Order Alismatales
Family Butomaceae
Butomus umbellatus (Flowering-rush)
Found by the Little Ouse at the Nunnery Lakes on 11/8.
Family Alismataceae
Sagittaria sagittifolia (Arrowhead)
First recorded on 19/6 in the Little Ouse by The Nunnery.
Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
First identified at Whitlingham on 1/5.
Order Hydrocharitales
Family Hydrocharitaceae
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (Frogbit)
Recorded from the Castle Marshes on 24/6.
Stratiotes aloides (Water Soldier)
Noted at Rockland Broad on 29/5 and Castle Marshes on 24/6.
Order Najadales
Family Aponogetonaceae
Aponogeton distachyos (Cape-pondweed)
Pointed out by JPM at Rickford Pond, nr Blagdon, on 11/11 - dubiously
naturalised!
Family Juncaginaceae
Triglochin maritimum (Sea Arrowgrass)
Recorded from Thorney Island on 6/5 and Lindisfarne on 26/7.
Family Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton natans (Broad-leaved Pondweed)
Identified from Hickling Broad on 22/6.
Family Zosteraceae
Zostera angustifolia (Narrow-leaved Eelgrass)
Identified on the mudlats at Fenham-le-Moor on 25/7.
Order Arales
Family Araceae
Arum maculatum (Lords-and-Ladies)
First recorded at UEA on 19/1. By 29/4, mostly with flowers at Surlingham
Church Marsh.
Family Lemnaceae
Lemna minor (Common Duckweed)
Identified from Dunston Common on 31/5. Other duckweeds not identified
to species.
Order Juncales
Family Juncaceae
Juncus gerardii (Saltmarsh Rush)
Identified at Lindisfarne on 26/7.
Juncus subnodulosus (Blunt-flowered Rush)
Recorded from Upton Fen on 22/6.
Juncus articulatus (Jointed Rush)
Identified at Haweswater on 3/9.
Juncus maritimus (Sea Rush)
Pointed out by JPM on the beach at Portishead on 12/11.
Juncus inflexus (Hard Rush)
First identified at Rockland Broad on 6/2 and widespread.
Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)
First identified at Mousehold Heath on 30/1 and the most widely recorded
species of rush.
Juncus conglomeratus (Compact Rush)
Identified at Horsey Dunes on 13/2.
Luzula pilosa (Hairy Wood-rush)
Noted at Lindley on 16/4 and 18/4.
Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush)
Noted at Lindley on 18/4.
Luzula campestris (Field Wood-rush)
Recorded first at Rockland Broad on 17/3, then also at East Wretham
on 5/4 and Barnhamcross Common on 10/4.
Luzula multiflora (Heath Wood-rush)
Identified at Langford Heathfield on 24/5, subspecies congesta.
Order Cyperales
Family Cyperaceae
Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass)
Identified at Shotesham Common on 1/6.
Eriophorum vaginatum (Hare's-tail Cottongrass)
Recorded on Dunkery Beacon on 22/5.
Trichophorum cespitosum (Deergrass)
Identified from Buxton Heath on 3/6.
Eleocharis palustris (Common Spike-rush)
Recorded from New Buckenham Common on 18/5, Trowse Meadows on 7/6
and Horsey on 5/8.
Bolboschoenus maritimus (Sea Club-rush)
Noted on Lindisfarne Island on 26/7.
Schoenoplectus lacustris (Common Club-rush)
Recorded by the Nun's Bridges from 18/5 and at the Nunnery Lakes on
11/7.
Cladium mariscus (Great Fen-sedge)
Identified at Hickling Broad on 29/5.
Carex paniculata (Greater Tussock-sedge)
First noted at Rockland Broad on 20/4, when in flower. Also at Woodbastwick
Fen, Surlingham Church Marsh and Breary Marsh.
Carex divulsa (Grey Sedge)
Identified from Caistor Fort on 10/5 and Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Carex arenaria (Sand Sedge)
First noted at Horsey on 23/4.
Carex remota (Remote Sedge)
Identified at Langford Heathfield on 24/5.
Carex hirta (Hairy Sedge)
Found at the Nunnery Lakes on 16/5.
Carex acutiformis (Lesser Pond-sedge)
Identified at Whitlingham on 1/5.
Carex riparia (Greater Pond-sedge)
First noted at the Nunnery Lakes on 3/4. Also at Rockland Broad and
elsewhere.
Carex pseudocyperus (Cyperus Sedge)
Recorded from Hickling Broad on 22/6.
Carex pendula (Pendulous Sedge)
Common in West Country hedgerows, first noted at Waterrow on 21/5.
Carex sylvatica (Wood-sedge)
Found in Shotesham Great Wood on 12/5.
Carex flacca (Glaucous Sedge)
Identified on Barnhamcross Common on 11/5.
Carex panicea (Carnation Sedge)
Identified at Rockland Broad on 20/4.
Carex extensa (Long-bracted Sedge)
Pointed out by JPM in the saltmarsh below Wain's Hill on 11/11.
Carex caryophyllea (Spring-sedge)
Identified on Barnhamcross Common on 28/4.
Family Poaceae
Milium effusum (Wood Millet)
Found at Ashwellthorpe Wood on 21/4.
Festuca gigantea (Giant Fescue)
Recorded from the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Festuca rubra (Red Fescue)
Identified from Great Yarmouth North Denes on 18/6 but presumably
widely overlooked also.
Festuca ovina (Sheep's Fescue)
First identified on Barnhamcross Common on 10/5, although Fine-leaved
Sheep's Fescue could not be fully ruled out.
X Festuca loliaceum (Hybrid Fescue)
This hybrid was tentatively identified at Trowse Meadows on 7/6, although
this is supposed to be rather local.
Lolium perenne (Perennial Rye-grass)
First noted at Caistor Fort on 10/5.
Lolium multiflorum (Italian Rye-grass)
Identified at Caistor Fort on 2/7.
Vulpia bromoides (Squirreltail Fescue)
Identified from Rockland Broad on 29/5 and in Thetford on 13/7.
Cynosurus cristatus (Crested Dog's-tail)
First noted in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass)
Identified at Lindisfarne on 26/7.
Briza media (Quaking-grass)
Recorded at Barnhamcross Common from 17/5 and also at Wacton on 10/6.
Poa annua (Annual Meadow-grass)
First identified from the garden on 17/1.
Poa trivialis (Rough Meadow-grass)
First noted at the Nunnery Lakes on 16/5 and later in the garden on
2/6.
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot)
First recorded from Barnhamcross Common on 10/1 but not freshly flowering
until 24/3 at Martin Mere.
Catapodium rigidum (Fern-grass)
Found on the walls of Caistor Fort on 10/5.
Glyceria maxima (Reed Sweet-grass)
First recorded at Whitlingham on 17/6.
Melica uniflora (Wood Melick)
Identified in hedgerows at Waterrow on 21/5.
Helictotrichon pubescens (Downy Oat-grass)
Identified at Barnhamcross Common on 17/5 and in the Avon Gorge on
28/5.
Helictotrichon pratense (Meadow Oat-grass)
Identified on Barnhamcross Common on 28/4 and 17/5.
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass)
First noted in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Trisetum flavescens (Yellow Oat-grass)
Identified at Brettenham Heath on 2/6 and at Thetford Warren on 23/6.
Deschampsia flexuosa (Wavy Hair-grass)
Identified at Thetford Warren on 9/6 and 23/6.
Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire-fog)
First noted at Rockland Broad on 4/6.
Holcus mollis (Creeping Soft-grass)
First noted at Whitlingham on 11/7 but probably seen more widely by
then.
Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass)
First noted on Barnhamcross Common on 25/4.
Phalaris arundinacea (Reed Canary-grass)
First noted at Trowse Meadows on 7/6.
Phalaris canariensis (Canary-grass)
Identified by JPM as a bird-seed alien on Portishead beach on 12/11.
Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent)
Recorded from Thetford Warren on 23/6 and from Billing Hill, Rawdon,
on 23/7.
Agrostis stolonifera (Creeping Bent)
Identified at Fenham-le-Moor on 25/7.
Calamagrostis epigejos (Wood Small-reed)
Dead stems first noted at Thetford Warren on 13/1, with fresh growth
recorded here on 18/7.
Calamagrostis canescens (Purple Small-reed)
Identified at Hickling Broad on 29/5.
Ammophila arenaria (Marram)
First recorded at Caister-by-Sea on 9/1.
Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail)
First noted at The Nunnery on 6/4. Also noted on the cliffs of Kilnsey
Crag on 19/4.
Alopecurus geniculatus (Marsh Foxtail)
Identified in Thetford on 2/6.
Phleum pratense (Timothy)
First recorded on Barnhamcross Common on 16/6.
Phleum bertolonii (Smaller Cat's-tail)
Identified in Thetford on 8/6.
Bromus hordeaceus (Soft-brome)
Recorded first from Caistor Fort on 10/5. Also noted in the garden
on 2/6.
Bromopsis erecta (Upright Brome)
Pointed out by JPM in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Anisantha diandra (Great Brome)
Identified near The Nunnery on 2/6.
Anisantha sterilis (Barren Brome)
First noted at Chedgrave Common on 30/4 and also in the garden on
2/6.
Anisantha madritensis (Compact Brome)
A rare plant, pointed out by JPM in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Brachypodium sylvaticum (False Brome)
Pointed out by JPM in the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Elytrigia repens (Common Couch)
First identified at the Nunnery Lakes on 11/7.
Elytrigia juncea (Sand Couch)
Identified at Great Yarmouth North Denes on 18/6.
Leymus arenarius (Lyme-grass)
Identified from Fenham-le-Moor on 25/7, Lindisfarne on 26/7 and Minsmere
on 24/10.
Hordeum murinum (Wall Barley)
First noted at The Nunnery on 17/5. Also in the garden on 2/6.
Triticum aestivum (Bread Wheat)
Naturalised in The Nunnery car park on 17/5.
{Cortaderia selloana (Pampas-grass)}
Noted several places, including at the Nunnery Lakes, but never convincingly
naturalised.
Molinia caerulea (Purple Moor-grass)
Identified at Horsford Woods on 12/8.
Phragmites australis (Common Reed)
Common in Norfolk, first noted at Cantley Marshes on 8/1.
Spartina anglica (Common Cord-grass)
Identified at Fenham-le-Moor on 25/7 and Lindisfarne on 26/7.
Panicum miliaceum (Common Millet)
Pointed out by JPM as a bird-seed alien on Portishead beach on 12/11.
Echinochloa crus-galli (Cockspur)
Pointed out by JPM as a bird-seed alien on Portishead beach on 12/11.
Setaria pumila (Yellow Bristle-grass)
Pointed out by JPM as a bird-seed alien on Portishead beach on 12/11.
Setaria viridis (Green Bristle-grass)
Pointed out by JPM as a bird-seed alien on Portishead beach on 12/11.
Digitaria sanguinalis (Hairy Finger-grass)
Naturalised at Cumberland Basin, Bristol, on 11/11.
Order Typhales
Family Sparganiaceae
Sparganium erectum (Branched Bur-reed)
Identified from Surlingham Church Marsh on 4/6 and Golden Acre Park
on 28/7.
Sparganium emersum (Unbranched Bur-reed)
Found in the Tas at Caistor Fort on 29/7 and the Little Ouse at The
Nunnery on 9/8.
Family Typhaceae
Typha latifolia (Bulrush)
First recorded on 8/1 from Cantley Marshes.
Order Liliales
Family Liliaceae
Narthecium ossifragum (Bog Asphodel)
Found on the hillside by Glen Shee ski area on 1/9.
Kniphofia uvaria (Red-hot Poker)
Naturalised at Thorney Island on 6/5.
Maianthemum kamtschaticum (False Lily-of-the-valley)
Naturalised in the woods at Porlock on 22/5, a very localised species
in the UK apparently.
Ornithogalum angustifolium (Star-of-Bethlehem)
First in flower near The Nunnery on 25/4, naturalised around Thetford.
Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Bluebell)
First in flower at Houghton, Sussex on 18/3. Common in the woods at
Lindley on 16/4, just starting to flower. Also common at Ashwellthorpe
Wood on 21/4.
Muscari armeniacum (Garden Grape-hyacinth)
Naturalised plants first recorded on Barnhamcross Common on 10/4.
Allium triquetrum (Three-cornered Garlic)
Naturalised near Leigh Woods on 28/5.
Allium paradoxum (Few-flowered Garlic)
Found on Barnhamcross Common from 25/4.
Allium ursinum (Ramsons)
First noted at Lindley on 16/4. Also noted at Ashwellthope Wood on
21/4 and Waterrow on 21/5.
Allium vineale (Wild Onion)
Recorded from the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Allium schoenoprasum (Chives)
Naturalised on Barnhamcross Common on 19/5.
Allium roseum (Rosy Garlic)
Recorded along the top of the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Nectaroscordum siculum (Honey Garlic)
Recorded along the top of the Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Leucojum aestivum (Summer Snowflake)
Naturalised in a wood by the A140 near Stoke Holy Cross on 27/2 and
still flowering on 24/4.
Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop)
First flowers at Surlingham Church Marsh on 20/1.
Narcissus sp. (Daffodil sp.)
Naturalised plants in flower at the Nunnery Lakes from 25/2.
Asparagus officinalis (Garden Asparagus)
First recorded on Barnhamcross Common on 16/6.
{Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher's Broom)}
Dubiously naturalised by Leigh Woods on 28/5.
Family Iridaceae
Iris pseudacorus (Yellow Iris)
In flower at Surlingham Church Marsh from 13/5.
Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris)
Noted at Wain's Hill on 11/11.
Crocus vernus (Spring Crocus)
Naturalised at Thetford Warren from 14/2.
Family Dioscoriaceae
Tamus communis (Black Bryony)
First recorded at Avon Gorge on 28/5.
Order Orchidales
Family Orchidaceae
Epipactis palustris (Marsh Helleborine)
A large colony was seen at Narborough Railway Line on 6/7.
Listera ovata (Common Twayblade)
A colony of at least 100 plants was seen at Langford Heathfield on
24/5.
Anacamptis pyramidalis (Pyramidal Orchid)
First noted at Narborough Railway Line on 6/7 where common. Also seen
at least at Dunstanburgh Castle on 27/7.
Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Common Spotted-orchid)
Noted at Langford Heathfield on 23/5, Framingham Earl on 9/7 and Lindisfarne
on 26/7.
Dactylorhiza incarnata (Early Marsh-orchid)
Noted at Mannington Hall on 3/6 and Woodbastwick Fen on 11/6.
Dactylorhiza praetermissa (Southern Marsh-orchid)
Recorded at Upton Fen on 22/6 and Narborough Railway Line on 6/7.
Dactylorhiza traunsteineri (Narrow-leaved Marsh-orchid)
This local species was identified at Buxton Heath on 3/6.
Orchis mascula (Early-purple Orchid)
Recorded at West Dean Woods on 6/5, Shotesham Great Wood on 12/5,
Waterrow on 21/5 and Coombe Sydenham on 26/5.
Orchis morio (Green-winged Orchid)
Recorded only from New Buckenham Common on 18/5.
Ophrys apifera (Bee Orchid)
One was found in a field on the north side of Stoke Holy Cross on
17/6 and another , nearly over, was by the A47 flyover at Whitlingham
Marsh on 9/7.
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