One of our projects is to carry out a survey of the plant-life which is common in Mercer Wood. To do this we will need volunteers!

If you would like to take part in this project, please contact us.

Susan Bee, one of our members, has spent from April 2011 until now noting any flowers found within the woods or on the adjacent fields. A lot of the flowers shown were in fact found in Wilson Street on the sites of the old demolished houses. Some of the flowers are cultivated species found on the sites of former allotments. You can view images of the plant-life found in our gallery.

The here is a list of all the species Susan found:

Celandine Dog Violet Red Campion Greater Celandine Herb Robert Garlic Mustard Arum Lily (Cuckoo Pint) Cow Parsley White & Bluebells Wood Avens Curled Duck Coltsfoot Silverweed Rosebay Willowherb St. John’s Wort Red & White Clover Black Medic Shepherd’s Purse Scentless Mayweed Cut-leaved Cranebill

Mallow Prickly Sow Thistle Hedge Mustard Groundsel Ragwort White Campion Poppy Pineapple Mayweed Rape Redshank/Persicaria Hedge Bindweed Bindweed Periwinkle Dandelion Ribwort Mouse Eared Chickweed Knotgrass Goat’s Beard Hogweed Honeysuckle

Yarrow Cultivated Blue Geranium Garden Rose Horseradish Great Willowherb Ox-eye Daisy White Campion Trefoil Vetches: common. Hairy & bush Smooth Sowthistle Hawkweed Burdock Buttercup White Mignonette Teasel Plantain Comfrey Red Valerian White Valerian

Hedge Woundwort Tall Melitot Purple Toadflax Fat Hen Broad Leaved Dock Black Bindweed Ribwort Creeping Thistle Spear Thistle Great Plantain Musk Mallow Golden Rod Statice Pink Yarrow Harefoot Clover