Jonathan Shanklin of the Cambridge Natural History Society took a group of interested people round Vinery to do some species spotting. The flora and fauna below are the mainly non-cultivated species they found.
Nipplewort
Lapsana communis
Stone Parsley
Sison amomum
Fat-hen
Chenopodium album
Sycamore
Acer pseudoplatanus
Scarlet Pimpernel
Anagallis arvensis
Wild Teasel
Dipsacus fullonum
Opium Poppy
Papaver somniferum
Common Chickweed
Stellaria media
Cow Parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris
Creeping Buttercup
Ranunculus repens
Wall Barley
Hordeum murinum
Red Dead-nettle
Lamium purpureum
Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Hoary Willowherb
Epilobium parviflorum
Hoary Cress
Lepidium draba
Borage
Borago officinalis
Ribwort Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Common Couch
Elytrigia repens
Common Field-speedwell
Veronica persica
Rubus armeniacus
Elder
Sambucus nigra
Wild-oat
Avena fatua
Common Ragwort
Senecio jacobaea
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea
Caper Spurge
Euphorbia lathyris
Shepherd's-purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Hedge Mustard
Sisymbrium officinale
Wood Avens
Geum urbanum
Hedgerow Crane's-bill
Geranium pyrenaicum
Red Valerian
Centranthus ruber
Common Mallow
Malva sylvestris
Dandelion
Taraxacum agg.
Common Fumitory
Fumaria officinalis subsp. wirtgenii
Smooth Sow-thistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Greater Plantain
Plantago major
Lady's Bedstraw
Galium verum
Bristly Oxtongue
Helminthotheca echioides
Annual Mercury
Mercurialis annua
Fool's Parsley
Aethusa cynapium
Walnut
Juglans regia
Herb-Robert
Geranium robertianum
Amaranthus sp.
Creeping Bent
Agrostis stolonifera
Common Nettle
Urtica dioica
Columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris
American Willowherb
Epilobium ciliatum
Prickly Sow-thistle
Sonchus asper
Hollyhock
Alcea rosea
Cock's-foot
Dactylis glomerata
Large Bindweed
Calystegia silvatica
Spear-leaved Orache
Atriplex prostrata
Ground-elder
Aegopodium podagraria
Groundsel
Senecio vulgaris
Petty Spurge
Euphorbia peplus
Prickly Lettuce
Lactuca serriola
Daisy
Bellis perennis
Common Poppy
Papaver rhoeas
Field Bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
Broad-leaved Dock
Rumex obtusifolius
False Oat-Grass
Arrhenatherum elatius
Annual Meadow-grass
Poa annua
Field Forget-me-not
Myosotis arvensis
Rough Meadow-grass
Poa trivialis
Great Mullein
Verbascum thapsus
White Bryony
Bryonia dioica
Barren Brome
Anisantha sterilis
Square-stalked Willowherb
Epilobium tetragonum
Stinking Iris
Iris foetidissima
Field Horsetail
Equisetum arvense
White Dead-nettle
Lamium album
Red Goosefoot
Chenopodium rubrum
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Green Alkanet
Pentaglottis sempervirens
Beet
Beta vulgaris
Cleavers
Galium aparine
Sun Spurge
Euphorbia helioscopia
Soft-brome
Bromus hordeaceus
Field Penny-cress
Thlaspi arvense
Yorkshire-fog
Holcus lanatus
Pineappleweed
Matricaria discoidea
Holly
Ilex aquifolium
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill
Geranium dissectum
Rose Campion
Silene coronaria
Black Medick
Medicago lupulina
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