S.I. No. 235/2022 - Flora (Protection) Order 2022

1. This Order may be cited as the Flora (Protection) Order 2022.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 16th day of May 2022.

3. (1) Each of the species, hybrids or subspecies of flora specified in column (1) of the Schedules to this Order is declared to be protected throughout the State.

(2) The common name or names of each of the species, hybrids or subspecies of flora specified by its scientific name in the said column (1) is set out in column (2) of the said Schedules opposite the mention of the species, hybrid or subspecies.

4. The Flora (Protection) Order 2015 (

S.I. No. 356 of 2015

) is revoked.

SCHEDULE A

VASCULAR PLANTS

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Achillea maritima

(L.) Ehrend. & Y.P. Guo (syn.

Otanthus maritimus

(L.) Hoffmanns. & Link)

Cottonweed

Alchemilla alpina

L.

Alpine Lady’s-mantle

Alchemilla glaucescens

Wallr.

Silky Lady’s-mantle

Allium schoenoprasum

L.

Chives

Alopecurus aequalis

Sobol.

Orange Foxtail

Arabidopsis petraea

(L.) D.I. Dorof. (syn.

Arabis petraea

(L.) Lam.;

Cardaminopsis petraea

(L.) Hiitonen)

Northern Rock-cress

Arenaria ciliata

L.

Fringed Sandwort

Arenaria norvegica

Gunnerus

Arctic Sandwort

Aristavena setacea

(Huds.) F. Albers & Butzin (syn.

Deschampsia setacea

(Huds.) Hack.)

Bog Hair-grass

Asparagus prostratus

Dumort. (syn.

Asparagus officinalis

subsp.

prostratus

(Dumort.) Corb.)

Wild Asparagus

Asplenium obovatum

Viv. (syn.

Asplenium billotii

F.W. Schultz)

Lanceolate Spleenwort

Asplenium septentrionale

(L.) Hoffm.

Forked Spleenwort

Astragalus danicus

Retz.

Purple Milk-vetch

Betonica officinalis

L. (syn.

Stachys officinalis

(L.) Trevis.)

Betony

Bistorta vivipara

(L.) Delarbre (syn.

Persicaria vivipara

(L.) Ronse Decr.;

Polygonum viviparum

L.)

Alpine Bistort

Calamagrostis epigejos

(L.) Roth

Wood Small-reed

SCHEDULE A

VASCULAR PLANTS

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Callitriche palustris

L.

Narrow-fruited Water-starwort

Callitriche truncata

Guss.

Short-leaved Water-starwort

Cardamine impatiens

L.

Narrow-leaved Bitter-cress

Carex depauperata

Curtis ex With.

Starved Wood-sedge

Carex divisa

Huds.

Divided Sedge

Centaurium pulchellum

(Sw.) Druce

Lesser Centaury

Cephalanthera longifolia

(L.) Fritsch

Narrow-leaved Helleborine

Ceratophyllum submersum

L.

Soft Hornwort

Colchicum autumnale

L.

Meadow Saffron; Autumn Crocus

Cryptogramma crispa

(L.) R. Br. ex Hook.

Parsley Fern

Epilobium alsinifolium

Vill.

Chickweed Willowherb

Equisetum

x

moorei

Newman

Moore’s Horsetail

Equisetum pratense

Ehrh.

Shade Horsetail

Eriophorum gracile

W.D.J. Koch ex Roth

Slender Cottongrass

Galeopsis angustifolia

Ehrh. ex Hoffm.

Red Hemp-nettle

Groenlandia densa

(L.) Fourr.

Opposite-leaved Pondweed

Gymnocarpium robertianum

(Hoffm.) Newman (syn.

Thelypteris robertiana

(Hoffm.) Sloss.)

Limestone Fern

SCHEDULE A

VASCULAR PLANTS

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Hammarbya paludosa

(L.) Kuntze (syn.

Malaxis paludosa

(L.) Sw.)

Bog Orchid

Helianthemum nummularium

(L.) Mill.

Common Rock-rose

Hieracium argentatum

(Pugsley) P.D. Sell

Killarney Hawkweed

Hieracium hartii

(F. Hanb.) P.D. Sell & C. West

Hart’s Hawkweed

Hieracium hibernicum

F. Hanb.

Irish Hawkweed

Hieracium scullyi

E.F. Linton

Scully’s Hawkweed

Hieracium sparsifrons

P.D. Sell & C. West

Kerry Hawkweed

Hordeum secalinum

Schreb.

Meadow Barley

Hydrilla verticillata

(L. f.) Royle

Hydrilla

Hypericum canadense

L.

Irish St John’s-wort

Hypericum hirsutum

L.

Hairy St John’s-wort

Inula salicina

L.

Irish Fleabane

Juncus compressus

Jacq.

Round-fruited Rush

Juncus filiformis

L.

Thread Rush

Lathyrus japonicus

Willd.

Sea Pea

Limosella aquatica

L.

Mudwort

Lotus subbiflorus

Lag. (syn.

Lotus hispidus

auct. non DC.)

Hairy Bird’s-foot-trefoil

SCHEDULE A

VASCULAR PLANTS

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Lycopodiella inundata

(L.) Holub (syn.

Lycopodium inundatum

L.;

Lepidotis inundata

(L.) P. Beauv.)

Marsh Clubmoss

Matthiola sinuata

(L.) W.T. Aiton

Sea Stock

Mentha pulegium

L.

Pennyroyal

Mertensia maritima

(L.) Gray

Oysterplant

Mibora minima

(L.) Desv.

Early Sand-grass

Micranthes nivalis

(L.) Small (syn.

Saxifraga nivalis

L.)

Alpine Saxifrage

Minuartia recurva

(All.) Schinz & Thell.

Recurved Sandwort

Najas flexilis

(Willd.) Rostk. & W.L.E. Schmidt

Slender Naiad

Omalotheca sylvatica

(L.) Sch. Bip. & F.W. Schultz (syn.

Gnaphalium sylvaticum

L.)

Heath Cudweed

Orthilia secunda

(L.) House (syn.

Pyrola secunda

L.;

Ramischia secunda

(L.) Garcke)

Serrated Wintergreen

Parapholis incurva

(L.) C.E. Hubb.

Curved Hard-grass

Pilularia globulifera

L.

Pillwort

Poa alpina

L.

Alpine Meadow-grass

Pseudorchis albida

(L.) Á. & D. Löve (syn.

Leucorchis albida

(L.) E. Mey.)

Small-white Orchid

Puccinellia fasciculata

(Torr.) E.P. Bicknell

Borrer’s Saltmarsh-grass

Pyrola media

Sw.

Intermediate Wintergreen

Pyrola minor

L.

Common Wintergreen

SCHEDULE A

VASCULAR PLANTS

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Pyrola rotundifolia

subsp.

maritima

Kenyon ex E.F. Warb.

Round-leaved Wintergreen

Ranunculus tripartitus

DC.

Three-lobed Crowfoot

Salix phylicifolia

L.

Tea-leaved Willow

Sanguisorba officinalis

L.

Great Burnet

Sarcocornia perennis

(Mill.) A.J. Scott (syn.

Arthrocnemon perenne

(Mill.) Moss ex Fourc.;

Salicornia perennis

Mill.)

Perennial Glasswort

Saxifraga granulata

L.

Meadow Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirculus

L.

Marsh Saxifrage

Saxifraga rosacea

subsp.

hartii

(D.A. Webb) D.A. Webb (syn.

Saxifraga hartii

D.A. Webb)

Hart’s Saxifrage

Schoenoplectus triqueter

(L.) Palla (syn.

Scirpus triqueter

L.)

Triangular Club-rush

Scleranthus annuus

L.

Annual Knawel

Simethis mattiazzii

(Vand.) Sacc. (syn.

Simethis planifolia

(L.) Gren.)

Kerry Lily

Sorbus anglica

Hedl.

English Whitebeam

Sorbus scannelliana

T.C.G. Rich

Scannell’s Whitebeam

Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Cham.

Irish Lady’s-tresses

Stenogrammitis myosuroides

(Sw.) Labiak

Kerry Mousetail-fern

Trichomanes speciosum

Willd. (syn.

Vandenboschia speciosa

(Willd.) G. Kunkel)

Killarney Fern

Trifolium glomeratum

L.

Clustered Clover

SCHEDULE A

VASCULAR PLANTS

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Trifolium subterraneum

L.

Subterranean Clover

Trollius europaeus

L.

Globeflower

Vicia orobus

DC.

Wood Bitter-vetch

Viola hirta

L.

Hairy Violet

Viola lactea

Sm.

Pale Dog-violet

SCHEDULE B

MOSSES

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Bartramia halleriana

Hedw.

Haller’s Apple-moss

Brachydontium trichodes

(F.Weber) Milde

Bristle-leaf

Bryum calophyllum

R.Br.

Blunt Bryum; Matted Bryum

Bryum intermedium

(Brid.) Blandow

Many-seasoned Thread-moss

Bryum knowltonii

Barnes

Knowlton’s Thread-moss

Bryum salinum

I.Hagen ex Limpr.

Saltmarsh Thread-moss

Bryum uliginosum

(Brid.) Bruch & Schimp.

Cernuous Thread-moss

Bryum warneum

(Röhl.) Brid.

Warne’s Thread-moss; Sea Bryum

Campylostelium saxicola

(F.Weber & D.Mohr) Bruch & Schimp.

Bent-moss

Catoscopium nigritum

(Hedw.) Brid.

Down-looking Moss; Golf-club Moss

Didymodon acutus

(Brid.) K.Saito

Pointed Beard-moss

Didymodon maximus

(Syed & Crundw.) M.O.Hill

Irish Beard-moss

Ditrichum cornubicum

Paton

Cornish Path-moss

Ditrichum lineare

(Sw.) Lindb.

Dark Ditrichum

Ditrichum plumbicola

Crundw.

Lead-moss

Encalypta ciliata

Hedw.

Fringed Extinguisher-moss

Encalypta rhaptocarpa

Schwägr.

Ribbed Extinguisher-moss

Entosthodon muhlenbergii

(Turner) Fife

Muhlenberg’s Cord-moss

Ephemerum cohaerens

(Hedw.) Hampe

Clustered Earth-moss

Ephemerum spinulosum

Bruch & Schimp.ex Schimp.

Prickly Earth-moss

SCHEDULE B

MOSSES

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Fissidens rufulus

Bruch & Schimp.

Beck Pocket-moss

Grimmia atrata

Miel. ex Hornsch.

Copper Grimmia

Hamatocaulis vernicosus

(Mitt.) Hedenäs

Shining Sickle Moss; Varnished Hook-moss; Slender Green Feather-moss

Hedwigia integrifolia

P.Beauv.

Green Hoar-moss

Hygrohypnum duriusculum

(De Not.) D.W.Jamieson

Broad-leaved Brook-moss

Hypnum uncinulatum

Jur.

Hooked Plait-moss

Kiaeria falcata

(Hedw.) I.Hagen

Sickle-leaved Fork-moss

Leptodon smithii

(Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr

Prince-of-Wales Feather-moss

Meesia triquetra

(L. ex Jolycl.) Ångstr.

Three-ranked Hump-moss

Meesia uliginosa

Hedw.

Broad-nerved Hump-moss

Molendoa warburgii

(Crundw. & M.O.Hill) R.H.Zander

Warburg’s Moss

Myurella julacea

(Schwägr.) Schimp.

Small Mouse-tail Moss

Oedipodium griffithianum

(Dicks.) Schwägr.

Gouty-moss

Orthotrichum sprucei

Mont.

Spruce’s Bristle-moss

Paludella squarrosa

(Hedw.) Brid.

Tufted Fen-moss

Pohlia andalusica

(Höhn.) Broth.

Roth’s Thread-moss

Ptilium crista-castrensis

(Hedw.) De Not.

Ostrich-plume Feather-moss

Scleropodium touretii

(Brid.) L.F.Koch

Glass-wort Feather-moss

Tortella inclinata

(R.Hedw.) Limpr.

Bent Crisp-moss

Ulota coarctata

(P.Beauv.) Hammar

Club Pincushion

SCHEDULE C

LIVERWORTS

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Acrobolbus wilsonii

Nees

Wilson’s Pouchwort

Adelanthus lindenbergianus

(Lehm.) Mitt.

Lindenberg’s Featherwort

Barbilophozia atlantica

(Kaal.) Loeske

Atlantic Pawwort

Bazzania pearsonii

Steph.

Arch-leaved Whipwort

Cephalozia crassifolia

Lindenb. & Gottsche

Irish Pincerwort

Cephaloziella massalongi

(Spruce) Müll.Frib.

Lesser Copperwort

Cephaloziella nicholsonii

Douin

Greater Copperwort

Geocalyx graveolens

(Schrad.) Nees

Turps Pouchwort; Turpswort

Gymnomitrion concinnatum

(Lightf.) Corda

Braided Frostwort

Gymnomitrion corallioides

Nees

Coral Frostwort

Leiocolea gillmanii

(Austin) A.Evans

Gillman’s Notchwort

Leiocolea rutheana

(Limpr.) Müll.Frib.

Lesser Fen Notchwort

Lejeunea hibernica

Bischl.

et al

. ex Grolle

Irish Pouncewort

Lejeunea mandonii

(Steph.) Müll.Frib.

Atlantic Pouncewort

Marchantia polymorpha

subsp.

montivagans

Bischl. & Boisselier

Mountain Liverwort

Mastigophora woodsii

(Hook.) Nees

Wood’s Whipwort

Pallavicinia lyellii

(Hook.) Carruth.

Ribbonwort; Veilwort

Petalophyllum ralfsii

(Wilson) Nees & Gottsche

Petalwort

Plagiochila carringtonii

(Balf.) Grolle

Carrington’s Featherwort

Plagiochila heterophylla

Lindenb. ex Lehm.

Western Featherwort

SCHEDULE C

LIVERWORTS

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Radula holtii

Spruce

Holt’s Scalewort

Riccia crozalsii

Levier

Ciliate Crystalwort

Scapania nimbosa

Taylor

Cloud Earwort

Scapania ornithopodioides

(With.) Waddell

Bird’s-foot Earwort

Southbya tophacea

(Spruce) Spruce

Green Blackwort

SCHEDULE D

LICHENS

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Fulgensia fulgens

(Sw.) Elenkin

Scrambled-egg Lichen

SCHEDULE E

STONEWORTS

(1)

Scientific Name

(2)

Common Name

Lamprothamnium papulosum

(Wallr.) J. Groves

Foxtail Stonewort

Nitella gracilis

(Smith) Agardh

Slender Stonewort

GIVEN under my hand,

11 May 2022

MALCOLM NOONAN,

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

17

th May,

2022.

I, MALCOLM NOONAN, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, considering that each of the species, hybrids or subspecies of flora specified in the Schedules to the following Order should be protected, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 21

of the

Wildlife Act 1976

(No. 39 of 1976), the Heritage (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 339 of 2020

) (as adapted by the Housing, Planning and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 408 of 2020

)) and the Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 747 of 2020

)) hereby order as follows