Plants and Flowers

Plants and Flowers

We have a wonderful variety of plants and grasses on our reserves – 270 species or more! Through careful management, we nurture three distinct types of habitat with their own special varieties of plants:

• Ancient Woodland – with indicator species such as Dog’s Mercury and Sanicle
• Traditional Limestone Grassland – with species such as Common Spotted Orchid and the wonderfully-named Ploughman’s Spikenard!
• Acid Heathland – supporting species such as Bell Heather and Tormentil

Here is a gallery of photos of some of our less common plants.

Read more about:

• The Somerset Rare Plants Group Visit in June 2022
• The English and Spanish Bluebells in our woods
• Our rarest plant – the Yellow Bird’s Nest
• A participant’s view of the Grass Identification Course held on-site in 2016
• Our fabulous New Wildflower Meadow