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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-exceptions-to-section-14-scotland-amendment-order-2012/schedule",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/205",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Exceptions to section 14) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-exceptions-to-section-14-scotland-amendment-order-2012",
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  "number": null,
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  "text": "“PART 2\nTypes of plants specified for the purposes of section 14(2B)(b) of the 1981 Act (types of plants to which section 14(2) does not apply)\nCommon name\nScientific name\nExtent\nColumn (1)\nColumn (2)\nColumn (3)\nAlder\nAlnus glutinosa\nAll Scotland\nAsh\nFraxinus excelsior\nAll Scotland\nAtlas cedar\nCedrus atlantica\nAll Scotland\nAustrian pine\nPinus nigra subsp. nigra\nAll Scotland\nBay willow\nSalix pentandra\nAll Scotland\nBeech\nFagus sylvatica\nAll Scotland\nBirch, specific hybrid\nBetula pendula x pubescens = B. x aurata\nAll Scotland\nBird cherry\nPrunus padus\nAll Scotland\nBishop pine\nPinus muricata\nAll Scotland\nBlack currant\nRibes nigrum\nAll Scotland\nBlack poplar\nPopulus nigra all subsp.\nAll Scotland\nBlackthorn\nPrunus spinosa\nAll Scotland\nBugloss\nAnchusa arvensis\nAll Scotland\nCedar-of-Lebanon\nCedrus libani\nAll Scotland\nCharlock\nSinapis arvensis\nAll Scotland\nCoastal redwood\nSequoia sempervirens\nAll Scotland\nCommon fumitory\nFumaria officinalis\nAll Scotland\nCommon poppy\nPapaver rhoeas\nAll Scotland\nCorn marigold\nGlebionis segetum\nAll Scotland\nCorn spurrey\nSpergula arvensis\nAll Scotland\nCornflower\nCentaurea cyanus\nMainland, Orkney and Shetland\nCorsican pine\nPinus nigra subsp. laricio\nAll Scotland\nCrab apple\nMalus sylvestris\nAll Scotland\nCrack willow\nSalix fragilis\nAll Scotland\nCut-leaved crane’s-bill\nGeranium dissectum\nAll Scotland\nDark leaved willow\nSalix myrsinifolia\nAll Scotland\nDeodar\nCedrus deodara\nAll Scotland\nDog rose\nRosa canina\nAll Scotland\nDouglas fir\nPseudotsuga menziesii\nAll Scotland\nDwarf birch\nBetula nana\nAll Scotland\nEastern hemlock\nTsuga canadensis\nAll Scotland\nElder\nSambucus nigra\nAll Scotland\nEuropean larch\nLarix decidua\nAll Scotland\nEuropean silver fir\nAbies alba\nAll Scotland\nField forget-me-not\nMyosotis arvensis\nAll Scotland\nField maple\nAcer campestre\nMainland only\nField pansy\nViola arvensis\nAll Scotland\nField woundwort\nStachys arvensis\nMainland, Orkney and Hebrides\nGean\nPrunus avium\nAll Scotland\nGlaucous dog rose\nRosa caesia subsp. vosagiaca\nAll Scotland\nGoat willow\nSalix caprea\nAll Scotland\nGooseberry\nRibes uva-crispa\nAll Scotland\nGrand fir\nAbies grandis\nAll Scotland\nGrey alder\nAlnus incana\nAll Scotland\nGrey poplar\nPopulus alba x tremula = P. x canescens\nAll Scotland\nGuelder rose\nViburnum opulus\nAll Scotland\nHairy dog rose\nRosa caesia subsp. caesia\nAll Scotland\nHawthorn\nCrataegus monogyna\nAll Scotland\nHedge mustard\nSisymbrium officinale\nAll Scotland\nHolly\nIlex aquifolium\nAll Scotland\nHornbeam\nCarpinus betulus\nMainland only\nHorse chestnut\nAesculus hippocastanum\nAll Scotland\nHybrid aspen\nPopulus tremula x tremuloides\nAll Scotland\nHybrid black poplar\nPopulus nigra x deltoides = P. x canadensis\nAll Scotland\nHybrid larch\nLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii\nAll Scotland\nJapanese larch\nLarix kaempferi\nAll Scotland\nJapanese red cedar\nCryptomeria japonica\nAll Scotland\nLarge-flowered hemp-nettle\nGaleopsis speciosa\nAll Scotland\nLarge-leaved lime\nTilia platyphyllos\nAll Scotland\nLawson’s cypress\nChamaecyparis lawsoniana\nAll Scotland\nLeyland cypress\nCupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii\nAll Scotland\nLime\nTilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea\nAll Scotland\nLodgepole pine\nPinus contorta var. latifolia\nAll Scotland\nLong-headed poppy\nPapaver dubium\nAll Scotland\nMacedonian pine\nPinus peuce\nAll Scotland\nMountain pine\nPinus mugo\nAll Scotland\nNoble fir\nAbies procera\nAll Scotland\nNootka cypress\nXanthocyparis nootkatensis\nAll Scotland\nNorway maple\nAcer platanoides\nAll Scotland\nNorway spruce\nPicea abies\nAll Scotland\nOak, specific hybrid\nQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea\nAll Scotland\nOsier willow\nSalix viminalis\nAll Scotland\nPacific silver fir\nAbies amabilis\nAll Scotland\nPedunculate oak\nQuercus robur\nAll Scotland\nPetty spurge\nEuphorbia peplus\nAll Scotland\nPurple willow\nSalix purpurea\nAll Scotland\nRauli beech\nNothofagus alpina\nAll Scotland\nRed alder\nAlnus rubra\nAll Scotland\nRed oak\nQuercus rubra\nAll Scotland\nRoble beech\nNothofagus obliqua\nAll Scotland\nScentless mayweed\nTripleurospermum inodorum\nAll Scotland\nScots pine\nPinus sylvestris\nAll Scotland\nSerbian spruce\nPicea omorika\nAll Scotland\nSessile oak\nQuercus petraea\nAll Scotland\nSherard’s downy rose\nRosa sherardii\nAll Scotland\nSilver birch\nBetula pendula\nAll Scotland\nSitka spruce\nPicea sitchensis\nAll Scotland\nSmall-leaved lime\nTilia cordata\nAll Scotland\nSoft downy rose\nRosa mollis\nAll Scotland\nSpindle\nEuonymus europaeus\nAll Scotland\nSun spurge\nEuphorbia helioscopia\nAll Scotland\nSweet briar\nRosa rubiginosa\nAll Scotland\nSweet chestnut\nCastanea sativa\nAll Scotland\nSycamore\nAcer pseudoplatanus\nAll Scotland\nTea-leaved willow\nSalix phylicifolia\nAll Scotland\nWalnut\nSpecies of the genus Juglans\nAll Scotland\nWeld\nReseda luteola\nMainland only\nWellingtonia\nSequoiadendron giganteum\nAll Scotland\nWestern hemlock\nTsuga heterophylla\nAll Scotland\nWestern red cedar\nThuja plicata\nAll Scotland\nWhite campion\nSilene latifolia\nAll Scotland\nWhite poplar\nPopulus alba\nAll Scotland\nWhite willow\nSalix alba\nAll Scotland\nWhitebeam\nSorbus aria agg.\nMainland only\nWych elm\nUlmus glabra\nAll Scotland\nYew\nTaxus baccata\nAll Scotland\nNOTE: The common name or names given in column (1) of the table are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/205/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:31.626530+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."
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