Plants Listed by Common (vernacular) names

 

Names follow the BSBI Official List 2007.  Beware of e.g. Bedstraw, Heath but Marsh-bedstraw!

 

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W Y

 

Acaena, Spineless

 Dewberry

Meadow-grass, Annual

Selfheal

Adder's-tongue

Dock, Broad-leaved

     Rough

Shallon

     Small

     Clustered

     Smooth

Sheep's-fescue, Fine-leaved

Agrimony

     Curled

     Spreading

Shepherd's-purse

     Fragrant

     Northern

     Wood

Shield-fern, Hard

Alder

     Wood

Meadow-rue, Alpine

     Soft

      Red

Dog-rose

Meadowsweet

Shoreweed

Anemone, Wood

     Glaucous

Medick, Black

Silk-tassel

Angelica, Wild

Dog's-tail, Crested

Michaelmas-daisy, Confused

Silverweed

Apple

Dog-violet, Common

Milkwort, Common

 Silver-fir, European

Arrowgrass, Marsh

     Early

     Heath

Skullcap

     Sea

     Heath

Millet, Wood

     Lesser

Ash

Downy-rose, Sherard's

Mint, Apple

Small-reed, Wood

Aspen

     Soft

     Corn

Sneezewort

Asphodel, Bog

Duckweed, Common

     Spear

Snowberry

     Scottish

Eelgrass

     Water

Snowdrop

Aster, Sea

Elder

Monkey-puzzle

Soft-brome, Common

Avens, Hybrid

Elecampane

Monk's-hood

     Slender

     Mountain

Elm, Wych

Montbretia

Soft-grass, Creeping

     Water

 Enchanter's-nightshade

Moonwort

Soft-rush

     Wood

     Alpine

Moor-grass, Purple

Solomon's-seal

 Bamboo, Broad-leaved

     Upland

Mountain-pine, Dwarf

Sorrel, Common

Barberry, Thunberg's

Escallonia

Mouse-ear, Common

     Mountain

Bartsia, Red

Evening-primrose, Large-flowered

     Sea

     Sheep's

       Yellow

Everlasting, Mountain

     Sticky

Sow-thistle, Perennial

Beak-sedge, White

Eyebright

Mouse-ear-hawkweed

     Prickly

Bearberry

False-brome

Mugwort

     Smooth

Bedstraw, Fen

False-buck's-beard

Musk

Spearwort, Creeping

     Heath

Fat-hen

Mustard, Hedge

     Lesser

     Northern

Fen-sedge, Great

Navelwort

Speedwell, American

     Slender

Fern, Beech

Neep

     Germander

Beech

     Lemon-scented

Nettle, Common

     Heath

Bellflower, Peach-leaved

     Oak

Nipplewort

     Marsh

     Spreading

     Parsley

Oak, Pedunculate

     Slender

Bent, Brown

     Royal

     Sessile

     Thyme-leaved

     Common

Fescue, Giant

     Turkey

       Wall

     Creeping

     Red

Oat

     Wood

     Velvet

     Squirreltail

Oat-grass, Downy

Spike-rush, Common

Bilberry

Feverfew

     False

     Few-flowered

Bindweed, Hedge

Field-speedwell, Common

     Meadow

     Many-stalked

Birch, Downy

     Green

Onion, Wild

     Slender

     Silver

Figwort, Common

Orache, Babington's

Spleenwort, Black

Bird's-foot-trefoil, Common

     Water

     Common

     Forked

     Greater

Filmy-fern, Tunbridge

     Early

     Green

Bistort, Alpine

     Wilson's

     Garden

     Maidenhair

Bitter-cress, Hairy

Fir, Douglas

     Spear-leaved

     Sea

     Wavy

     Noble

Orchid, Bird's-nest

Spotted-orchid, Common

Bittersweet

Flag, Yellow

     Bog

     Heath

Bitter-vetch

Flat-sedge

     Early-purple

Spring-sedge

Black-bindweed

     Saltmarsh

     Frog

Spruce, Norway

Black-poplar, Hybrid

Flax, Fairy

     Small-white

     Sitka

Blackthorn

Forget-me-not, Changing

Osier

Spurge, Sun

Bladder-fern, Brittle

     Creeping

     Broad-leaved

Spurrey, Corn

Bladder-sedge

     Field

     Silky-leaved

     Sand

Bladderwort

     Great

Pampas-grass, Early

 St John's-wort, Imperforate

     Intermediate

     Pale

Pansy, Field

     Slender

     Lesser

     Tufted

     Wild

     Square-stalked

Blaeberry

     Water

Parsley, Cow

     Trailing

Blinks

     Wood

Parsley-piert

Stitchwort, Bog

Bluebell

Fox-and-cubs

     Slender

     Greater

Blue-gum, Southern

Foxglove

Pearlwort, Heath

     Lesser

Bogbean

Fox-sedge, False

     Procumbent

Stonecrop, Biting

Bog-myrtle

     True

     Sea

     English

Bog-rush, Black

Foxtail, Marsh

Pennywort, Marsh

Stonewort, Common

Bog-sedge

     Meadow

Pepperwort, Smith's

      Dark

Bracken

Fragrant-orchid, Heath

Periwinkle, Lesser

     Delicate

Bramble

Fringecups

Pignut

     Fragile

     Stone

Fuchsia

Pimpernel, Scarlet

     Rough

Bridewort, Confused

Fumitory, Common

     Yellow

     Translucent

Brome, Barren

Gentian, Field

Pine, Corsican

Stranvaesia

     Meadow

Glassworts

     Lodgepole

Strawberry

     Rye

Golden-bush

     Scots

     Barren

Brooklime

Goldenrod

Pineappleweed

Sundew, Great

Broom

       Canadian

Pink-sorrel, Pale

     Oblong-leaved

Broomrape, Thyme

Golden-saxifrage, Opposite-leaved

Plantain, Buck's-horn

     Round-leaved

Buckler-fern, Broad

Gooseberry

     Greater

Swede

     Hay-scented

Goosefoot, Many-seeded

     Ribwort

Sweet-grass, Floating

     Narrow

Gorse

     Sea

Sycamore

     Northern

Grass-of-Parnassus

Plum

Tansy

Bugle

Ground-elder

Polypody

Tare, Hairy

Bulrush

Ground-ivy

     Intermediate

Tasselweed, Beaked

Burdock, Lesser

Groundsel

Pondweed, Bog

Thistle, Carline

     Wood

     Heath

     Broad-leaved

       Creeping

Bur-reed, Floating

Guelder-rose

     Curled

     Marsh

     Least

Gypsywort

     Fennel

     Melancholy

     Unbranched

Hair-grass, Bog

     Long-stalked

     Musk

Butcher's-broom

     Early

     Perfoliate

     Spear

Butterbur

     Silver

     Shining

Thrift

Buttercup, Celery-leaved

     Tufted

     Slender-leaved

Thyme, Large

      Creeping

     Wavy

     Small

     Wild

      Bulbous

Hairy-brome

     Various-leaved

Timothy

     Goldilocks

Hard-fern

Poplar, White

Toadflax, Ivy-leaved

     Meadow

Harebell

Poppy,Common

Tomato

Butterfly-bush

Hart's-tongue

     Long-headed

Tormentil

Butterfly-orchid, Greater

Hawkbit, Autumn

     Opium

     Trailing

     Lesser

Hawk's-beard, Marsh

     Welsh

Trefoil, Lesser

Butterwort, Common

     Smooth

Potato

Tulip, Garden

     Pale

Hawkweed

Primrose

Tutsan

Campion, Bladder

Hawthorn

Purple-loosestrife

Twayblade, Common

     Moss

Hazel

Purslane, Pink

     Lesser

     Red

Heartsease

Quaking-grass

Valerian, Common

     Sea

Heath, Cross-leaved

Quillwort

Vernal-grass, Sweet

Canary-grass, Reed

     Prickly

Radish, Wild

Vetch, Bush

Carrot, Wild

Heather

Ragged-Robin

     Common

Cat's-ear

     Bell

Ragwort, Common

     Kidney

Cat's-tail, Smaller

Heath-grass

     Marsh

     Narrow-leaved

Celandine, Lesser

Hebe, Hooker's

Ramping-fumitory, Common

     Tufted

Centaury, Common

Hedge-parsley, Upright

Ramsons

Vetchling, Meadow

     Guernsey

Helleborine, Dark-red

Raspberry

Violet, Marsh

     Yellow

Hemlock-spruce, Western

Rattle, Red

Viviparous Sheep's-fescue

Chaffweed

Hemp-agrimony

Red-cedar, Western

Wall-rue

Chamomile, Stinking

Hemp-nettle, Bifid

Redshank

Water-cress

Charlock

     Common

Reed, Common

Water-crowfoot

Cherry, Bird

     Large-flowered

Rhododendron

Water-dropwort, Hemlock

     Wild

Herb-Robert

Rhubarb

Water-lily, Least

Chestnut, Sweet

Hogweed

Rock-cress, Hairy

     White

Chickweed, Common

Holly

     Northern

     Yellow

Cinquefoil, Creeping

Holly-fern

 Rocket, Tall

 Water-milfoil, Alternate

     Marsh

Honesty

Rose

     Spiked

Cleavers

Honeysuckle

     Japanese

Water-pepper

Clover, Alsike

     Wilson's

Roseroot

Water-starwort, Autumnal

     Red

Hornbeam

Rowan

     Blunt-fruited

     White

Hornwort, Rigid

Rush, Bulbous

     Common

     Zigzag

Horse-chestnut

     Compact

     Intermediate

Clubmoss, Alpine

Horsetail, Field

     Dwarf

     Narrow-fruited

     Fir

     Great

     Frog

     Pedunculate

     Lesser

     Marsh

     Heath

Wellingtonia

     Marsh

     Shady

     Jointed

Whin

     Stag's-horn

     Shore

     Leafy

Whitebeam, Common

 Club-rush, Bristle

     Water

     Pigmy

     Rock

     Common

     Wood

     Saltmarsh

     Swedish

     Floating

Iris, Yellow

     Sharp-flowered

Whitlowgrass, Common

Cock's-foot

Ivy

     Slender

     Glabrous

Colt's-foot

Juniper

     Toad

     Hoary

Columbine

Knapweed, Common

Rye-grass, Italian

Willie, Sticky

Comfrey, Common

Knotgrass

     Perennial

Willow, Almond

     Tuberous

     Equal-leaved

Sage, Wood

     Creeping

Corydalis, Climbing

Knotweed, Japanese

Saltmarsh-grass, Common

     Dwarf

Cotoneaster, Entire-leaved

     Lesser

Sandwort, Mossy

     Eared

     Himalayan

Koromiko

     Sea

     Goat

     Tree

Lady-fern

     Three-nerved

     Rusty

Cottongrass, Broad-leaved

Lady's-mantle, Alpine

     Thyme-leaved

     Tea-leaved

     Common

     Garden

Sanicle

Willowherb, American

     Hare's-tail

     Glabrous

Saw-wort, Alpine

     Broad-leaved

Couch, Bearded

     Hairy

Saxifrage, Mossy

     Chickweed

     Common

Lady's-smock

     Yellow

     Hoary

Cowberry

Larch, European

Scabious, Devil's-bit

     Marsh

Cowslip

     Hybrid

Scurvygrass, Common

     New Zealand

Cow-wheat, Common

       Japanese

     Danish

     Rosebay

Crack-willow

Laurel, Cherry

     English

     Short-fruited

      Hybrid

     Portugal

     Scottish

     Square-stalked

Crane's-bill, Cut-leaved

Lime

Sea-blite, Annual

Winter-cress, Medium-flowered

     Dove's-foot

Lobelia, Water

Sea-buckthorn

Wintergreen, Common

     French

Londonpride

Sea-milkwort

     Intermediate

     Shining

Loosestrife, Dotted

Sea-spurrey, Greater

     Round-leaved

Cress, Thale

Lousewort

     Lesser

     Serrated

Crocus, Spring

     Marsh

Sedge, Bottle

Woodruff

Crowberry

Lovage, Scots

     Brown

Wood-rush, Field

Crowfoot, Ivy-leaved

Lyme-grass

     Carnation

     Great

Cuckooflower

Madder, Field

     Common

     Hairy

Cudweed, Heath

Male-fern

     Dioecious

     Heath

     Marsh

     Mountain

     Distant

Wood-sedge

Currant, Black

     Scaly

     Few-flowered

Wood-sorrel

     Flowering

Maple, Norway

     Flea

Woundwort, Hedge

     Red

Marigold, Corn

     Glaucous

     Hybrid

Cypress, Leyland

Marsh-bedstraw

     Green-ribbed

     Marsh

Daffodil

Marsh-marigold

     Long-bracted

Yarrow

Daisy

Marsh-orchid, Early

     Oval

Yellow-rattle

     Oxeye

     Northern

     Pale

Yellow-sedge, Common

Daisy-bush

     Pugsley’s

     Pill

     Long-stalked

Dandelion

     Southern

     Remote

     Small-fruited

Dead-nettle, Northern

Mat-grass

     Slender

Yew

     Red

Mayweed, Scentless

     Smooth-stalked

Yorkshire-fog

Deergrass

     Sea

     Star

Meadow-foam

     Stiff

     Tawny

     White

 

 

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