East Perthshire - Botanical Society of the British Isles

Juncus castaneus
National rarity: Scarce Vulnerable
Local rarity: Rare
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
Chestnut Rush N
NO 025757 1999 Gleann Mor E to NO 037760 (R Fitzgerald) B S Brookes & J Teacher
NO 054766 2005 SSSI Glas Tulaichean T Loizou
Appears to be restricted to this one small area of the vice-county, with its other nearest sites in Angus, the Cairngorms and Breadalbane. Damp, calcareous, species-rich upland habitats
Juncus gerardii
Local rarity: Scarce
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NO 22SE 1970 SSSI Errol Saltmarsh anon
NO 22NE 1970 SSSI Powgavie Saltmarsh anon
NO 3227 2011 SSSI Templehall Saltmarsh Throughout M C Robinson
NO 3228 2011 SSSI Monorgan Saltmarsh Throughout M C Robinson
NO 3329 2010 SSSI Kingoodie Saltmarsh PSNS
NO 3429 2009 SSSI Invergowrie Saltmarsh M C Robinson
Scarce only on account of the scarcity of its habitat. Confined to the comparatively short stretch of saltmarsh in the vice-county
Juncus inflexus
Local rarity: Scarce
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NO 204252 1982 Pitroddie Den BSBI
NO 22NE 1987 anon
NO 237234 1998 Errol Pond R A H Smith
NO 2328 2011 Craighead Quarry PSNS
NO 280335 1972 Redmyre Loch anon
NO 323281 1988 SSSI Monorgan Back of inner saltmarsh Common M C Robinson
Saltmarsh Rush N
Hard Rush N
NO 339295 2010 Kingoodie Quarry Edge of pool M C Robinson & PSNS
The southern end of the vice-county is at the northern end of this species' UK range, so it is not surprising that it is Locally Scarce
Juniperus communis
National Rarity
Scottish Biodiversity List
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
37 5kmx5km squares
Juniper N