Other species such as Lesser Spearwort, Cuckooflower and Ragged Robin are present.

Also recorded are Lesser Spearwort and Marsh Pennywort.

Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula)

Plants to be found around the edges of the ponds include lesser spearwort, trifid bur-marigold and fool's watercress (Apium nodiflorum).

The ground flora of Alder Gully is very rich including lesser spearwort, bluebell, yellow pimpernel, moschatel, red campion and foxglove.

Marsh Cinquefoil, Purple Loosestrife, Lesser Spearwort, Royal Fern,Bog Myrtle.

The damper rides supports Lesser Spearwort, Ragged-Robin, Marsh Ragwort, Brooklime and various sedges and rushes.

Rushes are abundant, and plants include Marsh-marigold, Cuckooflower, Meadow-sweet, Ragged-robin, Lesser Spearwort and Common Marsh-bedstraw.

Ranunculus flammula (lesser spearwort or banewort) is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus (buttercup), growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom.

Marsh varieties of plants include Marsh Pennywort, Lesser Spearwort, Marsh Speedwell, Common Marsh-bedstraw, Floating Sweet-grass and various types of sedge.

This wetland site supports a number of other plants, which include Lesser Spearwort, Common Water-crowfoot, Narrow-leaved Water-plantain, Marsh Speedwell, Pink Water-speedwell, Fen Bedstraw and Marsh Foxtail.

Also on the fringes occurs a more varied community characteristic of base-poor areas, with such species as marsh ragwort, lesser spearwort, devils-bit scaboius, marsh bedstraw and hoary willowherb, creeping bent, sweet vernal-grass, Yorkshire fog and purple moor-grass.

Aspen (Populus tremula) is the most notable species present, however the presence of Broad-leafed Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) indicates a woodland containg many mature deciduous trees of some habitat value, together with wet flushes containing yellow flag iris, soft rush, lesser spearwort and golden saxifrage.

At the extreme south eastern corner of the site there is an area of marshy grassland with abundant meadow-sweet, wild angelica, common knapweed, and sneezewort and where there is periodic flooding of the shore you can also find species like common spike rush, reed canary grass, lesser spearwort, and amphibious bistort.

Ranunculus flammula (lesser spearwort or banewort) is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus (buttercup), growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom.

Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula)