# The Seeds (Variety Lists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020, Paragraph 1: Agricultural crop varieties


Plants conforming with the characteristics of cultivated plant varieties of the following species intended for agricultural production but not for ornamental use:
Name
Common name
Cereals
Avena nuda l
Small naked oat, Hulless oat
Avena Sativa L (includes A byzantia Koch)
Oats and red oat
Hordeum vulgare L
Barley
Secale cereale L
Rye
X Triticosecale Wittm Ex A Camus
Triticale
Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species of the genus Triticum and a species of the genus Secale
Triticum aestivum L
Wheat
Triticum durum L
Durum wheat
Triticum spelta L
Spelt wheat
Zea Mays L (partim)
Maize (except popcorn and sweetcorn)
Potatoes
Solanum tuberosum L, including any other tuber-forming species or hybrids of Solanum
Potato
Beet
Beta vulgaris L
Sugar beet, fodder beet (including mangel)
Fodder plants
(a) Grasses
Agrostis canina L
Velvet bent
Agrostis capillaris L
Brown top
Agrostis gigantea Roth
Red top
Agrostis stolonifera L
Creeping bent grass
Arrhenatherm elatius (L) P Beauv ex J Presl & C Presl
Tall oatgrass
Bromus catharticus Vahl
Rescue grass
Bromus sitchensis trin
Alaska brome grass
Dactylis glomerata L
Cocksfoot
Festuca arundinacea Schreber
Tall fescue
Festuca filiformis Pourr
Fine leaved sheep’s fescue
Festuca ovina L
Sheep’s fescue
Festuca pratensis Huds
Meadow fescue
Festuca rubra L
Red fescue, Chewing’s fescue
Festuca trachyphylla (Hack) Krajina
Hard fescue
Lolium multiflorum Lam
Italian ryegrass including Westerwold ryegrass
Lolium perenne L
Perennial ryegrass
Lolium x boucheanum Kunth
Hybrid ryegrass
Phleum nodosum L
Small timothy
Phleum pratense L
Timothy
Poa annua L
Annual meadowgrass
Poa nemoralis L
Wood meadowgrass
Poa pratensis L
Smooth-stalked meadowgrass
Poa trivialis L
Rough-stalked meadowgrass
xFestulolium Asch & Graebn
Festulolium
Hybrids resulting from the crossing of a species if the genus Festuca with a species of the genus Lolium
(b) Legumes
Lotus corniculatis L
Birdsfoot trefoil
Lupinus albus L
White lupin
Lupinus angustifolius L
Narrow leaved lupin (previously known as Blue lupin)
Lupinus luteus L
Yellow lupin
Medicago lupulina L
Black medick, Trefoil
Medicago sativa L
Lucerne
Medicago x varia T Martyn
Sand lucerne
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop
Sainfoin
Pisum sativum L (partim)
Field pea
Trifolium hybridum L
Alsike clover
Trifolium pratense L
Red clover
Trifolium repens L
White clover
Vicia faba L (partim)
Field bean
Vicia pannonica (Crantz)
Hungarian vetch
Vicia sativa L
Common vetch
Vicia villosa Roth
Hairy vetch
(c) Other fodder plants
Brassica napus L yar napobrassica (L) Rchb
Swede
Brassica oleracea L convar acephala (DC) Alef Var medullosa Thell + var viridis L
Fodder kale
Raphanus sativus L var oleiformis Pers
Fodder radish
Oleaginous and fibrous plants
Brassica juncea (L) Czem
Brown mustard
Brassica napus L (partim)
Swede rape (including plants commonly known as fodder rape and oilseed rape)
Brassican NIgra (L) WDJ Koch
Black mustard
Brassica rapa L yar silvestris (Lam) Briggs
Turnip rape
Cannabis sativa L
Hemp
Glycine max (L) Merr
Soya bean
Helianthus annus L
Sunflower
Linum usitatissimum L
Flax, Linseed
Sinapis alba L
White mustard

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/302/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-variety-lists-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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