# The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985, Part I: PLANTS WHICH ARE PROTECTED UNDER ARTICLE 14(1)(a) AND (2) Extent: N.I. Common name Scientific name Avens, Mountain Dryas octopetala . . . . . . Beak-sedge, Brown Rhynchospora fusca . . . . . . Birds-foot Ornithopus perpusillus Bristle-moss, Spruce's Orthotrichum sprucei Broomrape, Ivy Orobanche hederae Buckthorn, Alder Frangula alnus Bugle, Pyramidal Ajuga pyramidalis Burnet, Great Sanguisorba officinalis Campion, Moss Silene acaulis Cat's‐ear, Smooth Hypochoeris glabra Centaury, Seaside Centaurium littorale Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus Clubmoss, Alpine Diphasiastrum alpinum Clubmoss, Marsh Lycopodiella inundata . . . . . . Clubmoss, Stag's Horn Lycopodium clavatum Cowslip Primula veris Cow‐wheat, Wood Melampyrum sylvaticum Cranesbill, Meadow Geranium pratense Cranesbill, Wood Geranium sylvaticum Cress, Shepherd's Teesdalia nudicaulis Crowfoot, Water Ranunculus fluitans Dodder Cuscuta epithymum Feather-moss, Elegant Eurhynchiastrum pulchellum Fern, Holly Polystichum lonchitis . . . . . . Fern, Oak Gymnocarpium dryopteris Fern, Parsley Cryptogramma crispa Figwort, Green Scrophularia umbrosa Fleabane, Blue Erigeron acer Gentian, Autumn Gentianella amarella Globe‐flower Trollius europaeus Grass, Blue‐eyed Sisyrinchium bermudiana Grass, Holy Hierochloe odorata Heath, Cornish Erica vagans Helleborine, Green‐flowered Epipactis phyllanthes Helleborine, Marsh Epipactis palustris Henbane Hyoscyamus niger Hornwort, Soft Ceratophyllum submersum Jelly-lichen, River Collema dichotomum Juniper Juniperus communis Lichen Enterographa elaborata Lichen Lobaria virens Meadow-rue, Alpine Thalictrum alpinum Moschatel, or Town Hall Clock Adoxa moschatellina Mudwort Limosella aquatica Notchwort, Ragged Leiocolea heterocolpos Orchid, Bee Ophrys apifera . . . . . . Orchid, Bog Hammarbya paludosa Orchid, Dense-flowered Neotinea maculata Orchid, Green‐winged Orchis morio Orchid, Irish Lady's Tresses Spiranthes romanzoffiana Orchid, Lapland Marsh Dactylorhiza lapponica . . . . . . Orchid, Narrow-leaved Marsh Dactylorhiza traunsteineri Orchid, Small white Pseudorchis albida Oyster‐plant Mertensia maritima . . . . . . Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium Petalwort Petalophyllum ralfsii . . . . . . Rosemary, Bog Andromeda polifolia Saw‐wort, Mountain Saussurea alpina Saxifrage, Purple Saxifraga oppositifolia . . . . . . Saxifrage, Yellow Mountain Saxifraga aizoides Sea-kale Crambe maritima Sea‐lavender, Rock Limonium binervosum Sedge, Broad‐leaved Mud Carex magellanica Sedge, Few‐flowered Carex pauciflora Sedge, Stiff Carex bigelowii Small‐reed, Northern Calamagrostis stricta Small-reed, Wood Calamagrostis epigejos Spike‐rush Eleocharis parvula St John's Wort, Hairy Hypericum hirsutum . . . . . . Thistle, Melancholy Cirsium heterophyllum Thread-moss, Slender Orthodontium gracile Vetch, Wood Bitter Vicia orobus Violet, Fen Viola persicifolia Violet, Water Hottonia palustris . . . . . . Wintergreen, Serrated Ramischia secunda Wormwood, Sea Seriphidium maritimum Yellow Bird's‐nest Monotropa hypopitys --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/171/schedule/8/part/I (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985/schedule-8/part-I Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.