East Perthshire - Botanical Society of the British Isles

Vicia orobus
National rarity: Near-threatened Scottish Biodiversity List
Local rarity: Rare
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NO 042638 2009 Straloch Grassy roadside bank 3 clumps along 9 metre stretch M C Robinson
Wood Bitter-vetch N
Has apparently disappeared from some sites, as it is mentioned in the New Statistical Accounts in the parish of Alyth and FBW saw it in Glen Tilt. Has a western tendency in the UK.
Viola canina
National rarity:
Local rarity: Scarce
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NN 841641 2006 SSSI Aldclune Meadow River shingle M C Robinson
NN 995492 1996 R Tay, Guay PSNS
NN 95Q 2007 SSSI Richard's Island River shingle M C Robinson
NO 067406 1997 Stenton Rocks P Cramb
NO 06SW 1976 SSSI Brerachan Meadow R A H Smith
NO 07SE 1989 A Primavesi
NO 105392 1975 The Inch anon
NO 13J 2004 SSSI Delvine River shingle PSNS
NO 1439 2006 SSSI Kercock Higher river shingle banks Frequent clumps M C Robinson
NO 141523 1982 SSSI Romadie Wood PSNS
NO 160686 1970 Loch Beanie PSNS
Heath Dog-violet N
NO 141773 2010 The Cairnwell Limestone exposure BSBI Alchemilla workshop
NO 23NW 1987 anon
NO 259357 1980 SSSI Laird's Loch D M Bayne
May be under-recorded in the upland areas. Characteristic of the river shingles of the Tay, but maybe sometimes overlooked on leached soils overlying basic rocks in the hills
Viola hirta
Local rarity: Rare
Near-threatened
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NO 1222 2000 Moncrieffe Island PSNS
NO 204252 2007 Pitroddie Den Grassland on den floor PSNS
NO 34SW 1987 PSNS
Right at the northern extremity of its UK range. It may have declined a bit, as FBW knew it 'here and there' in the 'trap hills' of Gowrie (= the Sidlaws)
Hairy Violet N