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The Down Rare Plant Register of Scarce & Threatened Vascular Plants
Vascular Plant Register County Down County Down Scarce, Rare & Extinct Vascular Plant Register and Checklist of Species Graham Day & Paul Hackney Record editor: Graham Day Authors of species accounts: Graham Day and Paul Hackney General editor: Julia Nunn 2008 These records have been selected from the database held by the Centre for Environmental Data and Recording at the Ulster Museum. The database comprises all known county Down records. The records that form the basis for this work were made by botanists, most of whom were amateur and some of whom were professional, employed by government departments or undertaking environmental impact assessments. This publication is intended to be of assistance to conservation and planning organisations and authorities, district and local councils and interested members of the public. Cover design by Fiona Maitland Cover photographs: Mourne Mountains from Murlough National Nature Reserve © Julia Nunn Hyoscyamus niger © Graham Day Spiranthes romanzoffiana © Graham Day Gentianella campestris © Graham Day MAGNI Publication no. 016 © National Museums & Galleries of Northern Ireland 1 Vascular Plant Register County Down 2 Vascular Plant Register County Down CONTENTS Preface 5 Introduction 7 Conservation legislation categories 7 The species accounts 10 Key to abbreviations used in the text and the records 11 Contact details 12 Acknowledgements 12 Species accounts for scarce, rare and extinct vascular plants 13 Casual species 161 Checklist of taxa from county Down 166 Publications relevant to the flora of county Down 180 Index 182 3 Vascular Plant Register County Down 4 Vascular Plant Register County Down PREFACE County Down is distinguished among Irish counties by its relatively diverse and interesting flora, as a consequence of its range of habitats and long coastline. -
South, Tasmania
Biodiversity Summary for NRM Regions Guide to Users Background What is the summary for and where does it come from? This summary has been produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPC) for the Natural Resource Management Spatial Information System. It highlights important elements of the biodiversity of the region in two ways: • Listing species which may be significant for management because they are found only in the region, mainly in the region, or they have a conservation status such as endangered or vulnerable. • Comparing the region to other parts of Australia in terms of the composition and distribution of its species, to suggest components of its biodiversity which may be nationally significant. The summary was produced using the Australian Natural Natural Heritage Heritage Assessment Assessment Tool Tool (ANHAT), which analyses data from a range of plant and animal surveys and collections from across Australia to automatically generate a report for each NRM region. Data sources (Appendix 2) include national and state herbaria, museums, state governments, CSIRO, Birds Australia and a range of surveys conducted by or for DEWHA. Limitations • ANHAT currently contains information on the distribution of over 30,000 Australian taxa. This includes all mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and fish, 137 families of vascular plants (over 15,000 species) and a range of invertebrate groups. The list of families covered in ANHAT is shown in Appendix 1. Groups notnot yet yet covered covered in inANHAT ANHAT are are not not included included in the in the summary. • The data used for this summary come from authoritative sources, but they are not perfect. -
THE VEGETATION of SUBANTARCTIC CAMPBELL ISLAND ______Summary: the Vegetation of Campbell Island and Its Offshore Islets Was Sampled Quantitatively at 140 Sites
COLIN D. MEURK, M.N. FOGGO1 and J. BASTOW WILSON2 123 Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua, PO Box 69, Lincoln, New Zealand. 1. Department of Science, Central Institute of Technology, Private Bag 39807, Wellington, New Zealand. 2. Botany Department, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand. THE VEGETATION OF SUBANTARCTIC CAMPBELL ISLAND __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Summary: The vegetation of Campbell Island and its offshore islets was sampled quantitatively at 140 sites. Data from the 134 sites with more than one vascular plant species were subjected to multivariate analysis. Out of a total of 140 indigenous and widespread adventive species known from the island group, 124 vascular species were recorded; 85 non-vascular cryptogams or species aggregates play a major role in the vegetation. Up to 19 factors of the physical environment were recorded or derived for each site. Agglomerative cluster analysis of the vegetation data was used to identify 21 plant communities. These (together with cryptogam associations) include: maritime crusts, turfs, megaherbfields, tussock grasslands, and shrublands; mid-elevation swamps, flushes, bogs, tussock grasslands, shrublands, dwarf forests, and induced meadows; and upland tundra-like tussock grasslands, tall and short turf-herbfields, bogs, flushes, rock-ledge herbfields, and fellfields. Axis 1 of the DCA ordination is largely a soil gradient related to the eutrophying impact of marine spray, sea mammals and birds, and nutrient flushing. Axis 2 is an altitudinal (or thermal) gradient. Axis 3 is related to soil reaction and to different kinds of animal influence on vegetation stature and species richness, and Axis 4 also appears to have fertility and animal associations. -
Co-Extinction of Mutualistic Species – an Analysis of Ornithophilous Angiosperms in New Zealand
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CO-EXTINCTION OF MUTUALISTIC SPECIES An analysis of ornithophilous angiosperms in New Zealand Sandra Palmqvist Degree project for Master of Science (120 hec) with a major in Environmental Science ES2500 Examination Course in Environmental Science, 30 hec Second cycle Semester/year: Spring 2021 Supervisor: Søren Faurby - Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences Examiner: Johan Uddling - Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences “Tui. Adult feeding on flax nectar, showing pollen rubbing onto forehead. Dunedin, December 2008. Image © Craig McKenzie by Craig McKenzie.” http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/sites/all/files/1200543Tui2.jpg Table of Contents Abstract: Co-extinction of mutualistic species – An analysis of ornithophilous angiosperms in New Zealand ..................................................................................................... 1 Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Samutrotning av mutualistiska arter – En analys av fågelpollinerade angiospermer i New Zealand ................................................................... 3 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5 2. Material and methods ............................................................................................................... 7 2.1 List of plant species, flower colours and conservation status ....................................... 7 2.1.1 Flower Colours ............................................................................................................. -
VC Annual Reports for 2019 for England and the Channel Isles
VC Annual Reports for 2019 for England and the Channel Isles Rosemary 1b Isles of Scilly: With the new Flora having been published there has been Parslow something of a lull in recording. Mistakenly some people seemed to think there was no need to carry on sending in records so I have been encouraging them to continue submitting records. Unfortunately, I have not made as many visits to Scilly as I would like. Up until recently I have relied on getting paid work on the islands to supplement my recording trips there. But organisations such as NE having less involvement with Scilly those opportunities have almost dried up. Fortunately, a good friend Liz Askins who lives on Scilly has joined BSBI and has been taking an increasing part in recording so we now have someone on the Isles for the first time. During my visits I have been trying to fill in gaps in recording as well as checking on some of the particularly vulnerable plants such as coastal species. The increased storminess and sea level rise are clearly having an impact. Additionally, the earlier and earlier appearance of Ophioglossum lusitanicum (Least Adder's-tongue) is striking – could this indicate a response to global warming? With an archipelago of very small, low- lying islands perhaps such changes may be more obvious? Colin French 1 There are now 2,259,536 flowering plant and fern records for Cornwall. An increase of 64k (18,133 for VC1 and 31,679 for VC2). The difference making up the 64K are records added to the database for previous years. -
Types and Other Historical Specimens of Allan and Richard Cunningham's
https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj77.04.249 Types and other historical specimens of Allan and Richard Cunningham's taxa of Epilobium and Fuchsia (Onagraceae) from New Zealand in the Turczaninow Herbarium at the National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW) Sergei L. MOSYAKIN1, Peter J. de LANGE2, Svitlana I. ANTONENKO1, Natalia B. KLIMOVYCH1 1 M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2 Tereschenkivska Str., Kyiv 01601, Ukraine [email protected] 2 Environment and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology Private Bag 92025, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, New Zealand [email protected] Mosyakin S.L., de Lange P.J., Antonenko S.I., Klimovych N.B. 2020. Types and other historical specimens of Allan and Richard Cunningham's taxa of Epilobium and Fuchsia (Onagraceae) from New Zealand in the Turczaninow Herbarium at the National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW). Ukrainian Botanical Journal, 77(4): 249–269. Abstract. Thirteen historical specimens (including original material, mainly syntypes and isolectotypes) of Allan and Richard Cunningham's taxa of Epilobium and Fuchsia (Onagraceae) from New Zealand recently discovered in the Turczaninow Herbarium (KW-TURCZ) at the National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW) are discussed in comparison with digital images of and data on other relevant specimens from several other herbaria, such as K, BM, WELT, etc. These specimens, collected in New Zealand by Allan Cunningham in 1826 and 1838 and by Richard Cunningham in 1833–1834, represent the following taxa (as outlined by A. Cunningham): Epilobium alsinoides, E. atriplicifolium, E. confertum, E. hirtigerum, E. nerterioides, E. nummulariifolium, E. pedunculare, E. thymifolium, E. -
Irish Botanical News
Irish Botanical News No. 26 March 2016 Editor: Paul R. Green Above: Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) in Grand Canal Docks, Dublin. Photo: R. McMullen © 2015. See page 32. Below: Field meeting at Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick, 16 May 2015. Photo: J. Reynolds © 2015. See page 68. PAGE 1 Committee for Ireland 2015 -2016 The following is the Committee as elected at the Annual General Meeting at The Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin on 19th September 2015. Office bearers were subsequently elected at the first committee meeting. Two further members are co-opted to the Committee. The Committee is now: Mr R. H. Northridge (Chairman, Atlas Planning Group, Irish Officer Steering Group and NI Representative on Records and Research Committee) Dr J. Denyer (Vice-Chair, Irish Officer Steering Group) Mrs P. O’Meara (Hon. Secretary) Mr J. Conaghan (Field Secretary) Dr R. Hodd (Hon. Treasurer) Mr C. Breen Dr M. Sheehy Skeffington The following are co-opted members of the committee: Dr M. McCorry Mr G. Sharkey (ROI Representative on Records and Research Committee) The following are nominated observers to the committee: Mr M. Wright (Northern Ireland Environment Agency) Dr M.B. Wyse Jackson (National Parks & Wildlife Service) Irish Botanical News is published by the committee for Ireland, BSBI and edited by P.R. Green. © P.R. Green and the authors of individual articles, 2016. Front cover photo: Vicia sepium var. ochroleuca (Bush Vetch). Photo: Margaret Cahill © 2015. See page 28. All species and common names in Irish Botanical News follow those in the database on the BSBI website http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/ and Stace, C. -
Conservation Status of New Zealand Indigenous Vascular Plants, 2012
NEW ZEALAND THREAT CLASSIFICATION SERIES 3 Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012 Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough Cover: The Nationally Critical shrub Pittosporum serpentinum from the Surville Cliffs is severely affected by possums, and no seedlings have been found during recent surveys. Photo: Jeremy Rolfe. New Zealand Threat Classification Series is a scientific monograph series presenting publications related to the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). Most will be lists providing NZTCS status of members of a plant or animal group (e.g. algae, birds, spiders). There are currently 23 groups, each assessed once every 3 years. After each 3-year cycle there will be a report analysing and summarising trends across all groups for that listing cycle. From time to time the manual that defines the categories, criteria and process for the NZTCS will be reviewed. Publications in this series are considered part of the formal international scientific literature. This report is available from the departmental website in pdf form. Titles are listed in our catalogue on the website, refer www.doc.govt.nz under Publications, then Science & technical. © Copyright August 2013, New Zealand Department of Conservation ISSN 2324–1713 (web PDF) ISBN 978–0–478–14995–1 (web PDF) This report was prepared for publication by the Publishing Team; editing by Amanda Todd and layout by Lynette Clelland. Publication was approved by the Deputy Director-General, Science and Capability Group, Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand. -
Nutrient Cycling and the Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Created and Natural Wetlands of Central Ohio
Nutrient Cycling and the Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Created and Natural Wetlands of Central Ohio DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Katie Hossler, B.S., M.S. Environmental Science Graduate Program The Ohio State University 2010 Dissertation Committee: Professor Virginie Bouchard, Co-Advisor Professor Robert J. Gates, Co-Advisor Professor Siobhan Fennessy Professor Dawn Gibas Ferris Professor Richard Moore c Copyright by Katie Hossler 2010 ABSTRACT This dissertation details a comprehensive study of the ecology and development of the soil and carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in freshwater marshes. Beyond broadening our understanding of wetland development and ecology, this work intents to enlighten evaluation of wetland mitigation policy, as well as facilitate the success of wetland creation projects. Ten created and five natural freshwater marshes of central Ohio are the focus throughout the study. One of the central chapters (Ch. 3) compares structure and function between created and natural wetlands. The most important finding is that there are significant differences between created and natural wetland soils; this leads to smaller nutrient stocks and slower nutrient cycles in the created wetlands. Time-to-equilibrium estimates for the development of soil and nutrient-related functions are explored in Ch. 4. It is determined that overcoming these differences will require more time than is acceptable for most mitigation policies. The final two chapters explore the habit and ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) in created and natural marshes. The presence of AM was high in both created and natural wetlands and across created wetland age. -
Epilobium Brunnescens Subsp. Brunnescens
Epilobium brunnescens subsp. brunnescens COMMON NAME Creeping willowherb SYNONYMS Epilobium pedunculare var. brunnescens Cockayne. FAMILY Onagraceae AUTHORITY Epilobium brunnescens (Cockayne) P.H.Raven et Engelhorn subsp. brunnescens FLORA CATEGORY Vascular – Native ENDEMIC TAXON Yes ENDEMIC GENUS No ENDEMIC FAMILY No STRUCTURAL CLASS Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites Kaiwharawhara Stream, Wellington. Jan 2007. NVS CODE Photographer: Jeremy Rolfe EPIBRU CHROMOSOME NUMBER 2n = 36 CURRENT CONSERVATION STATUS 2012 | Not Threatened PREVIOUS CONSERVATION STATUSES 2009 | Not Threatened 2004 | Not Threatened DISTRIBUTION Endemic. New Zealand. North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie Islands. Naturalised in the British Isles and the Guernsey Islands. HABITAT Widespread in open ground, especially along the sides gravelly river beds and on damp rock faces. Uncommon in the northern North Island, and as a rule more common in montane areas of that island. A species preferring areas of high rainfall so less common in the eastern South Island. Kaiwharawhara Stream, Wellington. Jan 2007. Photographer: Jeremy Rolfe FEATURES Matted, creeping herb forming patches up to 2 m across. Stems light brown, with well-marked lines of strigillose hairs running down from margins of petioles, very rarely glabrous. Flowers arising individually from the leaf axils, the stems continuing to grow and root beyond the point where flowers are produced. Leaves opposite, firmly membranous; dull green often with a red or brown-tinge, bearing 0-1(-2) obscure laterial veins either side of midrib; lamina 1.5-13.0 × 1.5-12.0 mm ovate to broadly ovate, apex rounded to obtuse, base obtuse to truncate, entire, rarely with 1-2(-4) weakly developed teeth on each margin; petiole often absent, if present then 0.5-6.0(-7.0) mm long. -
Native Plant Species in Te Urewera National Park
FACT SHEET SEPTEMBER 2005 Native Plant Species in Te Urewera National Park This list of 563 plant species is drawn from a number of published and unpublished lists prepared by various authors over the last few decades. The species names have been updated where necessary. It provides, as far as possible, a comprehensive list for the botanist as a tool for plant appreciation, research and education. The plants have been divided up into major life-form groupings and common names have been provided as a guide for the non-specialist. Key to threat ♣♣♣♣♣ Acutely threatened, nationally endangered ranking ♣♣♣♣ Chronically threatened, serious decline ♣♣♣ Chronically threatened, gradual decline ♣♣ At risk sparse ♣ Range restricted Gymnospermous Dacrycarpus dacrydioides kahikatea, white pine Dacrydium cupressinum rimu, red pine trees and Halocarpus bidwillii bog pine shrubs Halocarpus biformis pink pine Lagarostobos colensoi silver pine Lepidothamnus laxifolius pygmy pine Libocedrus bidwillii a native cedar Phyllocladus alpinus mountain toatoa Phyllocladus alpinus X P. toatoa Totara (Podocarpus totara). Phyllocladus toatoa toatoa Phyllocladus trichomanoides tanekaha Podocarpus cunninghamii Hall’s totara Podocarpus halii X P. nivalis Podocarpus hallii X P. totara var. totara Podocarpus nivalis mountain totara Podocarpus totara var. totara totara Prumnopitys taxifolia matai Stachypitys ferrugineus miro Dicotyledonous Alectryon excelsus subsp. excelsus titoki Alepis flavida ♣♣♣♣ yellow mistletoe trees and Alseuosmia pusilla shrubs Androstoma empetrifolia Aristotelia fruiticosa 1 Produced by the Department of Conservation (D King), P O Box 668, Gisborne, Telephone (06) 869 0460 Fax: (06) 867 8015 Dicotyledonous Aristotelia serrata makomako Beilschmiedia tawa tawa trees and Brachyglottis kirkii var. kirkii ♣♣♣♣ tree daisy shrubs (cont.) Brachyglottis repanda rangiora, bushman’s friend Carmichaelia arborea a native broom Carpodetus serratus putaputaweta, marbleleaf Clianthus maximus ♣♣♣♣♣ kakabeak Coprosma aff. -
New Zealand Indigenous Vascular Plant Checklist 2010
NEW ZEALAND INDIGENOUS VASCULAR PLANT CHECKLIST 2010 Peter J. de Lange Jeremy R. Rolfe New Zealand Plant Conservation Network New Zealand indigenous vascular plant checklist 2010 Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe New Zealand Plant Conservation Network P.O. Box 16102 Wellington 6242 New Zealand E-mail: [email protected] www.nzpcn.org.nz Dedicated to Tony Druce (1920–1999) and Helen Druce (1921–2010) Cover photos (clockwise from bottom left): Ptisana salicina, Gratiola concinna, Senecio glomeratus subsp. glomeratus, Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. diversifolius, Hypericum minutiflorum, Hymenophyllum frankliniae, Pimelea sporadica, Cyrtostylis rotundifolia, Lobelia carens. Main photo: Parahebe jovellanoides. Photos: Jeremy Rolfe. © Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe 2010 ISBN 978-0-473-17544-3 Published by: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network P.O. Box 16-102 Wellington New Zealand E-mail: [email protected] www.nzpcn.org.nz CONTENTS Symbols and abbreviations iv Acknowledgements iv Introduction 1 New Zealand vascular flora—Summary statistics 7 New Zealand indigenous vascular plant checklist—alphabetical (List includes page references to phylogenetic checklist and concordance) 9 New Zealand indigenous vascular plant checklist—by phylogenetic group (Name, family, chromosome count, endemic status, conservation status) (Genera of fewer than 20 taxa are not listed in the table of contents) 32 LYCOPHYTES (13) 32 FERNS (192) 32 Asplenium 32 Hymenophyllum 35 GYMNOSPERMS (21) 38 NYMPHAEALES (1) 38 MAGNOLIIDS (19) 38 CHLORANTHALES (2) 39 MONOCOTS I (177) 39 Pterostylis 42 MONOCOTS II—COMMELINIDS (444) 44 Carex 44 Chionochloa 51 Luzula 49 Poa 54 Uncinia 48 EUDICOTS (66) 57 Ranunculus 57 CORE EUDICOTS (1480) 58 Acaena 95 Aciphylla 59 Brachyglottis 64 Carmichaelia 80 Celmisia 65 Coprosma 96 Dracophyllum 78 Epilobium 86 Gentianella 81 Hebe 89 Leptinella 69 Myosotis 73 Olearia 70 Pimelea 99 Pittosporum 88 Raoulia 71 Senecio 72 Concordance 101 Other taxonomic notes 122 Taxa no longer considered valid 123 References 125 iii SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS ◆ Changed since 2006 checklist.