Which are the commonest plant species in Britain?
Recently Dr M has investigated the 30 most common British plant species based on data in the New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora and the Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora. The top 30 include species from 10 plant families including nine of the top twenty plant families.
The 30 commonest species includes eight species from the Poaceae and seven species from the Asteraceae (both posted previously) and three species from the Fabaceae listed below together with a gallery of images of these species.
The 30 commonest vascular plant species in Britain – Fabaceae
Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Lotus corniculatus (Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil)
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)
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- Trifolium repens (White Clover) and Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)
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- White Clover (l) and Red Clover (r)
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- Lotus corniculatus (Bird’s-foot Trefoil)
August 31, 2013
