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 |