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Don't Mow Let It Grow

This exciting project is led by Causeway Coast to focus on the conservation of semi-natural grassland over the next three years.

Verge & open space grassland survey

This survey is designed to discover sites that are important for wildlife. This will enable the Don’t Mow Let It Grow project to develop conservation management options for these roadside verges and council parks.

Guidance notes

You can use either the Standard OR Advanced sections of the survey form. The standard survey only involves recording a relatively small number of species which are illustrated in the accompanying ID guide.

  • 1. Surveyor Details

  • 2. Survey Details

  • MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • 3. Site Details

  • ExceptionalVery GoodGoodAveragePoor
  • FullyPartiallyNot
  • NNEESESSWWNW
  • 0123
    Recent tree-planting
    Flower - planting
    Footpath / cyclepath
    Scrub
    Tall Trees
    Score all from 0-3
    Tick all that apply
    Tick all that apply
  • LMSN
    Ruts
    Dumping
    Storage
    Burning
    Litter
    Other
    L = Light / M= Medium / S = Severe / N = No Damage
  • Recently MownHistorically MownPlantedUntouched
  • 0/10025/7550/5075/25100/0
  • 0-10cm11-50cm51+cm
  • 4. Additional Species

    select each box to record each species
  • 5. Plant Lists

    What section do you want to complete.
  • Standard Plant List

  • DAFORDN
    Common Knapweed / Centaurea nigra
    Bluebell (native) / Hyacinthoides non-scripta
    Bramble sp / Rubus fruticosus agg.
    Buttercup sp / Ranunculus sp.
    Cherry Laurel / Prunus laurocerasus
    Coarse grasses
    Daisy / Bellis perennis
    Dandelion sp / Taraxacum sp
    Docks all species / Rumex sp.
    Fine grasses
    Fine Umbellifers
    Foxglove / Digitalis purpurea
    Giant Rhubarb / Gunnera manicata
    Harebell / Campanula rotundifolia
    Heathers
    Herb Robert / Geranium robertianum
    Himalayan Balsam / Impatiens glandulifera
    Honeysuckle / Lonicera periclymenum
    Ivy / Hedera helix
    Knotweed sp
    Lady’s bedstraw / Galium verum
    Lady’s Smock / Cardamine pratensis
    Lesser Celandine / Ficaria verna
    Meadowsweet / Filipendula ulmaria
    Orchids (all species)
    Ox-eye daisy / Leucanthemum vulgare
    Plantain sp / Plantago sp.
    Poppy / Papaver sp
    Primrose / Primula vulgaris
    Ragged robin / Lychnis flos-cuculi
    Red Campion / Silene dioica
    Red clover / Trifolium pratense
    Rhododendron
    Rushes / Juncus sp.
    Sedge sp / Carex sp
    Speedwell sp / Veronica sp
    Stinging Nettle / Urtica dioica
    Stitchwort sp. / Stellaria sp
    Thistle sp.
    Vetches / Trefoils
    Violets all species
    Wild Garlic / Allium ursinum
    Willowherb sp.
    Wood Anemone / Anemone nemorosa
    Wood-rush / Luzula sp.
    Wood-sorrel / Oxalis acetosella
    D = Dominant A = Abundant F = Frequent O = Occasional R = Rare DN = Didn’t do it
  • Advanced Plant List

  • DAFORDN
    Birds-foot trefoil / Lotus corniculatus
    Bluebell (native) / Hyacinthoides non-scripta
    Bramble sp / Rubus fruticosus agg.
    Broad-leaved dock / Rumex obtusifolius
    Bugle / Ajuga reptans
    Bush Vetch / Vicia sepium
    Carnation sedge / Carex panicea
    Cat’s-ear / Hypochaeris radicata
    Cherry Laurel / Prunus laurocerasus
    Clover sp. (List species) / Trifolium sp
    Coarse grasses
    Common dog-violet / Viola riviniana
    Common Heather / Calluna vulgaris
    Common Hogweed / Heracleum sphondylium
    Common Knapweed / Centaurea nigra
    Common ragwort / Senecio jacobea
    Common sedge / Carex nigra
    Common sorrel / Rumex acetosa
    Common spotted-orchid / Dactylorhiza fuchsii
    Common Vetch / Vicia sativa
    Common Yellow sedge / Carex demissa
    Cowslip / Primula veris
    Creeping Buttercup / Ranunculus repens
    Creeping Thistle / Cirsium arvense
    Curled dock / Rumex crispus
    Daisy / Bellis perennis
    Dandelion sp. / Taraxacum sp.
    Devil’s-bit scabious / Succisa pratensis
    Early dog-violet / Viola reichenbachiana
    Early Marsh-orchid / Dactylorhiza incarnata
    Early Purple orchid / Orchis mascula
    Eyebright sp. / Euphrasia spp.
    Fairy flax / Linum catharticum
    Field Wood-rush / Luzula campestris
    Fine grasses
    Foxglove / Digitalis purpurea
    Fragrant orchid sp. / Gymnadenia sp.
    Giant Hogweed / Heracleum mantegazzianum
    Giant Rhubarb / Gunnera manicata
    Glaucous sedge / C. flacca
    Greater Birds-foot Trefoil / Lotus pedunculatus
    Greater Butterfly-orchid / Platanthera chlorantha
    Greater Stitchwort / Stellaria holostea
    Greater willowherb / Epilobium hirsutum
    Greater Wood-rush / Luzula sylvatica
    Harebell / Campanula rotundifolia
    Heath bedstraw / Galium saxatile
    Heath spotted-orchid / Dactylorhiza maculata
    Herb Robert / Geranium robertianum
    Himalayan Balsam / Impatiens glandulifera
    Himalayan Knotweed / Persicaria wallichii
    Honeysuckle / Lonicera periclymenum
    Ivy / Hedera helix
    Japanese knotweed / Fallopia japonica
    Lady’s bedstraw / Galium verum
    Lady’s Mantle / Alchemilla spp.
    Lady’s Smock / Cardamine pratensis
    Lesser Butterfly-orchid / Platanthera bifolia
    Lesser Celandine / Ficaria verna
    Lesser knotweed / Persicaria campanulata
    Meadow Buttercup / Ranunculus acris
    Meadow Crane’s-bill / Geranium pratense
    Meadow thistle / Cirsium dissectum
    Meadow vetchling / Lathyrus pratensis
    Meadowsweet / Filipendula ulmaria
    Milkwort sp. / Polygala sp.
    Mouse-ear Chickweed / Pilosella officinarum
    Northern Marsh Orchid / Dactylorhiza purpurella
    Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage / Chrysosplenium
    Other Orchid sp (List species)
    Other Rush sp / Juncus sp.
    Other Vetches/Trefoils
    Pignut / Conopodium majus
    Plantain sp / Plantago sp.
    Poppy sp. / Papaver sp.
    Primrose / Primula vulgaris
    Quaking grass / Briza media
    Ragged robin / Lychnis flos-cuculi
    Red Campion / Silene dioica
    Red clover / Trifolium pratense
    Rhododendron sp.
    Ribwort Plantain / Plantago lanceolata
    Rosebay willowherb / Chamerion angustifolium
    Sanicle / Sanicula europaea
    Sedge sp. / Carex sp.
    Self-heal / Prunella vulgaris
    Sheep Sorrel / Rumex acetosella
    Sheeps-bit / Jasione montana
    Silverweed / Potentilla anserine
    Soft rush / Juncus efffusus
    Spanish Bluebell + hybrids
    Speedwell sp. / Veronica sp
    St. John’s Wort sp. / Hypericum sp
    Stinging Nettle / Urtica dioica
    Stitchwort sp. / Stellaria sp.
    Thistle sp.
    Tormentil / Potentilla erecta
    Tufted Vetch / Vicia cracca
    Umbellifer sp
    Wild Carrot / Daucus carota
    Wild Garlic / Allium ursinum
    Wild Strawberry / Fragaria vesca
    Wild Thyme / Thymus polytrichus
    Willowherb sp.
    Wood Anemone / Anemone nemorosa
    Wood crane’s-bill / Geranium sylvaticum
    Wood-sorrel / Oxalis acetosella
    Woody species
    Yarrow / Achillea millefolium
    Yellow rattle / Rhinanthus minor
    D = Dominant A = Abundant F = Frequent O = Occasional R = Rare DN = Didn’t do it

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