Mammals
Species |
Current Action Plan |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
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Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus |
None |
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Bats (grouped plan) |
None |
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Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus |
None |
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Brown hare Lepus europaeus |
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Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis |
None |
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Common Seal Phoca vitulina |
None |
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Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius |
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Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena |
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Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus |
None |
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Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus |
None |
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Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae |
None |
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Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas |
None |
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Killer Whale Orcinus orca |
None |
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Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
None |
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Otter Lutra lutra |
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Polecat Mustela putorius |
None |
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Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba |
None |
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Water vole Arvicola terrestris |
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Water Shrew Neomys fodiens |
Suffolk Priority Species |
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White Beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris |
None |
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Red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris |
Now considered to be extinct in Suffolk. |
Amphibians and Reptiles
Species |
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation factsheets |
Archived Action Plan |
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Adder Vipera berus |
None |
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Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara |
None |
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Common Toad Bufo bufo |
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Grass Snake Natrix natrix |
None |
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Great crested newt Triturus cristatus |
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Natterjack Toad Epidalea calamita (Formerly Bufo calamita) |
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Slow-worm Anguis fragilis |
None |
Birds
Species |
Factsheet |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Barn Owl Tyto alba |
Suffolk Priority species |
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Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
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Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
None |
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Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
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Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus |
None |
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Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia |
None |
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Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra |
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Curlew Numernius arquata |
None |
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Grey partridge Perdix perdix |
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Hedge Accentor (Dunnock) Prunella modularis |
None |
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Herring Gull subspecies argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus |
None |
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House Sparrow Passer domesticus |
None |
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Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret |
None |
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Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor |
None |
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Linnet Carduelis cannabina |
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Little tern Sterna albifrons |
Suffolk Priority species |
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Marsh Tit Poecile palustris |
None |
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Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus |
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Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus |
None |
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Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus |
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Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinoides |
None |
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Skylark Alauda arvensis |
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Song thrush Turdus philomelos |
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Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata |
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Starling Sturnus vulgaris |
None |
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Stone curlew Burhinus oedicnemus |
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Swift Apus apus |
None |
Suffolk Priority species |
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Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis |
None |
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Tree Sparrow Passer montanus |
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Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur |
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Twite Carduelis flavirostris |
None |
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Willow Tit Poecile montanus |
None |
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Woodlark Lullula arborea |
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Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
None |
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Yellowhammer Emeriza citronella |
None |
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Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava |
None |
Fish - Freshwater
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
European Eel Anguilla anguilla |
None |
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River Lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis |
None |
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Spined Loach Cobitis taenia |
None |
Fish - Marine
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Allis Shad Alosa alosa |
None |
|
Twaite Shad Alosa fallax |
None |
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Lesser Sandeel Ammodytes marinus |
None |
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Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus |
None |
|
Herring Clupea harengus |
None |
|
Common Skate Dipturus batis |
None |
|
Cod Gadus morhua |
None |
|
Tope Shark Galeorhinus galeus |
None |
|
Long-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus |
None |
|
Short-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus hippoglossus |
None |
|
Atlantic Halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus |
None |
|
Porbeagle Shark Lamna nasus |
None |
|
Sea Monkfish Lophius piscatorius |
None |
|
Whiting Merlangius merlangus |
None |
|
European Hake Merluccius merluccius |
None |
|
Ling Molva molva |
None |
|
Smelt Osmerus eperlanus |
None |
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Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus |
None |
|
Plaice Pleuronectes platessa |
None |
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Blue Shark Prionace glauca |
None |
|
Undulate Ray Raja undulata |
None |
|
White or Bottlenosed Skate Rostroraja alba |
None |
|
Brown or Sea Trout Salmo trutta |
None |
|
Mackerel Scomber scombus |
None |
|
Sole Solea solea |
None |
|
Spiny Dogfish Squalus acanthias |
None |
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Angel Shark Squatina sqatina |
None |
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Blue-fin Tuna Thunnus thynnus |
None |
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Horse Mackerel Trachurus trachurus |
None |
Bees
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Brown-banded Carder Bee Bombus humilis |
None |
|
Large Garden Bublebee Bombus ruderatus |
None |
|
Moss Carder Bee Bombus muscorum |
None |
|
Red-Shanked Carder-bee Bombus ruderarius |
None |
|
Sea-aster Colletes Bee Colletes halophilus |
None |
Antlion
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Antlion Euroleon nostras |
Beetles
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Wormwood Moonshiner Amara fusca |
None |
|
Scarce Four-dot Pin-palp Bembidion quadripustulatum |
None |
|
Poplar Leaf-rolling Weevil Byctiscus populi |
None |
|
Necklace Ground Beetle Carabus monilis |
None |
|
Pashford Pot Beetle Cryptocephalus exiguus |
None |
|
Six-spotted Pot Beetle Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus |
None |
|
Zircon Reed Beetle Donacia aquatica |
None |
|
Brush-thighed Seed-eater Harpalus froelichii |
None |
|
Stag beetle Lucanus cervus |
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Black Oil Beetle Meloe proscarabaeus |
None |
|
Alder Flea weevil Orchestes testaceus |
None |
Butterflies
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages |
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Grayling Hipparchia semele |
None |
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Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus |
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Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus |
None |
|
Wall Lasiommata megera |
None |
|
White Admiral Limenitis camilla |
None |
|
White-letter Hairstrea Satyrium w-album |
None |
Cnidarians
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Starlet sea-anemone Nematostella vectensis |
Crustaceans
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Lagoon Sand Shrimp Gammarus insensibilis |
None |
|
White-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes |
Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk Conservation Strategy Summary Feb 2015 > Photoguide to the Crayfish in Suffolk, Adrian Chalkley. Available SNS website > |
Dragonflies
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Norfolk hawker Aeshna isoceles |
None |
Flies
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Goldern Hoverfly Callicera spinolae |
None |
|
Fancy-legged fly Campsicnemus magius |
None |
|
Cigarillo Gall-fly Lipara similis |
None |
|
Southern Yllow Splinter Lipsothrix nervosa |
None |
Molluscs
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Depressed river mussel Pseudanodonta complanata |
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Desmoulin’s whorl snail Vertigo moulinsiana |
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Large-mouthed Valve Snail Valvata macrostoma |
None |
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Narrow-mouth whorl snail Vertigo angustior |
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Native Oyster Ostrea edulis |
None |
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Ramshorn snail Anisus vorticulus |
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Shining ram’s-horn snail Segmentina nitida |
Moths
Visit the Suffolk Moths website for further information on species
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
The Forester Adscita statices |
None |
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Sloe Carpet Aleucis distinctata |
None |
|
Rest Harrow Aplasta ononaria |
None |
|
White-mantled Wainscot Archanara neurica |
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Fenn’s Wainscot Chortodes brevilinea |
None |
|
The Concolorous Chortodes extrema |
None |
|
Water-dock Case-bearer Coleophora hydrolapathella |
None |
|
Basil Thyme Case-bearer Coleophora tricolor |
None |
|
White Spotted Pinion Cosmia diffinis |
None |
|
Goat Moth Cossus cossus |
None |
|
Dingy Mocha Cyclophora pendularia |
None |
|
False Mocha Cyclophora porata |
None |
|
Double Dart Graphiphora augur |
None |
|
Bordered Gothic Heliophobus reticulata |
None |
|
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris tityus |
None |
|
Grey Carpet Lithostege griseata |
None |
|
Horehound Long-horn Moth Nemophora fasciella |
None |
|
Lunar Yellow Underwing Noctua orbona |
None |
|
Barberry Carpet Pareulype berberata |
None |
|
Pale Shining Brown Polia bombycina |
None |
|
Olive Crescent Trisateles emortualis |
None |
|
Four-spotted Moth Tyta luctuosa |
None |
Moths - Research only:
- Grey Dagger Acronicta psi
- Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis
- Flounced Chestnut Agrochola helvola
- Brown-spot Pinion Agrochola litura
- Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis
- Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae
- Ear Moth Amphipoea oculea
- Mouse Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis
- Large Nutmeg Apamea anceps
- Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa
- Deep-brown Dart Aporophyla lutulenta
- Garden Tiger Arctia caja
- Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx
- Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago
- Dark Brocade Blepharita adusta
- Minor Shoulder Knot Brachylomia viminalis
- Mottled Rustic Caradrina Morpheus
- Haworth’s Minor Celaena haworthii
- Crescent Celaena leucostigma
- Streak Chesias legatella
- Broom-Tip Chesias rufata
- Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata
- Oak Lutestring Cymatophorima diluta
- Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi
- Figure of Eight Diloba caeruleocephala
- Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata
- September Thorn Ennomos erosaria
- Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria
- August Thorn Ennomos quercinaria
- Gallium Carpet Epirrhoe galiata
- Autumnal Rustic Eugnorisma glareosa
- Spinach Eulithis mellinata
- Garden Dart Euxoa nigricans
- White-line Dart Euxoa tritici
- Double Dart Graphiphora augur
- Small Emerald Hemistola chrysoprasaria
- Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli
- Rustic Hoplodrina blanda
- Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea
- Brindled Beauty Lycia hirtaria
- V-moth Macaria wauaria
- Lackey Malacosoma Neustria
- Dot Moth Melanchra persicariae
- Broom Moth Melanchra pisi
- Pretty Chalk Carpet Melanthia procellata
- Rosy Minor Mesoligia literosa
- Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma
- Oblique Carpet Orthonama vittata
- Powered Quaker Orthosia gracilis
- Dark Spinach Pelurga comitata
- Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa
- Mullein Wave Scopula marginepunctata
- Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata
- White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda
- Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum
- Anomalous Stilbia anomala
- Hedge Rustic Tholera cespitis
- Feathered Gothic Tholera decimalis
- Blood Vein Timandra comae
- Pale Eggar Trichiura crataegi
- Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae
- Oak Hook-tip Watsonalla binaria
- Dusky Lemon Sallow Xanthia gilvago
- Sallow Xanthia icteritia
- Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe ferrugata
- Heath Rustic Xestia agathina
- Neglected Rustic Xestia castanea
Spiders
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Yellow-striped Bear-spider Arctosa fulvolineata |
None |
|
Duffy’s Bell-headed Spider Baryphyma duffeyi |
None |
|
Serrated Tongue Spider Centromerus serratus |
None |
|
Rosser’s Sac-spider Clubiona rosserae |
None |
|
Silky Gallows-spider Dipoena inornata |
None |
|
Fen Raft Spider Dolomedes plantarius |
None |
|
Heath Grasper Haplodrassus dalmatensis |
None |
|
Swamp Lookout Spider Notioscopus sarcinatus |
None |
|
Whelk-shell Jumper Pseudeuophrys obsoleta |
None |
Wasps
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Weevil Hunting Wasp Cerceris quadricincta |
None |
|
Fen Mason-wasp Odynerus simillimus |
None |
|
5-Banded Tailed Digger Wasp Cerceris quinquefasciata |
None |
Bugs
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
A Mirid Bug Orthotylus rubidus |
None |
Suffolk BAP species |
Bryophytes
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Pitted Frillwort Fossombronia foveolata |
None |
|
Thatch Moss Leptodontium gemmascens |
None |
|
Texas Balloonwort Sphaerocarpos texanus |
None |
|
Chalk Screw Moss Tortula vahliana |
None |
|
Veilwort Pallavicinia lyellii |
None |
Fungi
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
Bearded Tooth Hericium erinaceus |
None |
|
Coral Tooth Hericium coralloides |
None |
|
Oak Polypore Buglossoporus pulvinus |
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Orange Chanterelle Cantharellus friesii |
None |
|
Sandy stilt puffball Battarraea phalloides |
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Pepper Pot Myriostoma coliforme |
None |
|
Orchard Tooth Sarcodontia crocea |
None |
|
'Tiny Earthstar' Geastrum minimum |
None |
Lichens
Species |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|
A Lichen Anaptychia ciliaris subsp. ciliaris |
None |
|
A Lichen Bacidia incompta |
None |
|
Starry breck-lichen Buellia asterella |
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Orange-fruited elm-lichen Caloplaca luteoalba |
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A Lichen Caloplaca virescens |
None |
|
A lichen Lecania chlorotiza |
None |
|
A Lichen Pyrenula nitida |
None |
|
Scaly Breck-lichen Squamarina lentigera |
None |
|
A Lichen Toninia physaroides |
None |
|
A Lichen Toninia sedifolia |
None |
Plants
Species |
Factsheets |
Archived Action Plan |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Early Marsh-orchid (cream flowered) Dactylorhiza incarnata subs. ochroleuca |
None |
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Annual Knawel Scleranthus annuus |
None |
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Basil Thyme Clinopodium acinos |
None |
||
Bearded Stonewort Chara canescens |
None |
||
Borrer's Saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia fasciculata |
None |
||
Broad-leaved Cudweed Fiago pyramidata |
None |
||
Corn Buttercup Ranunculus arvensis |
None |
||
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus |
|||
Crested Cow-wheat Melampyrum cristatum |
None |
||
Divided Sedge Carex divisa |
None |
||
Field Wormwood Artemisia campestris |
None |
||
Fine-leaved Sandwort Minuartia hybrida |
None |
||
Fingered Speedwell Veronica triphyllos |
None |
||
Flat Sedge Blysmus compressus |
None |
||
Fly Orchid Ophrys insectifera |
None |
||
Frog Orchid Dactylorhiza viridis |
None |
||
Grape-hyacinth Muscari neglectum |
None |
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Greater Water-parsnip Sium latifolium |
None |
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Man orchid Aceras anthropophorum |
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Stitchwort Stellaria palustris |
None |
||
Native Black Poplar Populus nigra ssp.betulifolia |
Suffolk Priority species |
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Pillwort Pilularia globulifera |
|||
Prickly Saltwort Salsola kali subs. Kali |
None |
||
Purple Milk-vetch Astragalus danicus |
None |
||
Rare Spring-sedge Carex ericetorum |
None |
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Red Hemp-nettle Galeopsis angustifolia |
None |
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Red-tipped Cudweed Filago lutescens |
|||
Sea Barley Hordeum marinum |
None |
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Shepherd’s needle Scandix pecten-veneris |
|||
Slender Hare's-ear Bupleurum tenuissimum |
None |
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Small Cord-grass Spartina maritima |
None |
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Small-flowered Catchfly Silene gallica |
|||
Spanish Catchfly Silene otites |
None |
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Spreading Hedge-parsley Torilis arvensis |
|||
Spring Speedwell Veronica verna |
None |
||
Stinking Goosefoot Chenopodium vulvaria |
None |
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Tassel Stonewort Tolypella intricata |
|||
Tower Mustard Arabis glabra |
|||
Tubular Water-dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa |
None |
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Unspotted Lungwort Pulmonaria obscura |
Suffolk Priority species |