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A list of Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae including all the native plants and established aliens known to occur in Ireland with the distribution of each species, and recommended Irish and English names. pp. [i]-xxvii, 1-171, map. Dublin: Stationery Office. Reynolds, S.C.P. (2002). A catalogue of alien plants in Ireland. pp. [4], 1 ...
A few endemic species are Arctic-Alpine species, survivors of Arctic species of plants and animals which either adapted to the warming climate or became isolated in suitable areas of mountains or lakes which still retained a suitable micro-climate. A common misconception is that the entirety of the British Isles was under glaciers and was ...
Some suffer because of loss of habitat, but many are in decline following the introduction of foreign species, which out-compete the native species or carry disease. See also the list of extinct animals of the British Isles. This list includes the 116 species identified as requiring action plans in the Biodiversity Steering Group's report of ...
An endemic species is a plant only native to a certain area. Outside this area, unless spread naturally it is considered non-native, usually as a result of cultivation. Britain and Ireland have few endemic trees, most being micro-species of Whitebeam. But there are some interesting endemic trees nevertheless.
English name Scientific name Status Alpine lady-fern Athyrium distentifolium: Native Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina: Native Newman's lady-fern Athyrium flexile: Native Dickie's bladder-fern Cystopteris dickieana: Native Brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis: Native Mountain bladder-fern Cystopteris montana: Native Oak fern Gymnocarpium ...
Like many temperate areas, Great Britain has few snake species: the European adder is the only venomous snake to be found there. The other notable snakes found in Great Britain are the barred grass snake and the smooth snake. Great Britain has three native species of lizard: slowworms, sand lizards and viviparous lizards.
This category contains articles related to the native plants of Great Britain.It is a geographical, not political, circumscription. In accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), the category includes islands such as the Isle of Man, Shetland and Orkney.
The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes.The total number of vascular species is low by world standards but lichens and bryophytes are abundant and the latter form a population of global importance.