Allotment
These pictures show some of the plants and animals found on the River Close Allotments in Redbridge in the East End of London.
Common Crab Spider
Type: Arachnid, SpiderFamily: Thomisidae
Genus: Xysticus
Species: cristatus
Habitat: vegetation
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Field Maple
Type: Flowering Plant, TreeFamily: Aceraceae
Genus: Acer
Species: campestris
Flower_Colour:Green
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Mallard
Type: BirdFamily: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
Species: platyrhynchos
Habitat: Lakes, Ponds, Streams & Rivers
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Status: Allotment, Main
Common Backswimmer
Type: InsectFamily: Notonectidae
Genus: Notonecta
Species: glauca
Habitat: Ponds, Water Buts
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: May
Photographer: DW
Status: Allotment, Main
Wild Radish
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Brassicaceae
Genus: Raphanus
Species: raphanistrum
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Scrubland
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: May
Photographer: DW
Status: Allotment, Main
Cow Parsley
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Apiaceae
Genus: Anthriscus
Species: sylvestris
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Grassland, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: May
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment
Sycamore
Type: Flowering Plant, TreeFamily: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Species: pseudoplatanus
Flower_Colour:Green
Habitat: Hedgerows, Woodlands
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: May
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Garlic Mustard
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Brassicaceae
Genus: Alliaria
Species: petiolata
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Hedgerows
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: May
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Wood Forget-me-not
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Myosotis
Species: sylvatica
Flower_Colour:Blue
Habitat: Hedgerows, Woodlands
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Flat-backed Millipede
Type: Insect, MyriopodFamily: Polydesmidae
Genus: Polydesmus
Species: angustus
Habitat: Compost, Rotting Wood, Soil, Woodlands
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Broad-bodied Chaser
Type: Dragonfly, InsectFamily: Libellulidae
Genus: Libellula
Species: depressa
Habitat: Lakes, Open Water, Ponds, Streams & Rivers
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Herb Robert
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: robertianum
Flower_Colour:Pink
Habitat: Gardens, Grassland, Hedgerows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Cowslip
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Primulaceae
Genus: Primula
Species: veris
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
European Corn-salad or Lamb’s Lettuce
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Valerianaceae
Genus: Valerianella
Species: locusta
Flower_Colour:Lilac, White
Habitat: bogs, Meadows
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: April
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Stinging Nettle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Urticaceae
Genus: Urtica
Species: dioica
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Black Bindweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species: convolvulus
Flower_Colour:Green
Habitat: Arable land, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
White Campion
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species: alba
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Yarrow
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Achillea
Species: millefolium
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Grassland, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Status: Allotment, Main
Oxeye Daisy
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysanthemum
Species: leucanthemum
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Evening Primrose
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Onagraceae
Genus: Oenothera
Species: biennis
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Arable land, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Perforate St John’s-wort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Hypericaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Species: perforatum
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Arable land, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Status: Allotment, Main
Honeysuckle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lonicera
Species: periclymenum
Flower_Colour:White, Yellow
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Dandelion
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Taraxacum
Species: officinale
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Arable land, Grassland, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Feverfew or Batchelor’s Buttons
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysanthemum
Species: parthenum
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Halberd-leaved Orache
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species: hastata
Flower_Colour:Green
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Many-seeded Goosefoot
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species: polyspermum
Flower_Colour:Green, Red
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Fig-leaved Goosefoot
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species: ficifolium
Flower_Colour:Green, Red
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Scented Mayweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Matricaria
Species: recutita
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Smooth Newt
Type: Amphibian, AnimalFamily: Salamandridae
Genus: Lissotriton
Species: vulgaris
Habitat: Meadows, Ponds
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Teasel
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Dipsacus
Species: fullonum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Arable land, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Fringed Water-lily
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Menyanthaceae
Genus: Nymphoides
Species: peltata
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Lakes, Ponds
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Red Deadnettle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lamium
Species: purpureum
Flower_Colour:Pink
Habitat: Arable land
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Sun Spurge
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: helioscopia
Flower_Colour:Green
Habitat: Arable land
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Common Chickweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Stellaria
Species: media
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Grassland, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Groundsel
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species: vulgaris
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Hedge Bindweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Calystegia
Species: sepium
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Hedgerows
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Field Forget-me-not
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Myosotis
Species: arvensis
Flower_Colour:Blue
Habitat: Arable land
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Mugwort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemesia
Species: vulgaris
Flower_Colour:Green
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Russian Comfrey
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Symphytum
Species: x uplandicum
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Arable land, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Ragwort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species: jacobea
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Arable land, Grassland, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Hedge Mustard
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Brassicaceae
Genus: Sisymbrium
Species: officinale
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Arable land, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Black Nightshade
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: nigrum
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Ribwort Plantain
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Plantago
Species: lanceolata
Flower_Colour:Green
Habitat: Arable land, Grassland, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Creeping Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: arvense
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Arable land, Grassland, Hedgerows, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Spear Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: vulgare
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Arable land, Grassland, Meadows
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Annual Mercury
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Mercurialis
Species: annua
Flower_Colour:Green
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Creeping Buttercup
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Ranunculus
Species: repens
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Arable land, Meadows
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Creeping Cinquefoil
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species: reptans
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Bindweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Calystegia
Species: soldanella
Flower_Colour:Pink, White
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Status: Allotment, Main
Lesser Swine Cress
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Brassicaceae
Genus: Coronopus
Species: didymus
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Sun Spurge
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: helioscopia
Flower_Colour:Green
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Bristly Ox-tongue
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Picris
Species: echioides
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Arable land, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Prickly Sowthistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Sonchus
Species: asper
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Arable land, Meadows
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Shepherd’s Purse
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Brassicaceae
Genus: Capsella
Species: bursa-pastoris
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Status: Allotment, Main
Flowering Rush
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Butomaceae
Genus: Butomus
Species: umbellatus
Flower_Colour:Pink
Habitat: Lakes, Ponds
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Field Speedwell
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Veronica
Species: agrestis
Flower_Colour:Blue
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Scarlet Pimpernel
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Primulaceae
Genus: Anagallis
Species: arvensis
Flower_Colour:Red
Habitat: Arable land, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Borage
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Borago
Species: officinalis
Flower_Colour:Blue
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Alkanet
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Pentaglottis
Species: sempervirens
Flower_Colour:Blue
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: August
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Gatekeeper
Type: ButterflyFamily: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pyronia
Species: tithonus
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Allotment, East London, Ripple Nature Reserve, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: July
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Corn Marigold
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysanthemum
Species: segetum
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Arable land
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Cornflower
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: cyanus
Flower_Colour:Blue
Habitat: Arable land
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Common Poppy
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Papaveraceae
Genus: Papaver
Species: rhoeas
Flower_Colour:Red
Habitat: Arable land
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main
Corncockle
Type: Flowering PlantFamily: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Agrostemma
Species: githago
Flower_Colour:Pink
Habitat: Arable land
Site: Allotment, East London, UK, Wanstead
Month Taken: July
Photographer: RKS
Status: Allotment, Main