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Species ListsA wide range wetland species and many bush willow cultivars are used within and around our WET Systems. The species mix is dependent upon the type of wastewater. For example we would use a different species mix on a WET System purifying sewage (which is slightly alkaline) to that which we would use if the WET System were to purify cider mill effluent (which is very acidic). As well as the many wetland marginals and willows we have also created Forest Gardens within some WET Systems, which are also planted with fruit and nut trees. Wetland plant speciesAlisma plantago-aquatica Water Plantain Butomus umbellatus Flowering Rush Callitriche spp. Water Starworts Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold Carex paniculata Great Tussock Sedge Carex pendula Pendulous Sedge Carex pseudocyperus Cyperous Sedge Carex riparia Greater Pond Sedge Carex sylvatica Wood-sedge Carex remota Remote Sedge Ceratophyllum demersum Rigid Hornwort Cyperus longus Galingale Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hair-grass Eupatorium cannabinum Hemp Agrimony Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet Geranium phaeum Dusky Cranesbill Geranium pratense Meadow Cranesbill Geum rivale Water Avens Glyceria maxima Reed Sweet Grass Hottonia palustris Water-violet Hydrocharis morsus-ranae Frogbit Iris pseudacorus Yellow Flag Iris Juncus spp. Rushes Luzula sylvatica Great Wood Rush Lychnis flos-cuculi Ragged Robin Lysimachia vulgaris Yellow Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife Mentha aquatica Water Mint Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean Myosotis scorpioides Water Forget-me-not Myriophyllum spicatum Spiked Water Milfoil Nymphoides peltata Fringed Water Lily Petasites hybridus Butterbur Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary Grass Phragmites communis Common Reed Potentilla palustris Marsh Cinquefoil Pulicaria dysenterica Fleabane Ranunculus lingua Greater Spearwort Ranunculus flammula Lesser Spearwort Schoenoplectus lacustris Clubrush Scirpus sylvaticus Wood Clubrush Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort Silene dioica Red Campion Sparganium erectum Branched Burr-reed Stratiotes aloides Water Soldier Symphytum officinale Common Comfrey Tanacetum vulgare Tansy Tussilago farfara Coltsfoot Typha latifolia Greater Reedmace Veronica beccabunga Brooklime WillowAs well as a range of biomass varieties we also use the following named osier types: Salix alba ‘Chermesina’ Salix chinensis Salix daphnoides ‘Aglaia’ Salix daphnoides ‘Continental Purple’ Salix daphnoides ‘Oxford Violet’ Salix daphnoides ‘Sinker’ Salix fragilis ‘Leegomey’ Salix x hertei ‘Reifenweide’ Salix mollisima ‘Hippophaefolia’ Salix mollisima ‘Hippophaefolia Stinchcombe’ Salix purpurea ‘Abbeys’ Salix purpurea ‘Continental Reeks’ Salix purpurea ‘Dark Dicks’ Salix purpurea ‘Dicky Meadows’ Salix purpurea ‘Goat’ Salix purpurea ‘Goldstones’ Salix purpurea ‘Green Dicks’ Salix purpurea ‘Helix’ Salix purpurea ‘Japonica’ Salix purpurea ‘Jagiellonka’ Salix purpurea ‘Lambertiana’ Salix purpurea ‘Nicholsonii Purpurescens’ Salix purpurea ‘Scharlentii Argensis’ Salix purpurea ‘Uralensis’ Salix x rubra ‘Eugenei’ Salix triandra ‘Black German’ Salix triandra ‘Noir de Villaine’ Salix triandra ‘Norfolk’ Salix triandra ’Whissander’ Salix viminalis ‘Black Hollander’ Salix viminalis ‘Black Osier’ Salix viminalis ‘Brown Merrin’ Salix viminalis ‘English Rod’ Salix viminalis ‘Green Gotz’ Salix viminalis ‘Reader’s Red’ Salix viminalis ‘Whipcord’ These willow cultivars have been used in basketry and hurdle making for many decades - some for centuries.
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