Vascular Plants occurring in Glen Affric

This list has been compiled by Trees For Life from the species recorded in surveys by Ben Averis and Inverness Botany Group together with data from Forestry Commission Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage. Some additional species have been added by the Trees For Life staff. (The species are listed in alphabetical order, by genus.)


Achillea millefolium	Yarrow
Achillea ptarmica	Sneezewort
Agrostis canina	Velvet bent-grass
Agrostis capillaries	Common bent-grass
Agrostis stolonifera	Creeping bent-grass
Aira caryophyllea	Silver hair-grass
Aira praecox	Early hair-grass
Ajuga reptans	Bugle
Alchemilla alpina	Alpine lady’s mantle
Alchemilla filicaulis	Hairy lady’s mantle
Alchemilla glabra	Smooth lady’s mantle
Alchemilla vulgaris	Common lady’s mantle
Alnus glutinosa	Alder
Anemone nemorosa	Wood Anemone
Angelica sylvestris	Angelica
Antennaria dioica	Mountain everlasting
Anthoxanthum odoratum	Sweet vernal grass
Arctostaphylos alpinus	Alpine bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Bearberry
Armeria maritima	Thrift

Bellis perennis	Daisy
Betula pendula	Silver birch
Betula pubescens	Downy birch
Brachypodium sylvaticum	False brome

Calluna vulgaris	Heather
Caltha palustris	Marsh marigold
Campanula rotundifolia	Harebell
Cardamine amara	Large bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa	Wavy bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta	Hairy bittercress
Cardamine pratensis	Cuckoo flower
Carex bigelowii	Stiff sedge
Carex binervis	Green-ribbed sedge
Carex curta	White sedge
Carex dioica	Dioecious sedge
Carex echinata	Star sedge
Carex flacca	Glaucous sedge
Carex hostiana	Tawny sedge
Carex lasiocarpa	Slender sedge
Carex limosa	Bog sedge
Carex magellanica	Tall bog sedge
Carex nigra	Common sedge
Carex pallescens	Pale sedge
Carex panicea	Carnation grass
Carex pauciflora	Few-flowered sedge
Carex pilulifera	Pill sedge
Carex pulicaris	Flea sedge
Carex rostrata	Bottle sedge
Carex saxatilis	Russet sedge
Carex viridula	Common yellow sedge
Centaurea nigra	Knapweed
Cerastium cerastoides	Starwort mouse-ear
Cerastium fontanum	Common mouse-ear
Cerastium holostoides	Chickweed
Chamaepericlymenum suecicum	Dwarf Cornel
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium	Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage
Cirsium arvense	Creeping thistle
Cirsium helenioides	Melancholy thistle
Cirsium palustre	Marsh thistle
Cirsium vulgare	Spear thistle
Cochlearia alpina	Alpine scurvygrass
Coeloglossum viride	Frog orchid
Conopodium majus	Pignut
Corallorhiza trifida	Coralroot orchid
Corylus avellana	Hazel
Crepis paludosa	Marsh Hawk’s-beard
Cynosurus cristatus	Crested dog’s-tail
Cytisus scoparius	Broom

Dactylis glomerata	Cocksfoot
Dactylorhiza fuschii	Common spotted orchid
Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum	Heath spotted orchid
Deschampsia cespitosa	Tufted hair-grass
Deschampsia flexuosa	Wavy hair-grass
Digitalis purpurea	Foxglove
Drosera anglica	Great sundew
Drosera intermedia	Long-leaved sundew
Drosera rotundifolia	Round-leaved sundew

Eleocharis palustris	Common spike-rush
Empetrum hermaphroditum	Hermaphrodite crowberry
Empetrum nigrum	Common crowberry
Epilobium alsinifolium	Chickweed willowherb
Epilobium angustifolium	Fireweed
Epilobium montanum	Broad-leaved willowherb
Epilobium palustre	Marsh Willowherb
Epilobium sp.
Erica cinerea	Bell heather
Erica tetralix	Cross-leaved heath
Eriophorum angustifolium	Common cottongrass
Eriophorum vaginatum	Harestail cottongrass
Eriophorum latifolium	Broad-leaved cottongrass
Euphrasia officinalis agg.	Eyebright

Festuca ovina	Sheep’s fescue
Festuca rubra	Red fescue
Festuca vivipara	Viviparous fescue
Filipendula ulmaria	Meadowsweet
Fragaria vesca	Wild strawberry
Fraxinus excelsior	Ash

Galium odoratum	Sweet woodruff
Galium palustre	Marsh bedstraw
Galium saxatile	Heath bedstraw
Geranium robertianum	Herb Robert
Geranium sylvaticum	Wood cranesbill
Geum urbanum	Wood avens
Geum rivale	Water avens
Glyceria fluitans	Flote-grass
Gnaphalium supinum	Dwarf cudweed
Goodyera repens	Creeping lady’s tresses
Gymnadenia conopsea	Fragrant Orchid

Hedera helix	Ivy
Hieracium pilosella	Mouse-ear hawkweed
Hieracium agg
Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire fog
Holcus mollis	Creeping soft grass
Hyacinthoides non-scripta	Bluebell
Hypericum pulchrum	Slender St.John’s wort
Hypochoeris radicata	Common cat’s-ear

Ilex aquifolium	Holly

Juncus acutiflorus	Sharp-flowered rush
Juncus articulatus	Jointed rush
Juncus bulbosus	Bulbous rush
Juncus conglomeratus	Compact/ common rush
Juncus effuses	Soft rush
Juncus squarrosus	Heath/ hard rush
Juncus trifidus	Three-leaved rush
Juncus triglumis	Three-flowered rush
Juniperus communis	Juniper
Juniperus communis alpina	Prostrate juniper

Lathyrus montanus	Mountain vetch
Leontodon autumnalis	Autumn Hawkbit
Leontodon hispidus	Rough Hawkbit
Linnaea borealis	Twinflower
Linum cartharticum	Fairy flax
Listera cordata	Lesser Twayblade
Littorella uniflora	Shoreweed
Lobelia dortmanna	Water lobelia
Loiseleuria procumbens	Trailing azalea
Lolium perenne	Perennial ryegrass
Lonicera periclymenum	Honeysuckle
Lotus corniculataus	Common Birdsfoot trefoil
Luzula campestris	Field woodrush
Luzula multiflora	Heath woodrush
Luzula pilosa	Hairy woodrush
Luzula spicata	Spiked woodrush
Luzula sylvatica	Great woodrush
Lychnis flos-cuculi	Ragged robin
Lysimachia nemorum	Yellow pimpernel

Melampyrum pratense	Common cow-wheat
Menyanthes trifoliata	Bogbean
Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s mercury
Molinia caerulea	Purple moor grass
Moneses uniflora	One-flowered wintergreen
Myosotis scorpioides	Water Forget-me-not
Myrica gale	Bog myrtle
Myriophyllum alterniflorum	Alternate water-milfoil

Nardus stricta	Mat grass
Narthecium ossifragum	Bog Asphodel
Nymphaea alba	White water-lily

Orthilia secunda	Serrated wintergreen
Oxalis acetosella	Common wood sorrel
Oxyria digyna	Mountain sorrel

Parnassia palustris	Grass of parnassus
Pedicularis palustris	Marsh lousewort
Pedicularis sylvatica	Lousewort
Phragmites australis	Common reed
Pinguicula grandiflora	Large Flowered Butterwort
Pinguicula vulgaris	Common butterwort
Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine
Plantago lanceolata	Ribwort plantain
Plantago major	Greater plantain
Plantago maritima	Sea plantain
Platanthera bifolia	Lesser butterfly-orchid
Poa alpina	Alpine meadow grass
Poa annua	Annual meadow grass
Polygala serpyllifolia	Heath milkwort
Polygala vulgaris	Common milkwort
Polygonum viviparum	Alpine bistort
Populus tremula	Aspen
Potamogeton natans	Broad-leaved pondweed
Potamogeton polygonifolius	Bog pondweed
Potentilla erecta	Tormentil
Potentilla palustris	Marsh Cinquefoil
Potentilla sterilis	Barren strawberry
Primula vulgaris	Wild primrose
Prunella vulgaris	Self-heal
Prunus avium	Wild cherry
Pseudorchis albida	Small white orchid
Pyrola media	Intermediate wintergreen
Pyrola minor	Common wintergreen
Pyrola rotundifolia	Round-leaved wintergreen

Quercus petraea	Sessile oak

Ranunculus acris	Meadow buttercup
Ranunculus flammula	Lesser spearwort
Ranunculus lingua	Greater spearwort
Ranunculus repens	Creeping buttercup

Rhinanthus minor ssp. borealis	Yellow rattle

Rosa canina	Dog rose
Rubus chamaemorus	Cloudberry
Rubus fruticosus	Bramble
Rubus idaeus	Wild raspberry
Rubus saxatilis	Stone bramble
Rumex acetosa	Common sorrel
Rumex acetosella	Sheep’s sorrel

Sagina procumbens	Procumbent pearlwort
Salix aurita	Eared willow
Salix caprea	Goat willow
Salix cinerea	Grey sallow
Salix herbacea	Dwarf willow
Salix lapponum	Downy willow
Salix phylicifolia	Tea leaved willow
Salix repens	Creeping willow
Sanicula europaea	Sanicle
Saussurea alpina	Alpine saw-wort
Saxifraga aizoides	Yellow saxifrage
Saxifraga hypnoides	Mossy saxifrage
Saxifraga oppositifolia	Purple saxifrage
Saxifraga stellaris	Starry saxifrage
Sedum anglicum	English stonecrop
Sedum rosea	Roseroot
Senecio vulgaris	Groundsel
Sibbaldia procumbens	Sibbaldia
Silene acaulis	Moss campion
Silene dioica	Red campion
Solidago virgaaurea	Goldenrod
Senecio jacobaea	Ragwort
Sonchus oleraceus	Sow thistle
Sorbus aucuparia	Rowan
Sparganium angustifolium	Floating bur-reed
Stachys sylvatica	Hedge woundwort
Stellaria holostea	Greater stitchwort
Stellaria media	Chickweed
Succisa pratensis	Devil’s-bit scabious

Taraxacum officinalis	Dandelion
Teucrium scorodonia	Wood sage
Thalictrum alpinum	Alpine meadow-rue
Thymus polytrichus	Wild thyme
Tofielda pusilla	Scottish asphodel
Trientalis europaea	Chickweed wintergreen
Trichophorum cespitosum	Deer grass
Trifolium dubium	Lesser trefoil
Trifolium pratense	Red Clover
Trifolium repens	White clover
Triglochin palustris	Marsh arrowgrass
Trollius europaeus	Globe flower
Tussilago farfara	Coltsfoot

Ulex europaeus	Gorse

Ulmus glabra	Wych elm
Urtica dioica	Stinging nettle
Utricularia vulgaris	Common bladderwort

Vaccinium microcarpum	Small cranberry
Vaccinium myrtillus	Blaeberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos	Cranberry
Vaccinium uliginosum	Bog bilberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea	Cowberry
Valeriana dioica	Marsh valerian
Veronica chamaedrys	Germander speedwell
Veronica officinalis	Common speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia	Thyme-leaved speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa	Northern speedwell
Vicia cracca	Tufted vetch
Vicia sepium	Bush vetch
Vicia sylvatica	Wood vetch
Viola canina	Heath dog violet
Viola palustris	Marsh violet
Viola riviniana	Dog violet
Viola tricolor	Heartsease

Ferns and Clubmosses


Asplenium trichomanes	Maidenhair spleenwort

Blechnum spicant	Hard fern
Botrychium lunaria	Common moonwort

Cryptogramma crispa	Parsley Fern

Diphasiastrum alpinum	Alpine clubmoss
Dryopteris affinis	Scaly male fern
Dryopteris dilatata	Broad buckler fern
Dryopteris filix-mas	Male fern

Equisetum arvense	Field horsetail
Equisetum fluviatile	Water horsetail
Equisetum palustre	Marsh horsetail
Equisetum sylvaticum	Wood horsetail

Gymnocarpium dryopteris	Oak fern

Huperzia selago	Fir clubmoss
Hymenophyllum wilsonii	Wilson’s filmy fern

Lycopodium annotinum	Interupted clubmoss
Lycopodium clavatum	Stag's-horn clubmoss

Oreopteris limbosperma	Lemon scented fern

Phegopteris connectilis	Long beech fern
Polypodium vulgare	Polypody
Polystichum aculeatum	Hard shield fern
Pteridium aquilinum	Bracken, brake

Selaginella selaginoides	Lesser clubmoss

Total number of vascular plants: 289 species

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