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Scientific Name
Common Name
Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore
Achillea millefolium
Yarrow
Adonis annua
Pheasant's eye
Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse chestnut
Agrostemma githago
Corncockle
Ajuga chamaepitys
Ground pine
Ajuga reptans
Bugle
Alchemilla minima
Alchemilla
Alisma gramineum
Ribbon-leaved water-plantain
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Common water-plantain
Althaea hirsuta
Rough marsh mallow
Alyssum alyssoides
Small Alison
Anagallis arvensis
Scarlet pimpernel
Anemone nemorosa
Wood anemone
Anthriscus sylvestris
Cow parsley
Apium repens
Creeping marshwort
Arabis glabra
Tower mustard
Armeria maritima
Thrift
Artemisia norvegica
Norwegian mugwort
Arum maculatum
Lords and ladies
Asparagus prostratus
Wild asparagus
Atrichum angustatum
Lesser smoothcap
Atriplex pedunculata
Pedunculate sea-purslane
Bellis perennis
Daisy
Betula pendula
Silver birch
Brachythecium appleyardiae
Mrs. Appleyard's moss
Bromus interruptus
Interrupted brome
Bryum neodamense
Long-leaved thread moss
Buddleja davidii
Butterfly-bush
Calluna vulgaris
Heather
Caltha palustris
Marsh marigold
Campanula rotundifolia
Harebell
Campylopus setifolius
Silky swan-neck moss
Carex depauperata
Starved wood-sedge
Carex vulpina
True fox-sedge
Centaurea cyanus
Cornflower
Cephalanthera longifolia
Sword-leaved helleborine
Cephalanthera rubra
Red helleborine
Cephaloziella massalongi
Liverwort
Cephaloziella nicholsonii
Greater copperwort
Cerastium brachypetalum
Grey mouse ear
Cerastium nigrescens
Shetland mouse-ear
Chamaemelum nobile
Chamomile
Chara connivens
Convergent stonewort
Cirsium vulgare
Spear thistle
Clinopodium menthifolium
Wood calamint
Cochlearia micacea
Mountain scurvygrass
Cochlearia officinalis subsp. scotica
Scottish scurvygrass
Coincya wrightii
Lundy cabbage
Corrigiola litoralis
Strapwort
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