A Guide to Britain’s Rarest Plants
This guide describes 66 native species of plants that have the most narrowly restricted ranges in Great Britain. These range from continental, warmth-loving species in the south of England to those found only on the highest Scottish mountains. Each species is shown together with its habitat to allow the reader to better understand the ecological context. Other scarce plants in the same area are indicated.
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Contents:
- Introduction
- Apium repens, creeping marshwort
- Arabis alpina, Alpine rock-cress
- Arabis scabra, Bristol rock-cress
- Artemisia norvegica, Norwegian mugwort
- Atriplex pedunculata, pedunculate sea-purslane
- Bupleurum baldense, small hare’s-ear
- Carex buxbaumii, club sedge
- Carex depauperata, starved wood-sedge
- Carex flava, large yellow sedge
- Carex microglochin, bristle sedge
- Centaurium scilloides, perennial centaury
- Centaurium tenuiflorum, slender centaury
- Cephalanthera rubra, red helleborine
- Clinopodium menthifolium, wood calamint
- Coincya wrightii, Lundy cabbage
- Corrigiola litoralis, strapwort
- Crassula aquatica, pigmyweed
- Crepis praemorsa, leafless hawk’s-beard
- Cypripedium calceolus, lady’s-slipper orchid
- Damasonium alisma, starfruit
- Dianthus gratianopolitanus, Cheddar pink
- Diapensia lapponica, diapensia
- Draba aizoides, yellow whitlow-grass
- Epipogium aphyllum, ghost orchid
- Euphorbia hyberna, Irish spurge
- Gagea bohemica, Radnor lily
- Gagea serotina, Snowdon lily
- Gentiana nivalis, Alpine gentian
- Gentianopsis ciliata, fringed gentian
- Herniaria ciliolata, fringed rupturewort
- Hydrilla verticillata, Esthwaite waterweed
- Isoetes histrix, land quillwort
- Juncus pygmaeus, pygmy rush
- Lactuca saligna, least lettuce
- Minuartia stricta, Teesdale sandwort
- Najas marina, holly-leaved naiad
- Ophioglossum lusitanicum, least adder’s-tongue
- Orchis militaris, military orchid
- Orchis simia, monkey orchid
- Orobanche caryophyllacea, bedstraw broomrape
- Orobanche picridis, oxtongue broomrape
- Oxytropis campestris, yllow oxytropis
- Petrorhagia nanteuilii, childing pink
- Phyllodoce caerulea, blue heath
- Potamogeton epihydrus, American pondweed
- Pulmonaria obscura, Suffolk lungwort
- Ranunculus ophioglossifolius, adder’s-tongue spearwort
- Romulea columnae, sand crocus
- Rumex aquaticus, Scottish dock
- Saxifraga cernua, drooping saxifrage
- Schoenoplectus triqueter, triangular club-rush
- Schoenus ferrugineus, brown bog-rush
- Scirpoides holoschoenus, round-headed club-rush
- Scleranthus perennis, perennial knawel
- Scorzonera humilis, viper’s-grass
- Selinum carvifolia, Cambridge milk-parsley
- Senecio paludosus, fen ragwort
- Seseli libanotis, moon carrot
- Silene suecica, Alpine catchfly
- Stachys germanica, downy woundwort
- Teucrium scordium, water germander
- Trifolium bocconei, twin-headed clover
- Trifolium strictum, Upright clover
- Veronica verna, spring speedwell
- Viola kitaibeliana, dwarf pansy
- Viola persicifolia, fen violet
- Critical group: Alchemilla spp., lady’s-mantles
- Critical group: Epipactis spp., helleborines
- Critical group: Euphrasia spp., eyebrights
- Critical group: Hieracium spp., hawkweeds
- Critical group: Limonium spp., sea-lavenders
- Critical group: Rubus spp., brambles
- Critical group: Sorbus spp., whitebeams
- Critical group: Taraxacum spp., dandelions
- Index
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