Local Wildlife Site

Wildlife

The west and north sides of the churchyard are quite shaded due to the mature yew trees. The grassland in the south-east side of the churchyard is quite colourful with herbs including yarrow, selfheal, speedwells, cat's-ear and sweet violet. The main interest here, however are the ferns. The churchyard supports seven species, which is a very high number for London and the highest number known for a single site in Ealing. Most of the ferns grow on the walls of the church building, especially in the channel at the base of the walls. Four species that are uncommon or rare in London are here, black spleenwort, maidenhair spleenwort, soft shield-fern and wall-rue. The walls here are particularly suitable for these ferns for a number of reasons. The channel is dark and damp which suits them, the mortar in the walls is probably the old-fashioned lime-based type and the walls have not been scraped clean of vegetation and re-pointed too often.

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