The Cairngorms rare plants project was launched in March 2010 to deliver urgently needed action for four threatened plants of high conservation importance in the Cairngorms National Park.
This project is a partnership between the Cairngorms National Park Authority, Scottish Natural Heritage and the University of Aberdeen.
(Pyrola media)
This evergreen perennial herb is an often overlooked treasure of our native pinewoods and dry heaths. Although relatively widespread in the highlands of Scotland, this species is rare and declining in the rest of the UK.
(Platanthera bifolia)
This beautiful white-flowered orchid can be found in only a handful of species-rich grassland sites in the Cairngorms National Park, but is more widespread in the north and west of Scotland.
(Melampyrum sylvaticum)
This hemi-parasitic annual with bright yellow flowers exists in just a few sites in the Cairngorms National Park and less than 20 in the whole of Scotland.
(Linnaea borealis)
This delicate creeping dwarf shrub is an iconic plant of native pinewoods in the northeast of Scotland. Remaining populations are often small and highly isolated and many set little or no seed each year.
GET IN TOUCH!
Dr Andy Scobie,
Project Officer
Cairngorms Rare Plants Project
Scottish Natural Heritage,
Achantoul, Aviemore,
Inverness-shire,
PH22 1QD
Tel: +44 (0) 1479 810477
Email:
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RARE PLANTS NEWS
March 2012
New trial to conserve Intermediate Wintergreen
December 2011
Welcome to the Cairngorms Rare Plants Project website
October 2011
Action to conserve Lesser Butterfly-orchid at threatened site
August 2011
New Plantlife booklet: Managing Scotland’s pinewoods
July 2011
Where have all the Lesser Butterfly-orchids gone?
GET INVOLVED!
You can help the Cairngorms Rare Plants Project:
• Tell us about rare plant sites;
• Take part in rare plant searches;
• Monitor rare plant populations;
• Look after a local rare plant site.
Get in touch with project officer Andy Scobie to find out more.
