Huntingdonshire - Botanical Society of the British Isles

countryside and waste places (Stewart et al. 1994). Fortunately, this species can form a
persistent seed bank and can reappear when conditions become more suitable.
Hypericum humifusum L.
Trailing St John’s-wort
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened
County Status: Rare (3 sites, 4 tetrads)
Brampton Wood SSSI
Site Grid Reference Last Record
TL17527014
TL18417047
2009 (DB)
2008 (DB)
Jone’s Covert TL1693 1997 (TW)
Little Paxton Wood SSSI TL1763 1996 (TW)
This is a species of ancient woodland rides that often only becomes apparent after felling or
ride clearance works. It was recorded from Monks Wood SSSI in 1989, just outside the date
period for this Register.
Hypericum pulchrum L.
Slender St John’s-wort
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened
County Status: Rare (1 site, 1 tetrad)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Holme Fen SSSI, Compartment 24 TL2089 2006 (MM)
Known at Holme Fen since at least 1953, it’s only known site in the County.
Iberis amara L.
Wild Candytuft
National Status: Nationally Scarce,
Vulnerable, BAP
County Status: Rare (1 site, 1 tetrad)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Conington ‘Dump’ TL201845 2009 (SL)
A strong colony of several hundred plants grows by the railway at Conington Dump. How it
came to be there is a mystery, but historically this species was found along the railways and it
may have arisen from imported ballast. It grows with a range of other interesting species.
Inula conyzae (Griess.) Meikle
Ploughman’s-spikenard
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened
County Status: Rare (3 sites, 3 tetrads)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Norman Cross Pits TL163909 2009 (DB)
Peterborough, west of Town Bridge (CP) TL191980 2004 (DB)
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