Flora (Protection) Order, 1987

FLORA (PROTECTION) ORDER 1987 I, RAY MACSHARRY, Minister for Finance, considering that each of the species of flora specified in the Schedule to the following Order should be protected, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 21 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 (No. 39 of 1976), and the Wildlife (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 (S.I. No. 156 of 1987), order as follows: REG 1 1. This Order may be cited as the Flora (Protection) Order, 1987. REG 2 2. (1) Each of the species of flora specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order is hereby declared to be protected throughout the State. (2) The common name of each of the species of flora specified in the said column (1) is set out in column (2) of the said Schedule opposite the mention of the species. (3) In case a species of flora specified in the said column (1) is partly comprised of flora which are not flora within the meaning of the Wildlife Act, 1976 (No. 39 of 1976), this Article shall be construed and have effect in relation to that species as if, "in so far as it is comprised of flora within the meaning of the Wildlife Act, 1976," were inserted before "is hereby declared" in paragraph (1) of this Article. REG 3 3. The Flora (Protection) Order, 1980 (S.I. No. 338 of 1980), is hereby revoked. SCHEDULE (1) Scientific Name(2) Common NameAcinos arvensis (Lam.) DandyBasil-ThymeAllium schoenoprasum L.ChivesArenaria ciliata L.Irish Sandwort(incl. ssp. hibernica Ostent. & Dahl.)Arthrocnemum perenne (Miller) MossPerennial Glasswort(syn. Salicornia perennis Mill)Asparagus officinalis L. Asplenium billotii F. SchultzWild Asparagus Lanceolate Spleenwort(syn. A. obovatum Viv, A. lanceolatum Huds. proparte)Asplenium septentrionale (L.)Forked SpleenwortHoffm.Astragalus danicus Retz.Purple Milk VetchCalamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth Bushgrass Campanula trachelium L.Bats-in-the BelfryCardamine impatiens L.Narrow-leaved Bitter CressCardaminopsis petraea (L.) Hiit.Northern RockcressCarex depauperata Curt. Starved Wood Sedge Centaurium pulchellum (Swartz)Lesser CentauryDruceColchicum autumnale L.Autumn CrocusCryptogramma crispa (L.) Hook. Parsley Fern Deschampsia setacea (Huds.) Hack. Bog Hair Grass Epilobium alsinifolium Vill.Chickweed Willow Herb(syn. E. alpinum L. proparte)Erica ciliaris L.Dorset Heath GrassEriophorum gracile Roth.Slender cotton GrassGaleopsis angustifolia Hoffm. Narrow-leaved Hemp Nettle Groenlandia densa (L.) Fourr.Opposite-leaved Pondweed(syn. Potamogeton densus L., P. serratus L.)Gymnocarpium robertianumLimestone Fern(Hoffm.) Newm.(syn. Thelypteris robertiana(Hoffm.) Slosson)Hammarbya paludosa (L.) OBog OrchidKuntze(syn. Malaxis paludosa (L.) Sw.)Helianthemum nummularium (L.)Common RockroseMillerHordeum secalinum Schreb.Meadow BarleyHydrilla verticillata (L. fil.) Royle Irish Hydrilla Hypericum canddense L.Canadian St. John's WortHypericum hirsutum L.Hairy St. John's WortInula salicina L.Willow-leaved InulaKickxia elatine (L.) Dum.FluellenLathyrus japonicus Willd.Sea PeaLogfia minima (L.) DumortSlender Cudweedsyn. Filago minima (Sm.) Pers.)Lotus subbiflorus Lag.Hairy Birdsfoot Trefoil(syn. L. hispidus Desf. ex DC.)Mentha pulegium L.Penny RoyalMertensia maritima (L.) S. F. GrayOyster PlantMinuartia recurva (All.) Schinz & Thell.Recurved SandwortMisopates orontium (L.) Rafin.Lesser SnapdragonNajas flexilis (Wilid.) Rostk. & SchimdtSlender NaiadOenanthe pimpinelloides L.A Water DropwortOmalotheca sylvatica (L.) SchultzWood CudweedBip. & F. W. Schultz(syn. Gnaphalium sylvaticum L.).Orchis morio L.Green-winged OrchidOrnithopus perpusillus L.BirdsfootOtanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns & Link.Cottonweed(syn. Diotis maritima (L.) Desf. exCass.Papaver hybridum L. Round Prickly-headed Poppy Pilularia globulifera L.PillwortPolygonum maritimum L. Sea Knotgrass Polygonum viviparum L. Alpine Bistort Pseudorchis albida (L.) A. & D.Small White OrchidLöve(syn. Leucorchis albida(L.) Schur)Puccinellia fasciculata Torr.)Tufted Salt-marsh GrassBicknellPyrola rotundifolia L. ssp. maritimaRound-leaved Wintergreen(Kenyon) E. F. Warb.Ranunculus tripartitus DC.Three-lobed Water CrowfootSanguisorba officinalis (L.) (syn. Poferium officinalis (L.) A. Gray)Great BurnetSaxifraga granulatu L. Meadow Saxifrage Saxifraga hartii D. A. WebbHart's SaxifrageSaxifraga hirculus L.Yellow Marsh SaxifrageSaxifraga nivalis L. Alpine SaxifrageScirpus triqueter L.Triangular Club Rush(syn. Schoenoplectus triqueter (L.)PallaSimethis planifolia (L.) Gren. & Godr.Kerry LilySpiranthes romanzoffiana Cham. Drooping Lady's Tresses Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevisan (syn. Betonica officinalis L.)WoundwortTrichomanes speciosum Willd.Killarney FernTrifolium glomeratum L.Clustered CloverTrifolium subterraneum L.Subterranean CloverTrollius europaeus L.Globe FlowerVicia orobus DC.Bitter VetchViola hirta L.Hairy VioletViola lactea Sm.Pale Heath Violet GIVEN under my Official Seal this 20th day of October 1987. RAY MACSHARRY, Minister for Finance. EXPLANATORY NOTE. This Order declares certain species of flora to be protected throughout the State. In effect this means that, except under licence from the Minister for Finance, it is an offence for a person to cut, pick, uproof or otherwise take, purchase, sell or be in possession of any plant whether whole or part, of a species mentioned in the Order, or wilfully to alter, damage, destroy or interfere with the habitat of such a species. Article 2 (3) of the Order has the effect of excluding from the operation of the Order any plants of the named species which are cultivated as vegetables e.g. asparagus.