1. ground elder
Aegopodium podagraria
Better known as Ground Elder. A vigorous and invasive clump-forming perennial, it has soft green leaves and white flowers from spring through until the autumn
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2. common oak
Quercus robur
A large, deciduous tree potentially reaching a mature height of between 20 to 40m in height, with a magnificent broad crown and strong branches beneath. Dark green, rounded and lobed foliage, smooth at the edges, turns reddish-brown in aut
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3. common stinging nettle
Urtica dioica
A herbaceous perennial with spreading roots and creeping horizontal stems able to form large, patches of upright stems, to 1.5m tall, with dark green foliage. Leaves and stems are covered in stinging and non-stinging hairs. Cream or brownis
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4. germander speedwell
Veronica chamaedrys
A creeping plant, rooting at the nodes, with spires of bright blue flowers. These have white centres, are up to 1cm across, 4 lobed and bloom in spring and early summer. Flowering stems have two vertical lines of hairs. Leaves are entire, p
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5. white clover
Trifolium repens
Small-leaved white clover is a creeping perennial that roots at the nodes. Between May and October, on long stalks, it bears rounded heads of creamy white flowers, sometimes with a hint of pale pink that fade to brown. Leaves are trifoliate
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6. Norway maple
Acer platanoides
A vigorous deciduous large tree. Leaves 5-lobed, turning bright yellow, orange or brown in autumn. Scented yellow flowers in conspicuous clusters on bare branches
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7. Taraxacum officinale
Taraxacum officinale
An evergreen herbaceous perennial known as the 'dandelion' with upright purple stems and upright or horizontal dark green basal foliage growing from a main taproot. Yellow flower heads change into silvery, wispy tufted seed heads or 'dande
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8. greater celandine
Chelidonium majus
A sparsely hairy, somewhat spreading plant to 90cm, with broadly-lobed pinnately-divided leaves, and yellow flowers in spring and summer. Self-seeds and naturalises freely
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9. meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
A vigorous rhizomatous perennial with pinnately divided leaves, the leaflets strongly toothed and often whitish beneath, and with creamy-white flowers in dense irregular terminal clusters on erect leafy stems in summer
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10. Scots pine
Pinus sylvestris
P. sylvestris is a large evergreen tree to 25m, with the upper trunk and branches orange-brown, developing a picturesque, irregular outline with maturity. Twisted grey-green needles are borne in pairs. Cones 5cm in length
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11. white deadnettle
Lamium album
The white dead nettle is a downy perennial that spreads by rhizomatous stolons. Stems are square with pairs of leaves that are toothed, stalked and slightly heart shaped. Flowers are borne in whorls in the leaf axils from March to late autu
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12. common wood sorrel
Oxalis acetosella
A rhizomatous spreading perennial up to 10cm in height when in flower, with leaves of three heart-shaped, folded green leaflets. Among the leaves delicate flower stems bear single, funnel-shaped white flowers with fine pink veins, from spri
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13. bird cherry
Prunus padus
P. padus is a large deciduous tree with toothed, ovate leaves turning yellow in autumn, and pendant racemes of frgrant white flowers 1cm wide in late spring, followed by small, bitter black fruits
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14. purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
L. salicaria is a robust herbaceous perennial with upright stems to 1.2m tall, clad in narrow, willowy leaves, and small vivid purplish-pink flowers 2cm wide in dense terminal spikes over a long period in summer
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15. common winter cactus
Schlumbergera truncata
A cactus with erect stems that then become pendent-forming as a bushy, trailing plant with flattened and toothed, oblong stem segments. Flowers produced at the stem tips in autumn and winter are usually in shades of purple, pink or red
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16. common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
A spreading stoloniferous perennial with narrow, finely pinnately dissected leaves and small, cream or pink flowerheads in flat heads in summer
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17. common toadflax
Linaria vulgaris
L. vulgaris is an erect perennial, spreading by runners, with stiff stems bearing narrow, pale green leaves that are arranged in a spiral. The pale yellow flowers, resembling small snapdragons in dense spikes, appear from late spring to mid
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18. coltsfoot
Tussilago farfara
Traditionally an ingredient in cough medicine, coltsfoot flowers before its leaves emerge in early spring. Flowers are yellow and similar to dandelions, borne singularly on short scaly stems. Leaves are entire and toothed with a grey tinge.
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19. fern arum
Zamioculcas zamiifolia
an evergreen, rhizomatous perennial. The smooth, shiny leaves, 40-60cm long, arise directly from the ground, and have six to eight pairs of leaflets. One or two green and white, arum-like flowers may appear among the leaf bases in summer, f
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20. lily of the valley
Convallaria majalis
A perennial to 25cm in height, forming extensive colonies. Erect racemes of nodding, bell-shaped, fragrant white flowers arise with the paired, elliptic leaves
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