East Perthshire - Botanical Society of the British Isles

This species of calcareous grasslands occurs exclusively north of the Highland Boundary Fault and is not uncommon in suitable habitat. It ranges from dry roadside banks to cold, damp,
north-facing montane slopes
Conium maculatum
Local rarity: Rare
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NO 14W 1980 SSSI Stormont Loch N F Stewart
NO 212252 1997 Pitroddie Quart-dolerite cliff M Benstead
A lowland species of various habitats, wet and dry, that is at the northern edge of its UK range and has always been scarce in the VC.
Convallaria majalis
Local rarity: Scarce
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NN 86NW 1980 SSSI Glen Tilt Broadleaf woodland R A H Smith
NN 86NE 1970 anon
NN 931583 1996 Pitlochry Broadleaf woodland R Youngman
NN 951589 2003 Kinnaird Burn Den Broadleaf woodland M C Robinson
NN 9557 2008 Black Spout Wood Broadleaf woodland M C Robinson
NN 95SE 1970 anon
NN 96SW 1989 Broadleaf woodland anon
NO 045440 1983 SSSI Loch of the Lowes anon
NO 14NE 1980 SSSI Craighall Gorge Broadleaf woodland J J Aitken
NO 230488 1979 SSSI Den of Alyth Broadleaf woodland R A H Smith
NO 295512 2007 SSSI Den of Airlie Broadleaf woodland M C Robinson
Most of these sites look natural and there is no reason to suppose that the species is always naturalised in the VC, though the origin of most colonies will remain unclear
Convolvulus arvensis
Local rarity: Scarce
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NO 171429 1996 White Loch SWT
NO 224267 1997 Glen of Rait Field gateway M Benstead
NO 232272 1986 Fingask Farm R A H Smith
NO 33SW 1970 anon
This weed species has always been scarce in the VC
Hemlock A
Lily-of-the-valley N
Field Bindweed N