Plants from the past surviving today
The following plants and trees, which grew in 2024, were also recorded by Daniel Cooper in Flora Metropolitana which was published in 1836.
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides Non-scripta)
Common Vetch (Vicia Sativa)
Field Maple (Acer Campestre)
Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
True Sedge (Carex)
Wood Avens (Geum urbanum)
Cleavers (Galium Aparine)
Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus Repens)
Foxtail Grasses (Alopecurus)
Scarlet Pimpernel (Lysimachia arvensis)
Water Figwort (Scrophularia auriculata – formerly aquatica)
Wood Avens (Geum urbanum)
Common Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus Corniculatus)
Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla Reptans)
Herb Robert (Geranium Robertianum)
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Woundwart (Stachys)
Common Mallow (Malva Slvestris)
Elder (Sambucus Nigra)
Smooth Sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
Speedwell (Veronica)
Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
Yorkshire Fog (Holcus lanatus)
The following trees, which grew in 2024, were also recorded by Douglas Allport in Collections Illustrative of the Geology, History, Antiquities, and Associations, of Camberwell, and the Neighbourhood which was published in 1841.
English Oak (Quercus robur)
Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
The following plants, which grew in 2024, were also recorded by Charles Dickens in his article ‘London Milk’ published in The Morning Post on 16 November 1850.
Rough Meadow-grass (Poa trivialis)
Smooth Meadow-Grass (Poa pratensis)
The following plants, which grew in 2024, were also recorded in an article on the ‘Friern Manor Dairy Farm’ published in The Illustrated News in June 1853.
Barleys (Genus Hordeum)
Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne)