Total list of TREES and SHRUBS
recorded on Brook Meadow in 2020
N = 59
TREES & SHRUBS | SCIENTIFIC NAME | LOCATION |
Alder | Alnus glutinosa | 38 counted. |
Alder Buckthorn | Frangula alnus | 30 planted Feb 2002 + 15 in May 2005 |
Apple | Malus domestica | Seagull Lane patch hedgerow |
Ash | Fraxinus excelsior | rail embankment + Lumley Road + saplings |
Aspen | Populus tremula | 3 on east side north meadow + 1 planted – 22.12.05 |
Bay | Laurus nobilis | Lumley Road and West Bank |
Beech | Fagus sylvatica | 09 July 2017 – in north-east corner by Crack Willow |
Black Poplar | Populus nigra ‘Florence Biondi’? | 3 planted Nov 18th 2004 One died. |
Blackthorn | Prunus spinosa | Palmer’s Rd Copse + NE Corner |
Bramble (Elm-leaved) | Rubus ulmifolius | General |
Bramble (Himalayan Giant) | Rubus armeniacus | North path + SE corner |
Buddleja | Buddleja davidii | Seagull Lane gate + Rose Cottage path |
Cherry Laurel | Prunus laurocerasus | N = 3 Palmer’s Road Copse – behind recycling bins |
Cherry Plum (‘Pissardii’) | Prunus cerasifera Cultivar: ‘Pissardii’ | causeway |
Dog Rose | Rosa canina | North path + Seagull Lane patch |
Dogwood | Cornus sanguinea | Plantations + Palmer’s Rd Copse |
Elder | Sambucus nigra | Seagull Lane patch |
Elm English | Ulmus procera | Lumley path |
Elm Wych | Ulmus glabra | On east side of Lumley Stream |
Escallonia | Escallonia macrantha | Lumley path |
Field Maple | Acer campestre | Lumley Road + saplings planted by Seagull Lane |
Firethorn (Pyracanthus) | Pyracantha coccinea | Gooseberry Cottage drive |
Garden Privet | Ligustrum ovalifolium | On the pathdown to the river below the north bridge |
Gorse | Ulex europaeus | N=3. Causeway + Lumley pool |
Guelder-rose | Viburnum opulus | Several in north Palmer’s Road Copse |
Hawthorn | Crataegus monogyna | Seagull Lane patch – 50 planted in North Meadow |
Hazel | Corylus avellana | 15 planted at Seagull Lane gate 2009. |
Hazel (Turkish) | Corylus colurna | N = 6 NE plantation |
Holly | Ilex aquifolium | Lumley path + South Meadow planted 2009 |
Horse Chestnut | Aesculus hippocastanum | By Lumley gate |
Ivy | Hedera helix | Palmer’s Road Copse |
Ivy (ssp hibernica) | Hedera helix ssp hibernica | south bridge |
Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica | By Lumley gate |
Japanese Spindle | Euonymus japonicus | West bank – north bridge |
Leyland Cypress | x Cupressocyparis leylandii | 2 in East side plantation |
Lombardy Poplar | Populus nigra var. italica | One in Palmer’s Road Copse |
Mistletoe | Viscum album | Viscum album |
Oak Holm | Quercus ilex | south gate + south bridge + north path |
Oak Pendunculate | Quercus robur | Lumley Road. +Seagull Lane patch (3 in 2012) |
Oak Red | Quercus rubra | 1 planted on Seagull Lane patch 4 Nov 2012 |
Raspberry | Rubus idaeus | in brambles by western plantation |
Rowan (20 planted) | Sorbus aucuparia | 20 planted May 2005 + 10 planted 6 March 2011 |
Russian Vine | Fallopia baldschuanica | Seagull Lane gate – escaped from garden |
Silver Birch | Betula pendula | Lower Meadow + east plantation |
Stag’s horn sumach | Rhus typhina | One on east side north meadow |
Sycamore | Acer pseudoplatanus | Palmer’s Road Copse + Lumley Road |
Traveller’s Joy | Clematis vitalba | Palmer’s Road Copse – north path |
Virginia Creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Seagull Lane patch hedgerow |
Western Balsam Poplar | Populus trichocarpa | 5 in Palmer’s Road Copse – one felled 19-Apr-17 |
Wild Privet | Ligustrum vulgare | Lumley Road |
Willow – Basford | Salix alba ‘vitellina’ | NE and W Plantations and Seagull Lane |
Willow – Crack | Salix fragilis var. russeliana | River bank |
Willow – Goat | Salix caprea | 6 females on the east side of north meadow |
Willow – Grey | Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia | 6 males, 3 on edge of Lumley area |
Willow – Osier (planted 9) | Salix viminalis | 9 male planted on North Meadow |
Willow – Weeping | Salix x chrysocoma | One planted in South Meadow |
Willow – White | Salix alba | Palmer’s Road Car Park |
Wilson’s Honeysuckle (Lonicera) | Lonicera nitida | On Gooseberry Cottage drive |
Yew | Taxus baccata | Lumley copse. One on east side North Meadow |