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The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes.The total number of vascular species is low by world standards but lichens and bryophytes are abundant and the latter form a population of global importance.
The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes. The total number of vascular species is low by world standard but lichens and bryophytes are abundant and the latter form a population of global importance.
ombrotrophic mires in northern England and southern Scotland. In addition to the two native oak species (Quercus robur and Q. petraea), broad-leafed deciduous trees include common ash, silver birch, European aspen, and common elm.
Pages in category "Flora of Scotland" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Primula scotica, commonly known as Scottish primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family, Primulaceae, the primroses and their relatives. It was first described by James Smith , and is endemic to the north coast of Scotland .
Hedlundia pseudomeinichii, known as false rowan [2] and Catacol whitebeam, is a rare species of tree endemic to the Isle of Arran in south-western Scotland.It is believed to have arisen as a hybrid of the native European rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) and the cut-leaved whitebeam (Hedlundia pseudofennica) which is in turn a rowan/Arran whitebeam (Hedlundia arranensis) hybrid. [3]
Bryoerythrophyllum caledonicum, commonly known as Scottish beardmoss, [3] is a moss endemic to Scotland. [4] Recognised as a distinct species in 1982, it had been collected occasionally from 1891 onwards under other names.
The species is threatened by habitat loss and only 283 Hedlundia arranensis were recorded as mature trees in 1980. [2] They are protected in Glen Diomhan off Glen Catacol, which was formerly part of a National Nature Reserve; although this designation was removed in 2011 the area continues to form part of a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and is monitored by staff from ...