A Monad in the City of London (Grid Reference TQ3281)

We occasionally travel up to our old Haunts in the City of London and have visited various locations, looking for Wild Flowers growing on Walls beside All Hallows-on-the-Wall, in the St Mary Aldermanbury Garden, in the Barber-Surgeons' Hall Garden, in the Garden of St Christchurch Greyfriars, in the Garden of St Olave Silver Street, Postman's Park and in the Grounds of St Paul's Cathedral &c. All fall within the Monad, Grid Reference TQ3281.

The Monad falls within Metropolitan Vice County 21 (Middlesex) for 'Biological Recording Purposes'.

A few other Open Spaces fall within this Monad although sadly, with building work constantly underway, sections of the City are becoming increasingly Characterless and Sterile. Thankfully however, there are still places where we may see Wild Flowers (or perhaps, to the vast majority of people, Weeds): also Bees, Birds (other than Feral Pigeons), (Grey) Squirrels, Butterflies &c. but they are becoming few and far between.

Despite this, it has occurred to us that we should record the Plants we see growing in this Monad. Our visits will be very occasional but we imagine we will be in for a few Pleasant Surprises.

Plants seen to date include:

Black Horehound
Black Nightshade
Black Spleenwort viz.

Bramble
Common Chickweed
Common Nettle
Creeping Thistle
Daisy
Dandelion
Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill
Gallant/Shaggy Soldier
Greater Plantain
Great Willowherb
Hart's-Tongue Fern viz.

Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Least-Yellow Sorrel
Maidenhair Spleenwort viz.

Mexican Fleabane
Mind-your-own-Business viz.

Orange Hawkweed (we were especially pleased to see a few Plants flowering in the St Mary Aldermanbury Garden during May) viz.

Oxford Ragwort
Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Purple-Leaved Procumbent Yellow Sorrel
Purple Loosestrife viz.

Red Dead-Nettle
Red Valerian
Rusty-Back Fern (we came across a small population growing on Walls beside All Hallows-on-the-Wall, London Wall, the first time we have ever knowingly seen any Rusty-Back Fern)
Selfheal
Wall-Rue
White Clover