Where the wildflowers grow

Chapter 8
Lakeland Rivers and The Buttercup Floodplain

Photographs © Leif Bersweden unless stated otherwise

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Alder

Alnus glutinosa

© Gus Routledge

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Alpine Saw-wort

Saussurea alpina

© Lee Schofield

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Ash

Fraxinus excelsior

© Gus Routledge

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Bird Cherry

Prunus padus

© Gus Routledge

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Bitter-vetch

Lathyrus linifolius

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Common Bistort

Bistorta officinalis

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Common Butterwort

Pinguicula vulgaris

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Devil's-bit Scabious

Succisa pratensis

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Downy Birch

Betula pubescens

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Downy Willow

Salix lapponum

© Sarah H Watts

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Globeflower

Trollius europaeus

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Goat's-beard

Tragopogon pratensis

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Great Burnet

Sanguisorba officinalis

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Hemlock Water-dropwort

Oenanthe crocata

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Meadow Buttercup

Ranunculus acris

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Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

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Melancholy Thistle

Cirsium heterophyllum

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Petty Whin

Genista anglica

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Pignut

Conopodium majus

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Ragged-robin

Lychnis flos-cuculi

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Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

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Reed Canary-grass

Phalaris arundinacea

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Roseroot

Rhodiola rosea

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Rowan

Sorbus aucuparia

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Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris

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Stream Water-crowfoot

Ranunculus pencillatus

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Tea-leaved Willow

Salix phylicifolia

© Sarah H Watts

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Tufted Forget-me-not

Myosotis laxa

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Water Avens

Geum rivale

© Tristan Norton

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Water Forget-me-not

Myosotis scorpioides

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Wood Crane's-bill

Geranium sylvaticum

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Wych Elm

Ulmus glabra

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