Flora of Ashdown Forest - Botanical Society of the British Isles

134Very locally frequent in Sussex.to Asia except the far north.Scattered and decreasing in England (Rich & Woodruff 1996), widespread in EuropeAethusa cynapium. Fool's parsley.Roadside between Nutley and Crowborough, as var. agrestis, R. A. Boniface (Wolley-Dod1937). Tetrads 42T and 43H (Hall 1980).Rare as an arable weed or in gardens; 40.31 t 1988, DB; three plants in disturbedflowerbed of old school (426.349), 1993, TR; introduced with soil to Pippingford Park3 (444.303), 1993, SBRS; Chuck Hatch (47.33), 1994, PW. It is a polymorphic species, butwe have not investigated which of the subspecies occurred.Widespread in lowland Britain, Eurasia and North Africa.4 5* Foeniculum vu/gare. Fennel.Chelwood Common, escaping from entrance to house (417.292), 1995, AK; Forest Row(42.34)' 1995, PO & DB; introduced with soil to Pippingford Park (444.303), 1993, SBRS.Mainly established in eastern England on verges, sand dunes and waste ground nearhouses, and probably a native of maritime areas in southern Europe.4 5Si/a urn si/aus. Pepper-saxifrage.Tetrads 42N and 42T (Hall 1980).23 plants on A275 verge north of Chelwood Gate, c. 30 plants (415.305), 1993, Florameeting; one plant on track verge near Streeter's Rough (422.292), 1994, TR; verge by RadioStation (474.287), 1994, PW. Usually a plant of damp, old, unimproved, neutral meadows,3 but on the Forest on road and track verges.Common on the Weald Clay in Sussex, more scattered elsewhere, and widespread inlowland England. It is a more variable plant in western, central and eastern Europe.4 5Conium macu/atum. Hemlock, Keck.Frequent on the banks of the Medway at Forest Row outside our Flora area, but occasionallyintroduced with soil on the Forest though not persisting.This is a classic nitrophile of river banks, disturbed road verges and sometimes gardens,often associated with Urtica dioica.Widespread in lowland Britain and Eurasia except the far north.3 -++-------'-\__4 5Apium nodiflorum. Fool's water-cress.Tetrad 43L (Hall 1980).Only recorded once in a ditch near the pond at Lines Farm (444.344), 1995, TR.In Sussex locally frequent on the Weald Clay and in the major river valleys. Widespreadin Britain, and in western, central and southern Europe, west and central Asia and North]-++-------'-+-Africa.4 5Apium inundatum. Lesser marshwort.Ashdown Forest, J. Edwards (Wolley-Dod 1937). Not refound!Rare in Sussex, with scattered records from the nutrient-poor lakes on the sands and clays. Decreasing in England(Rich & Woodruff 1996). Endemic to Europe and very western in distribution from Sweden to Sicily.