GRASSLAND HERBS AT WINDMILL HILL 1998 AND 2002
12 MOST FREQUENT FROM 298 SAMPLES OF 200mm BY 200mm SIZE
SCIENTIFIC NAME ENGLISH NAME FREQUENCY
No. of samples % of samples
Centaurea nigra Common knapweed 97 32.6
Lotus corniculatus Common bird's-foot-trefoil 96 32.2
Pimpinella saxifraga Burnet-saxifrage 92 30.9
Galium verum Lady's bedstraw 87 29.2
Lathyrus pratensis Meadow vetchling 78 26.2
Convolvulus arvensis Field bindweed 53 17.8
Linum catharticum Fairy flax 53 17.8
Medicago lupulina Black medick 50 16.8
Knautia arvensis Field scabious 49 16.4
Crataegus sp. Hawthorns 46 15.4
Viola sp. Violets 43 14.4
Plantago lanceolata Ribwort plantain 39 13.1
12 MOST ABUNDANT FROM 298 SAMPLES OF 200mm BY 200mm SIZE
SCIENTIFIC NAME ENGLISH NAME ABUNDANCE
No. of plants % of plants
Lotus corniculatus Common bird's-foot-trefoil 412 15.1
Galium verum Lady's bedstraw 323 11.9
Centaurea nigra Common knapweed 261 9.6
Pimpinella saxifraga Burnet-saxifrage 196 7.2
Lathyrus pratensis Meadow vetchling 174 6.4
Linum catharticum Fairy flax 158 5.8
Medicago lupulina Black medick 141 5.2
Plantago lanceolata Ribwort plantain 116 4.3
Viola sp. Violets 85 3.1
Knautia arvensis Field scabious 84 3.1
Convolvulus arvensis Field bindweed 72 2.6
Prunella vulgaris Selfheal 72 2.6
 

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