Survey of species in the HAM HILL COUNTRY PARK

Yeovil Area Group of the Somerset Wildlife Trust Records
Survey for South Somerset District Council
HAM HILL COUNTRY PARK
Plants
Ferns
Species Common Name
Key: S = Northern Spur; F = Plateau Fields; V = Witcombe Valley; W = Pit Wood.
Last Date = Latest year a species recorded.
S F V W
Last Date
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum Black Spleenwort S 10
Asplenium ruta-muraria Wall-rue S 10
Asplenium trichomanes Maidenhair Spleenwort S 10
Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern S V W 10
Ceterach officinarum Rusty-back S 10
Dryopteris affinis Golden-scaled Male Fern S V W 10
Dryopteris dilatata Broad Buckler Fern S W 10
Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern S V W 10
Phyllitis scolopendrium Hart's-tongue Fern S F V W 10
Polypodium vulgare Common Polypody S 10
Polystichum setiferum Soft Shield Fern S F V W 10
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken S F V W 10
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Horsetails
Species Common Name
S F V W
Last Date
Equisetum telmateia Great Horsetail V 08
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Sources:
1986 to 1989: Ham Hill Country Park Management Plan, Habitat and Wildlife Survey (1989) – Deborah
Elton MSc for the Somerset Trust for Nature Conservation.
2005: Chris Cornell, Geraldine Crouch, Barrie Widden and John Gibson (Yeovil & District Natural
History Society).
2006: John Gibson (Yeovil & District Natural History Society).
2007: Yeovil & District Natural History Society and Shirley Watson.
2008: Yeovil & District Natural History Society.
2010: Nick Legon.
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