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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 1987 S.I. No. 274/1987 - Flora (Protection) Order 1987. S.I. No. 274/1987 - Flora (Protection) Order 1987. AmendmentsLeasuithe S.I. No. 274 of 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: 1. This Order may be cited as the Flora (Protection) Order, 1987. 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. 3. The Flora (Protection) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 338 of 1980 ), is hereby revoked. SCHEDULE
(1)Scientific Name
(2)Common Name Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy Basil-Thyme Allium schoenoprasum L. Chives Arenaria ciliata L. Irish Sandwort (incl. ssp. hibernica Ostent. & Dahl.) Arthrocnemum perenne (Miller) Moss Perennial Glasswort (syn. Salicornia perennis Mill) Asparagus officinalis L. Asplenium billotii F. Schultz Wild Asparagus Lanceolate Spleenwort (syn. A. obovatum Viv, A. lanceolatum Huds. proparte) Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Forked Spleenwort Hoffm. Astragalus danicus Retz. Purple Milk Vetch Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth Bushgrass Campanula trachelium L. Bats-in-the Belfry Cardamine impatiens L. Narrow-leaved Bitter Cress Cardaminopsis petraea (L.) Hiit. Northern Rockcress Carex depauperata Curt. Starved Wood Sedge Centaurium pulchellum (Swartz) Lesser Centaury Druce Colchicum autumnale L. Autumn Crocus Cryptogramma 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 Grass Eriophorum gracile Roth. Slender cotton Grass Galeopsis angustifolia Hoffm. Narrow-leaved Hemp Nettle Groenlandia densa (L.) Fourr. Opposite-leaved Pondweed (syn. Potamogeton densus L., P. serratus L.) Gymnocarpium robertianum Limestone Fern (Hoffm.) Newm. (syn. Thelypteris robertiana (Hoffm.) Slosson) Hammarbya paludosa (L.) O Bog Orchid Kuntze (syn. Malaxis paludosa (L.) Sw.) Helianthemum nummularium (L.) Common Rockrose Miller Hordeum secalinum Schreb. Meadow Barley Hydrilla verticillata (L. fil.) Royle Irish Hydrilla Hypericum canddense L. Canadian St. John's Wort Hypericum hirsutum L. Hairy St. John's Wort Inula salicina L. Willow-leaved Inula Kickxia elatine (L.) Dum. Fluellen Lathyrus japonicus Willd. Sea Pea Logfia minima (L.) Dumort Slender Cudweed syn. Filago minima (Sm.) Pers.) Lotus subbiflorus Lag. Hairy Birdsfoot Trefoil (syn. L. hispidus Desf. ex DC.) 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 (Wilid.) Rostk. & Schimdt Slender Naiad Oenanthe pimpinelloides L. A Water Dropwort Omalotheca sylvatica (L.) Schultz Wood Cudweed Bip. & F. W. Schultz (syn. Gnaphalium sylvaticum L.). Orchis morio L. Green-winged Orchid Ornithopus perpusillus L. Birdsfoot Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns & Link. Cottonweed (syn. Diotis maritima (L.) Desf. ex Cass. Papaver hybridum L. Round Prickly-headed Poppy Pilularia globulifera L. Pillwort Polygonum maritimum L. Sea Knotgrass Polygonum viviparum L. Alpine Bistort Pseudorchis albida (L.) A. & D. Small White Orchid Löve (syn. Leucorchis albida(L.) Schur) Puccinellia fasciculata Torr.) Tufted Salt-marsh Grass Bicknell Pyrola rotundifolia L. ssp. maritima Round-leaved Wintergreen (Kenyon) E. F. Warb. Ranunculus tripartitus DC. Three-lobed Water Crowfoot Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) (syn. Poferium officinalis (L.) A. Gray) Great Burnet Saxifraga granulatu L. Meadow Saxifrage Saxifraga hartii D. A. Webb Hart's Saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus L. Yellow Marsh Saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis L. Alpine Saxifrage Scirpus triqueter L. Triangular Club Rush (syn. Schoenoplectus triqueter (L.) Palla Simethis planifolia (L.) Gren. & Godr. Kerry Lily Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham. Drooping Lady's Tresses Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevisan (syn. Betonica officinalis L.) Woundwort 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 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. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais