A survey of the plant life in Perivale West Meadows: a follow up 8 months later.

Last autumn we surveyed a meadow next to Perivale Park. The same crowd returned there on Sunday May 5th to investigate how it appears in spring.

Acid-Grassland-MeadowPerivalePark-RichBullock-285

Birds-foot-MeadowPerivalePark-RichBullock-274

Broadwater-Lake-TheOldOrchardHarefield-RichBullock-267

Bulbous-Buttercup-MeadowPerivalePark-RichBullock-289

Sheeps-Sorrel-MeadowPerivalePark-RichBullock-282

Birds-Foot-Ornithopus-perpusillus

Birds-foot-Ornithopus-perpusillus

Birds-foot-Ornithopus-perpusillus

Birds-foot-Ornithopus-perpusillus

Bulbous-Buttercup-Ranunculus-bulbosus

Common-Birds-foot-Trefoil-Lotus-corniculatus

Common-Sorrel-Rumex-acetosa

Common-Vetch-Vicia-sativa

Cow-Parsley-Anthriscus-sylvestris

Dandelion-sp

Field-Woodrush

Garlick-Mustard

Goat-Willow-Salix caprea

Goat-Willow-Salix caprea

Goat-Willow-Salix caprea

Meadow-Foxtail-Alopecurus-pratensis

Ox-eye-Daisy-Leucanthemum-vulgare

Red-Dead-Nettle-Lamium-purpureum

Red-Fescue-Festuca-rubra

Red-Fescue-Festuca-rubra

Smooth-Meadow-Grass-Poa-pratensis

A method for estimating whether a meadow is “species rich” is known as Quadrat sampling. We chose two such quadrats (4m² in size). I hope to report the results of this survey shortly.