UK Priority plant species in Northern Ireland

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Scientific Name Common Name RDB Status Rate
of Decline		 Rarity Importance
UK Irish
Cochlearia scotica Scottish scurvy grass     NRR    
Fumaria purpurea purple ramping-fumitory     NRR    
Juniperis communis juniper   Increase Scarce?    
Melampyrum sylvaticum small cow-wheat Vulnerable Decline Rare   S
Mentha pulegium pennyroyal Vulnerable   Rare S S
Saxifraga hirculus yellow marsh saxifrage Endangered Rapid decline Rare    
Sium latifolium greater water-parsnip     Common    
Spiranthes romanzoffiana Irish lady's-tresses Rare Stable Scarce S S
Lycopodiella inundata marsh clubmoss Rare   Rare    
Trichomanes speciosum Killarney fern Rare Decline Rare    

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