Two villagers, Susan Hunter and Alison Frank, took a walk around Old Buckenham Green in July 2019 starting from the path by Old Buckenham High School. They found the following plants:
Mugwort, Common Mallow, stinging nettles, tansy, brambles (lots!), dock, plantain, speedwell, hogweed, cow parsley, white dead nettles, buttercups, dandelions, lesser knapweed, creeping thistle, yarrow, ox eye daisies, common cats ear, poppy, goatsbeard (looks like a large dandelion clock), red clover, white clover, mare's tail, black medick, dove's foot cranesbill (tiny pink flower), common vetch (has black seed pods), comfrey, nipplewort, hedge mustard, goose grass (also known as cleavers), ground ivy, sow thistle, chickweed, shepherd's purse, greater plantain, opium poppies, scentless mayweed, pineapple weed, angelica, groundsel, viper's bugloss, white campion, two sorts of hedge bindweed in different places on the Green, soft rush, hedge woundwort, sorrel, birds trefoil also known as eggs and bacon (more eggs than bacon on the Green), speedwell, herb bennett, tiny yew trees, ragwort, sorrel, prickly sow thistle, creeping cinquefoil (pale yellow flower), wild barley, prickly lettuce, hawkweed, small willow herb, knot grass, small flowered cranesbill, ribwort plantain, hairy tare and horse radish near the bus shelter.
How many of these have you seen? Have you noticed any others to add to the list? There are less to see now the Green has been cut but other plants will be seen when regrowth begins.
Perhaps someone else could produce a list of butterflies and other insects that they have seen on the Green during one day. Or maybe a list of birds that they can spot and recognise.
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