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Mill Road Cemetery

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Plants and Trees

Deodar or Himalayan Cedar (Cedrus deodara)

The majestic Deodar or Himalayan Cedar (Cedrus deodara) The large, majestic Deodar Cedar tree in the Cemetery will soon be ready to release pollen from the male cones, which, from a distance, look like small upright candles fixed to the

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Great Lettuce – uncut leaved form

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Field Bindweed (Convovulus arvensis)

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Small-leaved Lime (Tilia cordata)

A native British tree.

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Common Lime (Tilia x europaea)

The common lime tree of hybrid origin.

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Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)

Beautiful trees that are members of the Birch family. Have distinctive trunks that seem to have almost a quality of muscular tendons rather than being flat.

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Holly (Ilex aquifolium)

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Russian Vine (Fallopia baldschuanica)

An aggressive garden climber from central Asia; closely related to Japanese Knotweed and part of the Polygonaceae family.

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White Dogwood (Cornus/Swida alba)

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Hawthorn species (Crataegus sp.)

This may be an American Hawthorn, it shows immature haws.

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Late Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster lacteus)

One of many species spread from gardens by birds.

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Elder Tree (Sambucus nigra)

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Bramble (Rubus fruti cosus aggregate)

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Ivy Broomrape (Orobanche hederae)

A parasite of Ivy’s of the south and west, now established here in Cambridge.

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Irish Ivy (Hedera hibernica)

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Wall Barley (Hordeum murinum)

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Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba/Cardaria draba)

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Oxford Ragwort (Senecia squalidus)

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Trailing Bellflower (Campanula poscharskyana)

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Introduced Stonecrop species (Sedum sp.)

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Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre)

Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre)
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White Comfrey (Symphytum orientale)

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Evergreen Alkanet (Pentaglottis sepervirens)

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Prickly Lettuce-Uncut leaved form (Lactuca virosa forma virosa)

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Wild Onion (Allium vineale)

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Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)

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Yarrow-Pink Flowering form (Achillea millifolium)

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Wild Mignonette amongst Field Bindweed (Reseda lute amongst /convovulus arvensis)

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Daisy (Bellis perennis)

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Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)

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Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)

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Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo)

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Fig Tree (Ficus carica)

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Wild Cherry Tree (Prunus avium)

This is also known as the Bird Cherry or Crab Cherry.

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Doves-foot Crane’s Bill (Geranium molle)

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Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)

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Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris)

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Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)

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Common Bird’s foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

a component of calcareous grassland

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Wild Clary (Salvia verbenaca)

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Violet

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Primula

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Lady’s Bedstraw (Galium verum)

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Daffodil

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Crocus

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