Rare Plant Register
>> Rare Plant Register 2008 (pdf 1.69Mb).
The Flora of County Down
This is a new project, beginning in 2010, for 10 seasons, to record the flora of County Down for a proposed publication. A new date class will be used, Date Class 5 (2010-2019), as initiated by the BSBI. This would essentially require that there be new complete coverage of the county. Species will be recorded to 1km or better, with mapping to 2km squares.
The current status of records held on the database Recorder for county Down is:
The current status of records held on the database Recorder for county Down is:
Total vascular plant records for county Down: 214,513
No. of taxa: 1,844 [all status]
Programme of field meetings for 2013
Meetings begin at 1 p.m. unless otherwise stated and last until 5 p.m. or so. Please phone if you plan to attend, as if the weather is unsuitable, the meeting may be cancelled. The pace will be slow and all are invited.
Participation at these events is at your own risk – see the BSBI Code for Field Safety.
Sunday 21th April 1 p.m. Audley’s Castle, nr. Strangford
Shore, woodland and arable plants.
Meet at the roadside, J57585046
Sunday 19th May 1 p.m. Rowallane
National Trust property, entrance fee payable. Woodland plants.
Meet at main car park, J409578
Sunday 16th June 10a.m. Castlewellan Forest Park
Entrance fee payable. Woodland plants.
Meet at the car park by the lake, fee payable, J334367
Saturday 6th July 11 a.m. Rostrevor National Nature Reserve
Organised in conjunction with the Belfast Naturalists’ Field Club. Woodland plants.
Meet at car park by the forestry buildings, J186177
Sunday 4th August 10.30 a.m. Bloody Bridge coastal path
Bring a packed lunch and suitable clothing.Shore, marsh and scrubby plants.
Meet in the car park, J389271
Sunday 15th September 1 p.m. Greencastle, Carlingford Lough
Shore and marsh plants.
Meet by the road at J241118
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Recording Card If you would like to record in the county, then you may download the County Down recording card here. Species lists should normally be within 1km squares where possible (4 figure grid reference), with rare plants preferably recorded to 10m (8 figure grid reference). Any notes on rare species found would be appreciated. >> Down recording card (front) (back) County Recorder Graham Day, Tel: 028 9181 7710 (home); mobile on meeting days: 07764794687.
Recording in 2012 Monthly field meetings were organised in support of the third year of recording for the proposed flora of Co. Down, and to make records under the new date-class. Thanks go to Margaret Marshall and Roger Field who sent records to me. Visits were made along the inner Ards peninsula and Holywood in midApril to record Cochlearia spp.. While at Holywood, Tragopogon pratensis was noted adjacent to the railway line. In late April, five attended the first of the monthly field meetings at Killough where Raphanus x micranthus was found. At the very successful (we won!!) Bioblitz at Crawfordsburn Country Park in mid-May, 317 plant species were recorded by 8+ recorders. In early June, Raphanus x micranthus, Crepis vesicaria and Veronica agrestis were found beside the new tarmac path next to the shore at Annalong. Also in early June, Thalictrum minus, Blysmus rufus, Cynoglossum officinale, Anacamptis morio, Coeloglossum viride and Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp. coccinea were seen at Killard NNR. The second attempt to record filmy ferns in Tollymore Forest Park was again thwarted due to high water levels, but was compensated by the first record since 1900 of Neottia nidus-avis at this site (and the first since 1983 in Co. Down). Putative Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes were also noted. A meeting with the Belfast Naturalist’s Field Club in late August at the Quoile produced Agrimonia procera, Glyceria maxima and, on the old steam-boat quay, Sherardia arvensis. Hypericum maculatum was found in an area sown as a wild flower meadow. In September, Polygonum rurivagum was noted at Scarva and Medicago arabica at Killough (last record at Ardglass Harbour, Meikle, 1946). Following a tip from Ian Rippey, a visit was made to Murlough NNR in late September and records for Agrimonia procera made. Previous records for this species at Murlough were made by Praeger, ‘pre-1938’.
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