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Daisy
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Dandelion
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Dock
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Plantain
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Thistle
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Ragwort
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White Clover
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Red Clover
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Buttercup
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Nettle
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Italian Ryegrass
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Perennial Ryegrass
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Timothy
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Meadow Foxtail
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Cocksfoot
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Barley
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Wheat
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Oats
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Chickweed
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Silverweed
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Moss
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Fern
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Horse tail
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Cabbage, Brussel sprout, cauliflower
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Apple
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Strawberry
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Gorse/furze bush
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Vetch
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Onion, garlic
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Bluebell
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Carrots, parsnip
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Hogweed
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Cow parsley
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Potatoes
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Tomatoes
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Sugar beet
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Gramineae
This is the grass family, and includes all grass species as well as cereals such as wheat, oats, barley maize and rice (and bamboo).
Compositae
This is the largest family of plants (NB) and includes daisies, dandelions, thistles, lettuce and sunflowers. The family is called Compositae because each flower is actually a composite of many “florets”.
Umbelliferae
Members of this family have a distinctive florescence (collection of flowers) shaped like an umbrella. Members of this family include parsley, dill, celery, carrots and parsnips, Giant hogweeds and cow parsnip/parsley.
Raunculaceae The buttercup family.
Solanaceae ; potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco and the “deadly nightshade
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Leguminosae (pea family/pappilionaceae)
They are characterised by five petals (One large, two small and two even smaller “wings”). A common feature in the family is the presence of root nodules containing bacteria of the genus Rhizobium. These bacteria convert atmospheric N (unusable by plants), into usable form of nitrate (NO3-), Important species include peas, beans, clover, vetch, gorse bushes.
Cruciferae
This family include wallflowers and many Brassica vegetables like Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Cauliflower, Turnips, Mustard plants etc. They are classified by floral parts, arranged in fours. (4 sepals, petals & stamen). Their flowers are in the shape of a cross, hence the name Cruciferae.
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Liliaceae
This is a monocot family, whose members include onions, garlic, lilies, tulips, bluebells and hyacinths. This family is characterised be fused petals and sepals. Their floral parts are in multiples of three – six sepals, six petals, six stamen and three carpels.
Rosacae ; Rose Family.
It includes apple, pear, peach, plum, cherry, apricot, almond, nectarine, prune, raspberry, blackberry, dewberry and the strawberry.They are characterised by five sepals and petals and numerous carpels and stamen.
Polygonaceae ; Rhubarb family – rhubarb, dock and buckwheat.
Chenopodiceae; sugar beet
Mosses – Bryophyta
The Fern – Pteridophyta
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