Plant species of the Eifel (Germany)

The Eifel is a famous area for botanists. Because the Eifel is close to Belgium and The Netherlands, botanists from this countries visit the area regularly. I visited the Eifel in company of the Dutch youth organization NJN in the spring (May) of 1994. I recorded a list of plants (226 species) sorted by location, whereby I tried to avoid mentioning a specie twice. The Eifel is a good place to look for spring flowers in the forests and for the orchids in the calcareous meadows.

Useful identification keys

• H. Haeupler, A. Jagel and W. Schumacher: Verbeitungsatlas der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Nordrhein-Westfalen (Recklinghausen 2003).
• K. Senghas and S. Seybold: Schmeil-Fitschen Flora von Deutschland (Wiesbaden 1996).
• http://www.eifelnatur.de/ (in Dutch and German)

List of the recorded plant species

Schafbach and surrounding area's (Google Map)

Adoxa moschata
Ajuga reptans
Alliaria petiolata
Anemone nemoralis
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Anthriscus sylvestris
Arabidopsis thaliana
Armoracia rusticana
Barbarea vulgaris
Calluna vulgaris
Caltha palustris
Campanula trachelium
Cardamine amara
Cardamine flexuosa
Cardamine pratense
Carex disticha
Carex nigra
Carum carvi
Centaurea montana
Centaurea scabiosa
Cerastium arvense
Chaerophyllum temulum
Chamaespartium sagittale
Chamerion angustifolium
Chrysosplenium alternifolium
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Cirsium palustre
Crepis palustris
Cytisus scoparius
Digitalis purpurea
Equisetum fluviatile
Erophila verna
Euphorbia cyparissias
Filipendula ulmaria
Fragaria vesca
Galium mollugo
Galium palustre
Galius verum
Geranium pratense
Hieracium pilosella
Hypercium dubium
Hypericum montanum
Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum pulchrum
Impatiens noli-tangere
Juncus conglomeratus
Lathyrus linifolius
Lepidium draba
Leucanthemum vulgare
Lotus corniculatus
Lotus pedunculatus
Lupinus polyphyllus
Luzula campestris
Luzula pilosa
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Malva alcea
Malva moschata
Mentha aquatica
Moehringia trinerva
Myosotis scorpioides
Myosoton aquaticum
Orobanche rapum-genistae
Oxalis acetosa
Persicaria bistorta
Petasites alba
Petasites hybridus
Phyteuma spicatum
Pimpinella major
Pimpinella saxifraga
Polygala serpyllifolia
Polygonatum multiflorum
Polygonatum verticillatum
Potentilla anglica
Potentilla sterilis
Primula veris
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus flammula
Rhinanthus minor
Rorippa palustris
Rubus idaeus
Salix caprea
Sanguisorba officinalis
Saxifraga granulata
Senecio nemorensis
Sherardia arvensis
Stachys officinalis
Stachys sylvatica
Stellaria graminea
Stellaria holostea
Stellaria uliginosa
Teucrium scorodonia
Thymus pulegoides
Trifolium incarnatum
Valeriana dioica
Veronica agrestis
Veronica beccapunga
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica serpillifolia
Vicia sepium
Viol arvensis
Viola odorata
Viola reichenbachii
Viola tricolor

Sötenich (Google Map)

Anemone nemorosa
Anthyllis vulneraria
Campanula rotundifolia
Campanula trachelium
Cardamine bulbifera
Carlina vulgaris
Cirsium oleraceum
Daphne mezereum
Elymus canina
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Fragaria moschata
Galium odoratum
Galium sylvaticum
Gymnadenia conopsea
Helianthemum nummularium
Hypericum hirsutum
Lamium galeobdolon subsp. montanum
Melica nutans
Mercuralis perennis
Neottia ovata
Origanum vulgare
Oxalis acetosa
Phyteuma nigrum
Picris hieracioides
Pimpinella saxifraga
Plantago media
Polygonatum verticillatum
Potentilla verna
Primula veris
Pulmonaria montana
Sanguisorba minor
Sanicula europaea
Solidago virgaurea
Thymus pulegioides
Vicia villosa
Viola reichenbachii

Rinnen (Google Map)

Actaea spicata
Aquilegia vulgaris
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Colchium autumnalis
Convallaria majalis
Genista pilosa
Helianthemum nummularium
Hieracium murorum
Hippocrepis comosa
Linum catharticum
Milium effusum
Onobrychis viciifolia
Orchis mascula
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Ribes rubrum
Salvia pratensis
Sanguisorba minor
Teucrium chameadrys
Trifolium medium
Viola hirta

Urft (Google Map)

Aconitum vulparia
Arum maculatum
Geranium robertianum
Ranunculus auricomus
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ribes uva-crispa
Sanguisorba officinalis
Thlaspi perfoliatum

Rinnerheide (Google Map)

Angelica sylvestris
Arnica montana
Betula pendula
Betula pubescens
Cirsium palustre
Dryopteris carthusiana
Equisetum sylvaticum
Narthecium ossifragum
Pinus sylvestis
Potentilla erecta
Ranunculus repens
Vaccinium myrtillus
Vaccinium oxycoccus
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Valeriana dioica
Viola palustris

Schleiden

Asplenium ruta-muraria
Asplenium trichomanes

Vierlich

Hieracium murorum
Sedum rupestre

Bad Münstereifel (Google Map)

Agrimonia procera
Aphanes arvensis
Arabis hirsuta
Arenaria serpillifolia
Berberis vulgaris
Brachypodium pinnatum
Cephalanthera damasonium
Clematis vitalba
Corylus avellana
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Dianthus deltoides
Eryngium campestre
Euphorbia peplus
Euphrasia officinalis
Fumaria capreolata
Globularia bisnagarica
Himanthoglossum anthropophorum
Legousia hybrida
Ligustrum vulgare
Lonicera xylosteum
Medicago falcata
Neotinea ustulata
Ononis spinosa ssp. repens
Ophrys insectifera
Orchis purpurea
Platanthera chlorantha
Polygala comosa
Prunella vulgaris
Reseda luteola
Vaccaria hispanica
Valerianella locusta
Verbascum lychnitis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica praecox
Viburnum lantana


Many thanks to the people present at the NJN-Nijmegen field trips in the Eifel, may 1994.