© Douglas NunesBetween 1997 and 2003 members of the London Natural History Society recorded the vascular plants (flowering plants and ferns) growing on Hampstead Heath, and the places where they were found. Over 650 species were found growing on the Heath and every species found during the survey is included. Thus, besides native plants typical of the various habitats, there are records of garden escapes, of accidental introductions and of alien plants that have colonised the Heath, of amenity planting and other deliberate introductions, and of native plants which formerly grew on the Heath but, having become extinct at some time, have been re-introduced.
The London Natural History Society produced a Millennial Checklist of the flowering plants and ferns of the Heath and made this data is available through an Excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet file listing these records is available from the LNHS website (download link below). Using a simple set of keystrokes the user can generate maps showing where a particular plant grows, and can produce lists of the plants growing in any locality on the Heath.
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Download the checklist
Hampstead Heath Millennial Flora Project – A PDF explaining the background to the survey and checklist, with instructions for using the checklist to generate lists and maps.
Hampstead Heath Millennial Flora Checklist – An Excel file containing the survey records, mapping/list functions and a species checklist (partially annotated).
For information regarding current LNHS events and initiatives taking place on Hampstead Heath, see the Hampstead Heath Survey webpage.
