2009 Check-list of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Isles of Scilly Dr. Colin French Botanical Society of the British Isles 31/10/2009 Number of First Last Species name Authority Common name Family 10km 2km 1km records year year Selaginella kraussiana (G.Kunze) A.Braun Mossy Clubmoss Selaginellaceae 4 1 1 1 1954 2009 Equisetum arvense L. Field Horsetail Equisetaceae 2 1 2 2 1959 1988 Equisetum x litorale Kuhlew. ex Rupr. Shore Horsetail Equisetaceae 1 1 1 1 1995 1995 Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. Moonwort Ophioglossaceae 5 1 2 1 1853 1930 Ophioglossum azoricum C.Presl. Small Adder's-tongue Ophioglossaceae 28 3 8 12 1862 2003 Ophioglossum lusitanicum L. Least Adder's-tongue Ophioglossaceae 15 2 1 6 1930 2006 Ophioglossum vulgatum L. Adder's-tongue Ophioglossaceae 6 3 4 2 1853 1990 Osmunda regalis L. Royal Fern Osmundaceae 47 4 4 6 1840 2009 Adiantum capillus-veneris L. Maidenhair Fern Adiantaceae 5 2 2 2 1959 2009 Phymatosorus diversifolius (Willd.) Pic. Serm. Kangaroo Fern Polypodiaceae 8 2 2 2 1993 2008 Polypodium interjectum Shivas Intermediate Polypody Polypodiaceae 41 4 14 19 1971 2008 Polypodium sp. Polypody Unidentified Polypodiaceae 34 4 13 19 1965 2008 Polypodium vulgare L. Polypody Polypodiaceae 48 4 10 16 1850 2008 Polypodium x mantoniae Rothm. & U. Schneider Hybrid Polypody Polypodiaceae 1 1 1 1 2003 2003 Number of First Last Species name Authority Common name Family 10km 2km 1km records year year Dicksonia antarctica Labill Tree Fern Dicksoniaceae 2 1 1 1 2008 2008 Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn Bracken Dennstaedtiaceae 214 4 21 56 1936 2009 Asplenium adiantum-nigrum L. Black Spleenwort Aspleniaceae 85 4 18 28 1850 2009 Asplenium marinum L. Sea Spleenwort Aspleniaceae 99 4 19 36 1830 2009 Asplenium obovatum subsp. (Fiori) P.Silva Lanceolate Spleenwort Aspleniaceae 84 4 12 27 1831 2009 lanceolatum Asplenium ruta-muraria L. Wall-rue Aspleniaceae 2 1 2 1 1979 2003 Asplenium trichomanes subsp. D.E. Mayer Maidenhair Spleenwort Aspleniaceae 16 4 4 5 1893 1990 quadrivalens Asplenium x sarniense Sleep Hybrid Asplenium Aspleniaceae 1 1 1 1 2004 2004 Ceterach officinarum Willd. Rustyback Fern Aspleniaceae 2 1 0 0 1962 1962 Phyllitis scolopendrium (L.) Newman Hart's-tongue Fern Aspleniaceae 74 4 14 21 1936 2009 Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth Lady-fern Woodsiaceae 45 2 5 8 1850 2009 Cyrtomium falcatum (L.f.) C.Presl. House Holly-fern Dryopteridaceae 30 1 1 1 1956 2009 Dryopteris aemula (Aiton) O.Kuntze Hay-scented Buckler- Dryopteridaceae 5 1 1 1 1850 1971 Number of First Last Species name Authority Common name Family 10km 2km 1km records year year fern Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenk. Scaly Male-fern Dryopteridaceae 3 1 1 2 1967 2008 Dryopteris carthusiana (Villar) H.P.Fuchs Narrow Buckler-fern Dryopteridaceae 7 2 3 3 1850 1993 Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) A. Gray Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteridaceae 41 3 8 12 1850 2008 Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott Male-fern Dryopteridaceae 59 4 12 19 1850 2009 Polystichum setiferum (Forsk.) T.Moore ex Woyn. Soft Shield-fern Dryopteridaceae 16 4 8 12 1850 2008 Blechnum cordatum (Desv.) Hieron Chilean Hard-fern Blechnaceae 22 2 4 2 1936 2008 Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth Hard-fern Blechnaceae 4 2 3 2 1852 1984 Woodwardia radicans (L.) Smith Chain Fern Blechnaceae 2 1 1 1 1994 2008 Azolla filiculoides Lam. Water Fern Azollaceae 10 1 3 4 1983 2006 Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud Lodgepole Pine Pinaceae 5 1 3 1 1984 2008 Pinus pinaster Ait. Maritime Pine Pinaceae 1 1 1 1 1995 1995 Pinus radiata D.Don Monterey Pine Pinaceae 31 4 11 13 1834 2008 Pinus sp. Pine Unidentified Pinaceae 65 3 6 5 1884 1999 Number of First Last Species name Authority Common name Family 10km 2km 1km records year year Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw. ex Gord. Monterey Cypress Cupressaceae 12 4 5 7 1834 2008 Laurus nobilis L. Bay Lauraceae 5 2 2 2 1984 2003 Aconitum napellus L. Monk's-hood Ranunculaceae 1 1 1 1 2008 2008 Aquilegia vulgaris L. Columbine Ranunculaceae 3 2 2 2 1959 1963 Caltha palustris L. Marsh-marigold Ranunculaceae 5 1 1 1 1936 1963 Clematis sp. Clematis Unidentified Ranunculaceae 2 2 0 0 1958 1981 Clematis vitalba L. Traveller's-joy Ranunculaceae 4 1 2 2 1960 2003 Ranunculus acris L. Meadow Buttercup Ranunculaceae 6 3 4 3 1909 2007 Common Water- Ranunculus aquatilis L. Ranunculaceae 3 2 1 0 1879 1909 crowfoot Brackish Water- Ranunculus baudotii Godron Ranunculaceae 14 3 4 4 1862 1995 crowfoot Ranunculus bulbosus L. Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculaceae 25 3 9 10 1862 2008 Ranunculus ficaria L. Lesser Celandine Ranunculaceae 37 3 15 21 1879 2003 Ranunculus ficaria subsp. ficaria L. Lesser Celandine Ranunculaceae 6 2 2 4 2002 2008 Number of First Last Species name Authority Common name Family 10km 2km 1km records year year Ranunculus flammula subsp. L. Lesser Spearwort Ranunculaceae 41 4 7 11 1862 2008 flammula Ranunculus hederaceus L. Ivy-leaved Crowfoot Ranunculaceae 15 1 3 4 1853 1996 Ranunculus marginatus D'urv St Martin's Buttercup Ranunculaceae 5 1 1 2 1950 2003 Ranunculus muricatus L. Scilly Buttercup Ranunculaceae 21 4 10 13 1936 2003 Ranunculus omiophyllus Ten Round-leaved Crowfoot Ranunculaceae 1 1 0 0 1893 1893 Small-flowered Ranunculus parviflorus L. Ranunculaceae 19 3 5 8 1862 2009 Buttercup Ranunculus repens L. Creeping Buttercup Ranunculaceae 53 4 15 24 1862 2008 Ranunculus sardous Crantz Hairy Buttercup Ranunculaceae 26 3 10 15 1862 2008 Thread-leaved Water- Ranunculus trichophyllus Chaix Ranunculaceae 1 1 0 0 1909 1909 crowfoot Ranunculus tripartitus DC. Three-lobed Crowfoot Ranunculaceae 3 1 1 1 1879 1887 Thalictrum minus L. Lesser Meadow-rue Ranunculaceae 3 1 0 0 1930 1971 Glaucium flavum Crantz Yellow Horned-poppy Papaveraceae 44 3 10 11 1756 2009 Number of First Last Species name Authority Common name Family 10km 2km 1km records year year Papaver arenarium Bieb. Papaveraceae 1 1 1 1 1975 2008 Papaver dubium L. Long-headed Poppy Papaveraceae 25 4 6 9 1862 2009 Papaver dubium subsp. lecoqii (Lamotte) Syme Yellow-juiced Poppy Papaveraceae 2 2 0 0 1879 1909 Papaver pseudoorientale (Fedde) Medw. Oriental Poppy Papaveraceae 2 1 2 1 1952 2003 Papaver rhoeas L. Common Poppy Papaveraceae 20 4 7 9 1853 2003 Papaver somniferum L. Opium Poppy Papaveraceae 15 2 7 7 1909 2003 Fumaria bastardii Boreau Tall Ramping-fumitory Fumariaceae 47 4 9 16 1803 2009 Fumaria bastardii var. hibernica Pugsl. Tall Ramping-fumitory Fumariaceae 3 2 2 2 1862 1906 Fumaria capreolata subsp. White Ramping- (Pugsl.) P.D.Sell Fumariaceae 58 4 10 17 1877 2009 babingtonii fumitory Common Ramping- Fumaria muralis subsp. boraei (Jordan) Pugsley Fumariaceae 59 4 12 19 1905 2009 fumitory Fumaria muralis subsp. boraei var. Pugsl. Fumariaceae 1 1 1 1 1905 1905 britannica Fumaria muralis subsp. boraei var. Fumariaceae 1 1 1 1 2007 2007 majus Number of First Last Species name Authority Common name Family 10km 2km 1km records year year Western Ramping- Fumaria occidentalis Pugsley Fumariaceae 82 4 10 14 1930 2009 fumitory Fumaria officinalis subsp. officinalis L. Common Fumitory Fumariaceae 12 3 4 4 1862 2008 Purple Ramping- Fumaria purpurea Pugsl. Fumariaceae 8 1 2 2 1987 1988 fumitory Ulmus aggregate Elm Ulmaceae 52 4 13 20 1871 2008 Ulmus glabra Huds. Wych Elm Ulmaceae 4 2 3 3 1936 1936 Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia (Weston) Stace Cornish Elm Ulmaceae 1 1 1 1 2003 2003 Ulmus procera Salisb. English Elm Ulmaceae 27 3 9 11 1936 2008 Ulmus x hollandica Mill. Dutch Elm Ulmaceae 14 2 4 7 1936 2009 Humulus lupulus L. Hop Cannabaceae 13 2 5 6 1853 2003 Ficus carica L. Fig Moraceae 7 3 5 5 1936 1994 Morus nigra L. Black Mulberry Moraceae 1 1 0 0 1998 1998 Parietaria judaica L. Pellitory-of-the-wall Urticaceae 78 4 12 18 1853 2009 Parietaria officinalis L. Eastern Pellitory-of- Urticaceae 1 1 1 1 2007 2007 Number of First Last Species name Authority Common name Family 10km 2km 1km records year year the-wall Mind-your-own- Soleirolia soleirolii (Req.) Dandy Urticaceae 41 3 9 13 1936 2009 business Urtica dioica L. Common Nettle Urticaceae 95 4 19 37 1853 2008 Urtica urens L. Small Nettle Urticaceae 35 4 10 15 1936 2009 Carya aquatica (Michx f.) Nutt Water Hickory Juglandaceae 1 1 1 1 2005 2005 Castanea sativa Miller Sweet Chestnut Fagaceae 1 1 1 0 1972 1972 Fagus sylvatica L. Beech Fagaceae 5 2 1 0 1958 1996 Quercus cerris L. Turkey Oak Fagaceae 1 1 1 1 1936 1936 Quercus ilex L. Evergreen Oak Fagaceae 12 3 2 3 1834 2008 Quercus petraea (Mattuschka) Liebl. Sessile Oak Fagaceae 1 1 1 0 1972 1972 Quercus robur L. Pedunculate Oak Fagaceae 28 3 7 9 1922 2008 Quercus sp. Oak Fagaceae 8 3 2 2 1958 1995 Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertner Alder Betulaceae 6 2 2 2 1967 2008 Number of First Last Species name Authority Common name Family 10km 2km 1km records year year Betula pubescens subsp. pubescens Ehrh Downy Birch Betulaceae 1 1 1 1 2003 2003 Protea incompta Proteaceae 1 1 0 0 1965 1965 Mirabilis jalapa L. Marvel-of-Peru Nyctaginaceae 2 1 2 2 1995 2009 Aptenia cordifolia (L. f.) Schwantes Heart-leaf Ice-plant Aizoaceae 15 3 6 10 1967 2008 Carpobrotus acinaciformis (L.) L.Bolus Sally-my-handsome Aizoaceae 15 2 5 7 1895 2007 Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br Hottentot-fig Aizoaceae 110 4 16 33 1878 2009 Carpobrotus glaucescens (Haw.) Schwantes Angular Sea-fig Aizoaceae 1 1 0 0 2009 2009 Cleretum bellidiforme (Burman f.) G.D.Rowley Livingstone Daisy Aizoaceae 1 1 1 1 1996 1996 Disphyma australe (Sol.