The Islay Natural History Trust's R* Japanese Red-cedar Cryptomeria japonica C Alder Alnus glutinosa L* Grey Alder A.incana Checklist of the Wild Flowers of Islay and Jura This list includes all species reliably reported on Islay and Jura. The distribution and status of many species is poorly known and all records are valuable. Please send them, with localities and dates, to the Islay Wildlife Information Centre, Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay, PA48 7TX. The following status indications are necessarily only approximate and are based on the number of 10 km squares where the plant occurs, out of the 14 covering Islay. C=widespread, usually common, 8 or more squares, L=less widespread, but can be common suitable habitat, 3-7 squares. R=rare or very local, 1 or 2 squares only. *= introduced or escaped. +=needs confirming. J=Jura only. O=old records, pre-1950. LYCOPODIACEAE CUPRESSACEAE R* Hornbeam Carpinus betulus L Fir Clubmoss Huperzia selago R* Gowen Cypress Cupressus goveniana C Hazel Corylus avellana J Stag’s-horn Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum L* Lawson’s Cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana CHENOPODIACEAE R Alpine Clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum R* Western Red-cedar Thuja plicata C Fat-hen Chenopodium album SELAGINELLACEAE C Juniper Juniperus communis commmunis C Spear-leaved Orache Atriplex prostrata C Lesser Clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides J J.communis nana C Babington’s Orache A.glabriuscula ISOETACEAE ARAUCARIACEAE C Common Orache A.patula L Quillwort Isoetes lacustris R* Monkey-puzzle Araucaria araucana L Frosted Orache A.laciniata R Spring Quillwort I.echinospora TAXACEAE R Sea Beet Beta vulgaris EQUISETACEAE R* Yew Taxus baccata J Purple Glasswort Salicornia ramosissima R Variegated Horsetail Equisetum variegatum NYMPHAEACEAE L Common Glasswort S.europaea C Water Horsetail E.fluviatile C White Water-lily Nymphaea alba alba L Annual Sea-blite Suaeda maritima R E.x litorale C N.alba occidentalis C Prickly Saltwort Salsola kali C Field Horsetail E.arvense R Yellow Water-lily Nuphar lutea PORTULACACEAE R E.x rothmaleri RANUNCULACEAE L* Pink Purslane Claytonia sibirica J Shady Horsetail E.pratense C Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris C Blinks Montia fontana fontana C Wood Horsetail E.sylvaticum R* Green Hellebore Helleborus viridis R Blinks M.fontana variabilis C Marsh Horsetail E.palustre R* Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis CARYOPHYLLACEAE C Great Horsetail E.telmateia R* Monks-hood Aconitum napellus J Thyme-leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia serpyllifolia OPHIOGLOSSACEAE C Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa R Arenaria serpyllifolia leptoclados L Adder’s-tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum J* Anemone rivularis J* Mossy Sandwort Arenaria balearica L Moonwort Botrychium lunaria R* Traveller’s-joy Clematis vitalba R Three-nerved Sandwort Moehringia trinervia OSMUNDACEAE C Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris C Sea Sandwort Honckenya peploides C Royal Fern Osmunda regalis C Creeping Buttercup R.repens C Common Chickweed Stellaria media ADIANTACEAE C Bulbous Buttercup R.bulbosus L Greater Stitchwort S.holostea J Parsley Fern Cryptogamma crispa R Goldilocks Buttercup R.auricomus L Lesser Stitchwort S.graminea MARSILIACEAE C Celery-leaved Buttercup R.sceleratus C Bog Stitchwort S.uliginosa R Pillwort Pilularia globulifera C Lesser Spearwort R.flammula flammula R* Snow-in-summer Cerastium tomentosum HYMENOPHYLLACEAE C Lesser Spearwort R.flammula scoticus C Common Mouse-ear C.fontanum L Tunbridge Filmy-fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense C Lesser Celandine R.ficaria C Sticky Mouse-ear C.glomeratum C Wilson’s Filmy-fern H.wilsonii C Ivy-leaved Crowfoot R.hederaceus C Sea Mouse-ear C.diffusum R Killarney Fern Trichomanes speciosum L Brackish Water-crowfoot R.baudotii L Little Mouse-ear C.semidecandrum POLYPODIACEAE L Thread-leaved Water-crowfoot R.trichophyllus C Knotted Pearlwort Sagina nodosa C Polypody Polypodium vulgare R Common Water-crowfoot,R.aquatilis L Heath Pearlwort S.subulata L Intermediate Polypody P.interjectum O Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris C Procumbent Pearlwort S.procumbens R Southern Polypody P.cambricum C Lesser Meadow-rue Thalictrum minus L Annual Pearlwort S.apetala DENNSTAEDTIACEAE R Alpine Meadow-rue T.alpinum L Sea Pearlwort S.maritima C Bracken Pteridium aquilinum BERBERIDACEAE O Annual Knawel Scleranthus annuus THELYPTERIDACEAE J* Clustered Barberry Berberis aggregata C Corn Spurrey Spergula arvensis R Marsh Fern Thelypteris palustris R* Barberry B.vulgaris C Rock Sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola C Beech Fern Phegopteris connectilis PAPAVERACEAE C Greater Sea-spurrey S.media C Lemon-scented Fern Oreopteris limbosperma R* Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum L Lesser Sea-spurrey S.marina ASPLENIACEAE R Common Poppy P.rhoeas R Sand Spurrey S.rubra C Hart’s-tongue Phyllitis scolopendrium L Long-headed Poppy P.dubium C Ragged-Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi C Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum- O*Prickly Poppy P.argemone J* Corncockle Agrostemma githago nigrum L* Welsh Poppy Meconopsis cambrica L* Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris C Sea Spleenwort A.marinum FUMARIACEAE C Sea Campion S.uniflora C Maidenhair Spleenwort A.trichomanes quadrivalens J* Fern-leaved Corydalis Corydalis cheilanthifolia L* White Campion S.latifolia R A.trichomanes trichomanes R* Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea C Red Campion S.dioica R Green Spleenwort A.viride J Climbing Corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata R* S.fimbriata C Wall-rue A.ruta-muraria O White Ramping-fumitory Fumaria capreolata R* Soapwort Saponaria officinalis L Rustyback Ceterach officinarum R Tall Ramping-fumitory F.bastardii POLYGONACEAE WOODSIACEAE R Common Ramping-fumitory F.muralis R* Lesser Knotweed Persicaria campanulata C Lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina R Purple Ramping-fumitory F.purpurea L Common Bistort P.bistorta J Oak Fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris L Common Fumitory F.officinalis C Amphibious Bistort P.amphibia L Brittle Bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis ULMACEAE C Redshank P.maculosa DRYOPTERIDACEAE C* Wych Elm Ulmus glabra R Pale Persicaria P.lapathifolia L Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum R* Dutch Elm U.x hollandica C Water-pepper P.hydropiper L Hard Shield-fern P.aculeatum R* English Elm U.procera L Ray’s Knotgrass Polygonum oxyspermum J Mountain Male-fern Dryopteris oreades J* Small-leaved Elm U.minor minor L* Equal-leaved Knotgrass P.arenastrum C Male-fern D.filix-mas CANNABACEAE L Knotgrass P.aviculare J Dryopteris affinis x D.filix-mas R* Hop Humulus lupulus L* Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica C Scaly Male-fern D.affinis MORACEAE R* Giant Knotweed F.sachalinensis C Hay-Scented Buckler-fern D.aemula R* Fig Ficus carica R Black Bindweed F.convolvulus C Narrow Buckler-fern D.carthusiana URTICACEA R* Rhubarb Rheum x hybridum C Broad Buckler-fern D.dilatata C Common Nettle Urtica dioica C Sheep’s Sorrel Rumex acetosella J Northern Buckler-fern D.expansa C Small Nettle U.urens C Common Sorrel R.acetosa BLECHNACEAE R* Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii R Northern Dock R.longifolius C Hard-fern Blechnum spicant MYRICACEAE R Water Dock R.hydrolapathum PINACEAE C Bog-myrtle Myrica gale C Curled Dock R.crispus L* European Silver-fir Abies alba FAGACEAE J R.crispus x obtusifolius R* Noble Fir A.procera C* Beech Fagus sylvatica C Clustered Dock R.conglomeratus R* Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii L* Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa L Wood Dock R.sanguineus L* Western Hemlock-spruce Tsuga heterophylla R* Turkey Oak Quercus cerris C Broad-leaved Dock R.obtusifolius C* Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis R* Evergreen Oak Q.ilex R Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna C* Norway Spruce P.abies C Sessile Oak Q.petraea PLUMBAGINACEAE C* European Larch Larix decidua R Q.petraea x robur C Thrift Armeria maritima C* Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris C* Pedunculate Oak Q.robur ELATINACEAE R* Austrian/Corsican Pine P. nigra BETULACEAE L Six-stamened Waterwort Elatine hexandra L* Lodgepole Pine P.contorta C Silver Birch Betula pendula CLUSIACEAE TAXODIACEAE C Downy Birch B.pubescens pubescens R* Rose-of-Sharon Hypericum calycinum R* Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum C Downy Birch B.pubescens tortuosa C Tutsan H.androsaemum R Imperforate St John's-wort H.maculatum obtusiusculum EMPETRACEAE R* Bird Cherry P.padus C Square-stalked St John’s-wort H.tetrapterum C Crowberry Empetrum nigrum R* Cherry Laurel P.laurocerasus C Trailing St John’s-wort H.humifusum ERICACEAE R* Crab Apple Malus sylvestris C Slender St John’s-wort H.pulchrum C* Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum R* Apple M.domestica C Marsh St John’s-wort H.elodes JO Bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia C Rowan Sorbus aucuparia TILIACEAE R* Shallon Gaultheria shallon J Common Whitebeam S.rupicola C* Lime Tilia x vulgaris J* Prickly Heath G.mucronata L* Broad-leaved Whitebeam S.latifolia MALVACEAE L Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi R* Broad-leaved Cotoneaster Cotoneaster microphyllus R* Musk-mallow Malva moschata C Heather Calluna vulgaris R* Small-leaved Cotoneaster C.integrifolius L* Common Mallow M.sylvestris C Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix J* Thyme-leaved Cotoneaster C.linearifolius DROSERACEAE C Bell Heather E.cinerea J* Wall Cotoneaster C.horizontalis C Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia L Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos J* Himalayan Cotoneaster C.simonsii R D.rotundifolia x anglica L Cowberry V.vitis-idaea C Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna C Great Sundew D.anglica J Bog Bilberry V.uliginosum FABACEAE C Oblong-leaved Sundew D.intermedia C Bilberry V.myrtillus C Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria CISTACEAE PYROLACEAE C Common Birds-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus J Common Rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium O Common Wintergreen Pyrola minor C Greater