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By Pippa Hyde, Botanist and member of the Wild Flower Society
Compiling the list, I walked a route around the Springs clockwise usually starting along the Millpond path then heading up Cobham Road, back along Raymead Way and returning to my starting point along the path by the railway line.
The bulk of my list was made from July 20 (2020) onwards with the plan to visit every month to get a good idea of what was present. By July, some plants were dried up and unrecognisable from the hot summer weather. I hope to find some more spring flowering and more visible plants next year.
The area is interesting for its mixture of habitats, although I feel it needs much more investigation to discover its full potential.
Fetcham Springs and Millpond
| Acer campestre | Field Maple. | Fetcham Common, Raymead Way. | 26/7/20 |
| Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Alliaria petiolata | Garlic Mustard. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Arctium lappa | Greater Burdock. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Armoracia rusticana | Horse-radish. | Fetcham Millpond. | 17/5/20 |
| Artemisia absinthium | Wormwood. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Artemisia verlotiorum | Chinese Mugwort. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Arum maculatum | Lords-and-Ladies. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Avena fatua | Wild-oat. | By Fetcham Millpond. | 26/7/20 |
| Ballota nigra | Black Horehound. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Barbarea vulgaris | Winter-cress. | Fetcham Millpond. | 20/4/20 |
| Bellis perennis | Daisy. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Buddleja davidii | Butterfly-bush. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Calystegia sepium | Hedge Bindweed. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Centaurea nigra | Common Knapweed. | By Fetcham Millpond. | 19/8/20 |
| Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Cirsium vulgare | Spear Thistle. | By Fetcham Millpond. | 26/7/20 |
| Clematis vitalba | Traveller’s-joy. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Convolvulus arvensis | Field Bindweed. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Dipsacus fullonum | Teasel. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Epilobium hirsutum | Great Willowherb. | Fetcham Millpond. | 21/6/20 |
| Epilobium montanum | Broad-leaved Willowherb. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Equisetum arvense | Field Horsetail. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Equisetum fluviatile | Water Horsetail. | Streamside near Fetcham Millpond. | 4/6/20 |
| Filipendula ulmaria | Meadowsweet. | Wet area near railway. | 26/7/20 |
| Galinsoga parviflora | Gallant Soldier. | Fetcham Common, Raymead Way. | 19/8/20 |
| Geranium molle | Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill. | Fetcham Common, Raymead Way. | 26/7/20 |
| Geranium robertianum | Herb-Robert. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Geum urbanum | Herb Bennet or Wood Avens. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Glyceria fluitans | Floating Sweet-grass. | Fetcham Millpond. | 26/7/20 |
| Hedera helix | Ivy. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Heracleum sphondylium | Hogweed. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Hordeum murinum | Wall Barley. | Fetcham Common, Cobham Road. | 19/8/20 |
| Humulus lupulus | Hop. | Railwayside. | 21/7/20 |
| Hypochaeris radicata | Cat’s-ear. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Ilex aquifolium | Holly. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Iris pseudacorus | Yellow Flag. | Wet area near railway. | 26/7/20 |
| Jacobaea vulgaris | Common Ragwort. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Laburnum anagyroides | Laburnum. | Fetcham Common, Raymead Way. | 26/7/20 |
| Lamium album | White Deadnettle. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Lapsana communis | Nipplewort. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Lemna minor | Common Duckweed. | Railwayside. | 9/7/20 |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | Oxeye Daisy. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Lotus pedunculatus | Greater Bird’s-foot-trefoil. | Fetcham Millpond. | 17/5/20 |
| Lycopus europaeus | Gypsywort. | Railwayside. | 19/8/20 |
| Malus domestica | Apple. | Fetcham Common, Raymead Way. | 26/7/20 |
| Malva sylvestris | Common Mallow. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Matricaria discoidea | Pineappleweed. | Edge of Fetcham Millpond. | 4/6/20 |
| Mentha aquatica | Water Mint. | Wetland area near railway. | 9/7/20 |
| Oenanthe crocata | Hemlock Water-dropwort. | Wetland area near railway. | 26/7/20 |
| Oenothera biennis | Common Evening-primrose. | Fetcham Common. | 19/8/20 |
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed. | Wetland area near railway. | 9/7/20 |
| Picris echioides | Bristly Oxtongue. | By Fetcham Millpond. | 26/7/20 |
| Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort Plantain. | Fetcham Common. | 19/8.20 |
| Plantago media | Hoary Plantain. | Fetcham Common. | 19/8/20 |
| Polygonum aviculare | Knotgrass. | Fetcham Common, Cobham Road. | 26/7/20 |
| Potentilla reptans | Creeping Cinquefoil. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Quercus robur | Pedunculate Oak. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Ranunculus acris | Meadow Buttercup. | By Fetcham Millpond. | 19/8/20 |
| Ranunculus lingua | Greater Spearwort. | Wetland area near railway. | 26/7/20 |
| Ranunculus repens | Creeping Buttercup. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Rosa canina | Dog-rose. | Fetcham Common, Raymead Way. | 19/8/20 |
| Rubus armeniacus | Himalayan Giant Bramble, | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Rubus fruticosus agg. | Bramble. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Rumex hydrolapathum | Water Dock. | Fetcham Millpond. | 26/7/20 |
| Sambucus nigra | Elder. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Saponaria officinalis | Soapwort. | Fetcham Common, Raymead Way. | 26/7/20 |
| Scrophularia auriculata | Water Figwort. | Fetcham Millpond. | 4/6/20 |
| Solanum dulcamara | Bittersweet. | By Fetcham Millpond. | 26/7/20 |
| Sinapis alba | White Mustard. | Wetland area near railway. | 31/7/20 |
| Solidago virgaurea | Goldenrod. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Sparganium erectum | Branched Bur-reed. | Wetland area near railway. | 9/7/20 |
| Spartium junceum | Spanish Broom. | Fetcham Common. | 31/7/20 |
| Symphytum officinale | Common Comfrey. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Taraxacum officinale agg. | Dandelion. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Torilis japonica | Upright Hedge-parsley. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Trifolium dubium | Lesser Trefoil. | Fetcham Common. | 19/8/20 |
| Trifolium pratense | Red Clover. | Fetcham Common, Raymead Way. | 19/8/20 |
| Trifolium repens | White Clover. | By Fetcham Millpond. | 26/7/20 |
| Tripleurospermum inodorum | Scentless Mayweed. | By Fetcham Millpond. | 19/8/20 |
| Typha latifolia | Bulrush. | Fetcham Millpond. | 21/6/20 |
| Urtica dioica | Common Nettle. | Fetcham Common. | 26/7/20 |
| Vicia cracca | Tufted Vetch. | Railwayside. | 9/7/20 |
