Margaret writes:
“We had an excellent team after the Service on Sunday 21 July to complete the churchyard plant survey for this year by surveying the remaining area (the Memorial Garden). The grass had been cut, but fortunately was not too short to enable us to identify a good range of species. We were delighted to find Trailing St John’s wort between our 2 quadrats.”
Here is the final list of the plants found in each area this year.
Coronation Garden (14 July 2024)
- Yarrow
- Common daisy
- Birdsfoot trefoil
- Selfheal
- Creeping buttercup
- White clover
- Thyme-leaved Speedwell
- Hop trefoil
- Red Fescue grass
- Ryegrass
- Common Bent grass
- Creeping Bent grass
- Cocksfoot grass
- Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus moss
Magnolia Grassland (14 July 2024)
- Yarrow
- Common spotted Orchid
- Catsear
- Dandelion
- Field Woodrush (Good Friday Grass)
- Sweet Vernal grass
- Yorkshire fog grass
- Common Bent grass
- Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus moss
Memorial Garden (21 July 2024)
- Common Daisy
- Catsear
- Selfheal
- Creeping buttercup
- Dandelion
- Trailing St John’s wort
- Common Ragwort
- Lesser Trefoil
- Thyme-leaved Speedwell
- Red Fescue
- Common Bent grass
- Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus moss
Also present: bramble; Hawthorn seedlings; Holly seedlings; Ivy seedling.
Thank you Margaret for convening and coordinating our annual Eco Church survey of the churchyard flowers.