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Nationally rare and scarce plants of sand dunes in Great Britain

Nationally rare and nationally scarce plants found mainly or exclusively on dunes.

Nationally rare species.
No. of 10 km sq. in GB.
Dune Helleborine (Epipactis leptochila var dunensis)
9
Dune Gentian (Gentianella uliginosa)
5
Jersey Cudweed (Gnaphalium luteoalbum)
1
Bedstraw Broomrape (Orobanche caryophyllea)
2
Water Germander (Teucrium scordium)
3
Nationally scarce species.
Perennial Centaury (Centaurium littorale)
42
Grey Hair grass (Corynephorus canescens)
16
Variegated Horsetail (Equisetum variegatum)
89
Sea Storks bill (Erodium maritimum)
77
Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias)
92
Portland Spurge (Euphorbia portlandica)
74
Rush leaved Fescue (Festuca arenaria)
27
Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)
36
Baltic rush (Juncus balticus)
47
Fragrant Evening Primrose (Oenothera stricta)
32
Dune Fescue (Vulpia fasciculata)
44

Taken from the sand dune inventory report for England (Radley 1994)

References

Radley, G..P. 1994. Sand Dune Vegetation Survey of Great Britain: a National Inventory, Part 1 - England. Jiont Nature Conservation Committee.

 
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