Huntingdonshire - Botanical Society of the British Isles

Rubus percrispus D. Allen & R.D. Randall
a bramble
National Status: Endemic, Data Deficient
County Status: Rare (1 site, 1 tetrad)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Waresley Wood SSSI TL261544 2009 (DB)
This species shows a strong association with Greensand geology, a trace of which penetrates
the southern tip of the county. It may await discovery in a few other nearby ancient woods but
given the known habitat preferences of this species it is unlikely to prove to be particularly
common.
Rumex pulcher L.
Fiddle Dock
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened
County Status: Rare (3 sites, 3 tetrads)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Hemingford Meadow TL3070 2008 (LF)
Hinchingbrooke Country Park TL22537120 2009 (DB)
St Neots Common SSSI TL183610 1999 (RE)
A species of old pastures, a rare habitat in Huntingdonshire. It may have declined further
since the data was collected for the County Flora (Wells, 2003).
Salix repens L.
Creeping Willow
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened
County Status: Rare (1 site, 1 tetrad)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC TL230842 2003 (MW & DW)
The cited grid reference requires clarification as it may be a centroid. This species was still
present at the time of the BSBI field meeting in 2006, although no record was submitted for
the database. It may well still persist at Holme Fen but I currently hold no records for this site.
Salvia verbenaca L.
Wild Clary
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened
County Status: Rare (1 site, 1 tetrad)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Hartford TL25217244 2009 (NM)
An uncommon and often short-lived species of roadsides, gravel pits and railway
embankments. The colony in Hartford is thriving on the mown verge outside the derelict No. 6
Main Street.
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