remnant woodland

I had a look round an area of remnant woodland which has survived urbanisation because it is on land to steep to be built on. A large number of tree species are regenerating here - the following were observed.

field maple (Acer campestre), sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastaneum), birch (Betula sp.), hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), beech (Fagus sylvatica), ash (Fraxinus excelsion), holly (Ilex aquifolium), oak (Quercus robur), elder (Sambucus nigra), whitebeam (Sorbus aria), rowan (Sorbus aucuparia, larged leaved lime (Tilia platyphyllos) and elm (Ulmus sp.)

The ground flora is dominated by bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) and bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.), but a variety of other plants occur, especially towards the edges of the area. These are cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris), a bitter-cress (Cardamine sp.), rose-bay willow-herb (Chamaelirion angustifolium), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), broad-leaved willow-herb (Epilobium montanum), Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), cleavers (Galium aparine), woodruff (Galium odoratum), wood avens (Geum urbanum), ivy (Hedera helix), hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), privet honeysuckle (Lonicera pileata), honesty (Lunaria annua), Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica), dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis), lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens), rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum), a rose (Rosa sp.), raspberry (Rubus idaeus), broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolium), dandelion (Taraxacum officinale agg.) nettle (Urtica dioica), ivy leaved speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) and dog violet (Viola riviniana agg.)

This adds columbine, privet honeysuckle, honesty, rhododendron, large-leaved lime and elm to the overall list.

There are also specimens of a heath (Erica sp.), Wilson's honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida), flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) and more specimens of privet honeysuckle (Lonicera pileata).