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Alien Species and Garden Escapes

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The following page contains alien (non-British) species found growing wild
in a variety of habitats, and plants considered garden escapes,
which occur in the wild by various means, including seed spread by birds,
other animals and the wind; to dumping by human beings.

Datura stramonium - Thorn-apple (seed head)     
sepal teeth     leaf above     leaf below     unripe seed head     plant
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 03.09.06 (Private Location)

Dianthus barbatus - Sweet William     flower close-up     leaf
Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish Warren, Devon. 23.06.06 (Public Location)

Diascia barberae - Diascia / Twinspur     fl. reverse     leaf
Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 07.10.06 (Private Location)

Dipsacus sativus - Fuller's Teasel     flowers     axillary flowers     flowers close-up
immature fl. head     lf. rosette     lf. above     lf. below     lf. spines close-up     seed head     plant
Ocean St. Allotments, Keyham, Plymouth, Devon. 20.08.06 (Private Location) SX4535657014

Disphyma crassifolium - Purple Dewplant     leaves     plant     drift on cliff
Cliffs and walls. Lizard Point, The Lizard, Cornwall. 30.05.06 (Public Location)

Doronicum pardalianches - Leopard's Bane (Naturalised Alien)     leaf
Open woodland. Nr. Chub Tor, Clearbroook, Devon. 22.05.05 (Public Location)

Dracunculus vulgaris - Dragon Arum (Cultivated)
Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon. 12.06.04 (Private Location)

Duchesnea indica - Indian / Yellow Strawberry     flower in bud     leaf     fruit
Woodland. West bank of Erme, under viaduct, Ivybridge, Devon. SX 635 569 24.05.05

Ecballium elaterium - Squirting Cucumber (Garden Escape)     leaf     fruit     plant
Cultivated. Rumley, nr. Bere Alston, Devon. 22.07.05 (Private Location)

Echium pininana - Giant Viper's-bugloss (Cultivated)     flowers close-up
Plymouth Hoe / Torquay, naturalised at Slapton Ley, Devon. 23.05.05 (Public Location)

Eichhornia crassipes - Water-hyacinth (Garden Escape / Throw-out)
Leat near Canaan Way Car Park, Ottery St. Mary, nr. Exeter, Devon. 24.09.06 (Public Location)

Elodea canadensis - Canadian Waterweed (Alien Weed)     leaf whorl
Leat near Canaan Way Car Park, Ottery St. Mary, nr. Exeter, Devon. 24.09.06 (Public Location)

Elodea nuttallii - Nuttall's Waterweed (Alien Weed)
Leat near Canaan Way Car Park, Ottery St. Mary, nr. Exeter, Devon. 24.09.06 (Public Location)

Epilobium brunnescens - New Zealand Willowherb (Alien Weed)     leaves     leaves underside
Cyclepath. Carvear Moor, nr. St. Blazey Gate, Cornwall. 17.07.06 (Public Location)

Epilobium ciliatum - American Willowherb     lf. upperside     lf. underside     stem     plant
Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 10.09.06

Erigeron glaucus - Seaside Daisy     leaves     plant
Cultivated. Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon. 09.06.05 (Public Location)

Erigeron karvinskianus - Mexican Wall Daisy (Garden Escape / Naturalised)     leaves
Seaton Beach, nr. Looe, Cornwall. 16.08.04 (Public Location)

Erucastrum gallicum - Hairy Rocket    fl. close-up    fl. side-view    lf. above    lf. below    fruit
Back alley. Ebrington Street area, City Centre, Plymouth, Devon. 08.08.06 (Public Location)

Erysimum cheiranthoides - Treacle Mustard     flowers side-view     plant side-view     leaf
Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 06.05.07 (Private Location)

Erysimum cheiri - Wallflower (Garden Escape)     non-flowering plant
Devil's Point, Plymouth, Devon. 14.05.04 (Public Location) SX 459 533

Eschscholzia californica - Californian Poppy   fl. side-view    bud   pale form   leaf    seed head
Footpath over old railway bridge, Chittleburn Hill, Brixton, Plymouth. 03.08.04 (Public Location)

Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii - Mediteranean Spurge     flower close-up     leaves
Relic of Cultivation. Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 12.05.06 (Private Location)

Euphorbia lathyrus - Caper Spurge (Garden Escape)     flowers     fl. close-up     leaf     capsule
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 01.03.05 (Private Location)

Fagopyrum esculentum - Buckwheat (Bird-seed Alien)     
flower close-up     leaf upperside     leaf underside     achene     pink flowered form
Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.06 (Private Location)

Fallopia japonica - Japanese Knotweed (Alien Weed / Garden Escape)     
flowers     leaf upperside     leaf underside     spring shoots
Off Co-op Trail, nr. Western Morning News Building, Plymouth. 14.09.04 (Public Location)

Fragaria x ananassa - Garden Strawberry (Garden Escape)     leaf     fruit
Hedgerow. Hooe Cycleway, Plymstock, Devon. 28.05.05 (Public Location)


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