Sheep grazing provides ideal conditions for rare pink flowered seaside centaury. The banks have rich flora including the nationally rare yellow centaury. The northern embankment supports plants such a common milkwort, common centaury and white clover. Centaurium scilloides, also known as perennial centaury is a flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae. Plant species which are present here include the cowslip, wild carrot and the common centaury. In 2010 perennial centaury, a national rarity, was refound by Helen and Laurie Oakes. The European centaury is used as a medical herb in many parts of Europe. Among these are red bartsia, centaury, yellow-wort, bee orchid and felwort or autumn gentian. This centaury is native to much of California, southern Oregon, and northwest Baja California.