Flora (Protection) Order, 2015 (S.I. No. 356 of 2015)

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. S.I. No. 356 of 2015 ———————— FLORA (PROTECTION) ORDER, 2015 2 [356] S.I. No. 356 of 2015 FLORA (PROTECTION) ORDER, 2015 I, HEATHER HUMPHREYS, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, considering that each of the species, hybrids or subspecies of flora specified in the Schedules to the following Order should be protected, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 21 of the Wildlife Act 1976 (No. 39 of 1976) as amended by Section 29 of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 (No. 38 of 2000), and the Heritage (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Minis terial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 192 of 2011), (as adapted by the Tourism, Culture and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister Order 2011 (S.I. No. 220 of 2011))) hereby order as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Flora (Protection) Order, 2015. 2. (1) Each of the species, hybrids or subspecies of flora specified in column (1) of the Schedules to this Order is hereby declared to be protected throughout the State. (2) The common name or names of each of the species, hybrids or subspecies of flora specified by its scientific name in the said column (1) is set out in column (2) of the said Schedules opposite the mention of the species, hybrid or subspecies. (3) In case a species, hybrid or subspecies 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, hybrid or subspecies 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. (4) For the avoidance of doubt, a species, hybrid or subspecies to which this Order refers shall include specimens of such species, hybrid or subspecies under any scientific synonym or common name by which it may be referred to. 3. The Flora (Protection) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 94 of 1999), is hereby revoked. 4. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, if any criminal proceedings for an offence under Section 21 of the Wildlife Act 1976 (No. 39 of 1976), as amended by Section 29 of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 (No. 38 of 2000), (1) were pending immediately before the making of this Order, or (2) could have been brought up to the making of this Order, Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 18th August, 2015. [356] 3 the proceedings may be prosecuted and disposed of, or may be brought, pros ecuted and disposed of as if the Flora (Protection) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 94 of 1999) had not been revoked. 4 [356] SCHEDULE A VASCULAR PLANTS (1) (2) Scientific Name Common Name Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy Basil Thyme Allium schoenoprasum L. Chives Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. Orange Foxtail Arenaria ciliata L. (incl. subsp. hibernica Ostenf. & O. Fringed Sandwort C. Dahl) Arthrocnemum perenne (Miller) Moss (syn. Salicornia Perennial Glasswort perennis Miller) Asparagus officinalis L. Wild Asparagus Asplenium obovatum Viv. subsp. lanceolatum (Fiori) Lanceolate Spleenwort P.Silva (syn. A. billotii F.W.Schultz) Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm. Forked Spleenwort Astragalus danicus Retz. Purple Milk Vetch Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth Wood Small-reed Callitriche truncata Guss. Short-leaved Water-Starwort Cardamine impatiens L. Narrow-leaved Bitter Cress Cardaminopsis petraea (L.) Hiitonen Northern Rockcress Carex depauperata Curtis ex With. Starved Wood Sedge Carex divisa Hudson Divided Sedge Centaurium pulchellum (Swartz) Druce Lesser Centaury Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch Narrow-leaved Helleborine Colchicum autumnale L. Autumn Crocus Cryptogramma crispa (L.) R. Br. ex Hooker Parsley Fern Deschampsia setacea (Hudson) Hackel Bog Hair Grass [356] 5 SCHEDULE A VASCULAR PLANTS (1) (2) Scientific Name Common Name Epilobium alsinifolium Vill. Chickweed Willow Herb Equisetum x moorei Newman Moore’s Horsetail Eriophorum gracile Koch ex Roth Slender Cotton Grass Galeopsis angustifolia Ehrh. ex Hoffm. Red Hemp Nettle Groenlandia densa (L.) Fourr. (syn. Potamogeton densus Opposite-leaved Pondweed L.) Gymnocarpium robertianum (Hoffm.) Newman (syn. Limestone Fern Thelypteris robertiana (Hoffm.) Slosson) Hammarbya paludosa (L.) O. Kuntze (syn. Malaxis Bog Orchid paludosa (L.) Swartz) Helianthemum nummularium (L.) Miller Common Rockrose Hordeum secalinum Schreber Meadow Barley Hydrilla verticillata (L. fil.) Royle Irish Hydrilla Hypericum canadense L. Canadian St. John’s Wort Hypericum hirsutum L. Hairy St. John’s Wort Inula salicina L. Irish Fleabane Lathyrus japonicus Willd. Sea pea Limosella aquatica L. Mudwort Logfia minima (Sm.) Dumort. (syn. Filago minima (Sm.) Slender Cudweed Pers.) Lotus subbiflorus Lag. (syn. L. hispidus Desf. ex DC. Hairy Birdsfoot Trefoil 1815) Lycopodiella inundata (L.) Holub (syn. Lycopodium Marsh Clubmoss inundatum L.) 6 [356] SCHEDULE A VASCULAR PLANTS (1) (2) Scientific Name Common Name Mentha pulegium L. Penny Royal Mertensia maritima (L.) S.F. Gray Oyster Plant Minuartia recurva (All.) Schinz & Thell. Recurved Sandwort Misopates orontium (L.) Rafin. Lesser Snapdragon Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & W.L.E. Schmidt Slender Naiad Omalotheca sylvatica (L.) Schultz Bip. & F.W. Schultz Wood Cudweed (syn. Gnaphalium sylvaticum L.) Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link (syn. Diotis Cottonweed maritima (L.) Desf. ex. Cass. Papaver hybridum L. Round Prickly-headed Poppy Pilularia globulifera L. Pillwort Polygonum viviparum L. Alpine Bistort Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á. & D. Löve (syn. Leucorchis Small-white Orchid albida (L.) E.H.F. Meyer) Puccinellia fasciculata (Torrey) E.P. Bicknell Tufted Salt-marsh Grass Pyrola rotundifolia L. subsp. maritima (Kenyon) E.F. Round-leaved Wintergreen Warburg Sanguisorba officinalis L. Great Burnet Saxifraga granulata L. Meadow Saxifrage Saxifraga hartii D.A. Webb Hart's Saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus L. Yellow Marsh Saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis L. Alpine Saxifrage [356] 7 SCHEDULE A VASCULAR PLANTS (1) (2) Scientific Name Common Name Scirpus triqueter L. (syn. Schoenoplectus triqueter (L.) Triangular Club Rush Palla) Scleranthus annuus L. Annual Knawel Simethis planifolia (L.) Gren. Kerry Lily Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham. Drooping Lady’s Tresses Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevisan (syn. Betonica officinalis Betony L.) Trichomanes speciosum Willd. Killarney Fern Trifolium glomeratum L. Clustered Clover Trifolium subterraneum L. Subterranean Clover Trollius europaeus L. Globe Flower Vicia orobus DC. Bitter Vetch Viola hirta L. Hairy Violet Viola lactea Sm. Pale Heath Violet 8 [356] SCHEDULE B MOSSES (1) (2) Scientific Name Common Name Bartramia halleriana Hedw. Haller’s Apple-moss Brachydontium trichodes (F.Weber) Milde Bristle-leaf Bryum calophyllum R.Br. Blunt Bryum; Matted Bryum Bryum intermedium (Brid.) Blandow Many-seasoned Thread-moss Bryum knowltonii Barnes Knowlton’s Thread-moss Bryum salinum I.Hagen ex Limpr. Saltmarsh Thread-moss Bryum uliginosum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp. Cernuous Thread-moss Bryum warneum (Röhl.) Brid. Warne’s Thread-moss; Sea Bryum Campylostelium saxicola (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Bent-moss Bruch & Schimp. Catoscopium nigritum (Hedw.) Brid. Down-looking Moss; Golf-club Moss Didymodon acutus (Brid.) K.Saito Pointed Beard-moss Didymodon maximus (Syed & Crundw.) M.O.Hill Irish Beard-moss Ditrichum cornubicum Paton Cornish Path-moss Ditrichum lineare (Sw.) Lindb. Dark Ditrichum Ditrichum plumbicola Crundw. Lead-moss Encalypta ciliata Hedw. Fringed Extinguisher-moss Encalypta rhaptocarpa Schwägr. Ribbed Extinguisher-moss Entosthodon muhlenbergii (Turner) Fife Muhlenberg’s Cord-moss Ephemerum cohaerens (Hedw.) Hampe Clustered Earth-moss Ephemerum spinulosum Bruch & Schimp. ex Schimp. Prickly Earth-moss [356] 9 SCHEDULE B MOSSES (1) (2) Scientific Name Common Name Fissidens rufulus Bruch & Schimp. Beck Pocket-moss Grimmia atrata Miel. ex Hornsch. Copper Grimmia Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Mitt.) Hedenäs Shining Sickle Moss; Varnished Hook-moss; Slender Green Feather-moss Hedwigia integrifolia P.Beauv. Green Hoar-moss Hygrohypnum duriusculum (De Not.) D.W.Jamieson Broad-leaved Brook-moss Hypnum uncinulatum Jur. Hooked Plait-moss Kiaeria falcata (Hedw.) I.Hagen Sickle-leaved Fork-moss Leptodon smithii (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr Prince-of-Wales Feather-moss Meesia triquetra (L. ex Jolycl.) Ångstr. Three-ranked Hump-moss Meesia uliginosa Hedw. Broad-nerved Hump-moss Molendoa warburgii (Crundw. & M.O.Hill) R.H.Zander Warburg’s Moss Myurella julacea (Schwägr.) Schimp. Small Mouse-tail Moss Oedipodium griffithianum (Dicks.) Schwägr. Gouty-moss Orthotrichum sprucei Mont. Spruce’s Bristle-moss Paludella squarrosa (Hedw.) Brid. Tufted Fen-moss Pohlia andalusica (Höhn.) Broth. Roth’s Thread-moss Ptilium crista-castrensis (Hedw.) De Not. Ostrich-plume Feather-moss Scleropodium touretii (Brid.) L.F.Koch Glass-wort Feather-moss Tortella inclinata (R.Hedw.) Limpr. Bent Crisp-moss Ulota coarctata (P.Beauv.) Hammar Club Pincushion 10 [356] SCHEDULE C LIVERWORTS (1) (2) Scientific Name Common Name Acrobolbus wilsonii Nees Wilson’s Pouchwort Adelanthus lindenbergianus (Lehm.) Mitt. Lindenberg’s Featherwort Barbilophozia atlantica (Kaal.) Loeske Atlantic Pawwort Bazzania pearsonii Steph. Arch-leaved Whipwort Cephalozia crassifolia Lindenb. & Gottsche Irish Pincerwort Cephaloziella massalongi (Spruce) Müll.Frib. Lesser Copperwort Cephaloziella nicholsonii Douin Greater Copperwort Geocalyx graveolens (Schrad.) Nees Turps Pouchwort; Turpswort Gymnomitrion concinnatum (Lightf.) Corda Braided Frostwort Gymnomitrion corallioides Nees Coral Frostwort Leiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.Evans Gillman’s Notchwort Leiocolea rutheana (Limpr.) Müll.Frib. Lesser Fen Notchwort Lejeunea hibernica Bischl. et al. ex Grolle Irish Pouncewort Lejeunea mandonii (Steph.) Müll.Frib. Atlantic Pouncewort Marchantia polymorpha subsp. montivagans Bischl. & Mountain Liverwort Boisselier Mastigophora woodsii (Hook.) Nees Wood’s Whipwort Pallavicinia lyellii (Hook.) Carruth. Ribbonwort; Veilwort Petalophyllum ralfsii (Wilson) Nees & Gottsche Petalwort Plagiochila carringtonii (Balf.) Grolle Carrington’s Featherwort Plagiochila heterophylla Lindenb. ex Lehm. Western Featherwort Radula holtii Spruce Holt’s Scalewort Riccia crozalsii Levier Ciliate Crystalwort Scapania nimbosa Taylor Cloud Earwort Scapania ornithopodioides (With.) Waddell Bird’s-foot Earwort Southbya tophacea (Spruce) Spruce Green Blackwort [356] 11 SCHEDULE D LICHENS (1) (2) Scientific Name Common Name Fulgensia fulgens (Sw.) Elenkin Scrambled-egg Lichen 12 [356] SCHEDULE E STONEWORTS (1) (2) Scientific Name Common Name Lamprothamnium papulosum (Wallr.) J. Groves Foxtail Stonewort Nitella gracilis (Smith) Agardh Slender Stonewort GIVEN under my Official Seal, 21 May 2015. HEATHER HUMPHREYS, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH ARNA FHOILSIÚ AG OIFIG AN tSOLÁTHAIR Le ceannach díreach ó FOILSEACHÁIN RIALTAIS, 52 FAICHE STIABHNA, BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH 2 (Teil: 01 - 6476834 nó 1890 213434; Fax: 01 - 6476843) nó trí aon díoltóir leabhar. —————— DUBLIN PUBLISHED BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased from GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, 52 ST. 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