Water St Plant List

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List of Plants recorded on our Down Town St John's Walks.

June 6, July 4, August 1 & September 12.

Linnaean Name1 An English Name2
1Achillea millefoliumYarrow
2Aegopodium podagrariaGround Elder
3Agropyron repensCouch Grass
4Alchemilla vulgaris agg.Lady's Mantle
5Alopecurus pratensisMeadow Foxtail
6Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting
7Aquilegia vulgarisEuropean Columbine
8Arctium minusCommon Burdock
9Artemesia vulgarisCommon Mugwort
10Barbarea vulgarisWintercress
11Bidens frondosaBeggarticks
12Calystegia sepiumHedge Bindweed
13Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's Purse
14Cardamine flexuosaWavy Bittercress
15Carex nigraBlack Sedge
16Centaurea nigraBlack Knapweed
17Cerastium fontanum Mouse-eared Chickweed
18Chamomilla suaveolensPineapple Weed
19Chenopodium albumLamb's Quarters
20Circium arvenseCanada Thistle
21Circium vulgarisBull Thistle
22Coronopus didymusLesser Swinecress
23Dactylis glomerataCocksfoot
24Epilobium angustifoliumFireweed
25Epilobium ciliatumNorthern Willowherb
26Erysimum cheiranthoides Treacle Mustard
27Euphorbia helioscopiaSun Spurge
28Filaginella uliginosaLow Cudweed
29Galeopsis bifidaBifid Hemp-nettle
30Galium palustreMarsh Bedstraw
31Hesperis matronalisDame's Rocket
32Hieracium flagellareWhiplash Hawkweed
33Hieracium pilosella Mouse-eared Hawkweed
34Hieracium vulgatumCommon Hawkweed
35Hypericum perforatum Perforated St. John's Wort
36Leontodon autumnalisFall Dandelion
37Lepidium campestreField Peppergrass
38Leucanthemum vulgareOxeye Daisy
39Linaria repensStriped Toadflax
40Linaria vulgarisButter and Eggs
41Linaria x sepiumHybrid Toadflax
42Lolium perennePerennial Rye-rass
43Medicago lupulinaBlack Medic
44Myosotis arvensisField Forget-me-not
45Myrrhis odorataSweet Cicely
46Oenothera biennis Biennial Evening Primrose
47Phleum pratenseTimothy Grass
48Pimpinella saxifragaBurnet-saxifrage
49Plantago lanceolataEnglish Plantain
50Plantago majorCommon Plantain
51Polygonum aviculareCommon Knotgrass
52Polygonum lapathifolium Pale persicaria
53Polygonum persicariaLady's Thumb
54Potentilla argenteaSilvery Cinquefoil
55Potentilla intermedia3 Russian Cinquefoil
56Ranunculus acrisCommon Buttercup
57Ranunculus repensCreeping Buttercup
58Reynoutria japonicaJapanese Knotweed
59Rubus idaeusRaspberry
60Rumex acetosellaSheep's Sorrel
61Rumex crispusCurled Dock
62Rumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved Dock
63Sagina procumbensProcumbent Pearlwort
64Senecio jacobaeaTansy Ragwort
65Senecio viscosusSticky Groundsel
66Senecio vulgarisGroundsel
67Solanum dulcamaraBittersweet
68Solidago graminifolia Lance-leaved Goldenrod
69Sonchus arvensisField Sow-thistle
70Sonchus oleraceusCommon Sow-thistle
71Sorbus decoraShowy Mountain Ash
72Sorbus intermediaSwedish Whitebeam
73Stellaria gramineaLesser Stitchwort
74Stellaria mediaCommon Chickweed
75Taraxacum officinaleCommon Dandelion
76Tragopogon pratensis4Goatsbeard
77Trifolium aureumLarge Hop Clover
78Trifolium hybridumAlsike Clover
79Trifolium pratenseRed Clover
80Trifolium repensWhite Clover
81Tripleurospermum maritimum Scentless (Sea) Mayweed
82Tussilago farfaraColtsfoot
83Veronica officinalisCommon Speedwell
84Veronica serpyllifolia Thyme-leaved Speedwell
85Vicia craccaTufted Vetch

1 Linnean names follow those in Rouleau & Lamoreux's Atlas where possible.

2 English Names are taken from (in order of preference):-

  • N. American Field Guides (Newcomb's and Peterson's)
  • Stace's New Flora of the British Isles.
  • My own translation of the Latin!

3 Only three previous records for Newfoundland.

4 Not previously recorded in the St John's area. (But we knew they were coming!)

Maintained by H.J. Clase - Updated 1999.09.19


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