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Having a talk with a local Conservation Rangers,this came up and he had a good point, about woodland and town woodland

A list of Notifiable Actions is issued according to habitats present. As an example,


Commercial or private recreational activities liable to cause significant disturbance to birds
Construction or alteration of fences, tracks, paths, roads, embankments, car parks or access routes
Deliberate scaring of birds.

The Wildlife Act, 1976 and the Wildlife Amendment Act, 2000 are the principal statutory provisions providing for the protection of Wildlife (both Flora and Fauna) and the control of activities which may impact adversely on the conservation of Wildlife. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government is charged under various sections of the Act, with a large number of licensing functions which are discharged on behalf of the Minister by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).

And some of the species of flora under (PROTECTION) ORDER

VASCULAR PLANTS

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Scientific Name
Common Name

Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy
Basil Thyme

Allium schoenoprasum L.
Chives

Alopecurus aequalis Sobol.
Orange Foxtail

Arenaria ciliata L. (incl. subsp. hibernica Ostenf. & O. C. Dahl)
Fringed Sandwort

Arthrocnemum perenne (Miller) Moss (syn. Salicornia perennis Miller)
Perennial

Glasswort

Asparagus officinalis L.
Wild Asparagus

Asplenium obovatum Viv. subsp. lanceolatum (Fiori)
Lanceolate

P. Silva (syn. A. billotii F.W. Schultz)
Spleenwort

Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm.
Forked


Spleenwort

Astragalus danicus Retz.
Purple Milk Vetch

Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth
Wood small-reed

Callitriche truncata Guss.
Short-leaved


Water-Starwort

Cardamine impatiens L.
Narrow leaved


Bitter-Cress

Cardaminopsis petraea (L.) Hiitonen
Northern


Rockcress

Carex depauperata Curtis ex With.
Starved Wood


Sedge

Carex divisa Hudson
Divided Sedge

Centaurium pulchellum (Swartz) Druce
Lesser Centaury

Cephalanthera longifolia (L). Fritsch
Narrow-leaved


Helleborine

Colchicum autumnale L.
Autumn Crocus

Cryptogramma crispa (L.) R. Br. ex Hooker
Parsley Fern

Deschampsia setacea (Hudson) Hackel
Bog Hair Grass

Epilobium alsinifolium Vill.
Chickweed


Willow Herb

Equisetum X moorei Newman
Moore's Horsetail

Eriophorum gracile Koch ex Roth
Slender Cotton


Grass

Galeopsis angustifolia Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
Red Hemp Nettle

Groenlandia densa (L.) Fourr. (syn. Potamogeton densus L.)
Opposite-leaved Pondweed

Gymnocarpium robertianum (Hoffm.) Newman (syn. Thelypteris robertiana (Hoffm.) Slosson)
Limestone Fern

Hammarbya paludosa (L.) O. Kuntze (syn. Malaxis paludosa (L.) Swartz
Bog Orchid

Helianthemum nummularium (L.) Miller
Common

Rockrose

Hordeum secalinum Schreber
Meadow Barley

Hydrilla verticillata (L.fil.) Royle
Irish Hydrilla

Hypericum canadense L.
Canadian St.


John's Wort

Hypericum hirsatum L.
Hairy St. John's


Wort

Inula salicina L.
Irish Fleabane

Lathyrus japonicus Willd.
Sea pea

Limosella aquatica L.
Mudwort

Logfia minima (Sm.) Dumort. (syn. Filago minima(Sm.) Pers.)
Slender Cudweed

Lotus subbiflorus Lag. (syn. L. hispidus Desf. ex DC. 1815)
Hairy Birdsfoot Trefoil

Lycopodiella inundata (L.) Holub (syn. Lycopodium innundatum L.)
Marsh Clubmoss

Mentha pulegium L.
Penny Royal

Mertensia maritima (L.) S. F. Gray
Oyster Plant

Minuartia recurva (All.) Schinz & Thell.
Recurved

Sandwort

Misopates orontium (L.) Rafin.
Lesser


Snapdragon

Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & W.L.E. Schmidt
Slender Naiad

Omalotheca sylvatica (L.) Schultz Bip. & F.W. Schultz (syn. Gnaphalium sylvaticum L.)
Wood Cudweed

Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link (syn. Diotis maritima (L.) Desf. ex. Cass.
Cottonweed

Papaver hybridum L.
Round Prickly-headed Poppy

Pilularia globulifera L.
Pillwort

Polygonum viviparum L.
Alpine Bistort

Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á. & D. Löve (syn. Leucorchis albida (L.) E.H.F. Meyer)
Small-white

Orchid

Puccinellia fasciculata (Torrey) E.P. Bicknell
Tufted Salt-marsh

Grass

Pyrola rotundifolia L. ssp. maritima (Kenyon) E.F. Warburg
Round-leaved

Wintergreen

Sanguisorba officinalis (L.)
Great Burnet

Saxifraga granulata L.
Meadow Saxifrage

Saxifraga hartii D.A. Webb
Hart's Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirculus L.
Yellow Marsh


Saxifrage

Saxifraga nivalis L.
Alpine Saxifrage

Scirpus triqueter L. (syn. Schoenoplectus triqueter (L.) Palla)
Triangular Club

Rush

Scleranthus annuus L.
Annual Knawel

Simethis planifolia (L.) Gren.
Kerry Lily

Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham.
Drooping Lady's


Tresses

Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevisan (syn. Betonica officinalis L.)
Betony

Trichomanes speciosum Willd.
Killarney Fern

Trifolium glomeratum L.
Clustered Clover

Trifolium subterraneum L.
Subterranean


Clover

Trollius europaeus L.
Globe Flower

Vicia orobus DC.
Bitter Vetch

Viola hirta L.
Hairy Violet

Viola lactea Sm.
Pale Heath Violet


SCHEDULE

MOSSES

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Scientific Name
Common Name

Bryum calophyllum R.Br.
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Bryum marratii Wils.
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Catoscopium nigritum (Hedw.) Brid.
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Drepanocladus vernicosus (Mitt.) Warnst.
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Leptobarbula berica (De Not.) Schimp.
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Orthrotrichum pallens Brid.
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Orthrotrichum sprucei Mont.
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Orthrotrichum stramineum Hornsch. ex Brid.
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Paludella squarrosa (Hedw.) Brid.
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Pottia wilsonii (Hook.) Br. Eur.
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Tetraplodon angustatus (Hedw.) Br. Eur.
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Tortella inclinata (Hedw.f.) Limpr.
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Weissia longfolia Mitt.
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Weissia rostellata (Brid.) Lindb.
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LIVERWORTS

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Scientific Name
Common Name

Leiocolea gillmanii (Aust.) Evans syn. Lophozia gillmanii (Aust.) Schust.
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Leiocolea rutheana (Limpr.) K. Müll.) syn. Lophozia rutheana (Limpr.) Howe
Fen flapwort

Petalophyllum ralfsii (Wils.) Nees & Gott.
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Plagiochila atlantica F. Rose
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LICHENS

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Scientific Name
Common Name

Fulgensia fulgens (Sw.) Elenkin
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STONEWORTS

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Scientific Name
Common Name

Lamprothamnium papulosum (Wallr.) J. Groves
Foxtail Stonewort

Nitella gracilis (Smith) Agardh
Slender Stonewort