Skip to content

Show me the island (Don't click if you're happy sitting in traffic 😇)

Sark Nature Records

Plants of Sark

Susan Synnott's plant list for Sark holds 712 entries, ordered by common name, with botanical names updated from Clive Stace's New Flora of the British Isles, fourth edition. By the list's own account, most of these plants have specimens in the herbarium, some are very common, and others may not have been seen for many years.

The herbarium lives in Sark's Heritage Room. Begun by Marcia Marsden in 1980, it holds more than 550 specimens and is constantly updated, with a small library of reference books available to browse whenever the room is open. Anne Haden of La Société Jersiaise, the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland's plant recorder for Sark, visits the island regularly during the growing season.

Two common spotted orchid spikes flowering in grassland on Sark, Channel Islands
Common name Scientific name
Adder's-tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum
Agapanthus praecox ssp orientalis
Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Allseed Linum radiola
Almond Willow Salix triandra
Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum
American Willowherb Epilobium ciliatum
American Winter-cress Barbarea verna
Angular Sea-fig Carpobrotus glaucescens
Annual Buttonweed Cotula australis
Annual Knawel Scleranthus annuus
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Annual Pearlwort Sagina apetala
Annual Toadflax Linaria maroccana
Annual Wall-rocket Diplotaxis muralis
Apple-mint Mentha x villosa var alopecurioides
Apple-of-Peru Nicandra physalodes
Arrow Bamboo Pseudosasa japonica
Arum italicum ssp neglectum
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Aspen Populus tremula
Atlantic Ivy Hedera hiberica
Australian Tree-fern Dicksonia antarctica
Austrian Pine Pinus nigra ssp nigra
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis
Autumn Lady's-tresses Spiranthes spiralis
Autumn Squill Scilla autumnalis
Babington's Orache Atriplex glabriuscula
Baby-blue-eyes Nemophila menziesii
Balm Melissa officinalis
Balm-of-Gilead Populus x jackii
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis
Barren Strawberry Potentilla sterilis
Beaked Hawk's-beard Crepis vesicaria ssp taraxacifolia
Bear's-breech Acanthus mollis
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Bell Heather Erica cinerea
Bird Cherry Prunus padus
Bird's-foot Ornithopus perpusillus
Bird's-foot Clover Trifolium ornithopodioides
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara
Black Horehound Ballota nigra ssp meridionalis
Black Medick Medicago lupulina
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Black-bindweed Fallopia convolvulus
Black-poplar Populus nigra ssp betulifolia
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Blinks Montia fontana
Bloody Crane's-bill Geranium sanguineum
Blue Fescue Festuca longifolia
Blue Vervain Verbena hastata
Blue Woodruff Asperula arvensis
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Bog Pimpernel Lysimachia tenella
Bog Stitchwort Stellaria alsine
Borage Borago officinalis
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum ssp aquilinum
Brackish Water-crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii
Bramble Rubus fruiticosus
Bread Wheat Triticum aestivum
Bristle Club-rush Isolepis setacea
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea Lathyrus latifolius
Broad-leaved Oleaster Elaeagnus macrophylla
Broad-leaved Osier Salix x smithiana
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum
Brookweed Samolus valerandi
Broom Cytisus scoparius
Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus
Buffalo-bur Solanum rostratum
Bugle Ajuga reptans
Bugloss Lycopsis arvensis
Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus
Bulbous Rush Juncus bulbosus
Bullace Prunus domestica ssp insititia
Burdock Arctium minus ssp minus
Burmuda-buttercup Oxalis pes-caprae
Burnet Rose Rosa spinosissima
Butcher's-broom Ruscus aculeatus
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Cabbage Brassica oleracea
Cabbage Plant Cordyline australis
Californian Poppy Eschscholzia californica
Canary Palm Phoenix canariensis
Canary-grass Phalaris canariensis
Cape Cudweed Pseudognaphalium undulatum
Caper Spurge Euphorbia lathyris
Carline thistle Carlina vulgaris
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile
Changing Forget-me-not Myosotis discolor
Charlock Sinapis arvensis
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera
Chicory Cichorium intybus
Chilean-iris Libertia formosa
Chinese Fountain-bamboo Fargesia spathacea
Cleavers Galium aparine
Clustered Clover Trifolium glomeratum
Clustered Dock Rumex conglomeratus
Coastal Daisy-bush Olearia solandri
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cockspur Echinochloa crus-galli
Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris
Common Bent Agrostis capillaris
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Couch Elymus repens
Common Cudweed Filago germanica
Common Dog-violet Viola riviniana
Common Duckweed Lemna minor
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica
Common Hemp-nettle Galeopsis tetrahit
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Common Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre
Common Milkwort Polygala vulgaris
Common Millet Panicum miliaceum
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ramping-fumitory Fumaria muralis
Common Restharrow Ononis repens
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Common Spike-rush Eleocharis palustris
Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris
Common Vetch Vicia sativa
Common Water-starwort Callitriche stagnalis
Common Whitebeam Sorbus aria
Common Yellow-sedge Carex demissa
Compact Brome Anisantha madritensis
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus
Corn Marigold Glebionis segetum
Corn Mint Mentha arvensis
Corn Poppy Papaver rhoeas
Corn Spurrey Spergula arvensis
Corncockle Agrostemma githago
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus
Cornish Moneywort Sibthorpia europaea
Corsican Hellebore Helleborus argutifolius
Corsican Pine Pinus nigra ssp laricio
Cotton Thistle Onopordum acanthium
Cowslip Primula veris
Crack Willow Salix euxina
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Forget-me-not Myosotis secunda
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus
Cretan Tulip Tulipa saxatilis
Crimson Clover Trifolium incarnatum ssp incarnatum
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Curled Dock Rumex crispus ssp crispus
Curled Dock Rumex crispus ssp littoreus
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Cut-leaved Dead-nettle Lamium hybridum
Cypress Spurge Euphorbia cyparissias
Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Daisy Bellis perennis
Dame's-violet Hesperis matronalis
Dandelion Tanaxacum
Danish Scurvygrass Cochlearia danica
Darwin's Barberry Berberis darwinii
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria
Diel's Cotoneaster Cotoneaster delsianus
Distant Sedge Carex distans
Dodder Cuscuta epithymum
Dog-rose Rosa canina
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
Druce's Crane's-bill Geranium x oxoniarum
Dwarf Cherry Prunus cerasus
Dwarf mallow Malva neglecta
Dwarf Rush Juncus capitatus
Dwarf Spurge Euphorbia exigua
Early Forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima
Early Goldenrod Solidago gigantea ssp serotina
Early Hair-grass Aira praecox
Early Meadow-grass Poa infirma
Early-purple Orchid Orchis mascula
Eascallonia Escallonia rubra
Eelgrass Zostera marina
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elecampane Inula helenium
English Stonecrop Sedum anglicum
Equal-leaved Knotgrass Polygonum depressum
Erman's Birch Betula ermanii
European Larch Larix decidua
European White-elm Ulmus laevis
False Brome Brachypodium sylvaticum
False Dittany Ballota acetabulosa
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius
False Tormentil Potentilla x suberecta
False-acacia Robinia pseudoacacia
Fat-hen Chenopodium album
Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium
Fiddle Dock Rumex pulcher
Field Bindweed Convulvulus arvensis
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field Madder Sherardia arvensis
Field Maple Acer campestre
Field Pansy Viola arvensis
Field Penny-cress Thlaspi arvense
Field Wood-rush Luzula campestris
Field Woundwort Stachys arvensis
Fig-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium ficifolium
Flax Linum usitatissimum
Floating Sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans
Fodder Burnet Poterium sanguisorba ssp balearicum
Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium
Fool's Water-cress Helosciadium nodiflorum
Four-leaved Allseed Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica
Galingale Cyperus longus
Garden Cat-mint Nepeta x faassenii
Garden Cress Lepidium sativum
Garden Lobelia Lobelia erinus
Garden Pink-sorrel Oxalis latifolia
Garden Privet Ligustrum ovalifolium
Garden Radish Raphanus sativus
Garden Rocket Eruca vesicaria ssp sativa
Garden Strawberry Fragaria ananassa
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Generous Poplar Populus x generosa
German-ivy Delairea odorata
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Giant Butterbur Petasites japonicus
Giant Herb-Robert Geranium maderense
Giant Viper's-bugloss Echium pininana
Gladiolus Gladiolus communis ssp byzantinus
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Golden-samphire Limbarda crithmoides
Golden-scaled Male-fern Dryopteris affinis
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Grape-hyacinth Muscari neglectum
Great Brome Anisantha diandra
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Greater Hard-fern Blechnum cordatum
Greater Honeywort Cerinthe major
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major
Greater Plantain Plantago major ssp intermedia
Greater Quaking-grass Briza maxima
Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green bristle-grass Setaria viridis
Green Field-speedwell Veronica agrestis
Grey Alder Alnus incana
Grey Field-speedwell Veronica polita
Grey Poplar Populus x canescens
Grey Sedge Carex divulsa
Grey Willow Salix cinerea ssp oleifolia
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Guernsey Fleabane Erigeron sumatrensis
Guernsey Spleenwort Asplenium x sarniense
Hairy Bindweed Calystegia pulchra
Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus subbiflorus
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Buttercup Ranunculus sardous
Hairy Finger-grass Digitaria sanguinalis
Hairy Garlic Allium subhirsutum
Hairy Tare Ervilia hirsuta
Hard-fern Blechnum spicant
Hare's-foot Clover Trifolium arvense
Hare's-tail Lagurus ovatus
Hawkweed Hieracium umbellatum ssp bichlorophyllum
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hazel Corylus avellana
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Heath Groundsel Senecio sylvaticus
Heath Milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia
Heath Pearlwort Sagina subulata
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis
Heath Wood-rush Luzula multiflora
Heath-grass Danthonia decumbens
Heath-spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza maculata
Heather (Ling) Calluna vulgaris
Hedge Bedstraw Galium album
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium
Hedge Hebe Veronica x franciscana
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica
Hemlock Conium maculatum
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata
Hemp Cannabis sativa
Hemp Agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Henbane Hyoscyamus niger
Henbit Dead-nettle Lamium amplexicaule
Herb Bennet, Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Highclere Holly Ilex x altaclerensis
Highland Bent Agrostis castellana
Himalayan Cotoneaster Cotoneaster simonsii
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa
Hoary Cinquefoil Potentilla argentea
Hoary Willowherb Epilobium parviflorum
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Holly Ilex aquilfolium
Hollyberry Cotoneaster Cotoneaster bullatus
Holm Oak Quercus ilex
Honesty Lunaria annua
Honey Spurge Euphorbia mellifera
Honeybells Nothoscordum borbonicum
Honeysuckle Lonicera perclymenum
Hop Humulus lupulus
Hop Trefoil Trifolium campestre
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus
Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Hottentots-fig Carpobrotus edulis
Huon's Fescue Festuca huonii
Hybrid Black-poplar Populus x canadensis
Hybrid Rye-grass Lolium x boucheanum
Hybrid Tobacco Nicotiana x sanderae
Hybrid Water-cress Nasturtium x sterilis
Hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla
Intermediate Polypody Polypodium interjectum
Intermediate Water-starwort Callitriche brutia ssp hamulata
Italian Alder Alnus cordata
Italian Lords & Ladies Arum italicum ssp italicum
Ivy Broomrape Orobanche hederae
Ivy-leaved Crowfoot Ranunculus hederaceus
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Japanese Cherry 'Kanzan' Prunus serrulata
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa Alba
Jersey Elm Ulmus minor ssp sarniensis
Jersey Lily Amaryllis belladonna
Jointed Rush Juncus articulatus
Kangaroo-apple Solanum laciniatum
Karo Pittosporum crassifolium
Keel-fruited Cornsalad Valerianella carinata
Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria ssp corbierei
Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare
Knotted Clover Trifolium striatum
Krauss's Clubmoss Selaginella kraussiana
Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum
Lady's Mantle Alchemilla mollis
Lanceolate Spleenwort Asplenium obovatum
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Large-flowered Evening-primrose Oenothera glazioviana
Large-leaved Lime Tilia platyphyllos
Larkspur Consolida ajacis
Least Yellow-sorrel Oxalis exilis
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Chickweed Stellaria pallida
Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis
Lesser Periwinkle Vinca minor
Lesser Quaking-grass Briza minor
Lesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea
Lesser Swine-cress Lepidium didymum
Lesser trefoil Trifolium dubium
Leyland Cypress Cupressus x leylandii
Little-Robin Geranium purpureum
Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta
Long-bracted Sedge Carex extensa
Long-headed Poppy Papaver dubium
Lords & Ladies Arum maculatum
Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica
Love-in-a-mist Nigella damascena
Lucerne Medicago sativa ssp sativa
Mahonia 'Charity' Mahonia x media
Maiden Pink Dianthus deltoides
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Malus tschonoskii
Mangrove-leaved Daisy-bush Olearia avicenniifolia
Many-seeded Goosefoot Lipandra polysperma
Maritime Pine Pinus pinaster
Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum
Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus
Marsh Pennyworth Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Medium-flowered Winter-cress Barbarea intermedia
Medlar Mespilus germanica
Mexican Fleabane Erigeron karvinskianus
Midland Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata
Milk Thistle Silybum marianum
Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii
Montbretia Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Monterey Cypress Cupressus macrocarpa "Lutea"
Monterey Pine Pinus radiata
Mossy Sandwort Arenaria balearica
Mossy Stonecrop Crassula tillaea
Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria
Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca
Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella officinarum
Musk Stork's-bill Erodium moschatum
Musk-mallow Malva moschata
Narrow-fruited Water-cress Nastiurtium microphyllum
Narrow-leaved Cudweed Logfia gallica
Narrow-leaved Meadow-grass Poa angustifolia
Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus
Neapolitan Garlic Allium neapolitanum
Nettle-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodiastrum murale
New Zealand Holly Olearia macrodonta
New Zealand Pigmyweed Crassula helmsii
New Zealand Spinach Tetragonia tetragoniodides
Niger Guizotia abyssinica
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Nit-grass Gastridium ventricosum
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Oat Avena sativa
Oil-seed Rape Brassica napus ssp oleifera
Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum
Orange Bird's-foot Ornithopus pinnatus
Oriental Hawthorn Crataegus orientalis
Osier Salix viminalis
Oval Sedge Carex leporina
Oxyeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Pale Flax Linum bienne
Pale Galingale Cyperus eragrostis
Pale Pink-sorrel Oxalis incarnata
Pampas-grass Cortaderia selloana
Paper-bark Birch Betula papyrifera
Parrot's-feather Myriophyllum aquaticum
Parsley-piert Aphanes arvensis
Pear Pyrus communis
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Pedunculate Water-starwort Callitriche brutia ssp brutia
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Pencilled Crane's-bill Geranium versicolor
Pendulus Sedge Carex pendula
Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Perennial Sowthistle Sonchus arvensis
Perennial Wall-rocket Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus
Phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia
Pill Sedge Carex pilulifera
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Pink Purslane Claytonia sibirica
Pink-sorrel Oxalis articulata
Plain Harlequinflower Sparaxis grandiflora
Plot's Elm Ulmus plotii
Ploughman's-spikenard Inula conyzae
Polypody Polypodium vulgare
Portland Spurge Euphorbia portlandica
Portugal Laurel Prunus lusitanica
Prickly Poppy Argemone mexicana
Prickly Poppy Papaver argemone
Prickly Sedge Carex muricata
Prickly Sowthistle Sonchus asper
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens
Procumbent Yellow-sorrel Oxalis corniculata
Purpe-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Purple Dewplant Disphyma crassifolium
Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea
Purple-flowered Cotoneaster Cotoneaster atropurpureus
Quamash Camassia quamash
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi
Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Red Alder Alnus rubra
Red Bistort Bistorta amplexicaulis
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Fescue Festuca rubra
Red Goosefoot Oxybasis rubra
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber
Redshank (Redleg) Persicaria maculosa
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ripgut Brome Anisantha rigida
Rock Samphire Crithmum maritimum
Rock Sea-lavender Limonium binervosum ssp sarniense
Rock Sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola
Rosa 'Albertine'
Rosa 'American Pillar'
Rosa 'Dorothy Perkins'
Rosa 'Felicite-perpetue'
Rosebay WIllowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium
Rosy Dewplant Lampranthus roseus
Rough Clover Trifolium scabrum
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis
Round-fruited Cockspurthorn Crataegus succulenta
Round-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium rotundifolium
Round-leaved Crowfoot Ranunculus omiophyllus
Rowan, Mountain Ash Sorbus aucuparia
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis
Rubus ulmifolius
Rumex x pratensis
Russel Lupin Lupinus x regalis
Russian Comfrey Symphytum x uplandicum
Russian-vine Fallopia baldschuanica
Salad Burnet Poterium sanguisorba ssp sanguisorba
Saltmarsh Rush Juncus gerardii
Sand Crocus Romulea columnae
Sand Sedge Carex arenaria
Sand Spurrey Spergularia rubra
Scarlet Pimpernel Lysimachia arvensis
Scented Mayweed Matricaria chamomilla
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris
Sea Beet Beta vulgaris ssp maritima
Sea Campion Silene uniflora
Sea Carrot Daucus carota ssp gummifer
Sea Fern-grass Catapodium marinum
Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum
Sea Mouse-ear Cerastium diffusum
Sea Pearlwort Sagina maritima
Sea Plantain Plantago maritima
Sea Rocket Cakile maritima
Sea Spleenwort Asplenium marinum
Sea Stork's-bill Erodium maritimum
Sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides
Seaside Daisy Erigeron glaucus
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Shaggy Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella peleteriana
Sharp-flowered Rush Juncus acutiflorus
Sharp-leaved Fluellen Kickxia elatine
Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella
Sheep's-bit Jasione montana
Sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina ssp hirtula
Shepherd's Cress Teesdalia nudicaulis
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Short-fruited Willowherb Epilobium obscurum
Short-styled Field-rose Rosa stylosa
Shrub Ragwort Brachyglottis x jubar
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Silver Hair-grass Aira caryophyllea
Silver Lime Tilia tormentosa
Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata
Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis
Six- rowed Barley Hordium vulgare
Slender Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus angustissimus
Slender Club-rush Isolepis cernua
Slender Marsh-bedstraw Galium constrictum
Slender parsley-piert Aphanes australis
Slender Speedwell Veronica filiformis
Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum
Slender Thistle Carduus tenuiflorus
Slender Trefoil Trifolium micranthum
Small Adder's-tongue Ophioglossum azoricum
Small Cudweed Logfia minima
Small Sweet-grass Glyceria declinata
Small-flowered Buttercup Ranunculus parviflorus
Small-flowered Catchfly Silene gallica
Small-flowered Crane's-bill Geranium pusillum
Small-flowered Sweet-briar Rosa micrantha
Small-leaved Lime Tilia cordata
Smaller Cat's-tail Phleum bertolonii
Smaller Tree-mallow Malva multiflora
Smith's Pepperwort Lepidium heterophyllum
Smoke-tree Cotinus coggygria
Smooht Cat's-ear Hypochaeris glabra
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris
Smooth Sowthistle Sonchus olearaceus
Smooth Tare Ervum tetraspermum
Smooth-stalked Sedge Carex laevigata
Snow-in-summer Cerastium tomentosum
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum
Soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus ssp hordeacus
Soft-brome Bromus hordeacus ssp ferronii
Soft-brome Bromus hordeacus ssp longipedicellatus
Soft-rush Juncus effusus
Southern Beech Nothofagus antarctica
Southern Wood-rush Luzula forsteri
Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium
Spanish bluebell Hyacinthoides hispanica
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear-leaved Orache Atriplex prostrata
Spearmint Mentha spicata
Spotted Dead-nettle Lamium maculatum
Spotted Medick Medicago arabica
Spotted-laurel Aucuba japonica
Spreading Meadow-grass Poa humilis
Spreading Oleaster Elaeagnus umbellata
Spring Beauty Claytonia perfoliata
Spring Starflower Tristagma uniflorum
Spring Vetch Vicia lathyroides
Spring-sedge Carex caryophyllea
Spurge Laurel Daphne laureola
Square-stalked Willowherb Epilobium tetragonum
Square-stemmed St John's-wort Hypericum tetrapterum
Squirreltail Fescue Vulpia bromoides
Squirting Cucumber Ecballium elaterium
Stag's-horn Sumach Rhus typhina
Star-of-Bethlehem Ornithogalum umbellatum
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Sticky Stork's-bill Erodium aethiopicum
Stinking Chamomile Anthemis cotula
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Subterranean Clover Trifolium subterraneum
Suffocated Clover Trifolium suffocatum
Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum
Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopia
Swamp Cypress Taxodium distichum
Swedish Whitebeam Sorbus intermedia
Sweet Alison Lobularia maritima
Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa
Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Sweet-William Catchfly Silene armeria
Swine-cress Lepidium coronopus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Tall Fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus
Tall Nightshade Solanum chenopodioides
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana
Thorn-apple Datura stramonium
Three-cornered Garlic Allium triquetrum
Thrift Armeria maritima
Thunberg's Barberry Berberis thunbergii
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia
Timothy Phleum pratense
Toad Rush Juncus bufonius
Tormentil Potentilla erecta
Trailing St John's-wort Hypericum humifusum
Trailing Tormentil Potentilla anglica
Tree Heath Erica arborea
Tree Ivy xFatshedera lizei
Tree Lupin Lupinus arboreus
Tree-mallow Malva arborea
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca
Turkey Oak Quercus cerris
Turnip -rape Brasssica rapa ssp oleifera
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Two-rowed Barley Hordeum distichon
Upright Chickweed Moenchia erecta
Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica
Upright Yellow-sorrel Oxalis stricta
Velvet Bent Agrostis canina
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum ssp murinum
Wall Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis
Wall Rue Asplenium ruta-muraria
Wall Speedwell Veronica arvensis
Walnut Juglans regia
Water Bent Polypogon viridis
Water Chickweed Stellaria aquatica
Water fern Azolla filiculoides
Water Figwort Scrophularia auriculata
Water-cress Nasturtium officinale
Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper
Water-purslane Lythrum portula
Waterer's Cotoneaster Cotoneaster x watererei
Wavy Bitter-cress Cardamine flexuosa
Weasel's-snout Misopates orontium
Weld Reseda luteola
Western Clover Trifolium occidentale
Western Eyebright Euphrasia tetraquetra
Western Gorse Ulex gallii
White African-daisy Arctotis stoechadifolia
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Henbane Hyoscanus albus
White Horehound Marrubium vulgare
White Mustard Sinapis alba
White Poplar Populus alba
White Ramping-fumitory Fumaria capreolata
White Stonecrop Sedum album
Wild Asparagus Asparagus officinalis ssp prostratus
Wild Carrot Daucus carota ssp carota
Wild Clary Salvia verbenaca
Wild Leek Allium ampeloprasum var bulbiferum
Wild Madder Rubia peregrina
Wild Majoram Origanum vulgare
Wild Onion Allium vineale
Wild Pansy Viola tricolor
Wild Pear Pyrus pyraster
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare
Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum ssp raphanistrum
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Wild Thyme Thymus drucei
Wild-oat Avena fatua
Wilson's Honeysuckle Lonicera nitida
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus
Winter-cress Barbarea vulgaris
Wireplant Muehlenbeckia complexa
Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus
Wood Meadow-grass Poa nemoralis
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia
Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides
Wood-sedge Carex sylvatica
Wormwood Artemisia absinthium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Broomrape Phelipanche purpurea
Yellow Archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Yellow Bartsia Parentucellia viscosa
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus
Yellow Oat-grass Trisetum flavescens
Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum
Yellow Star-thistle Centaurea solstitialis
Yellow-rattle Rhianthus minor
Yew Taxus baccata
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus

From Susan Synnott's Sark plant list.

Planning a visit?

Plan your Sark trip, answer six questions and the plan is drafted for you. Or explore Visit Sark for ferries, weather, things to do and practical island information, or have the Getting to Sark guide sent to your inbox.

Ask a question About the retreat, the island, or getting here.
Prefer to talk to someone? Nadia replies on WhatsApp herself.
Message Nadia on WhatsApp

"Hello Nadia, I would like to ask about a retreat"