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Natural History of Radley

Thrupp Lakes Species Data

 
Trees and Shrubs
 

This page relates to trees and shrubs in the area in and around the two lakes, known as Thrupp Lake and Bullfield Lake (or, to Didcot Power station operators, as lakes 'E' and 'F') at grid reference SU 518 975.

These lakes and their surroundings are currently threatened with desrtruction by Didcot ash disposal operations. Full story. There are over 2000 trees and shrubs of significant (>24cm) girth in the immediate surroundings of Lakes 'E and 'F'

 

NAME

COMMON NAME

   

Acer campestre

Field maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Sycamore

Aesculus hippocastanum

Horse-chestnut

Alnus glutinosa

Alder

Betula pendula

Silver birch

Chamaecyparis lawsonia Lawson cypress**

Cornus sanguinea

Dogwood

Corylus avellana

Hazel

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Wall cotoneaster

Crataegus monogyna

Hawthorn

Cytisus scoparius

Broom

Buddleia davidii

Butterfly-bush

Euonymus europaeus

Spindle

Fraxinus excelsior

Ash

Hedera helix

Ivy

Laburnum anagyroides

Laburnum

Ligustrum vulgare

Wild privet

Lonicera caprifolium Perfoliate honeysuckle#

Pinus sylvestris

Scots pine

Malus domestica Apple
Malus sylvestris Crab apple**

Populus alba

White poplar

Populus x canadensis

Black poplar hybrid

Populus nigra x italica Lombardy poplar

Populus tremula

Aspen

Prunus avium Wild cherry**
Prunus cerasifera Cherry plum**
Prunus domestica Plum
Prunus laurocerasus Cherry laurel**

Prunus spinosa

Blackthorn

Pyracantha coccinea Firethorn
Quercus petraea Sessile oak**
Quercus robur English oak**

Rhamnus catharticus

Buckthorn

Rosa canina

Dog rose

Rubus caesius

Dewberry

Rubus fruticosus agg.

Blackberry

Salix alba

White willow

Salix caprea

Goat willow

Salix cinerea

Grey willow

Salix cinerea ssp. oleifolia

A willow

Salix fragilis

Crack willow

Salix triandra Almond willow**
Salix viminalis Osier**

Sambucus nigra

Elder

Tilia cordata Small-leaved lime**

Ulex europaeus

Gorse

Ulmus glabra

English elm

Ulmus x hollandica

Dutch elm

Viburnum opulus

Guelder-rose

 
Trees and shrubs recorded around ‘Spinage's Field' ( Lake E) and ‘Bullfield Lake' (Lake F) up to June 2005. Data up to 1998 Oxon BRC. With recent additions by Bob Eeles*, David Guyoncourt**, and Basil Crowley#.

 

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