Plants with special protection

Species shown in bold are those known to occur in Scotland

PLANTS AND FUNGI PROTECTED BY SPECIAL PENALTIES
(Schedule 8 Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981)

 VASCULAR PLANTS

Ajuga chamaepitys  

Ground Pine

Alisma gramineum

Ribbon-leaved Water-plantain

Allium sphaerocephalon 

Round-headed Leek

Althaea hirsuta

Rough Marsh-mallow

Alyssum alyssoides  

Small Alison

Apium repens *     

 Creeping Marshwort

Arabis alpina      

Alpine Rock-cress

Arabis scabra (stricta)

Bristol Rock-cress

Arenaria norvegica

Norwegian Sandwort

Artemisia campestris   

Field Wormwood

Atriplex pendunculata

Stalked Orache

Bupleurum baldense

Small Hare's-ear

Bupleurum falcatum    

Sickle-Leaved Hare's-ear

Carex depauperata      

Starved Wood-sedge

Centaurium tenuiflorum

 Slender Centaury

Cephalanthera rubra

Red Helleborine

Chenopodium vulvaria     

Stinking Goosefoot

Cicerbita alpina   

Alpine Sow-thistle

Clinopodium menthifolium

Wood Calamint

Coincya wrightii   

Lundy Cabbage

Corrigiola litoralis

Strapwort

Cotoneaster integerrimus      

Wild Cotoneaster

Crassula aquatica

Pigmyweed

Crepis foetida  

Stinking Hawk's-beard

Cynoglossum germanicum

 Green Hound's-tongue

Cyperus fuscus  

Brown Galingale

Cypripedium calceolus*

Lady's-Slipper Orchid

Cystopteris dickieana  

Dickie's Bladder Fern

Dactylorhiza lapponica

Lapland Marsh-orchid

Damasonium alisma   

Starfruit

Dianthus gratianopolitanus    

Cheddar Pink

Dianthus armeria # 

Deptford Pink

Diapensia lapponica    

Diapensia

Eleocharis parvula

Dwarf Spike-rush

Epipactis youngiana   

Young's Helleborine

Epipogium aphyllum

Ghost Orchid

Equisetum ramosissimum   

Branched Horsetail

Erigeron borealis     

Alpine Fleabane

Eriophorum gracile    

Slender Cottongrass

Eryngium campestre 

Field Eryngo

Filago lutescens   

Red-tipped Cudweed

Filago pyramidata   

Broad-leaved Cudweed

Fumaria reuteri (martinii)    

Martin's Ramping-fumitory

Gagea bohemica  

Early Star of Bethlehem

Gentiana nivalis      

Alpine Gentian

Gentiana verna      

Spring Gentian

Gentianella anglica *     

Early Gentian

Gentianella ciliata       

Fringed Gentian

Gentianella uliginosa

Dune Gentian

Gladiolus illyricus

Wild Gladiolus

Gnaphalium luteoalbum

Jersey Cudweed

Hieracium attenuatifolium  

Weak-leaved Hawkweed

Hieracium northroense  

Northroe Hawkweed

Hieracium zetlandicum  

Shetland Hawkweed

Himantoglossum hircinum    

Lizard Orchid

Homogyne alpina 

Purple Coltsfoot

Hyacinthoides non-scripta 1   

Bluebell

Lactuca saligna

Least Lettuce

Leersia oryzoides     

Cut-Grass

Limosella australis  

Welsh Mudwort

Liparis loeselii*  

Fen Orchid

Lloydia serotina

 Snowdon Lily

Luronium natans*       

Floating Water-plantain

Lythrum hyssopifolia     

Grass-poly

Melampyrum arvense  

Field Cow-wheat

Mentha pulegium

Pennyroyal

Minuartia stricta  

Teesdale Sandwort

Najas flexilis*  

Slender Naiad

Najas marina   

 Holly-Leaved Naiad

Ononis reclinata

Small Restharrow

Ophioglossum lusitanicum   

Least Adder's-tongue

Ophrys fuciflora

Late Spider-orchid

Ophrys sphegodes

Early Spider-orchid

Orchis militaris

Military Orchid

Orchis simia

Monkey Orchid

Orobanche artemisiae campestris

Oxtongue Broomrape

Orobanche caryophyllacea   

Bedstraw Broomrape

Orobanche reticulata  

Thistle Broomrape

Petroraghia nanteuilii  

Childing Pink

Phyllodoce caerulea

Blue Heath

Phyteuma spicatum

Spiked Rampion

Polygonatum verticillatum  

Whorled Solomon's-seal

Polygonum maritimum

Sea Knotgrass

Potentilla rupestris  

Rock Cinquefoil

Pulicaria vulgaris  

Small Fleabane

Pyrus cordata

Plymouth Pear

Ranunculus ophioglossifolius  

Adder’s-tongue Spearwort

Rhinanthus serotinus

Greater Yellow-rattle

Romulea columnae

Sand Crocus

Rumex rupestris *

Shore Dock

Salvia pratensis

Meadow Clary

Saxifraga cernua

Drooping Saxifrage

Saxifraga cespitosa  

Tufted Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirculus *        

Yellow Marsh Saxifrage

Scirpus triqueter 

Triangular Club-rush

Scleranthus perennis

Perennial Knawel

Scorzonera humilis

Viper's Grass

Selinum carvifolia  

Cambridge Milk-parsley

Senecio paludosus

 Fen Ragwort

Stachys alpina 

Limestone Woundwort

Stachys germanica

Downy Woundwort

Tephroseris integrifolia

South Stack Fleawort

Teucrium botrys  

Cut-leaved Germander

Teucrium scordium

Water Germander

Thlaspi perfoliatum      

Perfoliate Penny-cress

Trichomanes speciosum *  

Killarney Fern

Veronica spicata  

Spiked Speedwell

Veronica triphyllos       

Fingered Speedwell

Viola persicifolia  

Fen Violet

Woodsia alpina   

Alpine Woodsia

Woodsia ilvensis

Oblong Woodsia




MOSSES

Acaulon triquetrum

Triangular Pygmy-moss

Anomodon longifolius

Long-leaved Anomodon

Bartramia stricta

Rigid Apple-moss

Bryum mamillatum 

Dune Thread-moss

Bryum neodamense

Long-leaved Thread-moss

Bryum schleicheri

Schleicher's Thread-moss

Buxbaumia viridis

Green Shield-moss

Cryphaea lamyana

Multi-Fruited River-moss

Cyclodictyon laetevirens

 Bright-green Cave-moss

Desmatodon cernuus

Flamingo Moss

Didymodon cordata

Cordate Beard-moss

Didymodon glauca 

Glaucous Beard-moss

Ditrichum cornubicum

Cornish Path-moss

Grimmia unicolor 

Blunt-leaved Grimmia

Hamatocaulis (Drepanocladus) vernicosus

Slender Green Feather-moss

Hygrohypnum polare 

Polar Feather-moss

Hypnum vaucheri

Vaucher's Feather-moss

Micromitrium tenerum 

Millimetre Moss

Mielichhoferia mielichhoferi 

Alpine Copper-moss

Orthotrichum obtusifolium

Blunt-leaved Bristle-moss

Plagiothecium piliferum

Hair Silk-moss

Rhynchostegium rotundifolium

Round-Leaved Feather-moss

Saelania glaucescens 

Blue Dew-moss

Scorpidium turgescens

Large Yellow Feather-moss

Sphagnum balticum

Baltic Bog-moss

Thamnobryum angustifolium

Derbyshire Feather-moss

Zygodon forsteri

Knothole Moss

Zygodon gracilis 

Nowell's Limestone-moss




LIVERWORTS

Adelanthus lindenbergianus     

Lindenberg's Leafy Liverwort

Geocalyx graveolens

Turpswort

Gymnomitrion apiculatum 

Pointed Frostwort

Jamesoniella undulifolia 

Marsh Earwort

Lophozia (Leiocolea) rutheana 

Norfolk Flapwort

Marsupella profunda

Western Rustwort

Petalophyllum ralfsii   

Petalwort

Riccia bifurca   

Lizard Crystalwort

Southbya nigrella

Blackwort




LICHENS

Alectoria ochroleuca

Alpine Sulphur-tresses

Bryoria furcellata

Forked Hair-lichen

Buellia asterella

Starry Breck-lichen

Caloplaca luteoalba

Orange-Fruited Elm-lichen

Caloplaca nivalis

Snow Caloplaca

Catapyrenium psoromoides

Tree Catapyrenium

Catillaria laureri    

Laurer's Catillaria

Catolechia wahlenbergii

Goblin Lights

Cladonia convoluta

Convoluted Cladonia

Cladonia stricta 

Upright Mountain-cladonia

Collema dichotomum

River Jelly-lichen

Enterographa elaborata

New Forest Beech-lichen

Gyalecta ulmi

Elm Gyalecta

Heterodermia leucomelos

Ciliate Strap-lichen

Heterodermia propagulifera

Coralloid Rosette-lichen

Lecanactis hemisphaerica

Churchyard Lecanactis

Lecanora achariana

Tarn Lecanora

Lecidea inops

Copper Lecidea

Nephroma arcticum 

Arctic Kidney-lichen

Pannaria ignobilis 

Caledonian Pannaria

Parmelia minarum

New Forest Parmelia

Parmentaria chilensis

Oil-stain Parmentaria

Peltigera lepidophora

Ear-lobed Dog-lichen

Pertusaria bryontha  

Alpine Moss-pertusaria

Physcia tribacioides  

Southern Grey Physcia

Pseudocyphellaria lacerata

Ragged Pseudocyphellaria

Psora rubiformis

Rusty Alpine Psora

Solenopsora liparina  

Serpentine Solenopsora

Squamarina lentigera

Scaly Breck-Lichen

Teloschistes flavicans  

 Golden Hair-Lichen



FUNGI

Battarraea phalloides

Sandy Stilt Puffball

Boletus regius

Royal Bolete

Buglossoporus pulvinus

Oak Polypore

Hericium erinaceum

Bearded Tooth




STONEWORTS

Chara canescens  

Bearded Stonewort

Lamprothamnium papulosum   

Foxtail Stonewort


* A European protected species.
Protected in England and Wales only (a species believed to have been introduced to Scotland).
1 Protected only against selling, offering or advertising for sale, possessing or transporting for the purpose of sale only.

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