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Ryedale Natural History Society: Flowers May/June

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Butcher’s Broom Ruscus aculeatus	Wood Sorrel Oxalis acetosella	Bird Cherry Prunus padus	Cowslip Primula veris
Milkmaid or Cuckoo Flower Cardamine pratensis	Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula	Wood Speedwell Veronica montana	Bluebell Hyacinthoides nonscripta
Globe Flower Trollius europaeus	Kingcup or Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris	Lily of the valley Convallaria majalis	Mountain Currant Ribes alpinum
Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris	Early Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata		Birdseye Primrose Primula farinosa
Marsh Valerian Valeriana dioica	Herb Paris Paris quadrifolia		Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum		Fairy Foxglove Erinus alpinus	Ramsons or Wild Garlic Allium ursinum
Baneberry Actaea spicata	Violet, marsh Viola palustris	Oak Quercus sp.	Herb Robert Geranium robertianum
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna	Solomon’s seal Polygonatum multiflorum	Avens, hybrid Geum sp. (rivale×urbanum)	Avens, water Geum rivale
Bugle Ajuga reptans	Three Nerved Sandwort Moehringia trinerva	Bittercress, large Cardamine amara	Buttercup, goldilocks Ranunculus auricomus
Lords and Ladies Arum maculatum	Violet, common dog Viola riviniana	Moorland Water Crowfoot Ranunculus omiophyllus(?)	Orchid, fly Ophrys insectifera
Twayblade, common Listera ovata	Barberry Berberis vulgaris	Cranesbill, meadow Geranium pratense	Yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum
Field pansy Viola arvensis	Poppy Papaver rhoeas	Forgetmemot, field Myosotis arvensis	Rose, dog Rosa canina
Comfrey Symphytum sp.	Orchid, common spotted Dactylorhiza fuchsii	Tormentil Potentilla erecta	Birdsfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga	Speedwell, thyme leaved Veronica serpyllifolia	Bugle Ajuga reptans	Lady’s mantle Alchemilla sp.
Silverweed Potentilla anserina	Strawberry, wild Fragaria vesca	Ragged robin Lychnis flos-cuculi	Speedwell, heath Veronica officinalis
Biting Stonecrop Sedum acre	Climbing Corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata	Stonecrop, white Sedum album	Fumitory Fumaria sp.
Campion, red Silene dioica	Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria	Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre	Self Heal Prunella vulgaris
Crosswort Galium cruciata	Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum	Marsh Lousewort Pedicularis palustris	Meadow Thistle Cirsium dissectum
Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula	Greater Butterfly Orchid Platanthera chlorantha	Chickweed Wintergreen Trientalis europaea	Bush Vetch Vicia sepium
Wood Avens Geum urbanum	Black Bryony Tamus communis	Woody Nightshade Solanum dulcamara	Welted Thistle Carduus crispus

Guelder Rose Viburnum opulus	Yellow Flag or Iris Iris pseudocorus	Downy Rose Rosa villosa	Cut-leaved Cranesbill Geranium dissectum
Milkwort, common Polygala vulgaris	Lesser Butterfly Orchid Platanthera bifolia	Heath Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza maculata	Fragrant Orchid Gymnadenia conopsea
Dwarf Cornel Cornus suecica	Marsh Lousewort Pedicularis palustris	Milkwort, heath Polygala serpyllifolia	Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris
Marsh Cinquefoil Potentilla palustris	Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccus	Sundew Drosera rotundifolia	Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix
Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica	Petty Whin Genista anglica	Bitter Vetch Lathyrus linifolius	Plantain, ribwort Plantago lanceolata
Woodruff Galium odoratum	Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus	Green-winged Orchid Orchis morio	Pale Forget-me-not Myosotis stolonifera (=brevifolia)
Adderstongue Ophioglossum vulgatum	Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea	Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris	Black Medick Medicago lupulina
Wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica	Wintercress Barbarea vulgaris	Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys	Broom Cytisus scoparius
Red Clover Trifolium pratense

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