Vascular Plants occurring in Glen Affric
This list has been compiled by Trees For Life from the species recorded in surveys by Ben Averis and Inverness Botany Group together with data from Forestry Commission Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage. Some additional species have been added by the Trees For Life staff. (The species are listed in alphabetical order, by genus.)
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |
| Achillea ptarmica | Sneezewort |
| Agrostis canina | Velvet bent-grass |
| Agrostis capillaries | Common bent-grass |
| Agrostis stolonifera | Creeping bent-grass |
| Aira caryophyllea | Silver hair-grass |
| Aira praecox | Early hair-grass |
| Ajuga reptans | Bugle |
| Alchemilla alpina | Alpine ladys mantle |
| Alchemilla filicaulis | Hairy ladys mantle |
| Alchemilla glabra | Smooth ladys mantle |
| Alchemilla vulgaris | Common ladys mantle |
| Alnus glutinosa | Alder |
| Anemone nemorosa | Wood Anemone |
| Angelica sylvestris | Angelica |
| Antennaria dioica | Mountain everlasting |
| Anthoxanthum odoratum | Sweet vernal grass |
| Arctostaphylos alpinus | Alpine bearberry |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Bearberry |
| Armeria maritima | Thrift |
| Bellis perennis | Daisy |
| Betula pendula | Silver birch |
| Betula pubescens | Downy birch |
| Brachypodium sylvaticum | False brome |
| Calluna vulgaris | Heather |
| Caltha palustris | Marsh marigold |
| Campanula rotundifolia | Harebell |
| Cardamine amara | Large bittercress |
| Cardamine flexuosa | Wavy bittercress |
| Cardamine hirsuta | Hairy bittercress |
| Cardamine pratensis | Cuckoo flower |
| Carex bigelowii | Stiff sedge |
| Carex binervis | Green-ribbed sedge |
| Carex curta | White sedge |
| Carex dioica | Dioecious sedge |
| Carex echinata | Star sedge |
| Carex flacca | Glaucous sedge |
| Carex hostiana | Tawny sedge |
| Carex lasiocarpa | Slender sedge |
| Carex limosa | Bog sedge |
| Carex magellanica | Tall bog sedge |
| Carex nigra | Common sedge |
| Carex pallescens | Pale sedge |
| Carex panicea | Carnation grass |
| Carex pauciflora | Few-flowered sedge |
| Carex pilulifera | Pill sedge |
| Carex pulicaris | Flea sedge |
| Carex rostrata | Bottle sedge |
| Carex saxatilis | Russet sedge |
| Carex viridula | Common yellow sedge |
| Centaurea nigra | Knapweed |
| Cerastium cerastoides | Starwort mouse-ear |
| Cerastium fontanum | Common mouse-ear |
| Cerastium holostoides | Chickweed |
| Chamaepericlymenum suecicum | Dwarf Cornel |
| Chrysosplenium oppositifolium | Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage |
| Cirsium arvense | Creeping thistle |
| Cirsium helenioides | Melancholy thistle |
| Cirsium palustre | Marsh thistle |
| Cirsium vulgare | Spear thistle |
| Cochlearia alpina | Alpine scurvygrass |
| Coeloglossum viride | Frog orchid |
| Conopodium majus | Pignut |
| Corallorhiza trifida | Coralroot orchid |
| Corylus avellana | Hazel |
| Crepis paludosa | Marsh Hawk's-beard |
| Cynosurus cristatus | Crested dog's-tail |
| Cytisus scoparius | Broom |
| Dactylis glomerata | Cocksfoot |
| Dactylorhiza fuschii | Common spotted orchid |
| Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum | Heath spotted orchid |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted hair-grass |
| Deschampsia flexuosa | Wavy hair-grass |
| Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove |
| Drosera anglica | Great sundew |
| Drosera intermedia | Long-leaved sundew |
| Drosera rotundifolia | Round-leaved sundew |
| Eleocharis palustris | Common spike-rush |
| Empetrum hermaphroditum | Hermaphrodite crowberry |
| Empetrum nigrum | Common crowberry |
| Epilobium alsinifolium | Chickweed willowherb |
| Epilobium angustifolium | Fireweed |
| Epilobium montanum | Broad-leaved willowherb |
| Epilobium palustre | Marsh Willowherb |
| Epilobium sp. | |
| Erica cinerea | Bell heather |
| Erica tetralix | Cross-leaved heath |
| Eriophorum angustifolium | Common cottongrass |
| Eriophorum vaginatum | Harestail cottongrass |
| Eriophorum latifolium | Broad-leaved cottongrass |
| Euphrasia officinalis agg. | Eyebright |
| Festuca ovina | Sheeps fescue |
| Festuca rubra | Red fescue |
| Festuca vivipara | Viviparous fescue |
| Filipendula ulmaria | Meadowsweet |
| Fragaria vesca | Wild strawberry |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Ash |
| Galium odoratum | Sweet woodruff |
| Galium palustre | Marsh bedstraw |
| Galium saxatile | Heath bedstraw |
| Geranium robertianum | Herb Robert |
| Geranium sylvaticum | Wood cranesbill |
| Geum urbanum | Wood avens |
| Geum rivale | Water avens |
| Glyceria fluitans | Flote-grass |
| Gnaphalium supinum | Dwarf cudweed |
| Goodyera repens | Creeping lady's tresses |
| Gymnadenia conopsea | Fragrant Orchid |
| Hedera helix | Ivy |
| Hieracium pilosella | Mouse-ear hawkweed |
| Hieracium agg | |
| Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire fog |
| Holcus mollis | Creeping soft grass |
| Hyacinthoides non-scripta | Bluebell |
| Hypericum pulchrum | Slender St.John's wort |
| Hypochoeris radicata | Common cat's-ear |
| Ilex aquifolium | Holly |
| Juncus acutiflorus | Sharp-flowered rush |
| Juncus articulatus | Jointed rush |
| Juncus bulbosus | Bulbous rush |
| Juncus conglomeratus | Compact/ common rush |
| Juncus effuses | Soft rush |
| Juncus squarrosus | Heath/ hard rush |
| Juncus trifidus | Three-leaved rush |
| Juncus triglumis | Three-flowered rush |
| Juniperus communis | Juniper |
| Juniperus communis alpina | Prostrate juniper |
| Lathyrus montanus | Mountain vetch |
| Leontodon autumnalis | Autumn Hawkbit |
| Leontodon hispidus | Rough Hawkbit |
| Linnaea borealis | Twinflower |
| Linum cartharticum | Fairy flax |
| Listera cordata | Lesser Twayblade |
| Littorella uniflora | Shoreweed |
| Lobelia dortmanna | Water lobelia |
| Loiseleuria procumbens | Trailing azalea |
| Lolium perenne | Perennial ryegrass |
| Lonicera periclymenum | Honeysuckle |
| Lotus corniculataus | Common Birdsfoot trefoil |
| Luzula campestris | Field woodrush |
| Luzula multiflora | Heath woodrush |
| Luzula pilosa | Hairy woodrush |
| Luzula spicata | Spiked woodrush |
| Luzula sylvatica | Great woodrush |
| Lychnis flos-cuculi | Ragged robin |
| Lysimachia nemorum | Yellow pimpernel |
| Melampyrum pratense | Common cow-wheat |
| Menyanthes trifoliata | Bogbean |
| Mercurialis perennis | Dog's mercury |
| Molinia caerulea | Purple moor grass |
| Moneses uniflora | One-flowered wintergreen |
| Myosotis scorpioides | Water Forget-me-not |
| Myrica gale | Bog myrtle |
| Myriophyllum alterniflorum | Alternate water-milfoil |
| Nardus stricta | Mat grass |
| Narthecium ossifragum | Bog Asphodel |
| Nymphaea alba | White water-lily |
| Orthilia secunda | Serrated wintergreen |
| Oxalis acetosella | Common wood sorrel |
| Oxyria digyna | Mountain sorrel |
| Parnassia palustris | Grass of parnassus |
| Pedicularis palustris | Marsh lousewort |
| Pedicularis sylvatica | Lousewort |
| Phragmites australis | Common reed |
| Pinguicula grandiflora | Large Flowered Butterwort |
| Pinguicula vulgaris | Common butterwort |
| Pinus sylvestris | Scots pine |
| Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort plantain |
| Plantago major | Greater plantain |
| Plantago maritima | Sea plantain |
| Platanthera bifolia | Lesser butterfly-orchid |
| Poa alpina | Alpine meadow grass |
| Poa annua | Annual meadow grass |
| Polygala serpyllifolia | Heath milkwort |
| Polygala vulgaris | Common milkwort |
| Polygonum viviparum | Alpine bistort |
| Populus tremula | Aspen |
| Potamogeton natans | Broad-leaved pondweed |
| Potamogeton polygonifolius | Bog pondweed |
| Potentilla erecta | Tormentil |
| Potentilla palustris | Marsh Cinquefoil |
| Potentilla sterilis | Barren strawberry |
| Primula vulgaris | Wild primrose |
| Prunella vulgaris | Self-heal |
| Prunus avium | Wild cherry |
| Prunus padus | Bird cherry |
| Pseudorchis albida | Small white orchid |
| Pyrola media | Intermediate wintergreen |
| Pyrola minor | Common wintergreen |
| Pyrola rotundifolia | Round-leaved wintergreen |
| Quercus petraea | Sessile oak |
| Ranunculus acris | Meadow buttercup |
| Ranunculus flammula | Lesser spearwort |
| Ranunculus lingua | Greater spearwort |
| Ranunculus repens | Creeping buttercup |
| Rhinanthus minor ssp. borealis | Yellow rattle |
| Rosa canina | Dog rose |
| Rubus chamaemorus | Cloudberry |
| Rubus fruticosus | Bramble |
| Rubus idaeus | Wild raspberry |
| Rubus saxatilis | Stone bramble |
| Rumex acetosa | Common sorrel |
| Rumex acetosella | Sheep's sorrel |
| Sagina procumbens | Procumbent pearlwort |
| Salix aurita | Eared willow |
| Salix caprea | Goat willow |
| Salix cinerea | Grey sallow |
| Salix herbacea | Dwarf willow |
| Salix lapponum | Downy willow |
| Salix phylicifolia | Tea leaved willow |
| Salix repens | Creeping willow |
| Sanicula europaea | Sanicle |
| Saussurea alpina | Alpine saw-wort |
| Saxifraga aizoides | Yellow saxifrage |
| Saxifraga hypnoides | Mossy saxifrage |
| Saxifraga oppositifolia | Purple saxifrage |
| Saxifraga stellaris | Starry saxifrage |
| Sedum anglicum | English stonecrop |
| Sedum rosea | Roseroot |
| Senecio vulgaris | Groundsel |
| Sibbaldia procumbens | Sibbaldia |
| Silene acaulis | Moss campion |
| Silene dioica | Red campion |
| Solidago virgaaurea | Goldenrod |
| Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort |
| Sonchus oleraceus | Sow thistle |
| Sorbus aucuparia | Rowan |
| Sparganium angustifolium | Floating bur-reed |
| Stachys sylvatica | Hedge woundwort |
| Stellaria holostea | Greater stitchwort |
| Stellaria media | Chickweed |
| Succisa pratensis | Devil's-bit scabious |
| Taraxacum officinalis | Dandelion |
| Teucrium scorodonia | Wood sage |
| Thalictrum alpinum | Alpine meadow-rue |
| Thymus polytrichus | Wild thyme |
| Tofielda pusilla | Scottish asphodel |
| Trientalis europaea | Chickweed wintergreen |
| Trichophorum cespitosum | Deer grass |
| Trifolium dubium | Lesser trefoil |
| Trifolium pratense | Red Clover |
| Trifolium repens | White clover |
| Triglochin palustris | Marsh arrowgrass |
| Trollius europaeus | Globe flower |
| Tussilago farfara | Coltsfoot |
| Ulex europaeus | Gorse |
| Ulmus glabra | Wych elm |
| Urtica dioica | Stinging nettle |
| Utricularia vulgaris | Common bladderwort |
| Vaccinium microcarpum | Small cranberry |
| Vaccinium myrtillus | Blaeberry |
| Vaccinium oxycoccos | Cranberry |
| Vaccinium uliginosum | Bog bilberry |
| Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Cowberry |
| Valeriana dioica | Marsh valerian |
| Veronica chamaedrys | Germander speedwell |
| Veronica officinalis | Common speedwell |
| Veronica serpyllifolia | Thyme-leaved speedwell |
| Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa | Northern speedwell |
| Vicia cracca | Tufted vetch |
| Vicia sepium | Bush vetch |
| Vicia sylvatica | Wood vetch |
| Viola canina | Heath dog violet |
| Viola palustris | Marsh violet |
| Viola riviniana | Dog violet |
| Viola tricolor | Heartsease |
Ferns and Clubmosses
| Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair spleenwort |
| Blechnum spicant | Hard fern |
| Botrychium lunaria | Common moonwort |
| Cryptogramma crispa | Parsley Fern |
| Diphasiastrum alpinum | Alpine clubmoss |
| Dryopteris affinis | Scaly male fern |
| Dryopteris dilatata | Broad buckler fern |
| Dryopteris filix-mas | Male fern |
| Equisetum arvense | Field horsetail |
| Equisetum fluviatile | Water horsetail |
| Equisetum palustre | Marsh horsetail |
| Equisetum sylvaticum | Wood horsetail |
| Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Oak fern |
| Huperzia selago | Fir clubmoss |
| Hymenophyllum wilsonii | Wilsons filmy fern |
| Lycopodium annotinum | Interupted clubmoss |
| Lycopodium clavatum | Stag's-horn clubmoss |
| Oreopteris limbosperma | Lemon scented fern |
| Phegopteris connectilis | Long beech fern |
| Polypodium vulgare | Polypody |
| Polystichum aculeatum | Hard shield fern |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken, brake |
| Selaginella selaginoides | Lesser clubmoss |
Total number of vascular plants: 290 species
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