Flora of Ashdown Forest - Botanical Society of the British Isles

*So/idago gigantea. Early goldenrod.Well established patches on A275 verge near Reservoir car park [419.315)' 1993+, TR;south of Nutley 144.26), 1994, TR.Scattered in Sussex and increasingly established in Eng)and IRich & Woodruff 1996).Native in North America.3 -++-----'-t-1834 5*Aster. Michaelmas daisies.3 -I-~----Y-4 5A number of species of Aster and their hybrids are cultivated in Britain, and many taxa arenaturalized, None of our records have been critically determined but they are likely to be A.x versicolor or A. x salignu5, the commonest taxa in Sussex.Tetrad 42N IHall 1980).A275 verge near Reservoir car park 1419.315), 1993+, TR, no doubt from plantsdumped at the lay-by; garden throw-out, Fairwarp 1474.269), 1995, TR.Scattered in Sussex and increasing in England (Rich & Woodruff 1996). Native in NorthAmerica.*Erigeron canadensis (Conyza canadensis). Canadian fleabane.Tetrad 43H IHall 1980).Still scarcely established on the Forest and usually recorded as a single plant such as oneplant at Wych Cross garage 1419.329), 1995, HP & TR, though more frequent in Forest Rowand hitching lifts in the slipstreams of traffic on the A22.3 -++-----'-t- A species from tropical America first recorded in the London area in 1690, and nowcommon on waste ground, walls, etc. throughout southern Britain, but surprisingly it is stillvery rare in Ireland. Native in North America.4 5Bel/is perennis. Daisy.34 5Recorded in virtually every square on the Forest, usually on richer soils on lawns, meadows,car parks and playing fields. Almost certainly absent from 43.31 where it has been searchedfor.The flowering heads close at night and open in the light, hence the name 'day's eye'.Plants on very dry soil in Cackle Street during the 1995 drought had capitula only 10 mm indiameter, half the normal size.Ubiquitous in Sussex and Britain. West, central and southern Europe, and western Asia.* Tanacetum parthenium (Chrysanthemum parthenium). Feverfew.Poundgate IWolley-Dod 1937). Five tetrad records IHall 1980).A garden plant scattered in the villages and occasionally introduced with foreign soil onthe Forest. Seedlings mysteriously appeared on TR's front path in 1995, probably from mudon boots.3 Widely distributed in Sussex, lowland Britain and Europe, often associated withhabitation and especially frequent in urban areas. Once cultivated as a medicinal plant.Probably native in south-east Europe and Asia Minor.4 5