Links to .... Waysides Homepage . . . List of wayside reserves PLANTS OF BRIDGE ROAD WAYSIDE RESERVE Plants discovered in and around Bridge Road Wayside Reserve in Emsworth Thanks to Nigel Johnson for the discovery of Narrow-leaved Water-plantain. Thanks also to Martin Rand, Eric Clements and Ralph Hollins for their various contributions. Total list of plants for the site to 22 August 2010 - N = 136 This year's total so far is 126, an increase of 29 over last year's 97 Return to Bridge Road Nature Reserve main page ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua Apple sp. Malus domestica Ash Fraxinus excelsior Autumn Hawkbit Leontondon autumnalis Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis Bay Laurus nobilis Beech Fagus sylvatica Black Knapweed Centaurea nigra Black Medick Medicago lupilina Bluebell (hybrid species) Hyacinthoides sp. Blue Water Speedwell (hybrid) Veronica x lackschewitzii Bramble sp. Rubus ulmifolius Bread Wheat Triticum aevestivum Bristly Ox-tongue Picris echioides Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum Buddleja sp. Buddleja davidii Bulrush Typha latifolia Cleavers Galium aparine Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata Common Chickweed Stellaria media Common Couch Elytrigia repens Common Elm Ulmus procera Common Fleabane Veronica persica Common Field Speedwell Pulicaria dysenterica Common Mallow Malva sylvestris Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum Common Nettle Urtica dioica Common Orache Atriplex patula Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Creeping Bent-grass Agrostis stolonifera Creeping Buttercup Ranuculus repens Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Cultivated Flax Linium usitatissimum Curled Dock Rumex crispus Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum Daisy Bellis perennis Dandelion Taraxacum officinale agg Dog Rose Roas canina Dogwood Cornus sanguinea Dove's-foot Cranesbill Geranium molle Escallonia Escallonia macrantha False Brome Brachypodium sylvaticum False Fox Sedge Carex otrubae False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium Fool's Water-cress Apium nodiflorum Forsythia F. Intermedia 'Spectabilis' ? Garden Leek Allium porrum Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata Gipsywort Lycopus europaeus Goat Willow Salix caprea Greater Plantain Plantago major Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Grey Sedge Carex divulsa ssp divulsa Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Guernsey Fleabane Conyza sumatrensis Hairy Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta Hard Rush Juncus inflexus Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Hoary Ragwort Senecio ericifolius Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Hollyhock . . . (escape) Alcea rosea Ivy Hedera helix Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica Lesser Burdock Arctium minus Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus Meadow Buttercup Ranuculus acris Michaelmas Daisy (Aster spp) Narrow-leaved Water-plantain Alisma lanceolata Nipplewort Lapsana communis Norway Spruce Picea abies Oxeye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Pale Persicaria Persicaria lapathifolium Pansy species Viola sp. Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula Perennial Ryegrass Lolium perenne Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea Plicate Sweet-grass Glyceria notata (plicata) Portugal Laurel Prunus lusitanica Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea Red Dead-nettle Lamuim purpureum Red Fescue Festuca rubra Red Valerian Centranthus ruber Redshank Persicaria maculosa Remote Sedge Carex remota Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis Scented Mayweed Matricaria recutita Sea-buckthorn Elaeagnus rhamnoides Self-heal Prunella vulgaris Shepherd's Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Slender Speedwell Veronica filiformis Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Spotted Medick Medicago arabica Sweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet Violet Viola odorata Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana Three-cornered Leek Allium triquetrum Vervain Verbena officinallis Wall Barley Hordeum murinum Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis Wall Speedwell Veronica arvensis Water-cress Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum White Clover Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Wild Carrot Daucus carota Wintercress (Early) Barbarea intermedia White Clover Trifolium repens Wood Avens Geum urbanum Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus Wood Speedwell Veronica montana Yarrow Achillea millefolium Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus WESTBROOK STREAM SURVEY - 28 May 2010 I donned my wellies and walked the length of the Westbrook Stream from the south end of Bridge Road car park to the bridge at Victoria Road. Narrow-leaved Water-plantain . I was mainly interested in the Narrow-leaved Water-plantain. I was very pleased to find at least 30 plants, most of them in the stretch by the car park around the Bulrushes. As this rare plant is doing so well, this is even more reason why the Environment Agency should not clear the stream. The locations are as follows: 20 near Bulrushes at Grid Ref: SU 7474 0604 1 north of the central shrubbery at Grid Ref: SU 7474 0610 1 near my back garden wall at Grid Ref: SU 7473 0618 8 near the Victoria Road bridge at Grid Ref: SU 7473 0618 Other plants of interest Sweet Plicate Grass - on the east bank in the car park at Grid Ref: SU 7474 0606 Hard Rush - opposite the signcase at Grid Ref: SU 7474 0610 Remote Sedge - north of the car park at Grid Ref: SU 7473 0615 PHOTOS The leaves of Narrow-leaves Water-plantain are showing well on the Westbrook Stream - 28 May 2010 Several Cuckooflowers were flowering around the central shrubbery area in April 2010. Goat Willow in full blossom with "pussy" catkins on the edge of the Westbrook Stream - March 2010   The rare Narrow-leaved Water-plantain - June 2009   A fine stand of Bulrushes on the bank of the Westbrook Stream - August 2009    In early October bright orange berries were on the Sea-buckthorn bushes in the small shrubbery - October 2009