 The meadow is also rich in various herbs including typical hayfield species pepper saxifrage ("Silaum silaus"), yellow rattle ("Rhinanthus minor"), great burnet ("Sanguisorba officinalis"), black knapweed ("Centaurea nigra"), adder's tongue ("Ophioglossum vulgatum"), common meadowrue ("Thalictrum flavum"), and ragged robin ("Lychnis flos-cuculi").Other meadow flowers include for common knapweed ("Centaurea nigra"), meadow buttercup ("Ranunculus acris"), yellow rattle ("Rhinanthus minor"), cowslip ("Primula veris"), meadowsweet ("Filipendula ulmaria"), and ox-eye daisy ("Leucanthemum vulgare").The meadow is surrounded by rivers, streams and drainage ditches which add to the biological diversity of the site, with many species of bank-side plant present including for slender tufted-sedge ("Carex acuta"), marsh arrowgrass ("Triglochin palustris"), and great water-dock ("Rumex hydrolapathum"), tubular water-dropwort ("Oenanthe fistulosa"), marsh marigold ("Caltha palustris"), marsh foxtail ("Alopecurus geniculatus"), early marsh-orchid ("Dactylorhiza incarnata"), and brown sedge ("Carex disticha").