Gives off a vile smelling fluid when threatened.
The Bailey Bridge
Violet ground beetles
Alder
In winter, old catkins remain and look like clusters of small pine cones.
Wild angelica
Purple tinged stems
Tufted vetch
Climbing plants with pea-like flowers.
Common Vetch
Climbing plants with pea-like flowers. Hairy.
Bush Vetch
Climbing plants with pea-like flowers. Hairy.
Burdock
Thistle-like flowers.
Mugwort
Stems purple.
Black Horehand
Nettle-like with square stem. Hairy.
Welted thistle
Broad-winged Thistle
Spear Thistle
Crested dog’s tail
Cock’s foot
Wild carrot
Easy to distinguish by single red flower in centre of each cluster.
Foxglove
Very poisonous and can cause heart attacks if eaten. Source of the drug digitalis which is often used to treat heart conditions.
Wild teasel
Very spiky flower heads are the favourite food of goldfinches who use their slender bills to pick out the seeds. Flowers appear to bloom in a wave.
Ash
Has black buds that are obvious in winter. Seeds are keys.
Ground-ivy
A creeping plant with whorls of leaves and flowers at intervals along stem.
Gypsywort
Has many medicinal properties.
Water Mint
Hairy, square stems.
Water Forget-me-not
Quite straggly.
Red Bartsia
Greater Plantain
Selfheal
Square, hairy stem.
Water Figwort
Marsh Woundwort
Hairy square stem. Traditionally used as a wound dressing in herbal medicine.
Hedge Woundwort
Hairy square stem. Traditionally used as a wound dressing in herbal medicine.
Common Comfrey
