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An endemic species is a plant only native to a certain area. Outside this area, unless spread naturally it is considered non-native, usually as a result of cultivation. Britain and Ireland have few endemic trees, most being micro-species of Whitebeam. But there are some interesting endemic trees nevertheless.
A list of Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae including all the native plants and established aliens known to occur in Ireland with the distribution of each species, and recommended Irish and English names. pp. [i]-xxvii, 1-171, map. Dublin: Stationery Office. Reynolds, S.C.P. (2002). A catalogue of alien plants in Ireland. pp. [4], 1 ...
The Great British Trees were 50 trees selected by The Tree Council in 2002 to spotlight trees in the United Kingdom in honour of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. [1]
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names , in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
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This category contains articles related to the native plants of Great Britain. It is a geographical, not political, circumscription. It is a geographical, not political, circumscription. In accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), the category includes islands such as the Isle of Man , Shetland ...
The following 24 communities are described in Volume 4 of British Plant Communities. For an article summarising these communities see Aquatic communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. A1 Lemna gibba community Lemnetum gibbae Miyawaki & J. Tx. 1960; A2 Lemna minor community Lemnetum minoris Soó 1947