Plants Recorded in Streatham Cemetery
By John Hughes and Roy Vickery, South London Botanical Society, Summer 2009
The recorders were primarily interested in non-cultivated plants, and ignored planted trees, apart fromwhen these appeared to be self-seeding.
Species marked with an *asterisk are believed to have been planted but are surviving untended
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Achillea millefolium, yarrow Aegopodium podagraria, ground elder *Aesculus hippocastanum, horse chestnut Alliaria petiolata, garlic mustard Anthriscus sylvestris, cow parsley *Aquilegia vulgaris, columbine Arabidopsis thaliana, thale cress Arctium lappa, greater burdock Arrhenatherum elatius, false oat-grass Asplenium ruta-muraria, wall rue Ballota nigra, black horehound Bellis perennis, daisy Bryonia dioica, white bryony
Calystegia silvatica, large bindweed Cardamine flexuosa, wavy bitter-cress Centaurea nigra, knapweed Centranthus ruber, red valerian Cerastium fontanum, common mouse-ear Chenopodium album, fat hen Circaea lutetiana, enchanter’s nightshade Cirsium arvense, creeping thistle Convolvulus arvensis, field bindweed Coronopus didymus, lesser swine-cress Coronopus squamatus, swine-cress
Dactylis glomerata, cock’s-foot
Elytrigia repens, couch Equisetum arvense, field horsetail Euphorbia helioscopia, sun spurge Euphorbia peplus, petty spurge
Fraxinus excelsior, ash Fumaria officinalis, common fumitory
Galium aparine, cleavers Geranium dissectum, cut-leaved crane’s-bill Geranium molle, dove’s-foot crane’s-bill Geranium pyrenaicum, hedgerow crane’s-bill Geranium robertianum, herb robert *Geranium sanguineum, bloody crane’s-bill Geum urbanum, herb robert Glechoma hederacea, ground ivy
Hedera helix, ivy Heracleum sphondylium, hogweed Holcus lanatus, Yorkshire fog Hordeum murinum, wall barley Hypochaeris radicata, cat’s-ear
Ilex aquifolium, holly |
Lamium album, white deadnettle Lamium purpureum, red deadnettle Lapsana communis, nipple-wort Lathyrus pratensis, meadow vetchling Lepidium draba, hoary cress Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisy Lolium perenne, perennial rye-grass Lotus corniculatus, bird’s-foot trefoil
Malva sylvestris, common mallow Medicago lupulina, black medick
*Nigella damascena, love-in-a-mist
Oxalis corniculata, procumbent yellow-sorrel
Pentaglottis sempervirens, green alkanet Persicaria maculosa, redshank Phyllitis scolopendrium, hart’s-tongue Plantago lanceolata, ribwort plantain Plantago major, greater plantain Polygonum aviculare, knotgrass Potentilla reptans, creeping cinquefoil
Ranunculus acris, meadow buttercup Ranunculus repens, creeping buttercup Rubus fruticosus, agg., bramble Rumex acetosa, common sorrel Rumex acetosella, sheep’s sorrel Rumex obtusifolius, broad-leaved dock
Sambucus nigra, elder Sedum acre, biting stonecrop *Sedum album, white stonecrop *Sedum rupestre, reflexed stonecrop *Sedum spurium, Caucasian stonecrop Senecio jacobaea, ragwort Senecio vulgaris, groundsel Solanum dulcamara, bittersweet Solanum nigrum, black nightshade Sonchus oleraceus, smooth sow-thistle Stellaria media, chickweed
Taraxacum officinale, agg., dandelion Tragopogon pratensis, goat’s-beard Trifolium repens, white clover
Urtica dioica, common nettle
Veronica arvensis, wall speedwell Veronica persica, common field-speedwell Vicia sativa, common vetch Viola odorata, sweet violet |