Species list - Plants
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| Plants in this list are those that grow on or through the shingle of Chesil Beach, or on the turfed areas wholly on top of the shingle. Plants below the high tide mark or growing only on adjacent paths or car parks are not included |
Red - Abundant
Orange - scarce
Blue - not found
Black - no data
Location key:
P - Portland to F/bridge car park
F - Ferrybridge to Narrows
N - Narrows to Abbotsbury
W - Abbotsbury to West Bay
Common name |
Species |
P F N W |
| Sea couch | Agropyron pungens |    |
| Silvery hair grass | Aira caryophylla | |
| Early hair grass | Aira praecox | |
| Scarlet pimpernel | Anagallis arvensis | |
| Kidney vetch | Anthyllis vulneraria |  |
| Thrift | Ameria maritima | |
| Thyme-leaved sandwort | Arenaria serpyllifolia | |
| Tall oat-grass | Arrhenatherum elatius | |
| Sea beet | Beta vulgaris | |
| Darnel's grass | Catapodium marinum | |
| Common centaury | Centaurium erythraea | |
| Red valerian | Centranthus ruber | |
| Common mouse-ear | Cerastium fontanum | |
| Sea mouse-ear | Cerastium diffusum | |
| Creeping thistle | Cirsium arvense | |
| Danish scurvygrass | Cochlearia danica | |
| Sea kale | Crambe maritima | |
| Samphire | Crithmum maritimum | |
| Cocksfoot | Dactylus glomerata | |
| Sea spurge | Euphorbia paralias | |
| Portland spurge | Euphorbia portlandica | |
| Red fescue | Festuca ruba | |
| Lady's bedstraw | Galium verum | |
| Herb robert | geranium robertianum | |
| Yellow horned poppy | Glaucium flavum | |
| Sea-purslane | Halimione portulacoides | |
| Common velvet grass | Holcus lanatus | |
| Tree mallow | Lavatera arborea | |
| Sea pea | Lathyrus japonicus | |
| Bird's foot trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | |
| Common mallow | Malva sylvestris | |
| Restharrow | Ononis repens | |
| Lesser broomrape | Orobanche minor var minor | |
| Buck's-horn plantain | Plantago coronopus | |
| Ribwort plantain | Plantago lanceolata | |
| Blackthorn | Prunus spinosa | |
| Blackberry | Rubus fruticosa agg. | |
| Curled dock | Rumex crispus | |
| Procumbent pearlwort | Sagina procumbens | |
| Biting stonecrop | Sedum acre | |
| Sea campion | Silene maritima | |
| Woody nightshade | Solanum dulcamera | |
| Perennial sow-thistle | Sonchus arvensis | |
| Shrubby sea blight | Suaeda fruticosa | |
| Annual sea blight | Suaeda maritima | |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | |
| Breckland thyme | Thymus serpyllum | |
| Haresfoot clover | Trifolium arvense | |
| Lesser trefoil | Trifolium dubium | |
| Rough clover | Trifolium scabrum | |
| Sea mayweed | Tripleurospermum maritimum | |
The information presented here has been derived from the following sources:
Colombe,S.V., Diaz,A. Plant communities of Chesil Beach. Lyme Bay Environmental Study Vol12. Kerr-McGee Oil(UK) plc, 1995.
Fitzpatrick,J.M. Terrestial plant communities of the Chesil Beach and the shores of the Fleet. In: The Fleet and Chesil Beach Ladle, M. (Ed). Fleet Study Group, 1981.
Eden,S.M. Flowering plants of the shores of the Fleet. In: The Fleet Lagoon and Chesil Beach. Carr,A.P., Seaward,D.R., and Sterling,P.H. (Eds).2000.
and personal observation by Fleet volunteers.
Last updated 26/5/2008
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