Liverpool Botanical Society Field Meeting 11 April 2015
	Croxteth Park Plant Species Lists
	SJ4094
First monad looked visited, the car park where we assembled is in the southern part of the square, south-east of Croxteth Hall Lane.  The habitats are mainly neutral grassland and plantation woodlands, with increasingly ornamental exotic planting around the Hall itself with many introduced shrubs, trees and bulbs planted.  There are also scattered (artificially created) waterbodies also ditch and stream courses.  The grassland around the Hall is more highly maintained and presents a short dense green sward.
	
Tree and shrub plantings include species native to the British isles, but not Merseyside, such as Scots Pine and Bird Cherry, as well as exotic species.
	
Exotic shrubs included various Berberis species and Ilex cultivars and trees included Tulip Tree, various flowering cherries and plums and horse-chestnuts.  There were at least two species of bamboo present naturalised in plantation south-west of the Hall: Sasa palmetta and Pseudosasa japonica.
	
	Bulbs included various Narcissus, Muscari, Leucojum and Crocus cultivars and species.

Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore	
Aegopodium podagraria	Ground-elder	
Agrostis stolonifera	Creeping Bent	
Alliaria petiolata	Garlic Mustard	
Allium ursinum	Ramsons	
Alnus glutinosa	Alder	
Alopecurus pratensis	Meadow Foxtail	
Anthriscus sylvestris	Cow Parsley	
Arum maculatum	Lords-and-Ladies	
Asplenium scolopendrium	Hart's-tongue	
Aucuba japonica	Spotted Laurel	
Bellis perennis	Daisy	
Berberis sp.	Garden Berberis	
Brachypodium sylvaticum	False Brome	
Campanula sp.	Bellflower species	
Cardamine flexuosa	Wavy Bitter-cress	
Cardamine hirsuta	Hairy Bitter-cress	
Cardamine pratensis	Cuckooflower	
Carex remota	Remote Sedge	
Cerastium fontanum	Common Mouse-ear	
Ceratophyllum demersum	Rigid Hornwort	
Circaea lutetiana	Enchanter's Nightshade	
Cirsium vulgare	Spear Thistle	
Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn	
Dactylis glomerata	Cock's-foot	
Deschampsia cespitosa	Tufted Hair-grass	
Dryopteris filix-mas	Male-fern	
Epilobium hirsutum	Great Willowherb	
Epilobium montanum	Broad-leaved Willowherb	
Equisetum arvense	Field Horsetail	
Ficaria verna	Lesser Celandine	
Filipendula ulmaria	Meadowsweet	
Fraxinus excelsior	Ash	
Galanthus nivalis	Snowdrop	
Galium aparine	Cleavers	
Geranium dissectum	Cut-leaved Cranesbill	
Geum urbanum	Wood Avens	
Hedera helix	Ivy	
Hedera Hibernica	Irish Ivy	
Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed	
Hyacinthoides non-scripta	Bluebell	
Hyacinthoides x massartiana	Hybrid Bluebell	
Hypericum androsaemum	Tutsan	
Ilex aquifolium	Holly	
Impatiens glandulifera	Himalayan Balsam	
Iris foetidissima	Stinking Iris	
Iris pseudacorus	Yellow Flag Iris	
Juncus effusus	Soft Rush	
Larix sp.	Larch species	
Lemna sp.	Duckweed species	
Ligustrum ovalifolium	Garden Privet	
Lolium perenne	Ryegrass	
Luzula campestris	Field Woodrush	
Mahonia aquifolium	Oregon Grape	
Mercurialis perennis	Dog's Mercury	
Moehringia trinervia	Three-veined Sandwort	
Montia fontana	Blinks	
Narcissus cvrs	Daffodil cultivars and exotic spp.	
Narcissus pseudonarcissus	Wild Daffodil	
Oenanthe crocata	Hemlock Water-dropwort	
Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	
Populus sp.	Poplar species	
Potentilla anserina	Silverweed	
Primula vulgaris	Primrose	
Prunella vulgaris	Selfheal	
Prunus laurocerasus	Cherry Laurel	
Prunus padus	Bird Cherry	
Pteridium aquilinum	Bracken	
Quercus cerris	Turkey Oak	
Quercus robur	English Oak	
Ranunculus acris	Meadow Buttercup	
Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup	
Rhododendron ponticum	Rhododendron	
Ribes nigrum	Blackcurrant	
Ribes rubrum	Redcurrant	
Rubus fruticosus agg.	Bramble	
Rumex acetosa	Common Sorrel	
Rumex crispus	Curled Dock	
Rumex obtusifolius	Broad-leaved Dock	
Rumex sanguineus	Wood Dock	
Salix cinerea	Grey Willow	
Sambucus nigra	Elder	
Senecio jacobaea	Ragwort	
Silene dioica	Red Campion	
Stellaria alsine	Bog Stitchwort	
Stellaria media	Chickweed	
Tanacetum parthenium	Feverfew	
Taraxacum sp.	Dandelion species	
Taxus baccata	Yew	
Thuja plicata	Western Red Cedar	
Tilia x europaea	Common Lime	
Ulmus glabra	Wych Elm	
Urtica dioica	Nettle	
Veronica chamaedrys	Germander Speedwell	
Veronica hederifolia	Ivy-leaved Speedwell	
Veronica montana	Wood Speedwell	
Veronica peregrina	American Speedwell	
Veronica serpyllifolia	Thyme-leaved Speedwell	
Viburnum opulus	Guelder-rose	
	SJ4194
	The second monad of the visit, situated to the east of the Hall.  We saw parts of the western half of this monad, 
	mainly the north-western quarter taking in the path to the Kennels and entering Mull Wood.
	
	The surprising find of a population of Goldilocks Buttercup was made in the western fringes of this square, 
	mainly along a section of the canalised stream course of the River Alt, which rises to the south-east in 
Huyton.  One of the clusters of plants is at SJ 41008 94489, they are also other scattered groups very close to here.

Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore	
Aesculus hippocastanum	Horse-chestnut	
Alliaria petiolata	Garlic Mustard	
Allium ursinum	Ramsons	
Alnus glutinosa	Alder	
Arum italicum italicum	Italian Arum	
Arum maculatum	Lords-and-Ladies	
Asplenium scolopendrium	Hart's-tongue	
Bellis perennis	Daisy	
Betula pendula	Silver Birch	
Betula pubescens	Downy Birch	
Brachypodium sylvaticum	False Brome	
Callitriche sp.	Water Starwort species	
Cardamine hirsuta	Hairy Bitter-cress	
Carex remota	Remote Sedge	
Carex sylvatica	Wood Sedge	
Chamerion angustifolium	Rosebay Willowherb	
Circaea lutetiana	Enchanter's Nightshade	
Cirsium arvense	Creeping Thistle	
Corylus avellana	Hazel	
Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn	
Digitalis purpurea	Foxglove	
Dryopteris affinis	Scaly Male-fern	
Dryopteris dilatata	Broad Buckler-fern	
Epilobium hirsutum	Great Willowherb	
Epilobium montanum	Broad-leaved Willowherb	
Equisetum arvense	Field Horsetail	
Equisetum fluviatile	Water Horsetail	
Fagus sylvatica	Beech	
Ficaria verna	Lesser Celandine	
Galium aparine	Cleavers	
Geranium robertianum	Herb-Robert	
Geum urbanum	Wood Avens	
Hedera helix	Ivy	
Hyacinthoides non-scripta	Bluebell	
Ilex aquifolium	Holly	
Impatiens glandulifera	Himalayan Balsam	
Iris pseudacorus	Yellow Flag Iris	
Juncus effusus	Soft Rush	
Juncus inflexus	Hard Rush	
Lamium album	White Dead-nettle	
Lemna sp.	Duckweed species	
Lolium perenne	Ryegrass	
Lonicera periclymenum	Honeysuckle	
Luzula campestris	Field Woodrush	
Mentha arvensis	Corn Mint	
Mercurialis perennis	Dog's Mercury	
Oenanthe crocata	Hemlock Water-dropwort	
Phragmites australis	Reed	
Pinus nigra	Black Pine	
Polystichum setiferum	Soft Shield-fern	
Potentilla sterilis	Barren Strawberry	
Primula vulgaris	Primrose	
Prunus avium	Wild Cherry	
Prunus padus	Bird Cherry	
Quercus robur	English Oak	
Ranunculus acris	Meadow Buttercup	
Ranunculus auricomus	Goldilocks	
Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup	
Rhododendron ponticum	Rhododendron	
Rubus fruticosus agg.	Bramble	
Rubus idaeus	Raspberry	
Rumex acetosa	Common Sorrel	
Rumex obtusifolius	Broad-leaved Dock	
Rumex sanguineus	Wood Dock	
Salix cinerea	Grey Willow	
Silene dioica	Red Campion	
Sonchus oleraceus	Smooth Sow-thistle	
Sorbus aucuparia	Mountain Ash	
Sparganium erectum	Branched Bur-reed	
Taraxacum sp.	Dandelion species	
Taxus baccata	Yew	
Trifolium repens	White Clover	
Typha latifolia	Greater Reedmace	
Ulmus glabra	Wych Elm	
Ulmus procera	English Elm	
Urtica dioica	Nettle	
Veronica chamaedrys	Germander Speedwell	
Veronica hederifolia	Ivy-leaved Speedwell	
Veronica montana	Wood Speedwell	
Veronica serpyllifolia	Thyme-leaved Speedwell	
SJ4195
Target Note SJ4195TN01
	Mull Wood extends to the north-west, into the south-western corner of this monad, continuing as fairly 
	species-poor plantation with little groundcover but diversified by a large pond on the edge of plantation.
	
	A small stand of Great Woodrush was noted straddling a drainage ditch in this part of the plantation, at SJ 
	41136 95024.
	
	Incomplete list of small sector of this monad.

Agrostis stolonifera	Creeping Bent	
Alnus glutinosa	Alder	
Callitriche sp.	Water Starwort species	
Cynosurus cristatus	Crested Dog's-tail	
Equisetum fluviatile	Water Horsetail	
Iris pseudacorus	Yellow Flag Iris	
Juncus effusus	Soft Rush	
Juncus inflexus	Hard Rush	
Juncus tenuis	Slender Rush	
Lemna sp.	Duckweed species	
Luzula sylvatica	Great Woodrush	
Mentha arvensis	Corn Mint	
Phragmites australis	Reed	
Plantago lanceolata	Ribwort Plantain	
Plantago major	Greater Plantain	
Salix cinerea	Grey Willow	
Schoenoplectus sp.	Club-rush species	
Scrophularia nodosa	Common Figwort	
Typha latifolia	Greater Reedmace	
Urtica dioica	Nettle	
Viola riviniana	Wood-dog-violet