S.I. No. 338/1980 - Flora (Protection) Order, 1980.

1. This Order may be cited as the Flora (Protection) Order, 1980.

2. (1) Each of the species of flora specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order is hereby declared to be protected throughout the State.

(2) The common name of each of the species of flora specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order is set out in the second column of that Schedule opposite the mention of the species.

(3) In case a species of flora specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order is partly comprised of flora which are not flora within the meaning of the

Wildlife Act, 1976

(No. 39 of 1976), this Article shall be construed and have effect in relation to that species as if ", in so far as it is comprised of flora within the meaning of the

Wildlife Act, 1976

," were inserted before "is hereby declared" in paragraph (1).

SCHEDULE

(1)

SCIENTIFIC NAME

(2)

COMMON NAME

Ajuga pyramidalis L.

Pyramidal Bugle

Arenaria ciliata L.

including ssp. hibernica Ostent & Dahl

Irish Sandwort

Arthrocnemum perenne (Miller) Moss

(syn. Salicornia perennis Mill.)

Perennial Glasswort

Asparagus officinalis L.

Asparagus

Asplenium billotii F. Schultz

(syn. A. obovatum Viv.;

Lanceolate Spleenwort

A. lanceolatum Huds. proparte)

Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm.

Forked Spleenwort

Astragalus danicus Retz.

Purple Milk-vetch

Cardaminopsis petraea (L.) Hiit.

Northern Rockcress

Crambe maritima L.

Seakale

Deschampsia setacea (Huds.) Hack.

Bog Hair-grass

Epilobium alsinifolium Vill.

(syn. E. alpinum L.p.p.)

Chickweed Willowherb

Epipactis phyllanthes G.E.Sm.

A Helleborine

Erica ciliaris L.

Dorset Heath

Eriophorum gracile Roth.

Slender Cotton Grass

Geranium purpureum Vill.

Little Robin Cranesbill

Groenlandia densa (L.) Fourr.

(syn. Potamogeton densus L.; P. serratus L.)

Opposite-leaved Pondweed

Gymnocarpium robertianum (Hoffm.) Newm. (syn. Thelypteris robertiana (Hoffm.) Slosson)

Limestone Fern

Helianthemum canum (L.) Baumg.

Hoary Rock-rose

Helianthemum nummularium (L.) Miller

Common Rock-rose

Hydrilla verticillata (L. fil.) Royle

Irish Hydrilla

Hypericum canadense L.

Canadian St. John's Wort

Inula salicina L.

Willow-leaved Inula

Lathyrus japonicus Willd.

Sea Pea

Lathyrus palustris L,

Marsh Pea

Limonium paradoxum Pugsl.

Paradoxical Rock Sea-lavender

Limonium transwallianum (Pugsl) Pugsl.

Western Rock Sea-lavender

Lotus hispidus Desf. ex DC. (syn. L. subbiflorus Lag.)

Hairy Birdsfoot Trefoil

Malaxis paludosa (L.)Sw (syn. Ophrys paludosa L.; Hammarbya paludosa (L.) O.Kuntze)

Bog Orchid

Mentha pulegium L.

Pennyroyal

Minuartia recurva (All.) Schinz & Thell.

Recurved Sandwort

Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk & Schmidt

Slender Naiad

Orobanche rapum-genistae Thuill.

(syn. O. major auct.)

Greater Broomrape

Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns & Link.

Cottonweed

(syn. Diotis maritima (L.) Desf ex Cass)

SCHEDULE

(1)

SCIENTIFIC NAME

(2)

COMMON NAME

Pilularia globulifera L.

Pillwort

Poa alpina L.

Alpine Poa

Polygonum maritimum L.

Sea Knotgrass

Pyrola rotundifolia L.

Round-leaved Wintergreen

Ranunculus tripartitus DC.

Three-lobed Water Crowfoot

Rorippa islandica (Oeder ex Murray) Borbás

Marsh Yellowcress

Salix phylicifolia L.

Tea-leaved Willow

Salvia horminoides Pourr.

Wild Sage

Saussurea alpina (L.) DC.

(syn. Serratula alpina L.)

Alpine Saussurea

Saxifraga hartii D.A. Webb

Hart's Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirculus L.

Yellow Marsh Saxifrage

Saxifraga nivalis L.

Alpine Saxifrage

Simethis planifolia (L.) Gren. & Godr.

Kerry Lily

Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham.

Drooping Lady's Tresses

Taraxacum gotlandicum (Dahlst.) Dahlst.

Gotlandian Dandelion

Trichomanes speciosum Willd.

(syn. T. radicans auct.)

Killarney Fern

Trifolium glomeratum L.

Clustered Clover

Trifolium subterraneum L.

Subterranean Clover

Trollius europeaus L.

Globe Flower

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 5th day of November, 1980.

PATRICK POWER

Minister for Fisheries and Forestry

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order declares certain species of flora to be protected throughout the State.

In effect this means that, except under licence from the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, it is an offence for a person to cut, pick, uproot or otherwise take, purchase, sell or be in possession of any plant whether whole or part, of a species mentioned in the Order, or wilfully to alter, damage, destroy or interfere with the habitat of such a species.

Article 2 (3) of the Order has the effect of excluding from the operation of the Order any plants of the named species which are cultivated as vegetables e.g. asparagus.

S.I. No. 338 of 1980.

FLORA (PROTECTION) ORDER, 1980.

I, PATRICK POWER, Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, considering that each of the species of flora specified in the Schedule to the following Order should be protected, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 21

of the

Wildlife Act, 1976

(No. 39 of 1976), as adapted by the Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1978 (

S.I. No. 195 of 1978

), order as follows