Botanist Graham Peck has been recording the plant species on the Millennium Green since 2009- for a comprehensive list of the flora he has recorded on the Green please click the following Flora
The 2018 New Reach Flora Resurveys
Over the summer of 2018 three flora resurveys of the New Reach were conducted by Graham Peck (who carried out the original New Reach surveys). He managed to record all of the original key aquatic and marginal plant species that were discovered during these original surveys.
List of Flora Species;-
22 06 2018 Survey
Unbranched Bur-reed (Sparganium emersum)
Branched Bur-reed (Sparganium erectum)
Broad-leaved Pondweed (Potamogeton natans)
Canadian Pondweed (Elodea canadensis)- non-native
Nuttall’s Waterweed (Elodea nuttalli)- non-native
Bullrush (Typha latifolia)
Water Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)
Common Water-starwort (Callitriche stagnalis)
Rigid Hornwort (Caratophyllum demersum)
Ivy-leaved Duckweed (Lemna trisulca)
Common Water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)
Large Bitter-cress (Cardamine amara)
White Water Lily (Nymphaea alba)
Water Soldier (Stratioles aloides)
22 07 2018 Survey- Additions
Lesser Water-parsnip (Berula erecta)
Hairlike Pondweed (Potaogeton trichoides)
Fool’s-water-cress (Apium nodiflorium)
20 08 2018 Survey- Additions
Curled Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)- an acknowledgement and thanks to Mark Fisher, Nicky Rowbottom and Mick Holmes for spotting and reporting this species between the July and August surveys.