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Scientific Name
Common Name
Leersia oryzoides
Cut-grass
Lejeunea mandonii
Atlantic lejeunea
Lemna gibba
Common duckweed
Leptodontium gemmascens
Thatch moss
Limonium spp
Rock sea-lavenders (endemic)
Linnaea borealis
Twinflower
Liparis loeselii
Fen orchid
Lotus corniculatus
Bird's-foot-trefoil
Luronium natans
Floating water-plantain
Lycopodiella inundata
Marsh clubmoss
Marsupella stableri
Stabler's rustwort
Melampyrum arvense
Field cow-wheat
Melampyrum sylvaticum
Small cow-wheat
Mentha pulegium
Pennyroyal
Menyanthes trifoliata
Bogbean
Najas flexilis
Slender naiad
Najas marina
Holly-leaved naiad
Narthecium ossifragum
Bog asphodel
Nitella gracilis
Slender stonewort
Nitellopsis obtusa
Starry stonewort
Nymphaea alba
White water-lily
Ophrys fuciflora
Late spider orchid
Ophrys sphegodes
Early spider orchid
Orchis militaris
Military orchid
Orchis simia
Monkey orchid
Orobanche reticulata
Thistle broomrape
Orthodontium gracile
Slender thread-moss
Orthotrichum sprucei
Spruce's bristle-moss
Pallavicinia lyellii
Veilwort
Papaver rhoeas
Common poppy
Pedicularis palustris
Marsh lousewort
Petalophyllum ralfsii
Petalwort
Petasites hybridus
Butterbur
Phragmites australis
Common reed
Pilularia globulifera
Pillwort
Pinguicula vulgaris
Common butterwort
Pinus sylvestris
Scots pine
Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort plantain
Plantago major
Greater plantain
Populus nigra
Black poplar
Potamogeton compressus
Grass-wrack pondweed
Potentilla anserina
Silverweed
Primula veris
Cowslip
Primula vulgaris
Primrose
Prunus spinosa
Blackthorn
Pteridium aquilinum
Bracken
Pyrus cordata
Plymouth pear
Quercus petraea
Sessile oak
Quercus robur
Pedunculate oak
Ranunculus arvensis
Corn buttercup
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