PASTE survey for the backyard (2022)

Posted on di 07 juni 2022 in surveys

This survey is for a revision of the design for the backyard.

The extra information for each plant is derived from the following sources:

Plants

DAFOR(N)

Dominant

Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca (mirabelle plum / mirabel)
- only one, takes up most of the space in the backyard
- blooms very early: late February / March
- maybe cultivar Mirabelle de Nancy
- great for making jam
Prunus laurocerasus (cherry laurel / laurierkers)
- leaves contain hydrogen cyanide (blauwzuur)
- berries are food for birds
- has grown quite big these last few years

Abundant

Fragaria vesca (wild strawberry / bosaardbei)
Geranium robertianum (Herb-Robert / robertskruid)
- used as a remedy for toothache and nosebleeds
- used for or useful in healing wounds

Frequent

Chelidonium majus (greater celandine / stinkende gouwe)
- toxic in moderate doses
- use latex to treat warts
- attracts pollenators
Digitalis purpurea (foxglove / vingerhoedskruid)
- toxic
- used in medicine to treat heart problems
Hedera helix (common ivy / klimop)
- used for soaps
Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke / aardpeer)
- used like mashed potatoes or in soup
Taraxacum officinale (dandilion / paardenbloem)
- edible
- young leaves are less bitter
- make syrup from flowers
- tap root
- blooms from April
Tradescantia virginiana (Virginia spiderwort / eendagsbloem)

Occasional

Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard / look-zonder-look)
- biennial plant
- chopped leaves used flavoring in salads and sauces such as pesto
- flowers and fruit can be included as well
- leaves are best when young, and provide a mild flavor of both garlic and mustard
- the seeds are sometimes used to season food directly
- used as a disinfectant or diuretic and sometimes to heal wounds
Allium sativum (garlic / knoflook)
Cardamine hirsuta (hairy bittercress / kleine veldkers)
Claytonia perfoliata (Indian lettuce / winterpostelein)
- resistant to frost
- important source of vitamin C and minerals like calcium, magnesium and iron
- whole plant is edible
Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (Crocosmia / Montbretia)
- yellow juice from the flower can be used as a substitute for saffron
Humulus lupulus (common hop / hop)
Hydrangea macrophylla (bigleaf hydrangea / gewone hortensia)
- attracts pollenators
Lamium purpureum (red dead-nettle / paarse dovenetel)
- ripe flowers contain nectar
- flowers are edible
- leafs can be used in salad, soups or briefly boiled like spinach
- make tea from dried leafs
Lonicera caprifolium (Italian woodbine / gewone kamperfoelie)
Melissa officinalis (Lemon balm / citroenmelisse)
- scent attracts bees
- make tea from leaves
- use as flavouring for dishes
- source of essential oil
Mentha suaveolens (Apple mint / witte munt)
- blooms July - October
- make tea from leaves
- source of essential oil
Pastinaca sativa (parsnip / pastinaak)
- main supplier of calories before potatoes were introduced
- cook or fry
Phytolacca esculenta (Indian Pokeweed / Oosterse karmozijnbes)
- young shoots can be eaten
- seeds, root and unripe berries are poisonous
- berries can be used as colorant
Solanum tuberosum (potato / aardappel)

Rare

Allium ursinum (wild garlic / daslook)
Bryophyta (moss / mos)
Buddleja davidii (summer lilac / vlinderstruik)
- food for butterflies
- blooms only on non-wooded parts
- blooms July / September
Campanula poscharskyana (Serbian bellflower / kruipklokje)
- blooms lavender-blue from mid-spring to early autumn
- leaves are edible year round
Chlorophyta (green algae / groenwier)
Cirsium vulgare (spear thistle / speerdistel)
- The stems can be peeled and then steamed or boiled. The tap roots can be eaten raw or cooked, but are only palatable on young thistles that have not yet flowered.
Crocus vernus subsp. vernus (spring crocus / bonte krokus)
Elaeagnus umbellata (silverberry / zilverbes)
- nitrogen fixer
- edible berries
- propagated from a cutting
Erigeron canadensis (horseweed / Canadese fijnstraal)
- used to treat boils, snake poison and menstrual pain
Euphorbia platyphyllos (Broad-leaf Spurge / Brede wolfsmelk)
Fallopia baldschuanica (Russian-vine / Chinese bruidssluier)
Forsythia × intermedia (border forsythia / Chinees klokje)
Muscari botryoides (grape hyacinth / blauwe druifjes)
Myosotis sylvatica (woodland forget-me-not / bosvergeet-me-nietje)
- short-lived herbaceous perennial or biennial growing to 12–30 cm tall by 15 cm wide
Oxalis articulata Savigny (pink-sorrel / oxalis)
- native to South America, naturalized in Europe
- the leaves contain oxalic acid, which gives them their sharp flavour
- edible in small quantities, the leaves should not be eaten in large amounts
Petroselinum crispum (parsley / peterselie)
Rhododendron ? ( / Rhododendron)
Ribes nigrum (blackcurrant / zwarte bes)
Ribes rubrum (redcurrant / rode bes)
Ribes sanguineum Pursh (red-flowering currant / rode ribes)
- edible berry, insipid taste
- bumblebee favourite
- blooms March - April
Ribes uva-crispa (gooseberry / kruisbes)
Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary / rozemarijn)
- blooms April - June
Rubus idaeus (raspberry / framboos)
Rubus phoenicolasius (Japanese wineberry / Japanse wijnbes)
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme (cherry tomato / kerstomaat)
Sonchus oleraceus (common sowthistle / gewone melkdistel)
- young leaves are edible
Skimmia japonica var. japonica (skimmia / skimmia)
Stellaria media (chickweed / vogelmuur)
Trifolium repens (white clover / witte klaver)
- fixes nitrogen
Tulipa tarda (tulip / tulp)
- leaves can be used as soap
Viburnum tinus (laurustinus / sneeuwbol)
- fruits have been used as purgatives against constipation
- flowers in winter

Non-existant

tropical plants

Other

Experiment

Nepeta cataria (catnip / wild kattenkruid)

Also in the neighborhood

Aegopodium podagraria (ground elder / zevenblad)
- appears as early as February
- flowers in May to June
- tender leaves used as a spring leaf vegetable, much as spinach
- dried leaves taste like parsely
- after flowering leaves take on a pungent taste and have a laxative effect
- flowering can be stopped by pinching out the flowers
- medicinal herb to treat gout and arthritis, applied in hot wraps externally upon boiling both leaves and roots together
- ingested, the leaves have a diuretic effect and act as a mild sedative
Aesculus hippocastanum (horse-chestnut / paardenkastanje)
Bellis perennis (common daisy / madeliefje)
Betula pendula (silver birch / ruwe berk)
Castanea sativa (sweet chestnut / tamme kastanje)
Chaenomeles japonica (Maule's quince / Japanse sierkwee)
- we made jam from this fruit
Cornus mas (Cornelian cherry / gele kornoelje)
- we made jam from this fruit
Corylus avellana (common hazel / hazelaar)
Crataegus laevigata (midland hawthorn / tweestijlige meidoorn) - near canal
Crataegus monogyna (common hawthorn / eenstijlige meidoorn) - hedges
Hypericum perforatum (/ sint-janskruid?)
Jacobaea vulgaris (common ragwort / Jakobskruiskruid)
Malus domestica (apple / appel)
Prunus cerasifera Nigra (Purple-leaf plum / mirabel) - neighbor's garden
Quercus rubra (northern red oak / Amerikaanse eik) - side of the street
Rubus allegheniensis (common blackberry / braam)
Sambucus nigra (elderberry / gewone vlier)
Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew / taxus)
Tilia cordata (small-leaved linden / winterlinde)
- linden flowers are a traditional herbal remedy made into an herbal tea called lime tea
- The young leaves can be eaten as a salad vegetable.

Animals

insects
- Apis millifera carnica (Carniolan honey bee / Carnica honingbij)
- Cydalima perspectalis (box tree moth / buxusmot)
- Grapholita funebrana (plum fruit moth / pruimenmot)
  - overwinters in Prunus fruits like plums
  - two generations per year
  - moths fly from end of April to well in September
- solitary bees
  - Andrena fulva (tawny mining bee / vosje)
- bumble bees
  - Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee / aardhommel)
  - Bombus lapidarius (red-tailed bumblebee / steenhommel)
- hoverflies / zweefvliegen
  - Syrphus vitripennis (hoverfly / kleine bandzweefvlieg)
- Lasius niger (black garden ant / wegmier) ???
- Calliphoridae (blow flies / bromvliegen)
  - Lucilia caesar (common greenbottle / groene keizersvlieg) ???
- Culicidae (mosquito / steekmug)
- Aphidoidea (aphid / bladluis)
- beetles / kevers
  - Leptinotarsa decemlineata (/ coloradokever)
  - Pyrrhocoris apterus (firebug / vuurwants)
  - Coccinellidae (lady bug / lieveheersbeestje)
    - Coccinella undecimpunctata (/ elfstippelig lieveheersbeestje)
worms / wormen
- Lumbricus terrestris (common earthworm / gewone regenworm)
snails / slakken
- Arion rufus (red slug / gewone wegslak)
- Helix pomatia (Roman snail / wijngaardslak)
geleedpotigen
- Porcellio scaber (common rough woodlouse / gewone pissebed)
- spiders
birds / vogels
- Accipiter nisus (sparrowhawk / sperwer)
- Columba palumbus (wood pigeon / houtduif)
- Corvus monedula (Western jackdaw / kauw)
- Cyanistes caeruleus (Eurasian blue tit / pimpelmees)
- Erithacus rubecula (European robin / roodborstje)
- Fringilla coelebs (common chaffinch / vink)
- Garrulus glandarius (Eurasian jay / gaai)
- Parus major (great tit / koolmees)
- Passer domesticus (house sparrow / huismus)
- Pica pica (common magpie / ekster)
- Sturnus vulgaris (common starling / spreeuw)
- Turdus merula (common blackbird / merel)
mammals / zoogdieren
- Felis silvestris catus (domesticated cat / huiskat)
- Homo sapiens sapiens (human / mens)
- Mus musculus (house mouse / huismuis)

Structures

House
Shed
Gate
Concrete tile seating area and path
Wooden fence
Concrete fence
Neighbors extension (stone, flat roof)
Neighbors extension (steel, pitched roof)
Compost bin
Wooden bench
Rain barrel
Mini containers for general waste and garden waste
Gardening pots and containers

Tools

Gardening tools
Gardening pots
Construction tools
Bicycles

Events

humans walk house → shed → gate and back
humans walk house → compost bin and back
humans sit in garden
humans walk, work, harvest in garden
humans walk by front garden with dogs
cats visit garden
4 seasons
~800 mm rain / year