Diversity of wild plants in a low-maintenance Scottish suburban garden. Then and now –1986 and 2011

摘要

In 1986, prior to the publication of the Wild Plants of Glasgow (Dickson, 1991), a survey was undertaken of the native (or naturalised) higher plant diversity of a large suburban garden in the south side of Glasgow. The garden harboured over sixty wild plant species, including a few unusual species for the area. A follow up survey was undertaken 25 years later in 2011, to assess how the natural plant community had changed over the years. Plants were identified with the aid of Keble Martin (1969), Garrard & Streeter (1983), and Phillips (1980). Nomenclature has been updated to match Dickson et al. (2000).