Visitors are always amazed at the variety of plant-life growing on the Meadow. However, we have never known the details of what we have growing here. Until today!
A friend of the Meadow has undertaken an examination of the plants inhabiting the land and provided us with a list of species below. More will be known once this examination is done in the summer months. But at last we have a better understanding of the amazing biodiversity on show at North Kelvin Meadow.
We will of course continue to maintain this list and add to it as we discover even more plant life.
If anyone finds something they think is missing please let us know and we’ll add it to the list.
Remember that all this will be destroyed if the plans to build on the land get approved.
| WILDFLOWERS | |
| Odontites verna | Red Bartisia |
| Fragarisa vesca | Wild Strawberry |
| Euphrasia officinalis | Eyebright |
| Origanum vulgare | Wild Marjoram |
| Eupatorium cannabinum | Hemp Agrimony |
| Trifolium campestre | Hop-Trefoil |
| Trifolium pratense | Red Clover |
| Trifolium repens | White Clover |
| Leucantheum vulgare | Ox-eye Daisy |
| Prunella vulgaris | Self-heal |
| Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort |
| Lotus corniculatus | Birdsfoot-Trefoil |
| Cerastium fontanum | Common-Mouse-Ear |
| Geum urbanum | Wood Avens |
| Potentilla anserine | Sliverweed |
| Heracleum sphondylium | Cow Parsnip |
| Daucus carota | Wild Carrot |
| Lapsara communis | Nipplewort |
| Lunaria annua | Honesty |
| Rumex obtusifolius | Broad-leaved Dock |
| Ranunculus acris | Meadow Buttercup |
| Ranunculus repens | Creeping Buttercup |
| Hedra helix | Ivy |
| Hypericum tetrapterum | Square-stemmed St John’s Wort |
| Tussilago farfara | Colt’s Foot |
| Hieracium vulgatum | Common Hawkweed |
| Geranium pratense | Meadow Crane’s-bill |
| Geranium robertianum | Herb Robert |
| Aegopodium podagraria | Ground Elder |
| Artemisia vulgaris | Mugwort |
| Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort |
| Plantago major | Great Plantain |
| Myosotis arvensis | Common Forget-me-not |
| Rubus fruticosus | Blackberry |
| Urtica dioica | Common Nettle |
| Taraxarum officinale | Dandelion |
| Epilobium angustifolium | Rosebay Willowherb |
| Epilobium montanum | Broad Leaved Willowherb |
| Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle |
| ORCHIDS | |
| Epipactis helleborine | Broad-Leaved Helleborine |
| Dactylorhiza fuchsii | Common Spotted Orchid |
| Dactylorhiza maculata | Health Spotted Orchid |
| Dactylorhiza purpurella | Northern Marsh Orchid |
| Dactylorhiza | natural hybrid |
| FERNS / HORSETAILS | |
| Polystichum aculeatum | Hard Shield Fern |
| Dryopteris filix-mas | Male Fern |
| Equisetum arvense | Field Horsetail |
| MOSSES | |
| Hylocomium splendens | Glittering Wood-moss |
| Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus | Springy Turf-moss |
| Eurynchium striatum | Lesser Striated Feather Moss |
| FUNGI | |
| Psathyrella hydrophila | Crumble Tuft |
| Cantharellus cibarius | Chanterelle |
| Scleroderma verrucosum | Earth Ball |
| Hygrophorus nigrescens | |
| TREES / SHRUBS | |
| Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn |
| Betula pendula | Silver Birch |
| Betula sp | Birch |
| Quercus sp | Oak |
| GRASSES | |
| Yet to be identified | But very approx 15-20 different types so far. |
| NON-UK NATIVES | |
| Pilosella aurantiaca | Orange Hawkweed |
| Buddleia davidii | Buddleia |
| Solidago canadensis | Canadian Golden Rod |
| Aster novi-belgii | Michaelmas Daisy |
| Lamiastrum galeobdolon | Variegated Yellow Archangel |
| Alchemilla mollis | Lady’s Mantle |
| Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora | Montbretia |
North Kelvin Meadow 
Brilliant! And any Yarrow? (Achillea millefolium)
One thing I didn’t see! I’m sure there will be lots more species to add by summer …
Lisa