Lancashire Key Species - Flowering Plants

Flowering plant species listed in the Lancashire Key Species review of 24/09/2019.

Lancashire Key Species (LKS) refers to species which have a recognised status, either (inter)nationally or locally within Lancashire. The criteria for inclusion are available from LERN.

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short-awn foxtail ¹
Alopecurus aequalis

Bulbous Foxtail
Alopecurus bulbosus

Loose Silky-bent ²
Apera spica-venti

Flat-sedge ²
Blysmus compressus

Red Bulrush ³
Blysmus rufus

Bromopsis benekenii
Bromus benekenii

Bromopsis erecta ⁴
Bromus erectus

Bromus hordeaceus subsp. thominei ⁵
Bromus hordeaceus thominei

Rye Brome ⁶
Bromus secalinus

Purple Small-reed ⁷
Calamagrostis canescens

Slim-stem Small-reedgrass ⁸
Calamagrostis stricta

slender tufted-sedge ⁹
Carex acuta

Bigelow's sedge
Carex bigelowii

Buxbaum's sedge ¹⁰
Carex buxbaumii

lesser tussock sedge ²
Carex diandra

Fingered Sedge ¹¹
Carex digitata

Dioecious Sedge ¹²
Carex dioica

Divided Sedge ¹¹
Carex divisa

Tufted-sedge ¹³
Carex elata

Rare Spring-sedge ¹⁴
Carex ericetorum

Long-bracted Sedge ¹¹
Carex extensa

Tawny Sedge ¹¹
Carex hostiana

woolly-fruited sedge ¹¹
Carex lasiocarpa

Prickly Sedge ¹¹
Carex muricata

Carex muricata subsp. pairae ⁴
Carex muricata pairae

Dotted Sedge ¹⁵
Carex punctata

Greater Pond-sedge ²
Carex riparia

Spiked Sedge ¹⁶
Carex spicata

thin-spiked wood sedge
Carex strigosa

inflated sedge ¹⁷
Carex vesicaria

Carex viridula subsp. brachyrrhyncha ¹⁸
Carex viridula brachyrrhyncha

Carex viridula subsp. viridula ¹⁹
Carex viridula viridula

True Fox-sedge
Carex vulpina

Water Whorl-grass ¹
Catabrosa aquatica

Sea Fern-grass ²⁰
Catapodium marinum

swamp sawgrass ²¹
Cladium mariscus

Bermuda grass ²²
Cynodon dactylon

Sweet Galingale ²³
Cyperus longus

Eleocharis mamillata subsp. austriaca
Eleocharis mamillata austriaca

Many-stalked Spike-rush ²⁴
Eleocharis multicaulis

Few-flower Spikerush ²⁵
Eleocharis quinqueflora

Creeping Spikerush ²⁶
Eleocharis uniglumis

Elytrigia atherica ¹⁹
Elymus athericus

Broad-leaved Cottongrass ²⁷
Eriophorum latifolium

Wood Fescue ⁴
Festuca altissima

Festuca arenaria
Festuca rubra arenaria

Festuca brevipila ²⁴
Festuca trachyphylla

Fine-leaved Sheep's-fescue ²⁸
Festuca filiformis

Festuca rubra subsp. juncea
Festuca rubra juncea

Wood Barley
Hordelymus europaeus

Salt Barley Grass ²⁹
Hordeum marinum

Meadow Barley Grass
Hordeum secalinum

frog rush
Juncus ambiguus

Baltic Rush ³⁰
Juncus balticus

Flattened Rush ³¹
Juncus compressus

Thread Rush ³²
Juncus filiformis

Blunt-flowered Rush ²⁴
Juncus subnodulosus

Mountain Melick ³³
Melica nutans

Early Sand-grass ³⁴
Mibora minima

Sickle Grass ³⁵
Parapholis incurva

Hard-grass ²
Parapholis strigosa

Sand Cat's-tail ²
Phleum arenarium

Bulbous Meadow-grass ³⁶
Poa bulbosa

rabbitfoot grass ³⁷
Polypogon monspeliensis

european alkali grass ²⁴
Puccinellia distans

White Beak-sedge ³⁸
Rhynchospora alba

Common Club-rush ²⁴
Schoenoplectus lacustris

black bog-rush ²
Schoenus nigricans

Wood Club-rush ²⁷
Scirpus sylvaticus

Blue Moor-grass ¹¹
Sesleria caerulea

Small Bur-reed ³⁹
Sparganium natans

Dune Fescue ⁴⁰
Vulpia fasciculata

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Lancashire Key Species - Flowering Plants

short-awn foxtail 1 Alopecurus aequalis

Bulbous Foxtail Alopecurus bulbosus

Loose Silky-bent 2 Apera spica-venti

Flat-sedge 2 Blysmus compressus

Red Bulrush 3 Blysmus rufus

Bromopsis benekenii Bromus benekenii

Bromopsis erecta 4 Bromus erectus

Bromus hordeaceus subsp. thominei 5 Bromus hordeaceus thominei

Rye Brome 6 Bromus secalinus

Purple Small-reed 7 Calamagrostis canescens

Slim-stem Small-reedgrass 8 Calamagrostis stricta

slender tufted-sedge 9 Carex acuta

Bigelow's sedge Carex bigelowii

Buxbaum's sedge 10 Carex buxbaumii

lesser tussock sedge 2 Carex diandra

Fingered Sedge 11 Carex digitata

Dioecious Sedge 12 Carex dioica

Divided Sedge 11 Carex divisa

Tufted-sedge 13 Carex elata

Rare Spring-sedge 14 Carex ericetorum

Long-bracted Sedge 11 Carex extensa

Tawny Sedge 11 Carex hostiana

woolly-fruited sedge 11 Carex lasiocarpa

Prickly Sedge 11 Carex muricata

Carex muricata subsp. pairae 4 Carex muricata pairae

Dotted Sedge 15 Carex punctata

Greater Pond-sedge 2 Carex riparia

Spiked Sedge 16 Carex spicata

thin-spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa

inflated sedge 17 Carex vesicaria

Carex viridula subsp. brachyrrhyncha 18 Carex viridula brachyrrhyncha

Carex viridula subsp. viridula 19 Carex viridula viridula

True Fox-sedge Carex vulpina

Water Whorl-grass 1 Catabrosa aquatica

Sea Fern-grass 20 Catapodium marinum

swamp sawgrass 21 Cladium mariscus

Bermuda grass 22 Cynodon dactylon

Sweet Galingale 23 Cyperus longus

Eleocharis mamillata subsp. austriaca Eleocharis mamillata austriaca

Many-stalked Spike-rush 24 Eleocharis multicaulis

Few-flower Spikerush 25 Eleocharis quinqueflora

Creeping Spikerush 26 Eleocharis uniglumis

Elytrigia atherica 19 Elymus athericus

Broad-leaved Cottongrass 27 Eriophorum latifolium

Wood Fescue 4 Festuca altissima

Festuca arenaria Festuca rubra arenaria

Festuca brevipila 24 Festuca trachyphylla

Fine-leaved Sheep's-fescue 28 Festuca filiformis

Festuca rubra subsp. juncea Festuca rubra juncea

Wood Barley Hordelymus europaeus

Salt Barley Grass 29 Hordeum marinum

Meadow Barley Grass Hordeum secalinum

frog rush Juncus ambiguus

Baltic Rush 30 Juncus balticus

Flattened Rush 31 Juncus compressus

Thread Rush 32 Juncus filiformis

Blunt-flowered Rush 24 Juncus subnodulosus

Mountain Melick 33 Melica nutans

Early Sand-grass 34 Mibora minima

Sickle Grass 35 Parapholis incurva

Hard-grass 2 Parapholis strigosa

Sand Cat's-tail 2 Phleum arenarium

Bulbous Meadow-grass 36 Poa bulbosa

rabbitfoot grass 37 Polypogon monspeliensis

european alkali grass 24 Puccinellia distans

White Beak-sedge 38 Rhynchospora alba

Common Club-rush 24 Schoenoplectus lacustris

black bog-rush 2 Schoenus nigricans

Wood Club-rush 27 Scirpus sylvaticus

Blue Moor-grass 11 Sesleria caerulea

Small Bur-reed 39 Sparganium natans

Dune Fescue 40 Vulpia fasciculata