Schedule 8 the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981
Plants which are protected
Schedule 8 lists plant species that are protected under Section 13. Section 13 protects plants from picking and sale of plants or parts of plants listed in Schedule 8.
- intentional picking, uprooting or destruction (Section 13 1a)
- selling, offering for sale, possessing or transporting for the purpose of sale (live or dead, part or derivative) (Section 13 2a);
- advertising (any of these) for buying or selling (Section 13 2b)
| Name | Latin | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fungi | |||
| Sandy Stilt Puffball | Battarrea phalloides | 1998 | |
| Royal bolete | Boletus regius | 1998 | |
| Bearded Tooth | Hericium erinaceus | 1998 | Designated as Hericium erinaceum |
| a lichen | Megalaria laureri | 1992 | |
| Oak polypore | Piptoporus quercinus | 1998 | Designated as Buglossoporus pulvinus |
| Lichens | |||
| a lichen | Alectoria ochroleuca | 1998 | |
| Forked Hair-Lichen | Bryoria furcellata | 1992 | |
| Starry Breck-Lichen | Buellia asterella | 1992 | |
| Orange-Fruited Elm-Lichen | Caloplaca luteoalba | 1992 | |
| Snow Caloplaca | Caloplaca nivalis | 1992 | |
| Tree catapyrenium | Catapyrenium psoromoides | 1992 | |
| Wahlenberg’s catolechia | Catolechia wahlenbergii | 1998 | |
| a lichen | Cladonia convoluta | 1998 | |
| Upright Mountain Cladonia | Cladonia trassii | 1992 | Designated as Cladonia stricta |
| River Jelly Lichen | Collema dichotomum | 1992 | |
| New Forest beech-lichen | Enterographa elaborata | 1998 | |
| a lichen | Fuscopannaria ignobilis | 1992 | Designated as Pannaria ignobilis |
| Elm gyalecta (a Lichen) | Gyalecta ulmi | 1992 | |
| Coralloid Rosette-Lichen | Heterodermia japonica | 1992 | Designated as Heterodermia propagulifera |
| Ciliate Strap-Lichen | Heterodermia leucomela | 1992 | Designated as Heterodermia leucomelos |
| Churchyard Lecanactis | Lecanographa grumulosa | 1992 | |
| Tarn Lecanora | Lecanora achariana | 1992 | |
| Copper Lecidea | Lecidea inops | 1992 | |
| a lichen | Megalaria laureri | 1992 | |
| Arctic Kidney-Lichen | Nephroma arcticum | 1992 | |
| New Forest Parmelia | Parmelinopsis minarum | 1992 | Designated as Parmelia minarum |
| Oil-Stain Parmentaria | Parmentaria chilensis | 1992 | |
| Ear-Lobed Dog-Lichen | Peltigera lepidophora | 1992 | |
| Alpine Moss Pertusaria | Pertusaria bryontha | 1992 | |
| Southern Grey Physcia | Physcia tribacioides | 1992 | |
| Ragged Pseudocyphellaria | Pseudocyphellaria lacerata | 1992 | |
| Rusty Alpine Psora | Psora rubiformis | 1992 | |
| Serpentine Solenopsora | Solenopsora liparina | 1992 | |
| Scaly Breck-Lichen | Squamarina lentigera | 1992 | |
| Golden Hair-Lichen | Teloschistes flavicans | 1992 | |
| Stoneworts | |||
| Bearded Stonewort | Chara canescens | 1992 | IUCN status changed |
| Foxtail Stonewort | Lamprothamnium papulosum | 1988 | |
| Mosses | |||
| rounded pygmy-moss | Acaulon triquetrum | 1992 | |
| Long-leaved Tail-moss | Anomodon longifolius | 1998 | |
| Rigid Apple-Moss | Bartramia stricta | 1992 | |
| Dune threadmoss | Bryum mamillatum | 1992 | |
| Long-leaved threadmoss | Bryum neodamense | 1998 | |
| Schleicher’s thread-moss | Bryum schleicheri | 1992 | |
| Green Shield-Moss | Buxbaumia viridis | 1992 | |
| multi-fruited cryphaea | Cryphaea lamyana | 1992 | |
| Bright Green Cave-Moss | Cyclodictyon laetevirens | 1992 | |
| cordate beard-moss | Didymodon cordatus | 1992 | Designated as Barbula cordata |
| Glaucous Beard-Moss | Didymodon glaucus | 1992 | Designated as Barbula glauca |
| Cornish Path Moss | Ditrichum cornubicum | 1992 | |
| Blunt-Leaved Grimmia | Grimmia unicolor | 1992 | |
| Slender Green Feather-Moss | Hamatocaulis vernicosus | 1992 | Designated as Drepanocladus vernicosus |
| polar brook-moss | Hygrohypnum polare | 1998 | |
| Vaucher’s plait-moss | Hypnum vaucheri | 1992 | |
| Millimetre Moss | Micromitrium tenerum | 1992 | |
| alpine copper-moss | Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana | 1992 | |
| Blunt-Leaved Bristle-Moss | Orthotrichum obtusifolium | 1992 | |
| Hair Silk-Moss | Plagiothecium piliferum | 1992 | |
| Round-Leaved Feather-Moss | Rhynchostegium rotundifolium | 1992 | |
| Blue Dew-Moss | Saelania glaucescens | 1992 | |
| Large Yellow Feather-Moss | Scorpidium turgescens | 1992 | |
| Baltic Bog-Moss | Sphagnum balticum | 1992 | |
| Derbyshire Feather-Moss | Thamnobryum angustifolium | 1992 | |
| Flamingo moss | Tortula cernua | 1998 | Designated as Desmatodon cernuus |
| Knothole Moss | Zygodon forsteri | 1992 | |
| slender yoke-moss | Zygodon gracilis | 1992 | |
| Liverworts | |||
| Lindenberg’s featherwort | Adelanthus lindenbergianus | 1992 | |
| turps pouchwort | Geocalyx graveolens | 1992 | |
| Pointed Frostwort | Gymnomitrion apiculatum | 1992 | |
| Marsh Earwort | Jamesoniella undulifolia | 1992 | |
| Fen Notchwort | Leiocolea rutheana | 1992 | |
| Western Rustwort | Marsupella profunda | 1992 | |
| Petalwort | Petalophyllum ralfsii | 1992 | |
| Lizard Crystalwort | Riccia bifurca | 1992 | |
| Blackwort | Southbya nigrella | 1992 | |
| Horsetails | |||
| Branched Horsetail | Equisetum ramosissimum | 1988 | |
| Ferns | |||
| Dickie’s Bladder-fern | Cystopteris dickieana | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| least adder’s-tongue | Ophioglossum lusitanicum | 1988 | IUCN status changed |
| Killarney fern | Trichomanes speciosum | 1981 | Designation does not apply in Scotland since 15/02/2007. Note on status=Designation is in respect of section 13(2) only since 21/08/2007. |
| Alpine Woodsia | Woodsia alpina | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Oblong Woodsia | Woodsia ilvensis | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Flowering Plants | |||
| Ground-Pine | Ajuga chamaepitys | 1992 | |
| Ribbon-Leaved Water-Plantain | Alisma gramineum | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Round-Headed Leek | Allium sphaerocephalon | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Rough Marsh-Mallow | Althaea hirsuta | 1981 | |
| Small Alison | Alyssum alyssoides | 1981 | |
| Creeping Marshwort | Apium repens | 1988 | Designation does not apply in Scotland since 15/02/2007. Note on status=Designation is in respect of section 13(2) only since 21/08/2007. |
| Alpine Rock-Cress | Arabis alpina | 1988 | IUCN status changed |
| Bristol Rock-cress | Arabis scabra | 1988 | |
| Sandwort | Arenaria norvegica | 1981 | |
| Field Mugwort | Artemisia campestris | 1981 | |
| Pedunculate Sea-purslane | Atriplex pedunculata | 1992 | Designated as Halimione pedunculata |
| Small Hare’s-ear | Bupleurum baldense | 1981 | |
| Bupleurum | Bupleurum falcatum | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Starved Wood-Sedge | Carex depauperata | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Slender Centaury | Centaurium tenuiflorum | 1992 | |
| Red Helleborine | Cephalanthera rubra | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Stinking Goosefoot | Chenopodium vulvaria | 1988 | |
| Alpine Blue-Sow-Thistle | Cicerbita alpina | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Wood Calamint | Clinopodium menthifolium | 1981 | Designated as Calamintha sylvatica |
| Lundy Cabbage | Coincya wrightii | 1988 | Designated as Rhynchosinapis wrightii |
| Strapwort | Corrigiola litoralis | 1988 | |
| Great Orme Berry | Cotoneaster cambricus | 1981 | |
| Pigmyweed | Crassula aquatica | 1988 | |
| Stinking Hawk’s-beard | Crepis foetida | 1988 | IUCN status changed |
| Green Hound’s-tongue | Cynoglossum germanicum | 1988 | |
| Brown Galingale | Cyperus fuscus | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Lady’s-slipper | Cypripedium calceolus | 1981 | Designation does not apply in Scotland since 15/02/2007. Note on status=Designation is in respect of section 13(2) only since 21/08/2007. |
| Lapland Marsh-Orchid | Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides subsp. lapponica | 1992 | |
| Starfruit | Damasonium alisma | 1981 | |
| Deptford Pink | Dianthus armeria | 1998 | |
| Cheddar Pink | Dianthus gratianopolitanus | 1981 | |
| Diapensia | Diapensia lapponica | 1981 | |
| Dwarf Spike-Rush | Eleocharis parvula | 1998 | IUCN status changed |
| Young’s Helleborine | Epipactis youngiana | 1988 | |
| Ghost Orchid | Epipogium aphyllum | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Alpine Fleabane | Erigeron borealis | 1988 | IUCN status changed |
| Slender Cottongrass | Eriophorum gracile | 1988 | |
| Field Eryngo | Eryngium campestre | 1981 | |
| Red-Tipped Cudweed | Filago lutescens | 1988 | |
| Broad-Leaved Cudweed | Filago pyramidata | 1992 | IUCN status changed |
| Martin’s ramping-fumitory | Fumaria reuteri | 1988 | Designated as Fumaria martinii |
| Early Star-Of-Bethlehem | Gagea bohemica | 1988 | |
| Alpine Gentian | Gentiana nivalis | 1981 | |
| Spring Gentian | Gentiana verna | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Early Gentian | Gentianella anglica | 1992 | Designation does not apply in Scotland since 15/02/2007. Note on status=Designation is in respect of section 13(2) only since 21/08/2007. |
| Fringed Gentian | Gentianella ciliata | 1988 | |
| Dune Gentian | Gentianella uliginosa | 1992 | |
| Wild Gladiolus | Gladiolus illyricus | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Jersey Cudweed | Gnaphalium luteoalbum | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| a hawkweed | Hieracium attenuatifolium | 1992 | |
| a hawkweed | Hieracium northroense | 1992 | |
| a hawkweed | Hieracium zetlandicum | 1992 | |
| Lizard Orchid | Himantoglossum hircinum | 1981 | |
| purple colt’s-foot | Homogyne alpina | 1988 | IUCN status changed |
| Bluebell | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | 1998 | Note on status=In respect of section 13(2) only |
| Least Lettuce | Lactuca saligna | 1981 | |
| Cut-Grass | Leersia oryzoides | 1998 | IUCN status changed |
| Welsh Mudwort | Limosella australis | 1992 | IUCN status changed |
| Fen Orchid | Liparis loeselii | 1981 | Designation does not apply in Scotland since 15/02/2007. Note on status=Designation is in respect of section 13(2) only since 21/08/2007. |
| Snowdon Lily | Lloydia serotina | 1981 | |
| Floating Water Plantain | Luronium natans | 1992 | Designation does not apply in Scotland since 15/02/2007. Note on status=Designation is in respect of section 13(2) only since 21/08/2007. |
| Alpine Catchfly | Lychnis alpina | 1981 | |
| Grass-Poly | Lythrum hyssopifolia | 1988 | Designated as Lythrum hyssopifolia |
| Field Cow-Wheat | Melampyrum arvense | 1981 | |
| Pennyroyal | Mentha pulegium | 1988 | |
| Teesdale Sandwort | Minuartia stricta | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Slender Naiad | Najas flexilis | 1992 | Designation does not apply in Scotland since 15/02/2007. Note on status=Designation is in respect of section 13(2) only since 21/08/2007. |
| Holly-Leaved Naiad | Najas marina | 1988 | |
| Small Restharrow | Ononis reclinata | 1988 | |
| Late Spider-Orchid | Ophrys fuciflora | 1981 | |
| Early Spider-Orchid | Ophrys sphegodes | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Military Orchid | Orchis militaris | 1981 | |
| Monkey Orchid | Orchis simia | 1981 | |
| Bedstraw Broomrape | Orobanche caryophyllacea | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Oxtongue Broomrape | Orobanche picridis | 1981 | Designated as Orobanche loricata |
| Thistle Broomrape | Orobanche reticulata | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Childing Pink | Petrorhagia nanteuilii | 1981 | |
| blue heath | Phyllodoce caerulea | 1981 | |
| Spiked Rampion | Phyteuma spicatum | 1992 | IUCN status changed |
| whorled Solomon’s-seal | Polygonatum verticillatum | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Sea Knotgrass | Polygonum maritimum | 1981 | |
| Rock Cinquefoil | Potentilla rupestris | 1981 | |
| Small Fleabane | Pulicaria vulgaris | 1988 | |
| Plymouth Pear | Pyrus cordata | 1981 | |
| adder’s-tongue spearwort | Ranunculus ophioglossifolius | 1981 | |
| greater yellow-rattle | Rhinanthus angustifolius | 1981 | Designated as Rhinanthus serotinus |
| Sand Crocus | Romulea columnae | 1988 | |
| Shore Dock | Rumex rupestris | 1992 | Designation does not apply in Scotland since 15/02/2007. Note on status=Designation is in respect of section 13(2) only since 21/08/2007. |
| Meadow Clary | Salvia pratensis | 1992 | |
| Drooping Saxifrage | Saxifraga cernua | 1981 | |
| Tufted Saxifrage | Saxifraga cespitosa | 1981 | IUCN status changed |
| Marsh Saxifrage | Saxifraga hirculus | 1992 | Designation does not apply in Scotland since 15/02/2007. Note on status=Designation is in respect of section 13(2) only since 21/08/2007. |
| Triangular Club-rush | Schoenoplectus triqueter | 1981 | |
| Perennial Knawel | Scleranthus perennis | 1981 | |
| viper’s-grass | Scorzonera humilis | 1988 | |
| Cambridge Milk-Parsley | Selinum carvifolia | 1988 | |
| Fen Ragwort | Senecio paludosus | 1988 | IUCN status changed |
| Limestone Woundwort | Stachys alpina | 1981 | |
| Downy Woundwort | Stachys germanica | 1981 | |
| Field Fleawort | Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. maritima | 1998 | |
| Cut-Leaved Germander | Teucrium botrys | 1988 | |
| Water Germander | Teucrium scordium | 1981 | |
| Cotswold Pennycress | Thlaspi perfoliatum | 1992 | IUCN status changed |
| Spiked Speedwell | Veronica spicata | 1981 | |
| Fingered Speedwell | Veronica triphyllos | 1988 | |
| Fen Violet | Viola persicifolia | 1981 | |
