{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/15",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Schedule 8 (plants which are protected) is amended as follows.\n(2) In Part 1 at the appropriate places in alphabetical order insert the following entries—\nCommon name\nScientific name\nBeak–sedge, Brown\nRhynchospora fusca\nBirds-foot\nOrnithopus perpusillus\nBristle-moss, Spruce's\nOrthotrichum sprucei\nBurnet, Great\nSanguisorba officinalis\nClubmoss, Alpine\nDiphasiastrum alpinum\nClubmoss, Marsh\nLycopodiella inundata\nClubmoss, Stag's Horn\nLycopodium clavatum\nCranesbill, Meadow\nGeranium pratense\nDodder\nCuscuta epithymum\nFeather-moss, Elegant\nEurhynchiastrum pulchellum\nFern, Parsley\nCryptogramma crispa\nFigwort, Green\nScrophularia umbrosa\nGentian, Autumn\nGentianella amarella\nHenbane\nHyoscyamus niger\nHornwort, Soft\nCeratophyllum submersum\nJelly-lichen, River\nCollema dichotomum\nJuniper\nJuniperus communis\nLichen\nEnterographa elaborata\nLichen\nLobaria virens\nMeadow-rue, Alpine\nThalictrum alpinum\nNotchwort, Ragged\nLeiocolea heterocolpos\nOrchid, Dense-flowered\nNeotinea maculata\nOrchid, Lapland Marsh\nDactylorhiza lapponica\nOrchid, Narrow-leaved Marsh\nDactylorhiza traunsteineri\nPetalwort\nPetalophyllum ralfsii\nSea-kale\nCrambe maritima\nSedge, Stiff\nCarex bigelowii\nSmall-reed, Wood\nCalamagrostis epigejos\nSt John's Wort, Hairy\nHypericum hirsutum\nThistle, Melancholy\nCirsium heterophyllum\nThread-moss, Slender\nOrthodontium gracile\nVetch, Wood Bitter\nVicia orobus\nWormwood, Sea\nSeriphidium maritimum\n(3) In Part 1, omit the following entries—\nCommon name\nScientific name\nBarley, Wood\nHordelymus europaeus\nBetony\nStachys officinalis\nClubmoss, Marsh\nLycopodium inundatum\nOrchid, Bird's Nest\nNeottia nidus–avis\nOrchid, Narrow-leaved Marsh\nDactylorchis traunsteineri\nPea, Marsh\nLathyrus palustris\nPillwort\nPilularia globulifera\nThistle, Melancholy\nCirsium helenioides\nWaterwort, Eight–stamened\nElatine hydropiper\n(4) In Part 2 at the appropriate place in alphabetical order insert the following entry—\nCommon name\nScientific name\nBluebell\nHyacinthoides non-scripta",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/15/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:49.628005+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."
}