# Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Schedule 8: Plants which are Protected Extent: E+W+S Common name Scientific name Adder’s-tongue, Least Ophioglossum lusitanicum Alison, Small Alyssum alyssoides Anomodon, Long-leaved Anomodon longifolius Beech-lichen, New Forest Enterographa elaborata Blackwort Southbya nigrella Bluebell (in respect of section 13(2) only) Hyacinthoides non-scripta Bolete, Royal Boletus regius Broomrape, Bedstraw Orobanche caryophyllacea Broomrape, Oxtongue Orobanche loricata Broomrape, Thistle Orobanche reticulata Cabbage, Lundy Rhynchosinapis wrightii Calamint, Wood Calamintha sylvatica Caloplaca, Snow Caloplaca nivalis Catapyrenium, Tree Catapyrenium psoromoides Catchfly, Alpine Lychnis alpina Catillaria, Laurer’s Catellaria laurei Centaury, Slender Centaurium tenuiflorum Cinquefoil, Rock Potentilla rupestris Cladonia, Convoluted Cladonia convoluta Cladonia, Upright Mountain Cladonia stricta Clary, Meadow Salvia pratensis Club-rush, Triangular Scirpus triquetrus Colt’s-foot, Purple Homogyne alpina Cotoneaster, Wild Cotoneaster integerrimus Cottongrass, Slender Eriophorum gracile Cow-wheat, Field Melampyrum arvense Crocus, Sand Romulea columnae Crystalwort, Lizard Riccia bifurca Cudweed, Broad-leaved Filago pryamidata Cudweed, Jersey Gnaphalium luteoalbum Cudweed, Red-tipped Filago lutescens Cut-grass Leersia oryzoides Deptford Pink (in respect of England and Wales only) Dianthus armeria Diapensia Diapensia lapponica Dock, Shore (in respect of section 13(2) only) Rumex rupestris Earwort, Marsh Jamesoniella undulifolia Eryngo, Field Eryngium campestre Feather-moss, Polar Hygrohypnum polare Fern, Dickie’s Bladder Cystopteris dickieana Fern, Killarney (in respect of section 13(2) only) Trichomanes speciosum Flapwort, Norfolk Leiocolea rutheana Fleabane, Alpine Erigeron borealis Fleabane, Small Pulicaria vulgaris Frostwort, Pointed Gymnomitrion apiculatum Fungus, Hedgehog Hericium erinaceum Galingale, Brown Cyperus fuscus Gentian, Alpine Gentiana nivalis Gentian, Dune Gentianella uliginosa Gentian, Early (in respect of section 13(2) only) Gentianella anglica Gentian, Fringed Gentianella ciliata Gentian, Spring Gentiana verna Germander, Cut-leaved Teucrium botrys Germander, Water Teucrium scordium Gladiolus, Wild Gladiolus illyricus Goblin Lights Catolechia wahlenbergii Goosefoot, Stinking Chenopodium vulvaria Grass-poly Lythrum hyssopifolia Grimmia, Blunt-leaved Grimmia unicolor Gyalecta, Elm Gyalecta ulmi Hare’s-ear, Sickle-leaved Bupleurum falcatum Hare’s-ear, Small Bupleurum baldense Hawk’s-beard, Stinking Crepis foetida Hawkweed, Northroe Hieracium northroense Hawkweed, Shetland Hieracium zetlandicum Hawkweed, Weak-leaved Hieracium attenuatifolium Heath, Blue Phyllodoce caerulea Helleborine, Red Cephalanthera rubra Helleborine, Young’s Epipactis youngiana Horsetail, Branched Equisetum ramosissimum Hound’s-tongue, Green Cynoglossum germanicum Knawel, Perennial Scleranthus perennis Knotgrass, Sea Polygonum maritimum Lady’s-slipper (in respect of section 13(2) only) Cypripedium calceolus . . . . . . . . . . . . Lecanactis, Churchyard Lecanactis hemisphaerica Lecanora, Tarn Lecanora archariana Lecidea, Copper Lecidea inops Leek, Round-headed Allium sphaerocephalon Lettuce, Least Lactuca saligna Lichen, Arctic Kidney Nephroma arcticum Lichen, Ciliate Strap Heterodermia leucomelos Lichen, Coralloid Rosette Heterodermia propagulifera Lichen, Ear-lobed Dog Peltigera lepidophora Lichen, Forked Hair Bryoria furcellata Lichen, Golden Hair Teloschistes flavicans Lichen, Orange Fruited Elm Caloplaca luteoalba Lichen, River Jelly Collema dichotomum Lichen, Scaly Breck Squamarina lentigera Lichen, Stary Breck Buellia asterella Lily, Snowdon Lloydia serotina Liverwort Petallophyllum ralfsi Liverwort, Lindenberg’s Leafy Adelanthus lindenbergianus Marsh-mallow, Rough Althaea hirsuta Marshwort, Creeping (in respect of section 13(2) only) Apium repens Milk-parsley, Cambridge Selinum carvifolia Moss Drepanocladius vernicosus Moss, Alpine Copper Mielichoferia mielichoferi Moss, Baltic Bog Sphagnum balticum Moss, Blue Dew Saelania glaucescens Moss, Blunt-leaved Bristle Orthotrichum obtusifolium Moss, Bright Green Cave Cyclodictyon laetevirens Moss, Cordate Beard Barbula cordata Moss, Cornish Path Ditrichum cornubicum Moss, Derbyshire Feather Thamnobryum angustifolium Moss, Dune Thread Bryum mamillatum Moss, Flamingo Desmatodon cernuus Moss, Glaucous Beard Barbula glauca Moss, Green Shield Buxbaumia viridis Moss, Hair Silk Plagiothecium piliferum Moss, Knothole Zygodon forsteri Moss Large Yellow Feather Scorpidium turgescens Moss, Millimetre Micromitrium tenerum Moss, Multifruited River Cryphaea lamyana Moss, Nowell’s Limestone Zygodon gracilis Moss, Rigid Apple Bartramia stricta Moss, Round-leaved Feather Rhynocostegium rotundifolium Moss, Schleicher’s Thread Bryum schleicheri Moss, Triangular Pygmy { Acaulon triquetrum Moss, Vaucher’s Feather Hypnum vaucheri Mudwort, Welsh Limosella australis Naiad, Holly-leaved Najas marina Naiad, Slender (in respect of section 13(2) only) Najas flexilis Orache, Stalked Halimione pedunculata Orchid, Early Spider Ophryas sphegodes Orchid, Fen (in respect of section 13(2) only) Liparis loeselii Orchid, Ghost Epipogium aphyllum Orchid, Lapland Marsh Dactylorhiza lapponica Orchid, Late Spider Ophrys fuciflora Orchid, Lizard Himantoglossum hircinum Orchid, Military Orchis militaris Orchid, Monkey Orchis simia Pannaria, Caledonia Pannaria ignobilis Parmelia, New Forest Parmelia minarum Parmentaria, Oil Stain Parmentaria chilensis Pear, Plymouth Pyrus cordata Penny-cress, Perfoliate Thlaspi perfoliatum Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium Pertusaria, Alpine Moss Pertusaria bryontha Physcia, Southern Grey Physcia tribacioides Pigmyweed Crassula aquatica Pine, Ground Ajuga chamaepitys Pink, Cheddar Dianthus gratianopolitanus Pink, Childling Petroraghia nanteuilii Plantain, Floating Water (in respect of section 13(2) only) Luronium natans Polypore, Oak Buglossoporus pulvinus Pseudocyphellaria, Ragged Pseudocyphellaria lacerata Psora, Rusty Alpine Psora rubiformis Puffball, Sandy Stilt Battarraea phalloides Ragwort, Fen Senecio paludosus Ramping-fumitory, Martin’s Fumaria martinii Rampion, Spiked Phyteuma spicatum Restharrow, Small Ononis reclinata Rock-cress, Alpine Arabis alpina Rock-cress, Bristol Arabis stricta Rock Nail Calicium corynellum Rustworth, Western Marsupella profunda Sandwort, Norwegian Arenaria norvegica Sandwort, Teesdale Minuartia stricta Saxifrage, Drooping Saxifraga cernua Saxifrage, Marsh (in respect of section 13(2) only) Saxifrage hirulus Saxifrage, Tufted Saxifraga cespitosa Solenopsora, Serpentine Solenopsora liparina Solomon’s-seal, Whorled Polygonatum verticillatum Sow-thistle, Alpine Cicerbita alpina Spearwort, Adder’s-tongue Ranunculus ophioglossifolius Speedwell, Fingered Veronica triphyllos Speedwell, Spiked Veronica spicata . . . . . . Spike-rush, Dwarf Eleocharis parvula Stack Fleawort, South Tephroseris integrifolia (ssp maritima) Star-of-Bethlehem, Early Gagea bohemica Starfruit Damasonium alisma Stonewort, Bearded Chara canescens Stonewort, Foxtail Lamprothamnium papulosum Strapwort Corrigiola litoralis Sulphur-tresses, Alpine Alectoria ochroleuca Threadmoss, Long-leaved Bryum neodamense Tree Lungwort (in respect of section 13(2) only) Lobaria pulmonaria Turpswort Geocalyx graveolens Violet, Fen Viola persicifolia Viper’s-grass Scorzonera humilis Water-plantain, Ribbon leaved Alisma gramineum Wood-sedge, Starved Carex depauperata Woodsia, Alpine Woodsia alpina Woodsia, Oblong Woodsia ilvensis Wormwood, Field Artemisia campestris Woundwort, Downy Stachys germanica Woundwort, Limestone Stachys alpina Yellow-rattle, Greater Rhinanthus serotinus Note. The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/schedule/8 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-8 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.