wilidlife | plants & wildflowers| wildflower list
here is a list of native plants to berkshire:
Annual Plants found in berkshire
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Annual Meadow-grass | Poa annua |
| Barren Brome | Anisantha sterilis |
| Basil Thyme | Clinopodium acinos |
| Bird's-foot | Ornithopus perpusillus |
| Black Mustard | Brassica nigra |
| Black-grass | Alopecurus myosuroides |
| Blue Fleabane | Erigeron acer |
| Bugloss | Anchusa arvensis |
| Bur Chervil | Anthriscus caucalis |
| Chaffweed | Anagallis minima |
| Charlock | Sinapis arvensis |
| Common Cow-wheat | Melampyrum pratense |
| Common Orache | Atriplex patula |
| Common Poppy | Papaver rhoeas |
| Common Stork's-bill agg. | Erodium cicutarium agg. |
| Common Whitlowgrass agg. | Erophila verna agg. |
| Corn Chamomile | Anthemis arvensis |
| Deptford Pink | Dianthus armeria |
| Dove's-foot Crane's-bill | Geranium molle |
| Early Hair-grass | Aira praecox |
| Fat-hen | Chenopodium album |
| Fern-grass | Catapodium rigidum |
| Field Pansy | Viola arvensis |
| Field Penny-cress | Thlaspi arvense |
| Fig-leaved Goosefoot | Chenopodium ficifolium |
| Fool's Parsley | Aethusa cynapium |
| Hairy Bitter-cress | Cardamine hirsuta |
| Hare's-foot Clover | Trifolium arvense |
| Hedge Mustard | Sisymbrium officinale |
| Herb-Robert | Geranium robertianum |
| Hop Trefoil | Trifolium campestre |
| Interrupted Brome | Bromus interruptus |
| Lesser Trefoil | Trifolium dubium |
| Loose Silky-bent | Apera spica-venti |
| Many-seeded Goosefoot | Chenopodium polyspermum |
| Meadow Brome | Bromus commutatus |
| Nodding Bur-marigold | Bidens cernua |
| Parsley-piert agg. | Aphanes arvensis agg. |
| Scarlet Pimpernel | Anagallis arvensis |
| Shepherd's-purse | Capsella bursa-pastoris |
| Silver Hair-grass | Aira caryophyllea |
| Small Nettle | Urtica urens |
| Small Toadflax | Chaenorhinum minus |
| Smooth Brome | Bromus racemosus |
| Smooth Hawk's-beard | Crepis capillaris |
| Soft-brome | Bromus hordeaceus |
| Spear-leaved Orache | Atriplex prostrata |
| Sticky Mouse-ear | Cerastium glomeratum |
| Stinking Chamomile | Anthemis cotula |
| Stinking Hawk's-beard | Crepis foetida |
| Swine-cress | Coronopus squamatus |
| Thale Cress | Arabidopsis thaliana |
| Thyme-leaved Sandwort | Arenaria serpyllifolia |
| Trifid Bur-marigold | Bidens tripartita |
| Wavy Bitter-cress | Cardamine flexuosa |
| Yellow-rattle | Rhinanthus minor |
| Yellow-wort | Blackstonia perfoliata |
Biennial plants found in Berkshire
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Autumn Gentian | Gentianella amarella |
| Carline Thistle | Carlina vulgaris |
| Clustered Bellflower | Campanula glomerata |
| Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea |
| Garlic Mustard | Alliaria petiolata |
| Great Mullein | Verbascum thapsus |
| Greater Burdock | Arctium lappa |
| Green Hound's-tongue | Cynoglossum germanicum |
| Hairy Rock-cress | Arabis hirsuta |
| Harebell | Campanula rotundifolia |
| Hemlock | Conium maculatum |
| Hogweed | Heracleum sphondylium |
| Hound's-tongue | Cynoglossum officinale |
| Marsh Thistle | Cirsium palustre |
| Musk Thistle | Carduus nutans |
| Nettle-leaved Bellflower | Campanula trachelium |
| Ribbed Melilot | Melilotus officinalis |
| Rough Chervil | Chaerophyllum temulum |
| Rough Hawk's-beard | Crepis biennis |
| Sheep's-bit | Jasione montana |
| Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare |
| Tower Mustard | Arabis glabra |
| Upright Brome | Bromopsis erecta |
| Viper's-bugloss | Echium vulgare |
| Weld | Reseda luteola |
| Welted Thistle | Carduus crispus |
| Wild Carrot | Daucus carota |
| Wild Mignonette | Reseda lutea |
| Wild Parsnip | Pastinaca sativa |
| Wild Teasel | Dipsacus fullonum |
| Winter-cress | Barbarea vulgaris |
Perennial plants found in berkshire
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Barren Strawberry | Potentilla sterilis |
| Betony | Stachys officinalis |
| Biting Stonecrop | Sedum acre |
| Bitter-vetch | Lathyrus linifolius |
| Black Bent | Agrostis gigantea |
| Black Spleenwort | Asplenium adiantum-nigrum |
| Bladder Campion | Silene vulgaris |
| Bog Pimpernel | Anagallis tenella |
| Brittle Bladder-fern | Cystopteris fragilis |
| Broad-leaved Dock | Rumex obtusifolius |
| Brown Sedge | Carex disticha |
| Burnet-saxifrage | Pimpinella saxifraga |
| Carnation Sedge | Carex panicea |
| Cock's-foot | Dactylis glomerata |
| Common Bent | Agrostis capillaris |
| Common Bird's-foot-trefoil | Lotus corniculatus |
| Common Comfrey | Symphytum officinale |
| Common Couch | Elytrigia repens |
| Common Fleabane | Pulicaria dysenterica |
| Common Knapweed | Centaurea nigra |
| Common Mallow | Malva sylvestris |
| Common Mouse-ear | Cerastium fontanum |
| Common Nettle | Urtica dioica |
| Common Ragwort | Senecio jacobaea |
| Common Restharrow | Ononis repens |
| Common Sedge | Carex nigra |
| Common Sorrel | Rumex acetosa |
| Common Toadflax | Linaria vulgaris |
| Common Valerian | Valeriana officinalis |
| Corn Mint | Mentha arvensis |
| Cow Parsley | Anthriscus sylvestris |
| Creeping Bent | Agrostis stolonifera |
| Creeping Cinquefoil | Potentilla reptans |
| Creeping Soft-grass | Holcus mollis |
| Creeping Thistle | Cirsium arvense |
| Crested Dog's-tail | Cynosurus cristatus |
| Cuckooflower | Cardamine pratensis |
| Curled Dock | Rumex crispus |
| Devil's-bit Scabious | Succisa pratensis |
| Downy-fruited Sedge | Carex filiformis |
| Dwarf Thistle | Cirsium acaule |
| Elongated Sedge | Carex elongata |
| False Brome | Brachypodium sylvaticum |
| False Fox-sedge | Carex otrubae |
| False Oat-grass | Arrhenatherum elatius |
| Fiddle Dock | Rumex pulcher |
| Field Bindweed | Convolvulus arvensis |
| Field Scabious | Knautia arvensis |
| Flea Sedge | Carex pulicaris |
| Glaucous Sedge | Carex flacca |
| Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil | Lotus pedunculatus |
| Greater Celandine | Chelidonium majus |
| Greater Knapweed | Centaurea scabiosa |
| Greater Plantain | Plantago major |
| Greater Stitchwort | Stellaria holostea |
| Greater Tussock-sedge | Carex paniculata |
| Green-ribbed Sedge | Carex binervis |
| Grey Sedge | Carex divulsa |
| Hairy Sedge | Carex hirta |
| Hairy Wood-rush | Luzula pilosa |
| Hairy-brome | Bromopsis ramosa |
| Heath Bedstraw | Galium saxatile |
| Heath-grass | Danthonia decumbens |
| Hedge Woundwort | Stachys sylvatica |
| Hemp-agrimony | Eupatorium cannabinum |
| Horseshoe Vetch | Hippocrepis comosa |
| Lady's Bedstraw | Galium verum |
| Lady-fern | Athyrium filix-femina |
| Large Bitter-cress | Cardamine amara |
| Lesser Hairy-brome | Bromopsis benekenii |
| Maidenhair Spleenwort | Asplenium trichomanes |
| Male-fern agg. | Dryopteris filix-mas agg. |
| Marsh Foxtail | Alopecurus geniculatus |
| Marsh Valerian | Valeriana dioica |
| Mat-grass | Nardus stricta |
| Meadow Crane's-bill | Geranium pratense |
| Meadow Fescue | Festuca pratensis |
| Meadow Foxtail | Alopecurus pratensis |
| Meadow Saxifrage | Saxifraga granulata |
| Meadow Vetchling | Lathyrus pratensis |
| Mouse-ear-hawkweed | Pilosella officinarum |
| Mugwort | Artemisia vulgaris |
| Musk-mallow | Malva moschata |
| Orpine | Sedum telephium |
| Oval Sedge | Carex ovalis |
| Pale Sedge | Carex pallescens |
| Pellitory-of-the-wall | Parietaria judaica |
| Pendulous Sedge | Carex pendula |
| Pennyroyal | Mentha pulegium |
| Perennial Rye-grass | Lolium perenne |
| Perennial Wall-rocket | Diplotaxis tenuifolia |
| Pill Sedge | Carex pilulifera |
| Prickly Sedge | Carex muricata |
| Purple Moor-grass | Molinia caerulea |
| Quaking-grass | Briza media |
| Ragged-Robin | Lychnis flos-cuculi |
| Red Campion | Silene dioica |
| Red Clover | Trifolium pratense |
| Red Fescue | Festuca rubra |
| Remote Sedge | Carex remota |
| Ribwort Plantain | Plantago lanceolata |
| Rough Hawkbit | Leontodon hispidus |
| Rough Meadow-grass | Poa trivialis |
| Rustyback | Ceterach officinarum |
| Saw-wort | Serratula tinctoria |
| Sheep's Fescue agg. | Festuca ovina agg. |
| Sheep's Sorrel | Rumex acetosella |
| Silverweed | Potentilla anserina |
| Slender Tufted-sedge | Carex acuta |
| Small Scabious | Scabiosa columbaria |
| Smooth Meadow-grass agg. | Poa pratensis agg. |
| Spiked Sedge | Carex spicata |
| Spring-sedge | Carex caryophyllea |
| Squinancywort | Asperula cynanchica |
| Star Sedge | Carex echinata |
| Stinking Iris | Iris foetidissima |
| Sweet Vernal-grass | Anthoxanthum odoratum |
| Thin-spiked Wood-sedge | Carex strigosa |
| Timothy agg. | Phleum pratense agg. |
| Tor-grass | Brachypodium pinnatum |
| Tormentil | Potentilla erecta |
| Tufted Vetch | Vicia cracca |
| Tufted-sedge | Carex elata |
| Velvet Bent agg. | Agrostis canina agg. |
| Wall-rue | Asplenium ruta-muraria |
| Water Mint | Mentha aquatica |
| Wavy Hair-grass | Deschampsia flexuosa |
| White Clover | Trifolium repens |
| Wild Angelica | Angelica sylvestris |
| Wild Clary | Salvia verbenaca |
| Wild Thyme | Thymus polytrichus |
| Wood Dock | Rumex sanguineus |
| Wood Forget-me-not | Myosotis sylvatica |
| Wood Millet | Milium effusum |
| Wood Small-reed | Calamagrostis epigejos |
| Wood Spurge | Euphorbia amygdaloides |
| Wood-sedge | Carex sylvatica |
| Yorkshire-fog | Holcus lanatus |
| Zigzag Clover | Trifolium medium |
Herbaceous plants found in berkshire
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Agrimony | Agrimonia eupatoria |
| Black Horehound | Ballota nigra |
| Broad-leaved Willowherb | Epilobium montanum |
| Bugle | Ajuga reptans |
| Chamomile | Chamaemelum nobile |
| Columbine | Aquilegia vulgaris |
| Common Calamint | Clinopodium ascendens |
| Common Dog-violet | Viola riviniana |
| Cowslip | Primula veris |
| Creeping-Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia |
| Crosswort | Cruciata laevipes |
| Daisy | Bellis perennis |
| Fragrant Agrimony | Agrimonia procera |
| Germander Speedwell | Veronica chamaedrys |
| Great Willowherb | Epilobium hirsutum |
| Green Hellebore | Helleborus viridis |
| Ground-ivy | Glechoma hederacea |
| Hairy Violet | Viola hirta |
| Heath Speedwell | Veronica officinalis |
| Hairy Willowherb | Epilobium parviflorum |
| Kidney Vetch | Anthyllis vulneraria |
| Lesser Calamint | Clinopodium calamintha |
| Marsh Willowherb | Epilobium palustre |
| Oxeye Daisy | Leucanthemum vulgare |
| Pale Dog-violet | Viola lactea |
| Pale Willowherb | Epilobium roseum |
| Primrose | Primula vulgaris |
| Rosebay Willowherb | Chamerion angustifolium |
| Salad Burnet | Sanguisorba minor |
| Selfheal | Prunella vulgaris |
| Skullcap | Scutellaria galericulata |
| Sneezewort | Achillea ptarmica |
| Spear-leaved Willowherb | Epilobium lanceolatum |
| Sweet Violet | Viola odorata |
| Wild Basil | Clinopodium vulgare |
| Wild Liquorice | Astragalus glycyphyllos |
| Wild Marjoram | Origanum vulgare |
| Wild Pansy | Viola tricolor |
| Wild Strawberry | Fragaria vesca |
| Wood Anemone | Anemone nemorosa |
| Wood Sage | Teucrium scorodonia |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
| Yellow Archangel | Lamiastrum galeobdolon |
Climber Shrubs found in berkshire
| Common Nam | Scientific Name |
| Hedge Bindweed | Calystegia sepium |
| Honeysuckle | Lonicera periclymenum |
| Hop | Humulus lupulus |
| Ivy | Hedera helix |
| Traveller's-joy | Clematis vitalba |
Geophyte/tubers
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Bluebell | Hyacinthoides non-scripta |
| Broad-leaved Helleborine | Epipactis helleborine |
| Common Spotted-orchid | Dactylorhiza fuchsii |
| Coralroot | Cardamine bulbifera |
| Daffodil | Narcissus pseudonarcissus |
| Early Marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza incarnata |
| Enchanter's-nightshade | Circaea lutetiana |
| Field Horsetail | Equisetum arvense |
| Ghost Orchid | Epipogium aphyllum |
| Green-flowered Helleborine | Epipactis phyllanthes |
| Heath Spotted-orchid | Dactylorhiza maculata |
| Herb-paris | Paris quadrifolia |
| Lily-of-the-valley | Convallaria majalis |
| Lords-and-Ladies | Arum maculatum |
| Marsh Helleborine | Epipactis palustris |
| Marsh Horsetail | Equisetum palustre |
| Marsh Woundwort | Stachys palustris |
| Moschatel | Adoxa moschatellina |
| Narrow-lipped Helleborine | Epipactis leptochila |
| Pignut | Conopodium majus |
| Pyramidal Orchid | Anacamptis pyramidalis |
| Ramsons | Allium ursinum |
| Southern Marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza praetermissa |
| Violet Helleborine | Epipactis purpurata |
| White Bryony | Bryonia dioica |
| White Helleborine | Cephalanthera damasonium |
| Wild Onion | Allium vineale |
| Yellow Iris | Iris pseudacorus |
Large shrub/Small tree
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Alder Buckthorn | Frangula alnus |
| Almond Willow | Salix triandra |
| Buckthorn | Rhamnus cathartica |
| Common Juniper | Juniperus communis |
| Crab Apple | Malus sylvestris |
| Dogwood | Cornus sanguinea |
| Elder | Sambucus nigra |
| Goat Willow | Salix caprea |
| Grey Willow | Salix cinerea |
| Guelder-rose | Viburnum opulus |
| Hawthorn | Crataegus monogyna |
| Hazel | Corylus avellana |
| Holly | Ilex aquifolium |
| Midland Hawthorn | Crataegus laevigata |
| Osier | Salix viminalis |
| Purple Willow | Salix purpurea |
| Spindle | Euonymus europaeus |
| Wayfaring-tree | Viburnum lantana |
| Wild Privet | Ligustrum vulgare |
| Yew | Taxus baccata |
Trees
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Alder | Alnus glutinosa |
| Ash | Fraxinus excelsior |
| Aspen | Populus tremula |
| Beech | Fagus sylvatica |
| Common Whitebeam | Sorbus aria |
| Crack-willow | Salix fragilis |
| Downy Birch | Betula pubescens |
| English Elm | Ulmus procera |
| Field Maple | Acer campestre |
| Hornbeam | Carpinus betulus |
| Pedunculate Oak | Quercus robur |
| Rowan | Sorbus aucuparia |
| Silver Birch | Betula pendula |
| White Willow | Salix alba |
| Wild Cherry | Prunus avium |
| Wych Elm | Ulmus glabra |
Water Plants found in Berkshire
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Blunt-fruited Water-starwort | Callitricheobtusangula |
| Floating Club-rush | Eleogitonfluitans |
| Lesser Marshwort | Apiuminundatum |
| Narrow-leaved Water-plantain | Alismalanceolatum |
| Rigid Hornwort | Ceratophyllumdemersum |
| Water Dock | Rumexhydrolapathum |
| Water-plantain | Alismaplantago-aquatica |
| White Water-lily | Nymphaeaalba |
| Yellow Water-lily | Nupharlutea |
Marsh plants found in Berkshire
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Bladder-sedge | Carexvesicaria |
| Common Spike-rush | Eleocharispalustris |
| Common Water-starwort agg. | Callitrichestagnalis agg. |
| Creeping Yellow-cress | Rorippasylvestris |
| Cyperus Sedge | Carexpseudocyperus |
| Flowering-rush | Butomusumbellatus |
| Fool's-water-cress | Apiumnodiflorum |
| Greater Pond-sedge | Carexriparia |
| Greater Water-parsnip | Siumlatifolium |
| Lesser Pond-sedge | Carexacutiformis |
| Marsh-marigold | Calthapalustris |
| Needle Spike-rush | Eleocharisacicularis |
| Purple-loosestrife | Lythrumsalicaria |
| Water Horsetail | Equisetumfluviatile |
| Water-cress agg. | Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum |
| Woodruff | Galiumodoratum |
| Yellow Loosestrife | Lysimachiavulgaris |