The following is a very extensive list of plants which have been identified in the churchyard of St Oswald's, Ravenstonedale, Kirkby Stephen. It is copied from the list hanging inside the church.
| A List
of the Higher Plants |
| Common Name Annual poa Ash Bistort Biting stonecrop Bramble Broad buckler fern Broad leafed dock Broad-leaved willow herb Bush vetch Celandine Cock's foot Common bent grass Common mouse-eared chickweed Conglomerate rush Couch grass Cow parsley or Cow chervil. Cowslip Creeping bent grass Creeping buttercup Creeping soft grass Crested dog's tail Crosswort Daffodil Daisy Dandelion Dog rose Dog's mercury Elder False oat grass Field forget-me-not Figwort Fox and Cubs Foxglove Germanda speedwell Gooseberry Goosefoot Goosegrass Great burnet Ground elder (Bishop's weed) Hammer sedge Hardheads Harebell Heath bedstraw Hedge garlic Hedge woundwort Heg (Bird cherry) Hogweed Holly Ivy Lady Fern Lady's myrtle Lady's myrtle Lady's smock Lesser hairy willow-herb Lesser stitchwort Male fern Many-headed woodrush Meadow buttercup Meadow cranesbill Meadow Foxtail Meadow sweet Meadow vetchling Melancholy thistle Mouse-eared hawkweed Ox-eye daisy Pearlwort Pignut Pill-head sedge Polypody Quaking grass Ragwort Red campion Red clover Red fescue Ribwort Rose-bay willow herb Rough meadow grass Rowan Selfheal Sheeps fescue Smooth meadow grass Soft rush Sorrel Stinging nettle Sweet cicely Sweet vernal grass Sycamore Thyme-leaved speedwell Tufted hair grass Water avens Welsh poppy White clover Wild raspberry Wood cranesbill Wood poa Woods avens Wych elm Yarrow Yellow oat grass Yorkshire fog |
Latin Name Poa annua Fraxinus excelsior Polygonum bistorta Sedum acre Rubus fruticosus Dryopteris dilitata Rumex obtusifolius Epilobium montanum Vicia sepium Ranunculus ficaria spp ficaria Dactylis glomerata Agrostis tenuis Cerastium fontanum Juncus conglomeratus Elymus repens Anthriscus sylvestris Primula veris Agrostis stolonifera Ranunculus repens Holcus mollis Cynosurus cristatus Galium cruciata Narcissus pseudonarcissus Bellis perennis Taraxacum (aggregate species) Rosa canina Mercurialis perennis Sambucus nigra Arrhenatherum elatuis Myosotis arvensis Scrophularia nodosa Hieracium brunneocroceum Digitalis purpurea Veronica chamalodrys Ribes uva-crispa Chenopodium sp. (seedling only) Galium aparine Sanguisorba officinalis Aegopodium podagraria Carexhirta Centaurea nigra Campariula rotundifolia Galium saxatile Alliaria petiolata Stachys sylvatica Prunus padus Heracleum sphondylium Ilex aquifolium Hedera helix Athyruim, felix-femina Alchemilla glabra Alchemilla xanthochlora Cardamine pratensis Epilobium parviflorum Stellaria graminea Dryopteris filix-mas Luzula multiflora Ranunculus acris Geranium pratense Alopecurus lavertensis Filipendula ulmaria Lathyrus pratensis Cirsuim helenoides Heiracium pilosella Leucanthemum vulgare Sagina procumbens Conopodium majus Caraxhirta pilulifera Polypodium vulgare Briza media Senecio jacobaea Silens dioica Trifolium pratense Festuca rubra Plantago lanceolata Chamerion angustifolium Poa trivialis Sorbus aucuparia Prunella vulgaris Festuca ovina Poa pratensis Juncus effusus Rumex acetosa Urtica dioica Myrrhis odorata Anthoxanthyum odoratum Acer pseudoplantanus Veronica serpillifolia Deschampsia caespitosa Geum rivale Mecanopsis cantabrica Trifolium repens Rubus idaeus Geranium sylvaticum Poa nemoralis Geum urbanum Ulmus glabra Achillea Millefolium Trisetum flavescens Holcus lanatus |
| Plants found on the Walls |
| Brittle bladder fern Herb robert Maidenhair spleenwort Rue-leaved saxifrage Wall rue Wall lettuce |
Cystopteris fragilia Geranium robertianum Asplenium trichomanes Saxifraga tridactylites Asplenium rute-muraria Mycelis muralis |
| Introduced Trees and Shrubs |
| Barberry Box Cotoneaster Cypresses Horse chestnut Incense cedar Juniper Lawson's cypress Lilac Norway spruce Oak Oregon grape Rhododenron Scots pine Silver fir Snowberry Swedish whitebeam Western red cedar Yew |
Berberis spp'including the variety
Berberis Thunbergii atropurpurea Buxus sempervirens Cotoneaster horizontalis Cupressus spp Aesculus hippocastaneum Libocedrus decurrens Juniperus communis Hibernica Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana Syringa vulgaris Picea abies Quercus (petraea type) Mahonia aquiflorium Rhododendron ponticum Pinus sylvestris Abies spp Symphoricarpus rivularis Sorbus intermedia Thuia plicata Taxus baccata including the variety Taxis baccata fastigiata (Irish yew) |