Members of the society visited Emberton Country Park in the evening of 25 June, thanks to Alan Nelson, who had arranged for entrance to the park. In exchange for the waiving of admission fees, MKNHS agreed to provide the park rangers with a list of all species which members noted
The following is the final plant species list, with a couple of additional species at the end, prepared by MKNHS members: Jenny Mercer, Richard Schmidt and Anne Champion
Flowering plants
Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fushsii)
Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)
Red Campion (Silene dioica)
White Campion (Silene latifolia)
Bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg)
Water Dock (Rumex hydrolapathum)
Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Welted Thistle (Carduus crispus)
Bush Vetch (Vicia sepium)
Greater Willowherb (Epilobium parviflorum)
Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
Cut-leaved Cranesbill (Geranium dissectum)
Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)
Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)
Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) white/deep purple
Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
Bird’s foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
St. John’s Wort (Perforate) (Hypericum maculatum)
Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
Common mouse ear (Cerastium fontanum)
Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
Dewberry (Rubus caesius)
Gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus)
Marsh Bedstraw (Galium palustre)
Field Rose (Rosa arvensis)
Wild Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Smooth Sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
Forget-me-not sp (Myosotis)
Colt’s Foot (Tussilago farfara)
Pyramid orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Bristly Oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides)
Goat’s Beard (Tragopogon pratensis)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Grasses
Timothy (Phleum pratense)
Yorkshire Fog (Holcus lanatus)
Cock’s Foot (Dactylis glomerata)
Trees
Wayfaring Tree (Viburnum lantana)
Elder (Sambucus nigra)
Aspen (Populus tremula)
Goat Willow (Salix caprea)
Black Popular (Populus nigra) or maybe a hybrid
Other
Chicken of the Woods Fungi (Laetiporus sulphureus)
Horsetail sp (Equisetum)