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Berlengas Islands Nature Reserve Field Guide

The Berlengas Islands Nature Reserve includes a group of rocky islands near the western coast of Portugal and their surrounding waters. This guide aims to help the curious and the visitor alike enjoy this unique place, with its rarities and endemisms.

Lotus hispidus
Astragalus pelecinus pelecinus
hop trefoil 1
Trifolium campestre
clustered clover 2
Trifolium glomeratum
Trifolium scabrum
Trifolium suffocatum
woolly clover 3
Trifolium tomentosum
Narrow-leaved Vetch 4
Vicia sativa nigra
Medicago littoralis
Bur Clover 5
Medicago polymorpha
Orange Bird's-foot
Ornithopus pinnatus
sweet clover 6
Melilotus indicus
Common Fig 7
Ficus carica
Urtica membranacea
spreading pellitory 8
Parietaria judaica
Wall Pennywort
Umbilicus rupestris
Sedum andegavense
mossy stonecrop 9
Crassula tillaea
flaxleaf pimpernel
Anagallis monelli
Rumex bucephalophorus gallicus
Nettle-leaved Goosefoot 3
Chenopodium murale
sea beet
Beta vulgaris maritima
Suaeda vera
fat-hen 10
Atriplex prostrata
common chickweed 1
Stellaria media
sticky mouse-ear chickweed 1
Cerastium glomeratum
white campion
Silene latifolia
Silene scabriflora
Silene uniflora uniflora
Sagina maritima
Rock Sea-spurrey 11
Spergularia rupicola
Corn Spurrey 1
Spergula arvensis
Polycarpon alsinifolium
Crystalline Ice Plant 12
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Hottentot-Fig
Carpobrotus edulis
procumbent pigweed 10
Amaranthus blitoides
Armeria berlengensis
Montia fontana amporitana
Gymnostyles stolonifera
Andryala integrifolia
Horseweed 13
Erigeron canadensis
Slender Thistle 14
Carduus tenuiflorus
Australian waterbuttons 15
Cotula australis
brass buttons 16
Cotula coronopifolia
Senecio gallicus
common sow thistle 4
Sonchus oleraceus
Sonchus tenerrimus
Capeweed 17
Arctotheca calendula
Carlina hispanica
Filago pygmaea pygmaea
Calendula suffruticosa algarbiensis
Leontodon taraxacoides taraxacoides
Helichrysum stoechas stoechas
Pulicaria microcephala
redstem filaree
Erodium cicutarium bipinnatum
Dove's Foot Cranesbill 18
Geranium molle
Bermuda Buttercup 19
Oxalis pes-caprae
European heliotrope 20
Heliotropium europaeum
Echium rosulatum
Scrophularia sublyrata
Orobanche calendulae
Mediterranean lineseed 3
Bellardia trixago
Olive 21
Olea europaea
Stachys arvensis
minutina 10
Plantago coronopus
Linaria spartea 22
Linaria amethystea multipunctata
purple foxglove
Digitalis purpurea purpurea
Papaver somniferum setigerum
Fumaria muralis
Rough-fruited Buttercup 6
Ranunculus muricatus
Beleño 23
Hyoscyamus albus
Jimson Weed 24
Datura stramonium
Black nightshade 25
Solanum nigrum
Tree Tobacco 26
Nicotiana glauca
Dodder
Cuscuta epithymum
Angelica pachycarpa
knotted hedgeparsley
Torilis nodosa
rock samphire 27
Crithmum maritimum
Tree Mallow 28
Malva arborea
Cretan mallow 29
Malva pseudolavatera
Euphorbia portlandica
Euphorbia characias characias
Castor Oil Plant 30
Ricinus communis
Annual Mercury 31
Mercurialis annua
Frankenia laevis
Trailing St John's-wort 32
Hypericum humifusum
Lesser swine-cress 33
Lepidium didymum
Cabbage 1
Brassica oleracea
Danish Scurvy-grass 1
Cochlearia danica
Lobularia maritima maritima
Catapodium marinum
silver hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
soft brome 34
Bromus hordeaceus
Bromus rigidus 34
Lolium rigidum rigidum
Poa infirma
brome fescue 35
Vulpia bromoides
Big Quakinggrass 36
Briza maxima
mediterranean beard grass
Polypogon maritimus

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