{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-variety-lists-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-variety-lists-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2020/302",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (Variety Lists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-variety-lists-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Agricultural crop varieties",
  "text": "Plants conforming with the characteristics of cultivated plant varieties of the following species intended for agricultural production but not for ornamental use:\nName\nCommon name\nCereals\nAvena nuda l\nSmall naked oat, Hulless oat\nAvena Sativa L (includes A byzantia Koch)\nOats and red oat\nHordeum vulgare L\nBarley\nSecale cereale L\nRye\nX Triticosecale Wittm Ex A Camus\nTriticale\nHybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Triticum and a species of the genus Secale\nTriticum aestivum L\nWheat\nTriticum durum L\nDurum wheat\nTriticum spelta L\nSpelt wheat\nZea Mays L (partim)\nMaize (except popcorn and sweetcorn)\nPotatoes\nSolanum tuberosum L, including any other tuber-forming species or hybrids of Solanum\nPotato\nBeet\nBeta vulgaris L\nSugar beet, fodder beet (including mangel)\nFodder plants\n(a) Grasses\nAgrostis canina L\nVelvet bent\nAgrostis capillaris L\nBrown top\nAgrostis gigantea Roth\nRed top\nAgrostis stolonifera L\nCreeping bent grass\nArrhenatherm elatius (L) P Beauv ex J Presl & C Presl\nTall oatgrass\nBromus catharticus Vahl\nRescue grass\nBromus sitchensis trin\nAlaska brome grass\nDactylis glomerata L\nCocksfoot\nFestuca arundinacea Schreber\nTall fescue\nFestuca filiformis Pourr\nFine leaved sheep’s fescue\nFestuca ovina L\nSheep’s fescue\nFestuca pratensis Huds\nMeadow fescue\nFestuca rubra L\nRed fescue, Chewing’s fescue\nFestuca trachyphylla (Hack) Krajina\nHard fescue\nLolium multiflorum Lam\nItalian ryegrass including Westerwold ryegrass\nLolium perenne L\nPerennial ryegrass\nLolium x boucheanum Kunth\nHybrid ryegrass\nPhleum nodosum L\nSmall timothy\nPhleum pratense L\nTimothy\nPoa annua L\nAnnual meadowgrass\nPoa nemoralis L\nWood meadowgrass\nPoa pratensis L\nSmooth-stalked meadowgrass\nPoa trivialis L\nRough-stalked meadowgrass\nxFestulolium Asch & Graebn\nFestulolium\nHybrids resulting from the crossing of a species if the genus Festuca with a species of the genus Lolium\n(b) Legumes\nLotus corniculatis L\nBirdsfoot trefoil\nLupinus albus L\nWhite lupin\nLupinus angustifolius L\nNarrow leaved lupin (previously known as Blue lupin)\nLupinus luteus L\nYellow lupin\nMedicago lupulina L\nBlack medick, Trefoil\nMedicago sativa L\nLucerne\nMedicago x varia T Martyn\nSand lucerne\nOnobrychis viciifolia Scop\nSainfoin\nPisum sativum L (partim)\nField pea\nTrifolium hybridum L\nAlsike clover\nTrifolium pratense L\nRed clover\nTrifolium repens L\nWhite clover\nVicia faba L (partim)\nField bean\nVicia pannonica (Crantz)\nHungarian vetch\nVicia sativa L\nCommon vetch\nVicia villosa Roth\nHairy vetch\n(c) Other fodder plants\nBrassica napus L yar napobrassica (L) Rchb\nSwede\nBrassica oleracea L convar acephala (DC) Alef Var medullosa Thell + var viridis L\nFodder kale\nRaphanus sativus L var oleiformis Pers\nFodder radish\nOleaginous and fibrous plants\nBrassica juncea (L) Czem\nBrown mustard\nBrassica napus L (partim)\nSwede rape (including plants commonly known as fodder rape and oilseed rape)\nBrassican NIgra (L) WDJ Koch\nBlack mustard\nBrassica rapa L yar silvestris (Lam) Briggs\nTurnip rape\nCannabis sativa L\nHemp\nGlycine max (L) Merr\nSoya bean\nHelianthus annus L\nSunflower\nLinum usitatissimum L\nFlax, Linseed\nSinapis alba L\nWhite mustard",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/302/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:41:23.519524+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}