Rare and endangered plants of the Fleet
and adjacent shores
This page lists the rare and endangered plants that can be found along the shores of the Fleet Lagoon, located in Dorset, UK. This list was compiled in March 2007.
Common name
Species
F L N M U
Wild (Babington's) leek
Allium ampeloprasum var. babintonii
NS
Bulbous foxtail
Alopecurus bulbosus
NS
Marsh mallow
Althea officinalis
NS
Compact brome
Anisantha madritensis
RDB
Wild asparagus
Asparagus officinalis ssp. Prostatus
RDB
Long-stalked orache
Atriplex longipes
NS
Slender hare's-ear
Bupleurum tenuissimum
NS
Divided sedge
Carex divisa
NS
Sea holly
Eryngium maritimum
DR
Sea spurge
Euphorbia paralias
DR
Longleaf
Falcaria vulgaris
DR
Nit grass
Gastridium ventricosum
NS
False oat-grass
Gaudinia fragilis
NS
Little-robin
Geranium purpureum
RDB
Yellow vetchling
Lathyrus aphaca
NS
Sea pea
Lathyrus japonica
NS
Rock sea lavendar
Limonium dodartiforme
RDB
Toothed medick
Medicago polymorpha
NS
Purple broomrape
Orabanche minot var. maritima
NS
Yarrow broomrape
Orobanche purpurea
RDB
Curved hard-grass
Parapholis incurva
NS
Four-leaved Allseed
Polycarbon tetraphyllum
RDB
Stiff saltmarsh-grass
Puccinella rupestris
NS
Brackish water crowfoot
Ranunculus baudoti
DR
Small-flowered buttercup
Ranunculus parviflora
NS
Spiral tasselweed
Ruppia cirrhosa
NS
Perennial Glasswort
Sarcocornia perennis
NS
Shrubby sea-blite
Suaeda vera
NS
Sea clover
Trifolium squamosum
NS
Hairy-fruited corn salad
Valerianella eriocarpa
RDB
Bithyian vetch
Vicia bithynica
BNS
Slender tare
Vicia parviflora
NS
Bearded (purple) fescue
Vulpia ciliata var. ambigua
NS
Dune fescue
Vulpia fasciculata
NS
Narrow-leaved eelgrass
Zostera angustifolia
NS
Dwarf eelgrass
Zostera nolti
NS
NS - Nationally Scarce
DR - Dorset Rare
RDB - Red Data Book
F - Ferrybridge L - Lower Fleet N - Narrows M - Mid Fleet U - Upper Fleet