Floristic Table June/July/August 2014 -

Freaghillaun East

This table is not a definitive list of plant species present on Freaghillaun East and should be
added to in the future to compile a more complete inventory of plants present.

The floristic

table is also not necessarily an accurate representation of where plants are located. For
example, tormentil, Potentilla erecta, may be present at the east end but was not recorded at
the time due to the process of plant identification on the day.
General ongoing observation confirms that the east and west sections have subtly different
vegetation with more grasses growing towards the west end where there is less shelter from saltladen winds. Grasses were also more abundant in the narrow area which was dug for lazy bed
potato ridges in the 19th century. Lichen, Antheroceros laevis, was more common on the upper
eastern drumlin area. The cliff slope perimeter has markedly different vegetation, lacking any H.
non-scripta, and resembles semi-natural grassland, possibly in the BEC classification of 3f
Festuca rubra Lotus corniculatus grassland.
Common name

Botanical name

Moss
Lichen
Wood sorrel
Charcoal Burner
Tormentil
Eye bright
Carline thistle
Rushes
Yellow dandelion
Clover white
Clover pink
Adders Tongue
Fern
Sweet Vernon
grass
Red Fescue
Heath spotted
orchid
Yorkshire Fog grass
Lesser stichwort
Cocksfoot
Rye grass
Chickweed
Rough Hawksbit

Brachythecium rutabulum
Antheroceros laevis
Oxalis acetosa
Russula cyanoxantha
Potetnilla erecta
Euphrasia officianalis
Carlina vulgaris
Juncus effusus
Taraxacum officinale
Trifolium repens
Trifolium pratense
Ophioglossum vulgatum

x
x
x

Cliff
perimete
r

x
x
x

X
X

Festuca rubra
Dactylorhiza maculata

X
X

Holcus lanatus
Stellaria graminea
Dactylis glomerata
Lolium perenne
Stellaria media
Leontalis artumnlis

X denotes the presence of a plant

West end

Anthoxanthum odoratum

Figure 1 Floristic Table

East end

x
x
x
x
X
X

x
x
x
x
x
x
X

Blank space denotes that the plant was not recorded in this area.