Currently 192 species have been recorded in the meadow. Thanks go to Dave Wood (the Joint County BSBI recorder) for his observations and also to Ken Jackson the reserve manager for a decade prior to 2006. Many additional species have been added and the list is maintained by Neil Pinder.
Plants come and go and a record is attempted of what species are recorded on an annual basis though this is not always possible.
For a full list of flora recorded in the 1km square that includes the northern part of the meadow and the Lings Lane area see SK6129
Or, for a list of plants recorded in the tetrad (2km x 2km) square that covers most of Keyworth, see SK63A
Alphabetical by English Name
| English Name | Scientific Name | Last Recorded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agrimony | Agrimonia eupatoria | ||
| American Willowherb | Epilobium ciliatum | ||
| Amphibious Bistort | Persicaria amphibia | 2024 | |
| Ash | Fraxinus excelsior | 2024 | |
| Autumn Hawkbit | Scorzoneroides autumnalis | ||
| Betony | Betonica officinalis | 2024 | |
| Bird’s-foot Trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | 2024 | |
| Bittersweet | Solanum dulcamera | 2024 | |
| Black Bindweed | Fallopia convolvulus | ||
| Black Bryony | Tamus communis | 2024 | |
| Black Horehound | Ballota nigra | ||
| Black Medick | Medicago lupulina | ||
| Blackthorn | Prunus spinosa | 2024 | |
| Bramble | Rubus fruticosus agg. | 2024 | |
| Branched Bur-reed | Sparganium erectum | ||
| Broad-leaved Dock | Rumex obtusifolius | 2024 | |
| Brooklime | Veronica beccabunga | ||
| Brown Sedge | Carex disticha | ||
| Buckthorn | Rhamnus catharticus | 2024 | |
| Bugle | Ajuga reptans | ||
| Bulbous Buttercup | Ranunculus bulbosus | ||
| Celery-leaved Buttercup | Ranuncuus sceleratus | ||
| Charlock | Sinapis arvensis | ||
| Clustered Dock | Rumex conglomeratus | 2024 | |
| Cocksfoot | Dactylis glomerata | 2024 | |
| Common Bent | Agrostis capillaris | 2024 | |
| Common Catsear | Hypochaeris radicata | 2024 | |
| Common Chickweed | Stellaria media | ||
| Common Cleavers | Galium aparine | 2024 | |
| Common Couch | Elymus (Agropyron) repens | ||
| Common Dog Violet | Viola riviniana | ||
| Common Duckweed | Lemna minor | ||
| Common Fleabane | Pulicaria dysenterica | ||
| Common Knapweed | Centaurea nigra | 2024 | |
| Common Sorrel | Rumex acetosa | 2024 | |
| Common Spike-rush | Eleocharis palustris | ||
| Common Vetch | Vicia sativa ssp. segetalis | 2023 | |
| Common Water Crowfoot | Ranunculus aquatilus | ||
| Compact Rush | Juncus conglomeratus | ||
| Cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | ||
| Cow Parsley | Anthriscus sylvestris | 2024 | |
| Cowslip | Primula veris | 2023 | |
| Crab Apple | Malus sylvestris | ||
| Creeping Bent | Agrostis stolonifera | ||
| Creeping Buttercup | Ranunculus repens | 2024 | |
| Creeping Cinquefoil | Potentilla reptans | 2023 | |
| Creeping Jenny | Lysimmachia nummularia | ||
| Creeping Thistle | Cirsium arvense | 2024 | |
| Crested Dogstail | Cynosurus cristatus | 2023 | |
| Cuckoo Flower | Cardamine pratensis | 2024 | |
| Cultivated Apple | Malus domestica | ||
| Cut-leaved Cranesbill | Geranium dissectum | ||
| Daisy | Bellis perennis | ||
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale agg. | ||
| Dog Rose | Rosa canina | 2024 | |
| Elder | Sambucus nigra | 2024 | |
| Enchanter’s Nightshade | Circaea lutetiana | 2024 | |
| Equal-leaved Knotgrass | Polygonum arenastrum | ||
| False Brome | Brachypodium sylvaticum | 2023 | |
| False Fox Sedge | Carex otrubae | 2023 | |
| False oat-grass | Arrenatherum elatius | 2024 | |
| Field Bindweed | Convolvulus arvensis | 2024 | |
| Field Horsetail | Equisetum arvense | 2024 | |
| Field Mouse-ear | Cerastium arvense | ||
| Field Wood-rush | Luzula campestris | 2024 | |
| Floating Sweet-grass | Glyceria fluitans | 2024 | |
| Fool's Watercress | Apium nodiflorum | ||
| Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea | 2024 | |
| Garlic Mustard | Alliaria petiolata | 2024 | |
| Germander Speedwell | Veronica chamaedrys | 2024 | |
| Giant Fescue | Festuca gigantea | ||
| Glaucous Sedge | Carex flacca | 2023 | |
| Goat’s-beard | Tragopogon pratensis | 2023 | |
| Great Burnet | Sanguisorba officinalis | 2024 | |
| Great Lettuce | Lactuca virosa | ||
| Great Willowherb | Epilobium hirsutum | 2024 | |
| Greater Burnet Saxifrage | Pimpinella major | 2024 | |
| Greater Plantain | Plantago major | ||
| Greater Pond Sedge | Carex. riparia | 2024 | |
| Green Field Speedwell | Veronica agrestis | ||
| Grey Willow | Salix cinerea ssp. oleifolia | 2024 | |
| Ground Ivy | Glechoma hederacea | 2024 | |
| Groundsel | Senecio vulgaris | ||
| Gypsywort | Lycopus europaeus | ||
| Hairy Brome | Bromopsis ramosa | ||
| Hairy Sedge | Carex hirta | ||
| Hairy Tare | Vicia hirsuta | 2023 | |
| Hawkweed sp. | Hieracium sp. | ||
| Hawthorn | Crataegus monogyna | 2024 | |
| Hedge Woundwort | Stachys sylvatica | 2024 | |
| Hemlock | Conium maculatum | 2024 | |
| Herb Bennet | Geum urbanum | ||
| Herb Robert | Geranium robertianum | ||
| Hoary Plantain | Plantago media | ||
| Hoary Willowherb | Epilobium parviflorum | ||
| Hogweed | Heracleum sphondylium | 2024 | |
| Hop | Humulus lupulus | 2024 | |
| Ivy | Hedera helix | 2024 | |
| Ivy-leaved Speedwell | Veronica hederifolia | ||
| Jointed Rush | Juncus articulatus | 2024 | |
| Kidney Vetch | Anthyllis vulneraria | 2024 | |
| Lady's Bedstraw | Galium verum | 2024 | |
| Lesser Celandine | Ranunculus ficaria | 2024 | |
| Lesser Duckweed | Lemna minuta | ||
| Lesser Stitchwort | Stellaria graminea | 2024 | |
| Lesser Trefoil | Trifolium dubium | 2023 | |
| Lesser Water-Parsnip | Berula erecta | ||
| Male Fern | Dryopteris filix-mas | 2024 | |
| Many-seeded Goosefoot | Chenopodium polyspermum | ||
| Marsh Bedstraw | Galium palustre | ||
| Marsh Cudweed | Gnaphalium uliginosum | ||
| Marsh Foxtail | Alopecurus geniculatus | ||
| Marsh Thistle | Cirsium palustre | ||
| Meadow Barley | Anisantha sterilis | 2023 | |
| Meadow Barley | Hordeum secalinum | 2023 | |
| Meadow Buttercup | Ranunculus acris | 2023 | |
| Meadow Cranesbill | Geranium pratense | 2024 | |
| Meadow Foxtail | Alopecuros pratensis | 2024 | |
| Meadow Vetchling | Lathyrus pratensis | 2024 | |
| Meadowsweet | Filipendula ulmaria | 2024 | |
| Mugwort | Artemisia vulgaris | 2024 | |
| Nipplewort | Lapsana communis | 2024 | |
| Norway Maple | Acer platanoides | 2000 | |
| Oilseed Rape | Brassica napus var. oleifera | ||
| Ox-eye Daisy | Leucanthemum vulgare | 2024 | |
| Oxford Ragwort | Senecio squalidus | ||
| Pale Persicaria | Persicaria lapathifolia | ||
| Pedunculate Oak | Quercus robur | 2024 | |
| Perennial Ryegrass | Lolium perenne | 2024 | |
| Pignut | Conopodium majus | 2024 | |
| Pink Water Speedwell | Veronica catenata | ||
| Prickly Sow-thistle | Sonchus asper | ||
| Purple Loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | 2024 | |
| Rat’s-tail Fescue | Vulpia myuros | ||
| Red Campion | Silene dioica | 2023 | |
| Red Clover | Trifolium pratense | 2024 | |
| Red Dead-nettle | Lamium purpureum | ||
| Red Goosefoot | Chenopodium rubrum | ||
| Redshank | Persicaria maculosa | ||
| Reed Canary-grass | Phalaris arundinacea | 2024 | |
| Ribwort Plantain | Plantago lanceolata | 2024 | |
| Rigid Hornwort | Ceratophyllum demersum | ||
| Rosebay Willowherb | Chamerion angustifolium | 2024 | |
| Rough Chervil | Chaerophyllum temulum | 2024 | |
| Rough Hawkbit | Leontodon hispidus | ||
| Rough Hawks'-beard | Crepis biennis | ||
| Rough Meadow-grass | Poa trivialis | 2023 | |
| Salad Burnet | Sanguisorba minor | 2024 | |
| Self-heal | Prunella vulgaris | 2024 | |
| Sharp-flowered Rush | Juncus acutiflorus | 2024 | |
| Shepherd's Purse | Capsella bursa-pastoris | ||
| Silverweed | Potentila anserina | 2024 | |
| Smaller Cat’s-tail | Phleum bertolonii | 2023 | |
| Smooth Brome | Bromus racemosus | 2023 | |
| Smooth Meadow-grass | Poa pratensis | 2023 | |
| Smooth Tare | Ervum tetraspermum (Vicia tetrasperma) | 2024 | |
| Soft Brome | Bromus hordeaceus | 2023 | |
| Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare | 2024 | |
| Square-stalked Willowherb | Epilobium tetragonum | ||
| Stinging Nettle | Urtica dioica | 2024 | |
| Sweet Vernal Grass | Anthoxanthum odoratum | 2024 | |
| Sweet Violet | Viola odorata | ||
| Teasel | Dipsacus fullonum | ||
| Three-nerved Sandwort | Moehringia trinervia | ||
| Timothy | Phleum pratense | 2024 | |
| Tor Grass | Brachypodium pinnatum | 2023 | |
| Tufted Forget-me-not | Myosotis laxa | ||
| Tufted Hair-grass | Deschampsia cespitosa | 2024 | |
| Tufted Vetch | Vicia cracca | 2024 | |
| Upright Hedge Parsley | Torillus japonica | 2024 | |
| Wall Barley | Hordeum murinum | ||
| Water Figwort | Scrophularia auriculata | 2024 | |
| Water Forget-me-not | Myosotis scorpioides | ||
| Water Mint | Mentha aquatica | ||
| Water Starwort sp | Callitriche sp. | ||
| Water-plantain | Alisma plantago-aquatica | ||
| Watercress | Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum | ||
| White Willow | Salix alba | 2024 | |
| White Campion | Silene latifolia | 2024 | |
| White Clover | Trifolium repens | 2023 | |
| White Dead-nettle | Lamium album | 2024 | |
| Wild Carrot | Daucus carota | 2024 | |
| Wild Marjoram | Origanum vulgare | 2024 | |
| Wild Oat | Avena fatua | ||
| Wintercress | Barbarea vulgaris | ||
| Wood Dock | Rumex sanguineus | ||
| Wych Elm | Ulmus glabra | 2024 | |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 2024 | |
| Yellow Iris | Iris pseudacorus | 2024 | |
| Yellow-rattle | Rhinanthus minor | 2024 | |
| Yorkshire Fog | Holcus lanatus | 2024 |
Alphabetical by Scientific Name
| English Name | Scientific Name | Last Recorded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway Maple | Acer platanoides | 2000 | |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 2024 | |
| Agrimony | Agrimonia eupatoria | ||
| Common Bent | Agrostis capillaris | 2024 | |
| Creeping Bent | Agrostis stolonifera | ||
| Bugle | Ajuga reptans | ||
| Water-plantain | Alisma plantago-aquatica | ||
| Garlic Mustard | Alliaria petiolata | 2024 | |
| Meadow Foxtail | Alopecuros pratensis | 2024 | |
| Marsh Foxtail | Alopecurus geniculatus | ||
| Meadow Barley | Anisantha sterilis | 2023 | |
| Sweet Vernal Grass | Anthoxanthum odoratum | 2024 | |
| Cow Parsley | Anthriscus sylvestris | 2024 | |
| Kidney Vetch | Anthyllis vulneraria | 2024 | |
| Fool's Watercress | Apium nodiflorum | ||
| False oat-grass | Arrenatherum elatius | 2024 | |
| Mugwort | Artemisia vulgaris | 2024 | |
| Wild Oat | Avena fatua | ||
| Black Horehound | Ballota nigra | ||
| Wintercress | Barbarea vulgaris | ||
| Daisy | Bellis perennis | ||
| Lesser Water-Parsnip | Berula erecta | ||
| Betony | Betonica officinalis | 2024 | |
| Tor Grass | Brachypodium pinnatum | 2023 | |
| False Brome | Brachypodium sylvaticum | 2023 | |
| Oilseed Rape | Brassica napus var. oleifera | ||
| Hairy Brome | Bromopsis ramosa | ||
| Smooth Brome | Bromus racemosus | 2023 | |
| Soft Brome | Bromus hordeaceus | 2023 | |
| Water Starwort sp | Callitriche sp. | ||
| Shepherd's Purse | Capsella bursa-pastoris | ||
| Cuckoo Flower | Cardamine pratensis | 2024 | |
| Brown Sedge | Carex disticha | ||
| Glaucous Sedge | Carex flacca | 2023 | |
| Hairy Sedge | Carex hirta | ||
| False Fox Sedge | Carex otrubae | 2023 | |
| Greater Pond Sedge | Carex. riparia | 2024 | |
| Cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | ||
| Common Knapweed | Centaurea nigra | 2024 | |
| Field Mouse-ear | Cerastium arvense | ||
| Rigid Hornwort | Ceratophyllum demersum | ||
| Rough Chervil | Chaerophyllum temulum | 2024 | |
| Rosebay Willowherb | Chamerion angustifolium | 2024 | |
| Many-seeded Goosefoot | Chenopodium polyspermum | ||
| Red Goosefoot | Chenopodium rubrum | ||
| Enchanter’s Nightshade | Circaea lutetiana | 2024 | |
| Creeping Thistle | Cirsium arvense | 2024 | |
| Marsh Thistle | Cirsium palustre | ||
| Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare | 2024 | |
| Hemlock | Conium maculatum | 2024 | |
| Pignut | Conopodium majus | 2024 | |
| Field Bindweed | Convolvulus arvensis | 2024 | |
| Hawthorn | Crataegus monogyna | 2024 | |
| Rough Hawks'-beard | Crepis biennis | ||
| Crested Dogstail | Cynosurus cristatus | 2023 | |
| Cocksfoot | Dactylis glomerata | 2024 | |
| Wild Carrot | Daucus carota | 2024 | |
| Tufted Hair-grass | Deschampsia cespitosa | 2024 | |
| Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea | 2024 | |
| Teasel | Dipsacus fullonum | ||
| Male Fern | Dryopteris filix-mas | 2024 | |
| Common Spike-rush | Eleocharis palustris | ||
| Common Couch | Elymus (Agropyron) repens | ||
| American Willowherb | Epilobium ciliatum | ||
| Great Willowherb | Epilobium hirsutum | 2024 | |
| Hoary Willowherb | Epilobium parviflorum | ||
| Square-stalked Willowherb | Epilobium tetragonum | ||
| Field Horsetail | Equisetum arvense | 2024 | |
| Smooth Tare | Ervum tetraspermum (Vicia tetrasperma) | 2024 | |
| Black Bindweed | Fallopia convolvulus | ||
| Giant Fescue | Festuca gigantea | ||
| Meadowsweet | Filipendula ulmaria | 2024 | |
| Ash | Fraxinus excelsior | 2024 | |
| Common Cleavers | Galium aparine | 2024 | |
| Marsh Bedstraw | Galium palustre | ||
| Lady's Bedstraw | Galium verum | 2024 | |
| Cut-leaved Cranesbill | Geranium dissectum | ||
| Meadow Cranesbill | Geranium pratense | 2024 | |
| Herb Robert | Geranium robertianum | ||
| Herb Bennet | Geum urbanum | ||
| Ground Ivy | Glechoma hederacea | 2024 | |
| Floating Sweet-grass | Glyceria fluitans | 2024 | |
| Marsh Cudweed | Gnaphalium uliginosum | ||
| Ivy | Hedera helix | 2024 | |
| Hogweed | Heracleum sphondylium | 2024 | |
| Hawkweed sp. | Hieracium sp. | ||
| Yorkshire Fog | Holcus lanatus | 2024 | |
| Wall Barley | Hordeum murinum | ||
| Meadow Barley | Hordeum secalinum | 2023 | |
| Hop | Humulus lupulus | 2024 | |
| Common Catsear | Hypochaeris radicata | 2024 | |
| Yellow Iris | Iris pseudacorus | 2024 | |
| Sharp-flowered Rush | Juncus acutiflorus | 2024 | |
| Jointed Rush | Juncus articulatus | 2024 | |
| Compact Rush | Juncus conglomeratus | ||
| Great Lettuce | Lactuca virosa | ||
| White Dead-nettle | Lamium album | 2024 | |
| Red Dead-nettle | Lamium purpureum | ||
| Nipplewort | Lapsana communis | 2024 | |
| Meadow Vetchling | Lathyrus pratensis | 2024 | |
| Common Duckweed | Lemna minor | ||
| Lesser Duckweed | Lemna minuta | ||
| Rough Hawkbit | Leontodon hispidus | ||
| Ox-eye Daisy | Leucanthemum vulgare | 2024 | |
| Perennial Ryegrass | Lolium perenne | 2024 | |
| Bird’s-foot Trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | 2024 | |
| Field Wood-rush | Luzula campestris | 2024 | |
| Gypsywort | Lycopus europaeus | ||
| Creeping Jenny | Lysimmachia nummularia | ||
| Purple Loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | 2024 | |
| Cultivated Apple | Malus domestica | ||
| Crab Apple | Malus sylvestris | ||
| Black Medick | Medicago lupulina | ||
| Water Mint | Mentha aquatica | ||
| Three-nerved Sandwort | Moehringia trinervia | ||
| Tufted Forget-me-not | Myosotis laxa | ||
| Water Forget-me-not | Myosotis scorpioides | ||
| Wild Marjoram | Origanum vulgare | 2024 | |
| Amphibious Bistort | Persicaria amphibia | 2024 | |
| Pale Persicaria | Persicaria lapathifolia | ||
| Redshank | Persicaria maculosa | ||
| Reed Canary-grass | Phalaris arundinacea | 2024 | |
| Smaller Cat’s-tail | Phleum bertolonii | 2023 | |
| Timothy | Phleum pratense | 2024 | |
| Greater Burnet Saxifrage | Pimpinella major | 2024 | |
| Ribwort Plantain | Plantago lanceolata | 2024 | |
| Greater Plantain | Plantago major | ||
| Hoary Plantain | Plantago media | ||
| Smooth Meadow-grass | Poa pratensis | 2023 | |
| Rough Meadow-grass | Poa trivialis | 2023 | |
| Equal-leaved Knotgrass | Polygonum arenastrum | ||
| Silverweed | Potentila anserina | 2024 | |
| Creeping Cinquefoil | Potentilla reptans | 2023 | |
| Cowslip | Primula veris | 2023 | |
| Self-heal | Prunella vulgaris | 2024 | |
| Blackthorn | Prunus spinosa | 2024 | |
| Common Fleabane | Pulicaria dysenterica | ||
| Pedunculate Oak | Quercus robur | 2024 | |
| Meadow Buttercup | Ranunculus acris | 2023 | |
| Common Water Crowfoot | Ranunculus aquatilus | ||
| Bulbous Buttercup | Ranunculus bulbosus | ||
| Lesser Celandine | Ranunculus ficaria | 2024 | |
| Creeping Buttercup | Ranunculus repens | 2024 | |
| Celery-leaved Buttercup | Ranuncuus sceleratus | ||
| Buckthorn | Rhamnus catharticus | 2024 | |
| Yellow-rattle | Rhinanthus minor | 2024 | |
| Watercress | Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum | ||
| Dog Rose | Rosa canina | 2024 | |
| Bramble | Rubus fruticosus agg. | 2024 | |
| Common Sorrel | Rumex acetosa | 2024 | |
| Clustered Dock | Rumex conglomeratus | 2024 | |
| Broad-leaved Dock | Rumex obtusifolius | 2024 | |
| Wood Dock | Rumex sanguineus | ||
| White Willow | Salix alba | 2024 | |
| Grey Willow | Salix cinerea ssp. oleifolia | 2024 | |
| Elder | Sambucus nigra | 2024 | |
| Salad Burnet | Sanguisorba minor | 2024 | |
| Great Burnet | Sanguisorba officinalis | 2024 | |
| Autumn Hawkbit | Scorzoneroides autumnalis | ||
| Water Figwort | Scrophularia auriculata | 2024 | |
| Oxford Ragwort | Senecio squalidus | ||
| Groundsel | Senecio vulgaris | ||
| Red Campion | Silene dioica | 2023 | |
| White Campion | Silene latifolia | 2024 | |
| Charlock | Sinapis arvensis | ||
| Bittersweet | Solanum dulcamera | 2024 | |
| Prickly Sow-thistle | Sonchus asper | ||
| Branched Bur-reed | Sparganium erectum | ||
| Hedge Woundwort | Stachys sylvatica | 2024 | |
| Lesser Stitchwort | Stellaria graminea | 2024 | |
| Common Chickweed | Stellaria media | ||
| Black Bryony | Tamus communis | 2024 | |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale agg. | ||
| Upright Hedge Parsley | Torillus japonica | 2024 | |
| Goat’s-beard | Tragopogon pratensis | 2023 | |
| Lesser Trefoil | Trifolium dubium | 2023 | |
| Red Clover | Trifolium pratense | 2024 | |
| White Clover | Trifolium repens | 2023 | |
| Wych Elm | Ulmus glabra | 2024 | |
| Stinging Nettle | Urtica dioica | 2024 | |
| Green Field Speedwell | Veronica agrestis | ||
| Brooklime | Veronica beccabunga | ||
| Pink Water Speedwell | Veronica catenata | ||
| Germander Speedwell | Veronica chamaedrys | 2024 | |
| Ivy-leaved Speedwell | Veronica hederifolia | ||
| Tufted Vetch | Vicia cracca | 2024 | |
| Hairy Tare | Vicia hirsuta | 2023 | |
| Common Vetch | Vicia sativa ssp. segetalis | 2023 | |
| Sweet Violet | Viola odorata | ||
| Common Dog Violet | Viola riviniana | ||
| Rat’s-tail Fescue | Vulpia myuros |