Flora of Northern Ireland : species list

Species list

Family %

Marsh Clubmoss

Stag's-horn Clubmoss

Alpine Clubmoss

Lesser Clubmoss

Kraus's Clubmoss

Mackay's Horsetail

Variegated Horsetail

Water Horsetail

Shore Horsetail

Field Horsetail

Shady Horsetail

Wood Horsetail

Marsh Horsetail

Great Horsetail

Adder's-tongue

Tunbridge Filmy Fern

Wilson's Filmy Fern

Killarney Fern

Intermediate Polypody

Southern Polypody

Lemon-scented Fern

Hart's-tongue

Black Spleenwort

Irish Spleenwort

Sea Spleenwort

Green Spleenwort

Brittle Bladder-fern

Soft Shield-fern

Hard Shield-fern

Mountain Male Fern

Common Male Fern

Scaly Male Fern

Hay-scented Buckler-fern

Narrow Buckler-fern

Broad Buckler-fern

Chilean Hard-fern

White Water-lily

Yellow Water-lily

Rigid Hornwort

Soft Hornwort

Marsh Marigold

Traveller's Joy

Meadow Buttercup

Creeping Buttercup

Bulbous Buttercup

Celery-leaved Buttercup

Greater Spearwort

Lesser Spearwort

Lesser Celandine

Ivy-leaved Crowfoot

Thread-leaved Water-crowfoot

Common Water-crowfoot

Pond Water-crowfoot

Stream Water-crowfoot

River Water-crowfoot

Fan-leaved Water-crowfoot

Common Meadow-rue

Lesser Meadow-rue

lesser meadow-rue

Alpine Meadow-rue

Long-headed Poppy

Yellow Horned Poppy

Greater Celandine

Yellow Corydalis

Climbing Corydalis

White Ramping-fumitory

Tall Ramping-fumitory

Common Ramping-fumitory

Purple Ramping-fumitory

Common Fumitory

Small-leaved Elm

Stinging Nettle

Pellitory-of-the-Wall

Mind-your-own-business

Sweet Chestnut

Pedunculate Oak

Italian Alder

hottentot-fig

Good King Henry

Red Goosefoot

Many-seeded Goosefoot

Nettle-leaved Goosefoot

Spear-leaved Orache

Babington's Orache

Grass-leaved Orache

Common Orache

Frosted Orache

Annual Sea-blite

Spring Beauty

Pink Purslane

thyme-leaved sandwort

Small Thyme-leaved Sandwort

Mossy Sandwort

Three-nerved Sandwort

Spring Sandwort

Greater Stitchwort

Marsh Stitchwort

Lesser Stitchwort

Bog Stitchwort

Field Mouse-ear

Snow-in-summer

Common Mouse-ear

Sticky Mouse-ear

Dark-green Mouse-ear

Little Mouse-ear

Knotted Pearlwort

Heath Pearlwort

Procumbent Pearlwort

Annual Pearlwort

Sea Pearlwort

Rock Sea-spurrey

Greater Sea-spurrey

Lesser Sea-spurrey

Bladder Campion

white campion

Lesser Knotweed

Himalayan Knotweed

Common Bistort

Amphibious Bistort

Pale Persicaria

Tasteless Water-pepper

Small Water-pepper

Ray's Knotgrass

Knotgrass [agg.]

Japanese Knotweed

Giant Knotweed

Black Bindweed

Sheep's Sorrel [agg.]

Common Sorrel

Clustered Dock

Broad-leaved Dock

Lax-flowered Sea-lavender

Six-stamened Waterwort

Eight-stamened Waterwort

Rose-of-Sharon

Perforate St. John's-wort

Imperforate St. John's-wort

Square-stalked St. John's-wort

Trailing St. John's-wort

Slender St. John's-wort

Hairy St. John's-wort

Marsh St. John's-wort

Common Mallow

Pitcher Plant

Round-leaved Sundew

Oblong-leaved Sundew

Common Dog-violet

Early Dog-violet

Heath Dog-violet

Almond Willow

Sharp-stipuled Willow

Purple Willow

Dark-leaved Willow

Creeping Willow

Eastern Rocket

Hedge Mustard

Garlic Mustard

Treacle Mustard

Dame's Violet

Medium-flowered Winter-cress

American Winter-cress

Northern Yellow-cress

Marsh Yellow-cress

Creeping Yellow-cress

Greater Yellow-cress

Large Bitter-cress

Cuckoo-flower

New Zealand Bitter-Cress

Wavy Bitter-cress

Hairy Bitter-cress

Hairy Rock-cress

Hoary Whitlowgrass

Wall Whitlowgrass

Hairy Whitlowgrass

Common Whitlowgrass

Glabrous Whitlowgrass

English Scurvygrass

Common Scurvygrass

common scurvygrass

Danish Scurvygrass

Gold-of-pleasure

gold-of-pleasure

Shepherd's-purse

Shepherd's Cress

Field Penny-cress

Field Pepperwort

Smith's Pepperwort

Narrow-leaved Pepperwort

Lesser Swine-cress

Annual Wall-rocket

Black Mustard

White Mustard

Wild Mignonette

Strawberry-tree

Cross-leaved Heath

Corsican Heath

Cornish Heath

Common Wintergreen

Intermediate Wintergreen

Serrated Wintergreen

Yellow Bird's-nest

Yellow Pimpernel

Creeping-Jenny

Yellow Loosestrife

Dotted Loosestrife

Bog Pimpernel

Scarlet Pimpernel

Black Currant

Flowering Currant

New Zealand Pigmyweed

Reflexed Stonecrop

Rock Stonecrop

Biting Stonecrop

White Stonecrop

English Stonecrop

Marsh Saxifrage

Starry Saxifrage

Purple Saxifrage

Yellow Mountain Saxifrage

Mossy Saxifrage

Rue-leaved Saxifrage

Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage

Grass of Parnassus

Stone Bramble

Marsh Cinquefoil

Trailing Tormentil

Hybrid Cinquefoil

Creeping Cinquefoil

Barren Strawberry

Wild Strawberry

Mountain Avens

Fragrant Agrimony

Two-spined Acaena

lady's-mantle

lady's-mantle

lady's-mantle

lady's-mantle

Parsley-piert

Slender Parsley-piert

Japanese Rose

Sherard's Downy-rose

Cherry Laurel

Wild Service-tree

Tree Cotoneaster

Small-leaved Cotoneaster

A cotoneaster

Hollyberry Cotoneaster

Hybrid Hawthorn

Midland Hawthorn

Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

Large Bird's-foot-trefoil

Wood Bitter-vetch

Meadow Vetchling

Common Restharrow

White Melilot

Ribbed Melilot

Alsike Clover

Lesser Trefoil

Slender Trefoil

Zigzag Clover

Knotted Clover

Hare's-foot Clover

Western Gorse

Sea-buckthorn

Whorled Water-milfoil

Spiked Water-milfoil

Alternate Water-milfoil

Purple-loosestrife

Great Willowherb

Hoary Willowherb

Broad-leaved Willowherb

Square-stalked Willowherb

Short-fruited Willowherb

Pale Willowherb

American Willowherb

Marsh Willowherb

New Zealand Willowherb

Rosebay Willowherb

Large-flowered Evening-primrose

Enchanter's-nightshade

Upland Enchanter's-nightshade

Dog's Mercury

Portland Spurge

Alder Buckthorn

Common Milkwort

Heath Milkwort

Procumbent Yellow-sorrel

French Crane's-bill

Pencilled Crane's-bill

Wood Crane's-bill

Meadow Crane's-bill

Long-stalked Crane's-bill

Cut-leaved Crane's-bill

Hedgerow Crane's-bill

Dove's-foot Crane's-bill

Shining Crane's-bill

Sea Stork's-bill

Musk Stork's-bill

Common Stork's-bill

Sticky Stork's-bill

Indian Balsam

Marsh Pennywort

Floating Pennywort

Rough Chervil

Shepherd's-needle

Burnet-saxifrage

Great Water-parsnip

Lesser Water-parsnip

Rock Samphire

Tubular Water-dropwort

Parsley Water-dropwort

Hemlock Water-dropwort

Fine-leaved Water-dropwort

Fool's Parsley

Fool's Water-cress

fool's water-cress

Lesser Marshwort

Whorled Caraway

Scottish Lovage

Wild Angelica

Giant Hogweed

Upright Hedge-parsley

Knotted Hedge-parsley

Common Centaury

Seaside Centaury

Field Gentian

Autumn Gentian

Lesser Periwinkle

Duke of Argyll's tea plant

Deadly Nightshade

Black Nightshade

Field Bindweed

Great Bindweed

Hairy Bindweed

Large Bindweed

Fringed Water-lily

Common Gromwell

Viper's Bugloss

Common Comfrey

Russian Comfrey

Tuberous Comfrey

Green Alkanet

Water Forget-me-not

Creeping Forget-me-not

Tufted Forget-me-not

Wood Forget-me-not

Field Forget-me-not

Early Forget-me-not

Changing Forget-me-not

Hound's-tongue

Hedge Woundwort

Marsh Woundwort

Field Woundwort

Black Horehound

Yellow Archangel

White Dead-nettle

Spotted Dead-nettle

Red Dead-nettle

Cut-leaved Dead-nettle

Northern Dead-nettle

Hen-bit Dead-nettle

Large-flowered Hemp-nettle

Common Hemp-nettle [agg.]

Bifid Hemp-nettle

Pyramidal Bugle

False Apple-mint

Corsican Mint

Annual Water-starwort

Common Water-starwort

Various-leaved Water-starwort

Blue-fruited Water-starwort

Pedunculate Water-starwort

Intermediate Water-Starwort

Buck's-horn Plantain

Greater Plantain

Hoary Plantain

Ribwort Plantain

Butterfly-bush

Garden Privet

Great Mullein

Common Figwort

Water Figwort

Green Figwort

Ivy-leaved Toadflax

Common Toadflax

Purple Toadflax

Pale Toadflax

Fairy Foxglove

Thyme-leaved Speedwell

Heath Speedwell

Germander Speedwell

Wood Speedwell

Marsh Speedwell

Blue Water-speedwell

Pink Water-speedwell

Wall Speedwell

American Speedwell

Grey Field-speedwell

Common Field-speedwell

Slender Speedwell

Ivy-leaved Speedwell [agg.]

Hedge Veronica

Common Cow-wheat

Small Cow-wheat

Yellow Bartsia

Yellow-rattle

Marsh Lousewort

Purple Toothwort

Thyme Broomrape

Ivy Broomrape

Common Broomrape

Pale Butterwort

Common Butterwort

Greater Bladderwort

Intermediate Bladderwort

Nordic Bladderwort

Pale Bladderwort

Lesser Bladderwort

Giant Bellflower

Nettle-leaved Bellflower

Water Lobelia

Northern Bedstraw

Common Marsh-bedstraw

Lady's Bedstraw

Hedge Bedstraw

Least mountain bedstraw

Heath Bedstraw

Wayfaring-tree

Himalayan Honeysuckle

Wilson's Honeysuckle

Common Cornsalad

Common Valerian

Field Scabious

Devil's-bit Scabious

Carline Thistle

Greater Burdock

Lesser Burdock

Alpine Saw-wort

Slender Thistle

Spear Thistle

Meadow Thistle

Melancholy Thistle

Cabbage Thistle

Marsh Thistle

Creeping Thistle

Perennial Cornflower

Common Knapweed

Smooth Cat's-ear

Autumnal Hawkbit

Lesser Hawkbit

Bristly Oxtongue

Hawkweed Oxtongue

Perennial Sow-thistle

Smooth Sow-thistle

Prickly Sow-thistle

Common Blue-sow-thistle

Marsh Hawk's-beard

Northern Hawk's-beard

Rough Hawk's-beard

Smooth Hawk's-beard

Mouse-ear-hawkweed

Common Cudweed

Small Cudweed

Mountain Everlasting

Heath Cudweed

Marsh Cudweed

Common Fleabane

Canadian Goldenrod

Confused Michaelmas-daisy

Mexican Fleabane

Blue Fleabane

Canadian Fleabane

Guernsey Fleabane

Corn Marigold

Scented Mayweed

Pineapple Weed

Scentless Mayweed [agg.]

Silver Ragwort

Narrow-leaved Ragwort

Broad-leaved Ragwort

Common Ragwort

Marsh Ragwort

Oxford Ragwort

Heath Groundsel

Sticky Groundsel

White Butterbur

Winter Heliotrope

Gallant Soldier

Shaggy Soldier

Nodding Bur-marigold

Trifid Bur-marigold

Hemp-agrimony

Flowering Rush

Lesser Water-plantain

Water-plantain

Narrow-leaved Water-plantain

Water-soldier

Canadian Waterweed

Nuttall's Water-weed

Curly Waterweed

Marsh Arrowgrass

Sea Arrowgrass

Broad-leaved Pondweed

Ribbon-leaved Pondweed

Shining Pondweed

Long-leaved Pondweed

Various-leaved Pondweed

Bright-leaved Pondweed

Long-stalked Pondweed

Perfoliate Pondweed

Cooper's Pondweed

Flat-stalked Pondweed

Lesser Pondweed

Blunt-leaved Pondweed

Small Pondweed

Curled Pondweed

Slender-leaved Pondweed

Fennel Pondweed

Opposite-leaved Pondweed

Beaked Tasselweed

Spiral Tasselweed

Horned Pondweed

Narrow-leaved Eelgrass

Dwarf Eelgrass

American Skunk-cabbage

Lords-and-ladies

Italian Lords-and-ladies

Greater Duckweed

Gibbous duckweed

Common Duckweed

Ivy-leaved Duckweed

Least Duckweed

Saltmarsh Rush

Toad Rush [agg.]

Blunt-flowered Rush

Sharp-flowered Rush

Hairy Wood-rush

Great Wood-rush

White Wood-rush

Field Wood-rush

Heath Wood-rush

heath wood-rush

Fen Wood-rush

Common Cottongrass

Broad-leaved Cottongrass

Hare's-tail Cottongrass

Common Spike-rush

Slender Spike-rush

Many-stalked Spike-rush

Few-flowered Spike-rush

Needle Spike-rush

Dwarf Spike-rush

Sea Club-rush

Wood Club-rush

Common Club-rush

Grey Club-rush

Bristle Club-rush

Slender Club-rush

Floating Club-rush

Saltmarsh Flat-sedge

Black Bog-rush

White Beak-sedge

Brown Beak-sedge

Great Fen-sedge

Greater Tussock-sedge

Lesser Tussock-sedge

False Fox-sedge

Prickly Sedge

Dioecious Sedge

Elongated Sedge

Slender Sedge

Lesser Pond-sedge

Great Pond-sedge

Cyperus Sedge

Bladder-sedge

Pendulus Sedge

Thin-spiked Wood-sedge

Glaucous Sedge

Carnation Sedge

Smooth-stalked Sedge

Green-ribbed Sedge

Distant Sedge

Long-bracted Sedge

Long-stalked Yellow Sedge

Common Yellow Sedge

Small-fruited Yellow Sedge

Tall Bog-sedge

Slender Tufted-sedge

Few-flowered Sedge

Meadow Fescue

Sheep's Fescue [agg.]

Viviparous Sheep's-fescue

Perennial Rye-grass

Italian Rye-grass

Squirrel-tail Fescue

Rat's-tail Fescue

Crested Dog's-tail

Common Saltmarsh-grass

Reflexed Saltmarsh-grass

Quaking-grass

Early Meadow-grass

Annual Meadow-grass

Rough Meadow-grass

Spreading Meadow-grass

Smooth Meadow-grass

Swamp Meadow-grass

Wood Meadow-grass

Darnel Fescue

Blue Moor-grass

Reed Sweet-grass

Small Sweet-grass

Plicate Sweet-grass

Downy Oat-grass

False Oat-grass

Yellow Oat-grass

Crested Hair-grass

Tufted Hair-grass

Wavy Hair-grass

Yorkshire-fog

Creeping Soft-grass

Silver Hair-grass

Early Hair-grass

Sweet Vernal Grass

Reed Canary-grass

Creeping Bent

Wood Small-reed

Narrow Small-reed

Meadow Foxtail

Marsh Foxtail

Sand Cat's-tail

Upright Brome

Bearded Couch

Purple Moor-grass

Townsend's Cord-grass

Common Cord-grass

Branched Bur-reed

Unbranched Bur-reed

Floating Bur-reed

Least Bur-reed

Lesser Bulrush

Lily of the Valley

Garden Solomon's Seal

Spring Squill

Spanish Bluebell

Three-cornered Garlic

Few-flowered Garlic

Keeled Garlic

Summer Snowflake

Spring Snowflake

Blue-eyed-grass

Narrow-Leaved Helleborine

Marsh Helleborine

Broad-Leaved Helleborine

Narrow-lipped Heleborine

Green-Flowered Helleborine

Bird's-Nest Orchid

Common Twayblade

Lesser Twayblade

Irish Lady's-Tresses

Greater Butterfly-Orchid

Lesser Butterfly-Orchid

Pyramidal Orchid

Small-White Orchid

Fragrant Orchid

Fragrant Orchid

Hybrid Northern Marsh x Fragrant Orchid

Hybrid Common Spotted x Frog Orchid

Common Spotted-Orchid

Hybrid Common Spotted x Northern Marsh Orchid

Heath Spotted-Orchid (subspecies)

Early Marsh-Orchid

Early Marsh-Orchid (subspecies)

Early Marsh-Orchid (subspecies)

Early Marsh-Orchid (subspecies)

Northern Marsh-Orchid

Narrow-Leaved Marsh-Orchid

Dense-Flowered Orchid

Early-Purple Orchid

Green-Winged Orchid