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Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse-chestnut) to Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp-agrimony)

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Order Sapindales
Family Hippocastanaceae

Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse-chestnut)
First recorded in Stoke Holy Cross on 24/1.

Family Aceraceae

Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)
Noted on 5/4 to have been in flower for about a week at The Nunnery.
Acer campestre (Field Maple)
First noted (in seed) at North Burlingham on 13/2.
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore)
At Whitlingham on 20/4, many noted to be in leaf.

Order Geraniales
Family Oxalidaceae

Oxalis corniculata (Procumbent Yellow-sorrel)
Identified in the lawn at The Nunnery on 24/8.
Oxalis articulata (Pink-sorrel)
Naturalised around the house at Stoke Holy Cross, noted first on 9/4.
Oxalis acetosella (Wood-sorrel)
In flower at Martin Mere on 25/3, Otley Chevin on 16/4 and Lindly on 18/4.

Family Geraniaceae

Geranium versicolor (Pencilled Crane's-bill)
Identified at Handley Farm on 25/5.
Geranium rotundifolium (Round-leaved Crane's-bill)
Noted in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Geranium pratense (Meadow Crane's-bill)
First noted in flower on the A47 Norwich southern bypass on 17/5.
Geranium sanguineum (Bloody Crane's-bill)
Noted at Dunstanburgh Castle on 27/7.
Geranium dissectum (Cut-leaved Crane's-bill)
First noted (as leaves only) at Rockland Broad on 20/4.
Geranium pyrenaicum (Hedgerow Crane's-bill)
First noted at Shotesham Great Wood on 12/5.
Geranium pusillum (Small-flowered Crane's-bill)
Identified on Barnhamcross Common on 15/5.
Geranium molle (Dove's-foot Crane's-bill)
First noted on Barnhamcross Common on 14/4.
Geranium lucidum (Shining Crane's-bill)
Recorded in hedgerows around Porlock on 22/5.
Geranium robertianum (Herb Robert)
First noted (leaves only) at the Nunnery Lakes on 21/3.
Erodium cicutarium (Common Stork's-bill)
First noted in flower at Whitlingham on 12/3.

Family Balsaminaceae

Impatiens capensis (Orange Balsam)
Recorded from Surlingham Church Marsh on 30/7 and Rockland Broad on 6/8. [N.B. This species was misidentified in previous years as Hybrid Monkeyflower.]
Impatiens parviflora (Small Balsam)
A large clump near the Nun's Bridges was seen on 15/8.
Impatiens glandulifera (Indian Balsam)
First noted at Knaresborough on 24/7.

Order Apiales
Family Araliaceae

Hedera helix (Ivy)
First noted just after midnight on 1/1 in Wells.

Family Apiaceae

Hydrocotyle vulgaris (Marsh Pennywort)
Identified at Hickling on 29/5 and Lindisfarne on 26/7.
Sanicula europaea (Sanicle)
Identified at Porlock on 22/5 and at Coombe Bottom, near Waterrow, on 23/5.
Eryngium maritimum (Sea-holly)
Noted at Great Yarmouth North Denes on 18/6 and at Minsmere on 24/10.
Chaerophyllum temulum (Rough Chervil)
First recorded at Caistor Fort on 30/5.
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley)
First in flower at Cantley on 8/1 and in flower again at Stoke Holy Cross on 18/11.
Anthriscus caucalis (Bur Chervil)
First identified at Woodbastwick on 24/4.
Smyrnium olusatrum (Alexanders)
First noted at Benacre on 19/2 although not in flower yet by this date.
Conopodium majus (Pignut)
Noted at Waterrow on 21/5.
Pimpinella saxifraga (Burnet-saxifrage)
Recorded from Barnhamcross Common on 14/7 and Malham on 28/7.
Berula erecta (Lesser Water-parsnip)
First identified at Surlingham Church Marsh on 30/7.
Crithmum maritimum (Rock Samphire)
Noted at Wain's Hill on 11/11.
Oenanthe crocata (Hemlock Water-dropwort)
Identified at Arundel on 19/3 and Coombe Bottom on 23/5.
Oenanthe fluviatilis (River Water-dropwort)
Recorded from the Little Ouse on the edge of Barnhamcross Common on 20/6 and also on the Thet near the Bridge pub on 13/7.
Aethusa cynapium (Fool's Parsley)
Found in the garden on 30/7.
Foeniculum vulgare (Fennel)
Noted at Climping Gap on 19/3 and Winterton on 8/4, amongst others.
Conium maculatum (Hemlock)
Common by the Little Ouse by The Nunnery.
Apium nodiflorum (Fool's-water-cress)
Identified at Upton Fen on 22/6 and by our garden pond on 25/6, presumably imported from the upper Waveney Valley?
Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Pointed out by JPM in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Ammi majus (Bullwort)
A bird-seed alien, pointed out by JPM on 11/11 at Herriott's Bridge, Chew Valley Lake.
Angelica sylvestris (Wild Angelica)
Common around The Nunnery and elsewhere, with the first flowers there on 10/8.
Peucedanum palustre (Milk-parsley)
Identified at Woodbastwick Fen on 24/4 and 11/6, although neither time in flower.
Pastinaca sativa (Wild Parsnip)
First identified at Whitlingham on 24/6 although later found to be very common in the Brecks and along the A11.
Heracleum sphondylium (Hogweed)
First leaves noted at Whitlingham on 13/2.
Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed)
Old plants persistant over winter at Whitlingham and common along the river here.
Torilis japonica (Upright Hedge-parsley)
Pointed out by JPM in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Torilis nodosa (Knotted Hedge-parsley)
Identified at Berney Marshes on 18/6.
Daucus carota (Wild Carrot)
First noted at Berney Marshes on 18/6.

Order Gentianales
Family Gentianaceae

Centaurium erythraea (Common Centaury)
First noted in flower at Brettenham on 7/7 along forest rides. Also at Framingham Earl on 9/7 and at Horsey-Winterton on 5/8.
Gentiana pneumonanthe (Marsh Gentian)
A single flower was found at Horsford Woods on 12/8.

Family Apocynaceae

Vinca minor (Lesser Periwinkle)
First noted in flower at Surlingham Church Marsh on 20/1. Various other localities also but generally not really naturalised.
Vinca major (Greater Periwinkle)
Widespread in naturalised form early in the year (although not written down until 21/3). In flower again by 18/11 in Stoke Holy Cross.
{Vinca major var oxiloba}
This distinctive form was found at Porlock on 22/5 and in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.

Order Solanales
Family Solanaceae

Lycium barbarum (Duke of Argyll's Teaplant)
Pointed out by JPM at the Avon Gorge on 28/5. Also seen, in flower, at Winterton on 16/7.
Atropa belladonna (Deadly Nightshade)
The bush under Whitlingham viaduct was in flower on 22/7 and on 28/8 had both flowers and fruit.
Lycopersicon esculentum (Tomato)
Growing naturalised on the riverbank at Whitlingham on 5/11.
Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade)
First noted on 30/6 near Kenninghall.
Solanum physalifolium (Green Nightshade)
Noted at the Nunnery Lakes on 30/10 and in Poringland Woods on 19/11.
Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet)
First noted in flower at Barnhamcross Common on 15/5.

Family Convolvulaceae

Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed)
First noted at Porlock on 22/5.
Calystegia soldanella (Sea Bindweed)
Recorded at Winterton on 16/7.
Calystegia sepium (Hedge Bindweed)
First noted at Rockland Broad on 11/6.
Calystegia silvatica (Large Bindweed)
Identified in Norwich on 24/6.

Family Menyanthaceae

Menyanthes trifoliata (Bogbean)
Common on Surlingham Church Marsh on 29/4.

Order Lamiales
Family Boraginaceae

Lithospermum purpureocaeruleum (Purple Gromwell)
A rare plant, pointed out in seed at Weston Big Wood by JPM on 11/11.
Echium vulgare (Viper's-bugloss)
The first in flower was a single small plant at Caistor Fort on 14/5.
Symphytum x uplandicum (Russian Comfrey)
Identified at The Nunnery on 1/6 and at Caistor Fort on 2/7 (along the river).
Symphytum orientale (White Comfrey)
First noted in flower at Whitlingham on 1/4.
Anchusa arvensis (Bugloss)
First noted at the Nunnery Lakes on 28/4.
Pentaglottis sempervirens (Green Alkanet)
First noted on 18/3 at Houghton, Sussex.
Amsinckia micrantha (Common Fiddleneck)
Identified at Hockham Belt on 12/6. Also noted under Whitlingham viaduct.
Myosotis scorpioides (Water Forget-me-not)
Identified in Thetford on 30/5.
Myosotis laxa (Tufted Forget-me-not)
Identified at New Buckenham Common on 18/5.
Myosotis sylvatica (Wood Forget-me-not)
Noted first at Surlingham Church Marsh on 9/4.
Myosotis arvensis (Field Forget-me-not)
First identified at Green Lane, Thetford, on 26/4.
Myosotis ramosissima (Early Forget-me-not)
Identified at the Nunnery Lakes on 3/4 and East Wretham Heath on 5/4.
Myosotis discolor (Changing Forget-me-not)
Noted at Chedgrave Common on 30/4.
Cynoglossum officinale (Hound's-tongue)
First in flower at Barnhamcross Common on 16/5.

Family Verbenaceae

Verbena officinalis (Vervain)
Recorded in the car park of The Nunnery on 27/6.

Family Lamiaceae

Stachys sylvatica (Hedge Woundwort)
First recorded in flower on 30/5 in Thetford.
Stachys palustris (Marsh Woundwort)
First noted in flower by The Nunnery on 27/6.
Ballota nigra (Black Horehound)
First starting to flower in Stoke Holy Cross on 10/6.
Lamiastrum galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel)
Recorded from West Dean Woods on 6/5 and Waterrow on 21/5.
{Lamiastrum galeobdolon argentatum (Variegated Archangel)}
Noted naturalised in a few places, such as in Thetford along Green Lane on 11/4.
Lamium album (White Dead-nettle)
Recorded from 1/1 at Cley.
Lamium maculatum (Spotted Dead-nettle)
Noted in an apparently naturalised state at Surlingham Church Marsh on 20/1.
Lamium purpureum (Red Dead-nettle)
First noted at The Nunnery on 5/1.
Galeopsis tetrahit (Common Hemp-nettle)
Recorded from Surlingham Church Marsh on 30/7. Also Two Mile Bottom on 21/7 but this may have been following species.
Galeopsis bifida (Bifid Hemp-nettle)
Identified at the Nunnery Lakes on 1/8 and Barnhamcross Common on 2/8.
Scutellaria galericulata (Skullcap)
Recorded at both Upton Fen and UEA Lake on 22/6 and at Hardley Flood on 16/7.
Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage)
Recorded first at Thetford Warren on 13/1, although dead stems at this time.
Ajuga reptans (Bugle)
Noted in flower by the Little Ouse at The Nunnery on 28/4 and at Shotesham Great Wood on 12/5.
Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy)
First flowers noted at Rockland Broad on 10/3.
Prunella vulgaris (Self-heal)
First flowers at Brettenham Heath on 16/6.
Clinopodium ascendens (Common Calamint)
Noted at Caistor Fort on 27/6.
Clinopodium acinos (Basil Thyme)
Recorded from the Avon Gorge on 28/5, Thetford Warren on 18/7 and Barnhamcross Common on 20/7.
Origanum vulgare (Wild Marjoram)
Noted at the Avon Gorge on 28/5, Narborough Railway Line on 6/7 and Malham on 28/7.
Thymus pulegioides (Large Thyme)
Identified at Narborough Railway Line on 6/7 and at the Nunnery Lakes on 11/7.
Thymus polytrichus (Wild Thyme)
Identified at Lindisfarne on 26/7 and Malham on 28/7.
Thymus serpyllum (Breckland Thyme)
Noted in flower at Thetford Warren on 23/6 and 30/6, plus at Barnhamcross Common (dates unrecorded).
Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort)
Found by the Thet in Thetford on 11/7 and by the lake in Rawdon on 23/7.
Mentha arvensis (Corn Mint)
Identified in the field at Poringland Woods on 10/8.
Mentha aquatica (Water Mint)
First noted in Thetford on 11/7.
Mentha spicata (Spear Mint)
Identified on Barnhamcross Common on 14/8.
Salvia verbenaca (Wild Clary)
First noted at Caistor Fort on 2/5.

Order Callitrichales
Family Hippuridaceae

Hippuris vulgaris (Mare's-tail)
Recorded from Hickling Broad on 29/5.

Family Callitrichaceae

Callitriche sp. (Water Starwort sp.)
Recorded to genus only at Horsey on 13/2 and Whitlingham on 18/7.

Order Plantaginales
Family Plantaginaceae

Plantago coronopus (Buck's-horn Plantain)
First noted on 24/1 along road verges in Stoke Holy Cross.
Plantago maritima (Sea Plantain)
Recorded from Seahouses on 25/7 and Lindisfarne on 26/7.
Plantago major (Greater Plantain)
First recorded from Caistor Fort on 23/4 (not in flower by this date).
Plantago media (Hoary Plantain)
Identified at Caistor Fort on 17/5.
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain)
Widespread, first in flower on 20/4 at Rockland Broad.

Order Scrophulariales
Family Buddlejaceae

Buddleja davidii (Butterfly-bush)
Well-naturalised at Whitlingham, first noted 9/1.

Family Oleaceae

Fraxinus excelsior (Ash)
First identified at The Nunnery on 9/2, by presence of King Alfred's Cakes.
{Syringa vulgaris (Lilac)}
First in flower by The Nunnery on 27/4 but not noted as naturalised.
Ligustrum vulgare (Wild Privet)
Recorded from the Nunnery Lakes on 8/2, Malham on 28/7 and then realised to be common along edge of Barnhamcross Common/Nunnery Lakes on 24/11.
{Ligustrum ovalifolium (Garden Privet)}
Recorded widely but never obviously naturalised.

Family Scrophulariaceae

Verbascum blattaria (Moth Mullein)
Recorded at Avonmouth / Chittening Warth on 11/11.
Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein)
Pointed out by JPM in the Avon Gorge on 28/5 but not in flower in Norfolk until 7/7 at Brettenham Heath.
Verbascum nigrum (Dark Mullein)
Recorded on 26/6 on Barnhamcross Common.
Verbascum pulverulentum (Hoary Mullein)
This local speciality was first recorded at the Nunnery Lakes on 21/6 and later commonly around the A47 Norwich bypass.
Scrophularia nodosa (Common Figwort)
Recorded from Woodbastwick Fen on 26/6.
Scrophularia auriculata (Water Figwort)
First noted in Thetford on 30/5 and also at Rockland Broad on 11/6, amongst others. The plant by the garden pond again supported a population of "The Mullein" moth.
Mimulus guttatus (Monkeyflower)
Recorded from Mannington Hall on 3/6 and at Woodbastwick Fen on 11/6.
Antirrhinum majus (Snapdragon)
Noted in a naturalised state in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Cymbalaria muralis (Ivy-leaved Toadflax)
First noted on 9/2 at The Nunnery.
Linaria vulgaris (Common Toadflax)
First noted at Thetford Warren on 23/6.
Linaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax)
Recorded at Porlock on 22/5.
Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove)
First in flower were at Porlock on 22/5.
Veronica serpyllifolia (Thyme-leaved Speedwell)
Recorded from Thetford (Cloverfields, though no sign of rarer species) on 21/3 and at Chedgrave Common on 30/4.
Veronica officinalis (Heath Speedwell)
Identified at Brettenham Heath on 2/6 and Thetford Warren on 9/6.
Veronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell)
First recorded at The Nunnery on 25/4 and also at Chedgrave Common on 30/4 and later in the garden.
Veronica montana (Wood Speedwell)
Identified from Porlock on 22/5.
Veronica beccabunga (Brooklime)
First noted in flower on 16/5 at the Nunnery Lakes.
Veronica anagallis-aquatica (Blue Water-speedwell)
Identified by the Little Ouse by the Nunnery on 20/6, at Caistor by the Tas on 2/7 and at Fenham-le-Moor on 25/7.
Veronica catenata (Pink Water-speedwell)
Identified at the Nunnery Lakes on 4/7 and at Whitlingham on 18/7.
Veronica arvensis (Wall Speedwell)
Recorded from Caistor Fort on 5/4 and Thetford Warren on 7/4.
Veronica persica (Common Field-speedwell)
In flower at the Nunnery Lakes by 21/2.
Veronica filiformis (Slender Speedwell)
Recorded near the Nunnery from 20/3.
Veronica hederifolia (Ivy-leaved Speedwell)
First noted in the garden on 24/1.
Veronica spicata hybrida (Western Spiked Speedwell)
Pointed out in the Avon Gorge on 28/5 by JPM, although not in flower.
Melampyrum pratense (Common Cow-wheat)
Noted on the Quantocks on 25/5.
Euphrasia sp. (Eyebright sp.)
First noted at Thetford Warren on 23/6 (probably E.confusa from the Norfolk Atlas) and common on the grasslands above Malham on 28/7.
Odontites vernus (Red Bartsia)
Recorded from the Nunnery Lakes on 11/7, Frost's Common on 10/8 and Rockland Broad on 19/8.
Rhinanthus minor (Yellow-rattle)
Noted from Waterrow on 21/5, Bishop's Stortford Services on the M11 on 28/5 and Winteton Dunes on 16/7.
Pedicularis palustris (Marsh Lousewort)
Recorded from Upton Fen on 22/6.
Pedicularis sylvatica (Lousewort)
Noted at Handley Farm on 20/5.

Family Orobanchaceae

Orobanche hederae (Ivy Broomrape)
Noted at Wain's Hill on 11/11.
Orobanche minor (Common Broomrape)
First noted on 16/6 at Barnhamcross Common and still in flower at UEA on 15/10.

Family Acanthaceae

Acanthus mollis (Bear's Breeches)
A patch naturalised near Swardeston on 13/8, in a small wood near a pile of garden cuttings.

Family Lentibulariaceae

Pinguicula vulgaris (Common Butterwort)
Leaves only were noted around the Glen Shee ski area on 1/9.

Order Campanulales
Family Campanulaceae

Campanula portenschlagiana (Adria Bellflower)
Pointed out by JPM on 11/11, naturalised at Wain's Hill.
Campanula poscharskyana (Trailing Bellflower)
Pointed out by JPM on 11/11, naturalised at Wain's Hill.
Campanula trachelium (Nettle-leaved Bellflower)
Noted in Thetford near Mill on 11/7.
Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell)
First noted on Barnhamcross Common on 3/7, still in flower here on 24/11.
Jasione montana (Sheep's-bit)
Recorded at Great Yarmouth North Denes on 18/6 and Barnhamcross Common on 29/6.
Lobelia erinus (Garden Lobelia)
Naturalised in the driveway at home on 15/7.

Order Rubiales
Family Rubiaceae

Galium odoratum (Woodruff)
Noted at Waterrow on 21/5.
Galium uliginosum (Fen Bedstraw)
Identified at Shotesham Common on 12/7.
Galium palustre (Common Marsh-bedstraw)
Identified at Upton Fen on 22/6, Bramerton on 2/7 and Ilkley Moor on 23/7.
Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw)
First noted in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Galium mollugo (Hedge Bedstraw)
First identified by the A47 Norwich southern bypass on 23/6.
Galium sterneri (Limestone Bedstraw)
Identified from limestone pavement on top of Malham Cove on 28/7.
Galium saxatile (Heath Bedstraw)
Noted at Brettenham Heath on 2/6 and Thetford Warren on 9/6.
Galium aparine (Cleavers)
First recorded at Cantley on 8/1.
Galium parisiense (Wall Bedstraw)
Located on the ruins of The Nunnery on 27/6.
Cruciata laevipes (Crosswort)
Identified at West Dean Woods on 6/5 and at Malham on 28/7.
Rubia peregrina (Wild Madder)
Pointed out by JPM in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.

Order Dipsacales
Family Caprifoliaceae

Sambucus nigra (Elder)
First noted on 9/1 at Stoke Holy Cross.
Viburnum opulus (Guelder-rose)
First noted starting to flower at Surlingham Church Marsh on 29/4.
Viburnum lantana (Wayfaring-tree)
Pointed out by JPM in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Symphoricarpos albus (Snowberry)
Widely recorded, variably naturalised but pretty well so by the gas station at Whitlingham on 17/12.
Lonicera periclymenum (Honeysuckle)
First noted at Marsham Heath on 23/1.

Family Adoxaceae

Adoxa moschatellina (Moschatel)
Noted at Whitlingham Woods on 4/3 (budding flowers) and 1/4 (well in flower) and at Lindley on 18/4.

Family Valerianaceae

Valerianella locusta (Common Cornsalad)
Identified at Green Lane, Thetford, on 26/4 and at the Nunnery Lakes on 28/4.
Valerianella carinata (Keeled-fruited Cornsalad)
Pointed out by JPM on 28/5 at the Avon Gorge.
Valeriana officinalis (Common Valerian)
First noted at Rockland Broad and Surlingham Church Marsh on 4/6.
Valeriana dioica (Marsh Valerian)
Recorded at Shotesham Common on 1/5 and 1/6.
Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian)
First noted in flower at Houghton, Sussex, on 18/3. Very common in the south-west in late May.

Family Dipsacaceae

Dipsacus fullonum (Wild Teasel)
First recorded Climping Gap on 19/3.
Dipsacus pilosus (Small Teasel)
Identified by the Tas at Caistor Fort on 11/9, in seed.
Knautia arvensis (Field Scabious)
Noted in flower on Barnhamcross Common on 19/5.
Succisa pratensis (Devil's-bit Scabious)
Noted at a Breckland site between 14/7 (when not in flower) and 8/12 (when one was still in flower).
Scabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious)
Identified on Barnhamcross Common on 16/6.

Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae

Carlina vulgaris (Carline Thistle)
Recorded from Malham on 28/7.
Arctium lappa (Greater Burdock)
First identified at Surlingham Church Marsh on 30/7.
Arctium minus (Lesser Burdock)
In flower in Thetford from 13/7.
Carduus crispus (Welted Thistle)
Identified at the Nunnery Lakes on 4/9.
Carduus nutans (Musk Thistle)
Identified on Barnhamcross Common on 17/5 and 20/6.
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle)
First noted at Caistor Fort on 23/4 although not in flower by now.
Cirsium dissectum (Meadow Thistle)
Identified at Langford Heathfield on 23/5.
Cirsium heterophyllum (Melancholy Thistle)
Identified by the river at Linn of Dee on 2/9.
Cirsium acaule (Dwarf Thistle)
Recorded at Narborough Railway Line on 6/7, Malham on 28/7 and Barnhamcross Common on 22/8.
Cirsium palustre (Marsh Thistle)
First noted at Langford Heathfield on 24/5.
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)
First noted at Caistor Fort on 23/4 although not in flower by now.
Onopordum acanthium (Cotton Thistle)
Noted by the roadside at Icklingham on 28/6.
Silybum marianum (Milk Thistle)
Common at Caistor Fort, in flower by 11/5.
Centaurea scaboisa (Greater Knapweed)
First noted in flower on Barnhamcross Common on 16/6.
Centaurea nigra (Common Knapweed)
First noted in flower on Barnhamcross Common on 7/6.
Lapsana communis (Nipplewort)
First recorded on 7/5 at Clackett Lane Services, M25.
Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's-ear)
Identified at Langford Heathfield on 24/5.
Hypochaeris glabra (Smooth Cat's-ear)
Identified on the edge of a Thetford housing estate on 13/7, near the Bridge Pub.
Leontodon autumnalis (Autumn Hawkbit)
Noted at the Nunnery Lakes on 11/8.
Leontodon hispidus (Rough Hawkbit)
Noted in Leigh Woods on 28/5.
Picris echioides (Bristly Oxtongue)
First noted at Pilning on 28/5 and then in Norfolk at Tibenham Airfield where common on 25/6.
Tragopogon pratensis (Goat's-beard)
First noted at the Avon Gorge on 28/5 and in flower on Barnhamcross Common from 5/6.
Sonchus palustris (Marsh Sow-thistle)
First recorded at Rockland Broad on 29/5, although not in flower by this date.
Sonchus arvensis (Perennial Sow-thistle)
Identified from Whitlingham on 29/6 and Fenham-le-Moor on 25/7.
Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow-thistle)
First identified at The Nunnery on 10/2.
Sonchus asper (Prickly Sow-thistle)
Identified in the garden on 14/5.
Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce)
Recorded by roadsides in Thetford on 11/7.
Lactuca virosa (Great Lettuce)
Pointed out by JPM in the Avon Gorge on 28/5 and then recorded commonly along the A11 from 16/6.
Mycelis muralis (Wall Lettuce)
Recorded from the Avon Gorge on 28/5, Narborough Railway Line on 6/7 and Malham on 28/7.
Taraxacum sp. (Dandelion sp.)
First in flower on 24/1 in Stoke Holy Cross. No attempt made to identify any to species.
Crepis capillaris (Smooth Hawk's-beard)
Identified at Barnhamcross Common on 16/6.
Crepis vesicaria (Beaked Hawk's-beard)
Identified at the Nunnery Lakes on 16/5.
Pilosella officinarum (Mouse-ear Hawkweed)
Leaves only recorded at the Nunnery Lakes on 3/4 and similarly from Thetford Warren on 7/4. Common on Barnhamcross later.
Hieracium sp. (Hawkweed sp.)
Recorded from Horsey-Winterton on 5/8, Horsford Woods on 12/8 and Barnhamcross Common on 22/8.
Filago vulgaris (Common Cudweed)
Identified at Caistor Fort on 10/6.
Filago minima (Small Cudweed)
Identified at Thetford Warren on 9/6.
Gnaphalium uliginosum (Marsh Cudweed)
Recorded along forest rides at Brettenham Heath on 14/9.
Inula conyzae (Ploughman's-spikenard)
Identified at Narborough Railway Line on 8/8.
Pulicaria dysenterica (Common Fleabane)
First noted at Hardley Flood on 16/7.
Solidago virgaurea (Goldenrod)
Pointed out (no flowers) by JPM in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Solidago canadensis (Canadian Goldenrod)
Naturalised by the Mundford Road near Two Mile Bottom on 21/7 and keyed out from UEA on 17/9 as S.canadensis.
Aster tripolium (Sea Aster)
Identified at Fenham-le-Moor on 25/7.
Aster sp. non tripolium (Michaelmas-daisy sp.)
Noted at Winterton on 16/7 and at the Nunnery Lakes also.
Erigeron acer (Blue Fleabane)
Recorded from Thetford Warren on 16/8.
Conyza canadensis (Canadian Fleabane)
Identified at the Nunnery Lakes on 13/6 and realised to be common at Barnhamcross Common on 23/8 and overlooked until now.
Bellis perennis (Daisy)
First flowers noted Stoke Holy Cross on 8/1.
Tanacetum parthenium (Feverfew)
Naturalised around the house.
Tanacetum vulgare (Tansy)
Noted at Winterton on 16/7 although not in flower by this date.
Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort)
First recorded from Rockland Broad on 29/5.
Artemisia campestris (Field Wormwood)
Dead stems at the reserve at Brandon Industrial Estate on 23/2, but failed to find the species at Barnhamcross where it apparently used to occur.
Achillea ptarmica (Sneezewort)
Identified by Framingham Pigot church on 9/7 and again at Linn of Dee on 2/9.
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
First recorded on 7/1 near Caistor St Edmunds.
Anthemis cotula (Stinking Mayweed)
Identified at Tibenham Airfield on 25/6.
Chrysanthemum segetum (Corn Marigold)
Found at Two Mile Bottom on 21/7.
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy)
First in flower on 7/5 by roadsides near Horsham, Sussex.
Matricaria recutita (Scented Mayweed)
Identified at Wacton on 10/6.
Matricaria discoidea (Pineappleweed)
First in flower at Rockland Broad on 20/4.
Tripleurospermum maritimum (Sea Mayweed)
Recorded at Seahouses on 25/7.
Tripleurospermum inodorum (Scentless Mayweed)
First noted at Whitlingham on 13/2, when unseasonally in flower.
Senecio jacobaea (Common Ragwort)
First recorded 23/4 at Caistor Fort, although not in flower by this date.
Senecio squalidus (Oxford Ragwort)
Identified at Porlock on 22/5.
Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel)
First recorded on 5/1 by The Nunnery.
Senecio sylvatica (Heath Groundsel)
Identified at Brettenham Heath on 2/6 and Thetford Warren on 23/6.
Tussilago farfara (Colt's-foot)
First flowers at Whitlingham on 3/2.
Petasites hybridus (Butterbur)
In flower by the Washburn at Leathley on 18/4. Lots of leaves at Hardley Flood on 16/7.
Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope)
First noted by the road at Caistor St Edmunds on 17/1. In flower again in Thetford on 6/12.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Ragweed)
A bird-seed alien pointed out by JPM at Herriott's Bridge, Chew Valley Lake, on 11/11.
Xanthium spinosum (Spiny Cocklebur)
A bird-seed alien pointed out by JPM at Herriott's Bridge, Chew Valley Lake, on 11/11.
Guizotia abyssinica (Niger)
A bird-seed alien pointed out by JPM at Herriott's Bridge, Chew Valley Lake, on 11/11.
Helianthus annuus (Sunflower)
Noted naturalised in a roadside gutter at Thetford on 7/11. Also on the beach at Portishead on 12/11.
Bidens tripartita (Trifid Bur-marigold)
Recorded from Woodbastwick Fen on 28/8.
Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp-agrimony)
First noted on Barnhamcross Common on 11/5.