisa pratensis | Devil's-bit Scabious |
| Tamus communis | Black Bryony |
| Taraxacum agg. | Dandelion |
| Taxus baccata | Yew |
| Thlaspi arvense | Field Penny-cress |
| Tilia x europaea | Lime |
| Torilis japonica | Upright Hedge-parsley |
| Tragopogon pratensis | Goat's-beard |
| Trifolium dubium | Lesser Trefoil |
| Trifolium pratense | Red Clover |
| Trifolium repens | White Clover |
| Tripleurospermum inodorum | Scentless Mayweed |
| Trisetum flavescens | Yellow Oat-grass |
| Tussilago farfara | Colt's-foot |
| Typha latifolia | Bulrush |
| Ulex europaeus | Gorse |
| Ulmus glabra | Wych Elm |
| Ulmus glabra x minor sensu Stace | Hybrid Wych Elm x Small-leaved Elm |
| Ulmus minor | Small-leaved Elm (sensu Stace) |
| Ulmus procera | English Elm |
| Veronica arvensis | Wall Speedwell |
| Veronica beccabunga | Brooklime |
| Veronica chamaedrys | Germander Speedwell |
| Veronica filiformis | Slender Speedwell |
| Veronica persica | Common Field-speedwell |
| Veronica serpyllifolia | Thyme-leaved Speedwell |
| Viburnum opulus | Guelder-rose |
| Vicia cracca | Tufted Vetch |
| Vicia sativa subsp. segetalis | Common Vetch |
| Viola hirta | Hairy Violet |
| Viola odorata | Sweet Violet |
| Vulpia myuros | Rat's-tail Fescue |