Biodiversity and Trees
A visitor may think that the Common consists of just grass and trees, but the following is a list of ground plants found & identified during a walk by London Wildlife Trust, in February 2004:
- Perennial Rye grass
- Annual Meadow grass
- Cockfoot grass
- False Oat Grass
- Hoary Cress
- Shepherd’s Purse
- Dandelion
- Mallow
- Chickweed
- Daisy
- Stinging Nettle
- Broad leaved Dock
- Cow Parsley
- Yarrow
- Speedwell
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- Canadian Fleabane
- Plantain – narrow leaved & broad leaved
- Groundsel
- Dovesfoot Cranesbill
- Sow Thistle
- Spear Thistle
- Bluebell
- Creeping Clover
- Clover
- Elder
- Ground Ivy
- Annual Mercury
- Feverfew
- Green Alkanet
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This list can be added to, if you recognise anything new contact us.
FRUIT TREE ORCHARD
The Common also features a 15 tree fruit orchard, planted on Well Street Common on January 8th 2011. Situated
between the Groombridge Road gardens and Meynell Crescent, the trees have all been sponsored by local residents & Orchard School.
Orchard trees
- Mulberry –Morus Nigra x 2
- Mulberry – “
- Dessert apple – Discovery
- Desert Apple - Beauty of Bath –Malus Domestica
- Bramley Apple –culinary
- Cox Apple - Malus Domestica
- Greengage – Cambridge
- Opal Plum
- Damson Plum
- Quince Vranja – Cydonia oblonga
- Medlar – Mespilus Germanica
- Williams Pear –Bon Cretian
- Moorpark Apricot –Prunus Armanica
- Crabapple - Malus Hupehensis
- Cherry Sunburst -Prunus Aviam
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Orchard tree sponsors:
- Pauline Abbie
- Rebecca Mc Dowell & family
- Orchard Primary School
- Sandy Bowers
- Laurie Elks & June Harben
- Genevieve Larkin & John Lyons
- Penny Wrout
- Laypeng Lim
- Michelle Levoguer
- Mal Reding & family
- James Sandoval & family
- John & Susie Godley
- Michael & Lana Wrightman
- Madeleine Waller & David Model
- Samantha Bond & family
- Christine Chaffin
- Stephanie Brann
- Joanna Moore & family
- Ben Matthews & residents of Poole rd
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Planting helpers
Maggie Jones, Mac & Dexter and Alex
Colin
Children from Orchard School
Niul Dillon Hatcher
Joanna Moore & Harriet
Lucy, Steve & Calvert
Barbara
June & Laurie
Susie & John
Mary
Lana
Mc Dowell family
Cllr Chris Kennedy
Cllr Daniel Kemp
Caroline
Andy -Parks Chargehand
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WANT TO HELP US?
Mushrooms and other Fungii appear regularly – is there an expert out there who would like to help identify them?
It would also be interesting to name & list all the shrubs and trees, and all the types of birds and other animals that are found on the Common. Knowledge of the current animal and plant life enables us to encourage conditions necessary for their ongoing success.
