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Species other than birds specially protected under The Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981: Schedule 8 (Plants)

 
Scientific name
English name
Year scheduled

Vascular plants

Ajuga chamaepitys Ground pine 1992
Alisma gramineum Ribbon-leaved water-plantain 1981
Allium sphaerocephalon Round-headed leek 1981
Althaea hirsuta Rough marsh-mallow 1981
Alyssum alyssoides Small alison 1981
Apium repens Creeping marshwort 1988
Arabis alpina Alpine rock-cress 1988
Arabis scabra (stricta) Bristol rock-cress 1988
Arenaria norvegica Norwegian sandwort 1981
Artemisia campestris Field wormwood 1981
Atriplex pedunculata (Halimione pedunculata) Stalked orache 1992
Bupleurum baldense Small hare's-ear 1981
Bupleurum falcatum Sickle-leaved hare's-ear 1981
Carex depauperata Starved wood-sedge 1981
Centaurium tenuiflorum Slender centaury 1992
Cephalanthera rubra Red helleborine 1981
Chenopodium vulvaria Stinking goosefoot 1988
Cicerbita alpina Alpine sow-thistle 1981
Clinopodium menthifolium (Calamintha sylvatica) Wood calamint 1981
Coincya wrightii   (Rhynchosinapis wrightii) Lundy cabbage 1988
Corrigiola litoralis Strapwort 1988
Cotoneaster integerrimus (Cotoneaster cambrica) Wild cotoneaster 1981
Crassula aquatica Pigmyweed 1988
Crepis foetida Stinking hawk's-beard 1988
Cynoglossum germanicum Green hound's-tongue 1988
Cyperus fuscus Brown galingale 1981
Cypripedium calceolus Lady's-slipper 1981
Cystopteris dickieana Dickie's bladder fern 1981
Dactylorhiza lapponica Lapland marsh-orchid 1992
Damasonium alisma Starfruit 1981
Dianthus armeria Deptford pink 1998 England and Wales only
Dianthus gratianopolitanus Cheddar pink 1981
Diapensia lapponica Diapensia 1981
Eleocharis parvula Dwarf spike-rush 1998
Epipactis youngiana Young's helleborine 1988
Epipogium aphyllum Ghost orchid 1981
Equisetum ramosissimum Branched horsetail 1988
Erigeron borealis Alpine fleabane 1988
Eriophorum gracile Slender cottongrass 1988
Euphorbia peplis Purple spurge 1981 Removed 1992
Eryngium campestre Field eryngo 1981
Filago lutescens Red-tipped cudweed 1988
Filago pyramidata Broad-leaved cudweed 1992
Fumaria reuteri (martinii) Martin's ramping-fumitory 1988
Gagea bohemica Early star of Bethlehem 1988
Gentiana nivalis Alpine gentian 1981
Gentiana verna Spring gentian 1981
Gentianella anglica Early gentian 1992
Gentianella ciliata Fringed gentian 1988
Gentianella uliginosa Dune gentian 1992
Gladiolus illyricus Wild gladiolus 1981
Gnaphalium luteoalbum Jersey cudweed 1981
Hieracium attenuatifolium Weak-leaved hawkweed 1992
Hieracium northroense Northroe hawkweed 1992
Hieracium zetlandicum Shetland hawkweed 1992
Himantoglossum hircinum Lizard orchid 1981
Homogyne alpina Purple colt's-foot 1988
Hyacinthoides non-scripta Bluebell 1998 S.13(2) sale only
Lactuca saligna Least lettuce 1981
Leersia oryzoides Cut-grass 1998
Limonium paradoxum St. David's sea lavender 1981 Removed 1992
Limonium recervum Recurved sea lavender 1981 Removed 1992
Limosella australis Welsh mudwort 1992
Liparis loeselii Fen orchid 1981
Lloydia serotina Snowdon lily 1981
Luronium natans Floating water-plantain 1992
Lychnis alpina Alpine catchfly 1981
Lythrum hyssopifolia Grass-poly 1988
Melampyrum arvense Field cow-wheat 1981
Mentha pulegium Pennyroyal 1988
Minuartia stricta Teesdale sandwort 1981
Najas flexilis Slender naiad 1992
Najas marina Holly-leaved naiad 1988
Ononis reclinata Small restharrow 1988
Ophioglossum lusitanicum Least adder's-tongue 1988
Ophrys fuciflora Late spider-orchid 1981
Ophrys sphegodes Early spider-orchid 1981
Orchis militaris Military orchid 1981
Orchis simia Monkey orchid 1981
Orobanche artemisiae-campestris (Orobanche loricata) (Orobanche picridis) Oxtongue broomrape 1981
Orobanche caryophyllacea Bedstraw broomrape 1981
Orobanche reticulata Thistle broomrape 1981
Petrorhagia nanteuilii Childing pink 1981
Phyllodoce caerulea Blue heath 1981
Phyteuma spicatum Spiked rampion 1992
Polygonatum verticillatum Whorled Solomon's-seal 1981
Polygonum maritimum Sea knotgrass 1981
Potentilla rupestris Rock cinquefoil 1981
Pulicaria vulgaris Small fleabane 1988
Pyrus cordata Plymouth pear 1981
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius Adder's-tongue spearwort 1981
Rhinanthus serotinus Greater yellow-rattle 1981
Romulea columnae Sand crocus 1988
Rumex rupestris Shore dock 1992
Salvia pratensis Meadow clary 1992
Saxifraga cernua Drooping saxifrage 1981
Saxifraga cespitosa Tufted saxifrage 1981
Saxifraga hirculus Yellow marsh-saxifrage 1992
Scirpus triqueter   (Scirpus triquetrus) Triangular club-rush 1981
Scleranthus perennis Perennial knawel 1981
Scorzonera humilis Viper's-grass 1988
Selinum carvifolia Cambridge milk-parsley 1988
Senecio paludosus Fen ragwort 1988
Stachys alpina Limestone woundwort 1981
Stachys germanica Downy woundwort 1981
Tephroseris integrifolia subspecies maritima South Stack fleawort 1998
Teucrium botrys Cut-leaved germander 1988
Teucrium scordium Water germander 1981
Thlaspi perfoliatum Perfoliate penny-cress 1992
Trichomanes speciosum Killarney fern 1981
Veronica spicata Spiked speedwell 1981
Veronica triphyllos Fingered speedwell 1988
Viola persicifolia Fen violet 1981
Woodsia alpina Alpine woodsia 1981
Woodsia ilvensis Oblong woodsia 1981
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Mosses

Acaulon triquetrum Triangular pygmy-moss 1992
Anomodon longifolius Long-leaved anomodon 1998
Bartramia stricta Rigid apple-moss 1992
Bryum mamillatum Dune thread-moss 1992
Bryum neodamense Long-leaved threadmoss 1998
Bryum schleicheri Schleicher's thread-moss 1992
Buxbaumia viridis Green shield-moss 1992
Cryphaea lamyana Multi-fruited river-moss 1992
Cyclodictyon laetevirens Bright-green cave-moss 1992
Desmatodon cernuus Flamingo moss 1998
Didymodon cordatus (Barbula cordata) Cordate beard-moss 1992
Didymodon glaucus (Barbula glauca) Glaucous beard-moss 1992
Ditrichum cornubicum Cornish path-moss 1992
Grimmia unicolor Blunt-leaved grimmia 1992
Hamatocaulis (Drepanocladus)
vernicosus
Slender green feather-moss 1992
Hygrohypnum polare Polar feather-moss 1998
Hypnum vaucheri Vaucher's feather-moss 1992
Micromitrium tenerum Millimetre moss 1992
Mielichhoferia mielichhoferi Alpine copper-moss 1992
Orthotrichum obtusifolium Blunt-leaved bristle-moss 1992
Plagiothecium piliferum Hair silk-moss 1992
Rhynchostegium rotundifolium Round-leaved feather-moss 1992
Saelania glaucescens Blue dew-moss 1992
Scorpidium turgescens Large yellow feather-moss 1992
Sphagnum balticum Baltic bog-moss 1992
Thamnobryum angustifolium Derbyshire feather-moss 1992
Zygodon forsteri Knothole moss 1992
Zygodon gracilis Nowell's limestone-moss 1992
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Liverworts

Adelanthus lindenbergianus Lindenberg's leafy liverwort 1992
Geocalyx graveolens Turpswort 1992
Gymnomitrion apiculatum Pointed frostwort 1992
Jamesoniella undulifolia Marsh earwort 1992
Lophozia (Leiocolea) rutheana Norfolk flapwort 1992
Marsupella profunda Western rustwort 1992
Petalophyllum ralfsii Petalwort 1992
Riccia bifurca Lizard crystalwort 1992
Southbya nigrella Blackwort 1992
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Fungi

Battarraea phalloides Sandy stilt puffball 1998
Boletus regius Royal bolete 1998
Buglossoporus pulvinus Oak polypore 1998
Hericinum erinaceum Hedgehog fungus 1998
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Lichens

Alectoria ochroleuca Alpine sulphur-tresses 1998
Bryoria furcellata Forked hair-lichen 1992
Buellia asterella Starry breck-lichen 1992
Caloplaca luteoalba Orange-fruited elm-lichen 1992
Caloplaca nivalis Snow caloplaca 1992
Catapyrenium psoromoides Tree catapyrenium 1992
Catillaria laureri Laurer's catillaria 1992
Catolechia wahlenbergii Goblin lights 1998
Cladonia convoluta Convoluted Cladonia 1998
Cladonia stricta Upright mountain-cladonia 1992
Collema dichotomum River jelly-lichen 1992
Enterographa elaborata New Forest beech-lichen 1998
Gyalecta ulmi Elm gyalecta 1992
Heterodermia leucomelos Ciliate strap-lichen 1992
Heterodermia propagulifera Coralloid rosette-lichen 1992
Lecanactis hemisphaerica Churchyard lecanactis 1992
Lecanora achariana Tarn lecanora 1992
Lecidea inops Copper lecidea 1992
Nephroma arcticum Arctic kidney-lichen 1992
Pannaria ignobilis Caledonian pannaria 1992
Parmelia minarum New Forest parmelia 1992
Parmentaria chilensis Oil-stain parmentaria 1992
Peltigera lepidophora Ear-lobed dog-lichen 1992
Pertusaria bryontha Alpine moss-pertusaria 1992
Physcia tribacioides Southern grey physcia 1992
Pseudocyphellaria lacerata Ragged pseudocyphellaria 1992
Psora rubiformis Rusty alpine psora 1992
Solenopsora liparina Serpentine solenopsora 1992
Squamarina lentigera Scaly breck-lichen 1992
Teloschistes flavicans Golden hair-lichen 1992
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Stoneworts

Chara canescens Bearded stonewort 1992
Lamprothamnium papulosum Foxtail stonewort 1988
 
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