West Yorkshire Flowering Plants

The following have come to my notice during the past few years.

These are in Watson’s Vice-County 63 (South-West Yorkshire) and I have observed each in situ where indicated. I have purposely refrained from stating the precise location in several cases.

Acorus Calamus L.	Pools in Ravenfield Park
Allium olersceuum L.	Roadside bank near Barnborough. Roadside a little north of Stainton. Laneside at northern exit from Edlington Wood.
Arabis glabra (L) Bernh.	Two plants above Tickhill Spital, at about 80 feet elevation.
Calamagrostis epigejos Roth.	Wadworth Wood.
Corydalis claviculata DC	Beeston Plantation, Potteric Carr. This is at about 20 feet above sea level.
Crepis taraxacifolia Thuill.	In quantity on the railway embankment west of Beeston Plantation, Potteric Carr, near Loversall.
Fritillaria meleagris L.	In low lying damp field within two miles of Hatfield. Appears quite wild here but only seems to flower sparingly.
Geum rivale L. x G. urbanum L. (G. intermedium Ehrh.)	With the last. Is not uncommon here. I have observed it annually for more than twelve years.
Hippuris vulgaris L.	In the lake at Stapleton Park.
Lathyrus Nissolia L.	Within two miles of Kirk Smeaton.
Lepidium Draba L.	In quantity by the Don and on adjacent railway embankment below Doncaster.
Lilium Martagon L.	Abundant and well established at one station within seven miles of Doncaster.
Lonicera Xylosteum L.	Woodland north of Stapleton Park between Womersley and Darington, 1934. Shown to me by Dr. S. P. Rowlands in a plantation about half a mile north of Loversall Church in some quantity together with Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx., the two shrubs forming a dense thicket of some extent.
Lysimachia vulgaris L.	Abundant in Beeston Plantation, Potteric Carr, near Loversall.
Mimulus moschatus Dougi.	Extending along a watercourse between the road and the lower of the Rivelin Dams (1935). This is about five miles west of Sheffield and at about 700 feet elevation. The plants were scentless.
Myrrhis odorata Scop.	Above Low Bradfield
Nepeta cataria L.	Hedgerow a little beyond Alverley Lane, between Balby and Loversal.
Onobrychis viciaefolia Scop.	Railway embankment at Ravenfield.
Ophrys apifera Huds.	Occurs regularly and in some amount in disused quarries west of Doncaster.
Paris quadrifolia L.	Very fine I damp woodland in Stapleton Park where it was shown to me by the discoverers, Miss A. M. Hillier and Mr. L. Robinson (1935)
Peucedanum Ostruthium Koch.	Laneside north-west of Wentworth. Roadside bank below house. Red Moor, west of Stannington, 1935. The elevation of the latter station is about 1200 feet.
P. sativum Benth & Hook. (Pastinaca sativa L.)	About Windmill Hill, Wadworth. Apparently native hereabouts.
Pimpinella major Huds.	Roadside east of Alverley Grange, between Stump Cross and Balby. Lane west of Wadworth.
Prunus Padus L.	West of Low Bradfield
Pyrus torminalis (L.) Ehrh.	A number of trees in Wadworth Wood. Although Dr F. A. Lees considered this an alien in West Yorkshire and stated that ”Yorkshire is clearly beyond its range as an undoubtedly indigenous plant in England,” I am disposed to consider it has claims to be regarded as native in the station in question. It occurs with such associated species as Acer campestre L., Taxus baccata L., Convallaria majalis L., and others, and under conditions which incline me to view that it is indigenous here. I believe that there is no question as to its being native in Westmorland and as Cheshire, South Lancashire, and Nottinghamshire are also stated to be included in the range of this species (Comital Flora of the British Isles) – though I suggest that this is very doubtful in at least one of these – and so I suggest that its status in West Yorkshire demands further consideration.
Ranunculus sardous Crantz.	Along the cart-track approaching Thorne Waste from west side. In fair amount, 1932 and 1933, and extending for some distance.
Thalictrum flavum L.	Beeston Plantation, Potteric Carr
Tulipa sylvestris L.	In some amount, upwards of three thousand leafy plants seen (April 1935) within twelve miles of Doncaster. Only two flowering examples were observed, one of which I photographed. Has every appearance of being indigenous here.

 

A.A. Dalman

North Western Naturalist. (1935) N0. 3 Vol 10