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All the species that have been added to this database have been found and (with a very few exceptions) photographed in Heene Cemetery. [Number of species matching these criteria: 793.]

Red Soldier Beetle or Hogweed Bonking Beetle

Red Soldier Beetle or Hogweed Bonking Beetle is a common beetle seen on hogweed flowers from May until August.

(Rhagonycha fulva)

(Soldier Beetles)

Pouting Woodlouse-fly

The larvae of these flies are parasitic on woodlice, beetles, spiders and occasionally snails.

(Rhinophora lepida)

(Woodlouse Flies)

Lichen - unnamed 45

Rhizocarpon reductum is a crustose lichen found on rocks and headstones.

(Rhizocarpon reductum)

(Lichens)

Tender Feather-moss

Tender Feather-moss has leaves that are extremely slender and spearhead-shaped.

(Rhynchostegiella tenella)

(Feather-mosses and Mouse-tail mosses)

Clustered Feather-moss

Clustered Feather-moss is a common moss forming mid-green patches on trees, wood, walls, rockeries or stones.

(Rhynchostegium confertum)

(Feather-mosses and Mouse-tail mosses)

Springy Turf-moss

This is a widespread moss in urban areas, common in lawns and golf courses, as it favours unimproved or semi-improved grassland.

(Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus)

(Feather mosses)

Leafhopper - unnamed 1

This leafhopper is commonly found on brambles and other plants.

(Ribautiana tenerrima)

(Leafhoppers)

Bramble Leafhopper

This is one of the most common leafhoppers, being usually found on brambles.

(Ribautiana tenerrima)

(Leafhoppers)

Dog-rose

The name of this native Dog-rose may be a corruption of 'dagger rose' because of its long thorns.

(Rosa canina)

(Roses)

Dog-rose x. Field-rose

This rose is a hybrid cross between two native roses, the Dog-rose and the Field-rose.

(Rosa canina x stylosa)

(Roses)

Celsiana is an old rose cultivar, a Damask rose (an old group said to have been brought to Europe from the Middle East).

(Rosa damascena 'Celsiana')

(Roses)

Rose de Rescht is an old rose cultivar, a Damask rose (an old group said to have been brought to Europe from the Middle East by the Crusaders).

(Rosa damascena 'Rose de Rescht')

(Roses)

Dutch Rose

The Dutch Rose is derived from the native British 'Japanese Rose' and an unknown second parent.

(Rosa rugosa Hollandica)

(Roses)

Wichurana Rambler rose

This distinctive cerise-crimson rose is a vigorous rambler with little or no fragrance and lavish, medium-sized double blooms.

(Rosa wichuraiana ‘Excelsa’)

(Roses)

This pink, semi-double flowered rose was first hybridized in 1823.

(Rosa x alba 'Amelia')

(Roses)

Alba Semi-plena rose

Alba Semi-plena is an old rose that produces clusters of large milk-white flowers.

(Rosa x alba 'Semi-Plena')

(Roses)

Mme. Grégoire Staechelin rose

This climbing rose has pink, semi-double flowers. It was first hybridized in 1927.

(Rosa x hybrida 'Mme Grégoire Staechelin')

(Roses)

Reine des Violettes rose

This multi-petalled magenta flower emerges from a thornless stem. It was first hybridized in 1860.

(Rosa x hybrida 'Reine de Violettes')

(Roses)

Bramble

Brambles may annoy gardeners but foragers welcome the fact that they provide blackberries, rich in vitamin C.

(Rubus fruticosus agg.)

(Roses)

Raspberry

Raspberry plants are usually perennials which give biennial stems or 'canes'.

(Rubus idaeus)

(Roses)

Common Sorrel is a native dock that is edible, if somewhat bitter. Its red flowers appear from May.

(Rumex acetosa)

(Docks)

Broad-leaved Dock

Broad-leaved docks flower from June onwards. Their lower leaves are heart-shaped at the base.

(Rumex obtusifolius)

(Docks)

Wood Dock

The red-veined leaves of Wood Dock are characteristic, although not always present.

(Rumex sanguineus)

(Docks)

Purple Brittlegill

Purple Brittlegill may be found under deciduous trees or conifers.

(Russula atropurpurea)

(Gilled Mushrooms)

Fragile Brittlegill

The white stems of Fragile Brittlegill are long and fragile, and the cap is variable in colour, often purple or wine-red.

(Russula fragilis)

(Gilled Mushrooms)

Procumbent Pearlwort

Procumbent Pearlwort (also Matted Pearlwort or Birdeye Pearlwort) is a low-growing, perennial plant with a spreading habit.

(Sagina procumbens)

(Pinks)

Male and female flowers of the Goat Willow are specific to individual trees. Male catkins ripen with a yellow pollen.

(Salix caprea)

(Willows)

This native, somewhat scruffy-looking tree, is very similar to the Goat Willow tree.

(Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia)

(Willows)

Narrow-banded Zebra Spider

This small spider is about half a centimetre in length. It is pale grey in colour, hairy and has dark triangular markings.

(Salticus cingulatus)

(Jumping Spiders)

A female Zebra Spider.

(Salticus scenicus)

(Jumping spiders)

Salvia 'Hot Lips'

Memorial Garden planting, Salvia 'Hot Lips'

(Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips')

(Sage)

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Miss Jessops Upright'

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Miss Jessops Upright', Heene Cemetery, October 2025.

(Salvia rosmarinus 'Miss Jessopp's Upright')

(Mints and Dead-Nettles)

Elder

The Elder's fragrant flowers open in May, followed by black berries.

(Sambucus nigra)

(Honeysuckles)

Salad Burnet in mid-April 2025.

(Sanguisorba minor)

(Roses)

The brick-coloured abdominal patches, large feet, red eyes, and chequered abdomen, are indicative of the Flesh-fly.

(Sarcophaga sp.)

(Flesh-flies)

Flesh-flies lay their eggs on carrion, on dung and on matter found decaying anywhere.

(Sarcophaga sp.)

(Flesh-flies)

Twin-spot Centurion

The Twin-spot Centurion is the UK's largest soldier fly, with a wing length of perhaps 10mm and a body length up to 14mm.

(Sargus bipunctatus)

(Soldier flies)

White-letter Hairstreak

The White-letter Hairstreak is a small, dark butterfly, considered to be uncommon, even rare.

(Satyrium w-album)

(Hairstreaks, Coppers and Blues)

White-clubbed Glasswing

Scaeva pyrastri is a relatively large hoverfly distinguished with white (not yellow) abdominal markings.

(Scaeva pyrastri)

(Hoverflies)

Vinegar fly - unnamed 1

This small fly, as far as we know, is typical of vinegar flies, being short-lived and feeding off rotting matter.

(Scaptomyza sp.)

(Vinegar flies)

Yellow Dung Fly

Yellow Dung Flies are mainly carnivorous, and will predate smaller insects, being especially good at catching blow-flies.

(Scathophaga stercoraria)

(Dung flies)

Thickpoint Grimmia

Schistidium crassipilum is one of Britain's commonest moss species.

(Schistidium crassipilum)

(Grimmia mosses)

Look closely at this photograph, and you will see that the red bulge is not the insect's abdomen, but a red tick.

(Sciapus sp.)

(Long-legged flies)

The ever wary Grey Squirrel keeps its distance from people.

(Sciurus carolinensis)

(Squirrels)

Common Earthball

Looking like a warty potato, the Common Earthball has a tough skin that ruptures to release its spores.

(Scleroderma citrinum)

(Gilled Mushrooms)

Autumn Hawkbit usually flowers in the autumn, but is seen here starting to flower in January.

(Scorzoneroides autumnalis)

(Asters)

This perennial of damp places rises like a Willowherb to nearly two metres in height, showing small, brown, gaping flowers.

(Scrophularia auriculata)

(Figworts)

White Stonecrop

White Stonecrop is a creeping, perennial herb that forms mat-like stands.

(Sedum album)

(Stonecrops)

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