Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Schedule 8 Flowers
Plants included in Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981
These plants are specially protected in Great Britain (revised 1998).
Charophytes
- Chara canescens Bearded Stonewort
- Lamprothamnium papulosum Foxtail Stonewort
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
- A. scabra Bristol Rock-cress
- Arenaria norvegica Norwegian Sandwort
- Artemisia campestris Field Wormwood
- Atriplex pedunculata Stalked Orache
- Bupleurum baldense Small Hare's-ear
- B. 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 cambricus 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
- Cystopteris dickieana Dickie's Bladder-fern
- Dactylorhiza lapponica Lapland Marsh-orchid
- Damasonium alisma Starfruit
- Dianthus armeria1 Deptford Pink
- D. gratianopolitanus Cheddar 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
- F. pyramidata Broad-leaved Cudweed
- Fumaria reuteri Martin's Ramping-fumitory
- Gagea bohemica Early Star-of-Bethlehem
- Gentiana nivalis Alpine Gentian
- G. verna Spring Gentian
- Gentianella anglica Early Gentian
- G. ciliata Fringed Gentian
- G. uliginosa Dune Gentian
- Gladiolus illyricus Wild Gladiolus
- Gnaphalium luteoalbum Jersey Cudweed
- Hieracium attenuatifolium Weak-leaved Hawkweed
- H. northroense Northroe Hawkweed
- H. zetlandicum Shetland Hawkweed
- Himantoglossum hircinum Lizard Orchid
- Homogyne alpina Purple Colt's-foot
- Hyacinthoides non-scripta2 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
- Lychnis alpina Alpine Catchfly
- Lythrum hyssopifolium Grass-poly
- Melampyrum arvense Field Cow-wheat
- Mentha pulegium Pennyroyal
- Minuartia stricta Teesdale Sandwort
- Najas flexilis Slender Naiad
- N. marina Holly-leaved Naiad
- Ononis reclinata Small Restharrow
- Ophioglossum lusitanicum Least Adder's-tongue
- Ophrys fuciflora Late Spider-orchid
- O. sphegodes Early Spider-orchid
- O. militaris Military Orchid
- O. simia Monkey Orchid
- Orobanche artemisiae-campestris Oxtongue Broomrape
- O. caryophyllacea Bedstraw Broomrape
- O. 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 angustifolius Greater Yellow-rattle
- Romulea columnae Sand Crocus
- Rumex rupestris Shore Dock
- Salvia pratensis Meadow Clary
- Saxifraga cernua Drooping Saxifrage
- S. cespitosa Tufted Saxifrage
- S. hirculus Yellow Marsh-saxifrage
- Schoenoplectus 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
- S. germanica Downy Woundwort
- Tephroseris integrifolia ssp. maritima South Stack Fleawort
- Teucrium botrys Cut-leaved Germander
- T. scordium Water Germander
- Thlaspi perfoliatum Perfoliate Penny-cress
- Trichomanes speciosum Killarney Fern
- Veronica spicata Spiked Speedwell
- V. triphyllos Fingered Speedwell
- Viola persicifolia Fen Violet
- Woodsia alpina Alpine Woodsia
- W. ilvensis Oblong Woodsia
1Protected in England & Wales only.
2Protected only against sale.
Plants on Schedule 8 of the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order, 1985
These plants are specially protected in Northern Ireland (Schedule under review in 1999).
- Adoxa moschatellina Moschatel
- Ajuga pyramidalis Pyramidal Bugle
- Andromeda polifolia Bog-rosemary
- Calamagrostis stricta Narrow Small-reed
- Carex magellanica Tall Bog-sedge
- C. pauciflora Few-flowered Sedge
- Centaurium littorale Seaside Centaury
- Cirsium heterophyllum Melancholy Thistle
- Dactylorhiza traunsteineri Narrow-leaved Marsh-orchid
- Dryas octopetala Mountain Avens
- Elatine hydropiper Eight-stamened Waterwort
- Eleocharis parvula Dwarf Spike-rush
- Epipactis palustris Marsh Helleborine
- E. phyllanthes Green-flowered Helleborine
- Erica vagans Cornish Heath
- Erigeron acer Blue Fleabane
- Frangula alnus Alder Buckthorn
- Geranium sylvaticum Wood Crane's-bill
- Gymnocarpium dryopteris Oak Fern
- Hammarbya paludosa Bog Orchid
- Hierochloe odorata Holy-grass
- Hordelymus europaeus Wood Barley
- Hottonia palustris Water-violet
- Hypochaeris glabra Smooth Cat's-ear
- Lathyrus palustris Marsh Pea
- Limonium binervosum s.l. Rock Sea-lavender
- Limosella aquatica Mudwort
- Lycopodiella inundata Marsh Clubmoss
- Melampyrum sylvaticum Small Cow-wheat
- Mentha pulegium Pennyroyal
- Mertensia maritima Oysterplant
- Monotropa hypopitys Yellow Bird's-nest
- Neottia nidus-avis Bird's-nest Orchid
- Ophrys apifera Bee Orchid
- Orchis morio Green-winged Orchid
- Orobanche hederae Ivy Broomrape
- Orthilia secunda Serrated Wintergreen
- Pilularia globulifera Pillwort
- Polystichum lonchitis Holly Fern
- Primula veris Cowslip
- P. vulgaris1 Primrose
- Pseudorchis albida Small-white Orchid
- Ranunculus fluitans River Water-crowfoot
- Rubus chamaemorus Cloudberry
- Saussurea alpina Alpine Saw-wort
- Saxifraga aizoides Yellow Saxifrage
- S. hirculus Yellow Marsh-saxifrage
- S. oppositifolia Purple Saxifrage
- Silene acaulis Moss Campion
- Sisyrinchium bermudiana Blue-eyed Grass
- Spiranthes romanzoffiana Irish Lady's-tresses
- Stachys officinalis Betony
- Teesdalia nudicaulis Shepherd's Cress
- Trichomanes speciosum Killarney Fern
- Trollius europaeus Globe-flower
- Viola persicifolia Fen Violet
1 Protected only against sale