S.I. No. 274/1987 - Flora (Protection) Order 1987.

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.