The Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield
Covering a full range of natural history interests in Sheffield and the surrounding area, providing for both interested beginners and specialists.Sheffield’s Local Red Data Plants (1991 List)
The following vascular plants were listed in Sheffield’s first Local Red Data Book, published in 1991 as part of the Sheffield Nature Conservation Strategy.
There are 93 species of vascular plants in total, listed in systematic order. Some of the Latin names have changed since the list was originally published. The list is currently being updated by the Sorby Botanical Group.
| Latin name | English name |
|---|---|
| Lycopodium clavatum | Stag’s-horn Clubmoss |
| Ophioglossum vulgatum | Adder’s-tongue |
| Botrychium lunaria | Moonwort |
| Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern |
| Asplenium adiantum-nigrum | Black Spleenwort |
| Asplenium ceterach (Ceterach officinarum) | Rustyback |
| Phegopteris connectilis | Beech Fern |
| Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Oak Fern |
| Polystichum setiferum | Soft Shield-fern |
| Polystichum aculeatum | Hard Shield-fern |
| Dryopteris affinis | Golden-scaled Male-fern (Scaly Male-fern) |
| Dryopteris carthusiana | Narrow Buckler-fern |
| Polypodium vulgare | Common Polypody |
| Ceratophyllum demersum | Rigid Hornwort |
| Ceratocapnos claviculata | Climbing Corydalis |
| Ranunculus auricomus | Goldilocks Buttercup |
| Ranunculus sceleratus | Celery-leaved Buttercup |
| Ranunculus lingua | Greater Spearwort |
| Thalictrum flavum | Common Meadow-rue |
| Myriophyllum spicatum | Spiked Water-milfoil |
| Anthyllis vulneraria | Kidney Vetch |
| Genista tinctoria | Dyer’s Greenweed |
| Polygala serpyllifolia | Heath Milkwort |
| Crataegus laevigata | Midland Hawthorn |
| Rubus chamaemorus | Cloudberry |
| Rubus caesius | Dewberry |
| Geum rivale | Water Avens |
| Sanguisorba officinalis | Greater Burnet |
| Poterium sanguisorba ssp. sanguisorba (Sanguisorba minor ssp. minor) | Salad Burnet |
| Frangula alnus | Alder Buckthorn |
| Viola reichenbachiana | Early Dog-violet |
| Hypericum humifusum | Trailing St John’s-wort |
| Hypericum elodes | Marsh St John’s-wort |
| Persicaria amphibia (Polygonum amphibia) | Amphibious Bistort |
| Drosera rotundifolia | Round-leaved Sundew |
| Impatiens parviflora | Small Balsam |
| Primula vulgaris | Primrose |
| Primula veris | Cowslip |
| Lysimachia thyrsiflora | Tufted Loosestrife |
| Anagallis tenella | Bog Pimpernel |
| Trientalis europaea | Chickweed-wintergreen |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Bearberry |
| Rhododendron groenlandicum (Ledum groenlandicum) | Labrador-tea |
| Andromeda polifolia | Bog-rosemary |
| Vaccinium x intermedium | Hybrid Bilberry |
| Galium uliginosum | Fen Bedstraw |
| Galium verum | Lady’s Bedstraw |
| Gentianella amarella | Autumn Gentian |
| Veronica scutellata | Marsh Speedwell |
| Scrophularia auriculata | Water Figwort |
| Scutellaria minor | Lesser Skullcap |
| Euphrasia agg. | Eyebright |
| Rhinanthus minor | Yellow-rattle |
| Pedicularis palustris | Marsh Lousewort |
| Pedicularis sylvatica | Lousewort |
| Lathraea squamaria | Toothwort |
| Pinguicula vulgaris | Butterwort |
| Menyanthes trifoliata | Bogbean |
| Cirsium heterophyllum (C. helenioides) | Melancholy Thistle |
| Crepis paludosa | Marsh Hawk’s-beard |
| Valeriana dioica | Marsh Valerian |
| Sanicula europaea | Sanicle |
| Pimpinella major | Greater Burnet-saxifrage |
| Pimpinella saxifraga | Burnet-saxifrage |
| Alisma lanceolatum | Narrow-leaved Water-plantain |
| Butomus umbellatus | Flowering rush |
| Triglochin palustris | Marsh Arrowgrass |
| Potamogeton polygonifolius | Bog Pondweed |
| Potamogeton obtusifolius | Blunt-leaved pondweed |
| Potamogeton compressus | Grass Wrack Pondweed |
| Epipactis palustris | Marsh Helleborine |
| Coeloglossum viride | Frog Orchid |
| Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum | Heath Spotted-orchid |
| Dactylorhiza praetermissa | Southern Marsh-orchid |
| Anacamptis morio (Orchis morio) | Green-winged Orchid |
| Narcissus pseudonarcissus | Daffodil |
| Sparganium emersum | Unbranched Bur-reed |
| Typha angustifolia | Lesser Reedmace |
| Eriophorum angustifolium | Common Cottongrass |
| Eriophorum latifolium | Broad-leaved Cottongrass |
| Eriophorum vaginatum | Hare’s-tail Cottongrass |
| Trichophorum germanicum (T. cespitosum) | Deergrass |
| Eleocharis multicaulis | Many-stalked Spike-rush |
| Carex paniculata | Greater Tussock-sedge |
| Carex spicata | Spiked Sedge |
| Carex disticha | Brown Sedge |
| Carex acutiformis | Lesser Pond Sedge |
| Carex rostrata | Bottle Sedge |
| Carex pallescens | Pale Sedge |
| Festuca altissima | Wood Fescue |
| Calamagrostis epigejos | Wood Small-reed |
| Hordelymus europaeus | Wood Barley |
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed |