{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985/schedule-8/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985/schedule-8/part-I.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1985/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985",
  "path": "schedule/8/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "PLANTS WHICH ARE PROTECTED UNDER ARTICLE 14(1)(a) AND (2)",
  "text": "Common name\nScientific name\nAvens, Mountain\nDryas octopetala\n. . .\n. . .\nBeak-sedge, Brown\nRhynchospora fusca\n. . .\n. . .\nBirds-foot\nOrnithopus perpusillus\nBristle-moss, Spruce's\nOrthotrichum sprucei\nBroomrape, Ivy\nOrobanche hederae\nBuckthorn, Alder\nFrangula alnus\nBugle, Pyramidal\nAjuga pyramidalis\nBurnet, Great\nSanguisorba officinalis\nCampion, Moss\nSilene acaulis\nCat's‐ear, Smooth\nHypochoeris glabra\nCentaury, Seaside\nCentaurium littorale\nCloudberry\nRubus chamaemorus\nClubmoss, Alpine\nDiphasiastrum alpinum\nClubmoss, Marsh\nLycopodiella inundata\n. . .\n. . .\nClubmoss, Stag's Horn\nLycopodium clavatum\nCowslip\nPrimula veris\nCow‐wheat, Wood\nMelampyrum sylvaticum\nCranesbill, Meadow\nGeranium pratense\nCranesbill, Wood\nGeranium sylvaticum\nCress, Shepherd's\nTeesdalia nudicaulis\nCrowfoot, Water\nRanunculus fluitans\nDodder\nCuscuta epithymum\nFeather-moss, Elegant\nEurhynchiastrum pulchellum\nFern, Holly\nPolystichum lonchitis\n. . .\n. . .\nFern, Oak\nGymnocarpium dryopteris\nFern, Parsley\nCryptogramma crispa\nFigwort, Green\nScrophularia umbrosa\nFleabane, Blue\nErigeron acer\nGentian, Autumn\nGentianella amarella\nGlobe‐flower\nTrollius europaeus\nGrass, Blue‐eyed\nSisyrinchium bermudiana\nGrass, Holy\nHierochloe odorata\nHeath, Cornish\nErica vagans\nHelleborine, Green‐flowered\nEpipactis phyllanthes\nHelleborine, Marsh\nEpipactis palustris\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\nMoschatel, or Town Hall Clock\nAdoxa moschatellina\nMudwort\nLimosella aquatica\nNotchwort, Ragged\nLeiocolea heterocolpos\nOrchid, Bee\nOphrys apifera\n. . .\n. . .\nOrchid, Bog\nHammarbya paludosa\nOrchid, Dense-flowered\nNeotinea maculata\nOrchid, Green‐winged\nOrchis morio\nOrchid, Irish Lady's Tresses\nSpiranthes romanzoffiana\nOrchid, Lapland Marsh\nDactylorhiza lapponica\n. . .\n. . .\nOrchid, Narrow-leaved Marsh\nDactylorhiza traunsteineri\nOrchid, Small white\nPseudorchis albida\nOyster‐plant\nMertensia maritima\n. . .\n. . .\nPennyroyal\nMentha pulegium\nPetalwort\nPetalophyllum ralfsii\n. . .\n. . .\nRosemary, Bog\nAndromeda polifolia\nSaw‐wort, Mountain\nSaussurea alpina\nSaxifrage, Purple\nSaxifraga oppositifolia\n. . .\n. . .\nSaxifrage, Yellow Mountain\nSaxifraga aizoides\nSea-kale\nCrambe maritima\nSea‐lavender, Rock\nLimonium binervosum\nSedge, Broad‐leaved Mud\nCarex magellanica\nSedge, Few‐flowered\nCarex pauciflora\nSedge, Stiff\nCarex bigelowii\nSmall‐reed, Northern\nCalamagrostis stricta\nSmall-reed, Wood\nCalamagrostis epigejos\nSpike‐rush\nEleocharis parvula\nSt John's Wort, Hairy\nHypericum hirsutum\n. . .\n. . .\nThistle, Melancholy\nCirsium heterophyllum\nThread-moss, Slender\nOrthodontium gracile\nVetch, Wood Bitter\nVicia orobus\nViolet, Fen\nViola persicifolia\nViolet, Water\nHottonia palustris\n. . .\n. . .\nWintergreen, Serrated\nRamischia secunda\nWormwood, Sea\nSeriphidium maritimum\nYellow Bird's‐nest\nMonotropa hypopitys",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. I: entry relating to \"Barley, Wood\" omitted (17.8.2011) by virtue of Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 27, 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. I: entries at the appropriate places in alphabetical order inserted (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 27, 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. I: entry relating to \"Betony\" omitted (17.8.2011) by virtue of Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 27, 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. I: entry relating to \"Clubmoss, Marsh\" omitted (17.8.2011) by virtue of Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 27, 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 8: entry relating to \"Fern, Killarney\" deleted (21.8.2007) by virtue of Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/345), reg. 40"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. I: entry relating to \"Orchid, Bird's Nest\" omitted (17.8.2011) by virtue of Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 27, 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. I: entry relating to \"Orchid, Narrow-leaved Marsh\" omitted (17.8.2011) by virtue of Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 27, 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. I: entry relating to \"Pea, Marsh\" omitted (17.8.2011) by virtue of Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 27, 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. I: entry relating to \"Pillwort\" omitted (17.8.2011) by virtue of Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 27, 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 8: entry relating to \"Saxifrage, Yellow Marsh\" deleted (21.8.2007) by virtue of Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/345), reg. 40"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. I: entry relating to \"Thistle, Melancholy\" omitted (17.8.2011) by virtue of Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 27, 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. I: entry relating to \"Waterwort, Eight-stamened\" omitted (17.8.2011) by virtue of Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 27, 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/171/schedule/8/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:57.714070+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."
}