Under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act it is illegal to uproot any wild plant without the
permission of the owner or occupier of the land. It is also illegal to pick, uproot, collect the
seed from or sell any of 107 particularly rare or vulnerable species, 80 of which are listed below.
|
Alpine Catchfly - Lychnis alpins Alpine Fleabane - Erigeron borealis Alpine Gentian - Gentianella nivalis Alpine Rock-cress - Arabis alpina Alpine Sow-thistle - Cicerbita alpina Arctic Sandwort - Arenaria norvegica [and subsp. anglica] Bedstraw Broomrape - Orobanche caryophyllacea Blue Heath - Phyllodoce caerulea Broad-leaved Cudweed - Filago pyramidata Cambridge Milk-parsley - Selinum carvifolia Cheddar Pink - Dianthus gratianopolitanus Childing Pink - Petrohagia nanteuitii Creeing Marshwort - Apium repens Cut-leaved Germander - Teucrium botrys Diapensia - Diapensia lapponica Downy Woundwort - Stachys germanica Drooping Saxifrage - Saxifraga cernua Early Gentian - Gentianella anglica Early Spider-orchid - Ophrys sphegodes Fen Orchid - Liparis loeselii Fen Ragwort - Senecio paludosus Fen Violet - Viola persicifolia Field Cow-wheat - Melanpyrum arvense Field Eryngo - Eryngium capestre Field Wormwood - Artemisia campestris Fingered Speedwell - Veronica triphyllos Floating Water-Plantain - Luronium natans Fringed Gentian - Gentianella ciliata Ghost Orchid - Epipogium aphyllum Grass-poly - Lythrum hyssopfolia Greater Yellow-rattle - Rhinanthus angustifolius Green Hound's-tongue - Cynoglossum germanicum Ground-pine - Ajuga chamepitys Jersey Cudweed - Gnaphalium luteoalbum Lady's-slipper - Cypripedium calceolus Lapland Marsh-orchid - Dactylorhiza lapponica Late Spider-orchid - Ophrys fuciflora Least Lettuce - Lactuca saligna Limestone Woundwort - Stachys alpina Lizard Orchid - Himantoglossum hircinum |
Lundy Cabbage - Coincya wrightii Marsh Saxifrage - Saxifraga hirculus Martin's Ramping-fumitory - Fumaria reuteri Meadow Clary - Salvia pratensis Military Orchid - Orchus militaris Monkey Orchid - Orchus simia Norwegian Mugwort - Artemisia norvegica Pedunculate Sea-purslane - Atriplex pedunculata Pennyroyal - Mentha pulegium Perennial Knawel - Scleranthus perennis Perfoliate Penny-Cress - Thlaspi perfoliatum Purple Colt's-foot - Homogyne alpina Red Helleborine - Cephalanthea rubra Red-tipped Cudweed - Filago lutescens Rock Cinquefoil - Potentilla rupestris Round-headed Leek - Allium sphaerocephalon Sea Knotgrass - Polygonum maritinum Shore Dock - Rumex rupestris Sickle-leaved Hare's-Ear - Bupleurum falcatum Slender Centaury - Centaurium tenuiflorum Small Alison - Alyssum alyssoides Small Fleabane - Pulicaria vulgaris Small Hare's-Ear - Bupleurum baldense Small Restharrow - Ononis reclinata Snowdon Lily - Lloydia serotina Spiked Rampion - Phyteuma spicatum Spring Gentian - Gentianella verna Starfruit - Damasonium alisma Sticky Catchfly - Lychnis viscaria Stinking Hawk's-Beard - Crepis foetida Stinky Goosefoot - Chenopodium vulvaria Strapwort - Corngiola litoralis Teesdale Sandwort - Minuartia stricta Teesdale Violet - Viola rupestris Thistle Broomrape - Orobanche reticulata Tufted Saxifrage - Saxifraga cespitosa Viper's-Grass - Scorzonera humilis Water Germander - Teucrium scordium Welsh Mudwort - Limosella australis Whorled Solomon's-seal - Polygonatum verticillatum Wild Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster integerrimus Wild Gladiolus - Gladiolus illyricus |