The plant lists below are a start kindly made by a local resident in June 2019. There are probably many more plants around the Basin. If you know of others to add to the list, amendments to suggest, or photos to share, please let us know by emailing info@fobb.org.uk or posting on our Facebook page.
Ferns
Asplenium trichomanes – Maidenhair spleenwort
Ceterach officinarum – Rusty-back fern
Phyllitis scolopendrium – Hart’s tongue
Grasses
Polypogon monspeliensis – Annual beard grass
Polypogon viridis – Water-bent
Trees
Bathurst Parade: 3 Norway maples.
John Sebastian Quay: 10 London planes (platanus x acerifolia) adjacent to Commercial Road and a line of Norway maples (Acer Platinoides) and Norway Maples ‘Crimson King’ (Acer Platinoides ‘Crimson King’) with 2 Sweetgums (Liquidamber Styraciflua) interspersed.
Lower Guinea Street: a line of Common Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and One-leaved Ash (Fraxinus excelsior ‘Diversifolia’) with 2 Honey Locusts (Gleditsia triacanthos) interspersed.
In front of the Ostrich: a line of various Norway maples as per John Sebastian Quay, but with one Acer Platinoides ‘Cucullatum’ included.
Other plants
Buddleja davidii – Butterfly bush/buddleja
Campanula portenschlagiana – Dalmatian bellflower
Campanula poscharskyana – Serbian/ trailing bellflower
Centranthus ruber – Red valerian
Clematis vitalba – Old man’s beard
Coronopus didymus – Swine cress
Crepis capillaris – Smooth hawk’s-beard
Cymbalaria muralis – Ivy-leaved toadflax
Epilobium hirsutum – Great willowherb
Epilobium montanum – Broad-leaved willowherb
Erigeron karvinskianus – Mexican fleabane
Eupatorium cannabinum – Hemp agrimony
Euphorbia helioscopa – Sun spurge
Fragaria Vesca – Barren strawberry
Galium verum – Lady’s bedstraw
Geranium robertianum – Herb robert
Hierarcia – various, especially on John Sebastian Quay
Lapsana communis – Nipplewort
Lycopus europaeus – Gypsy-wort
Medicago arabica – Black medick
Mycelia muralis – Wall lettuce
Oenanthe crocata – Hemlock water dropwort
Papaver rhoeas – Red poppy
Pieris echioides – Bristly ox-tongue
Rubus fruticosus – Bramble
Pseudofumaria lutea – Yellow corydalis
Sagina procumbens- Procumbent pearlwort
Scutellaria galericulata – Skullcap
Sedum acre- Biting stonecrop
Senecio vulgaris – Groundsel
Sisyrinchium – (white flowers)
Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion
Trifolium repens – White clover
Veronica arvensis – Wall speedwell
