East Perthshire - Botanical Society of the British Isles

Lysimachia thyrsiflora
National rarity:
Local rarity: Scarce
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NO 166429 1995 Fingask Loch Swamp at loch edge A single vegetative plant M C Robinson
NO 169430 2010 White Loch Swamp at loch edge On the N side of the loch M C Robinson
NO 1644 1989 SSSI Myreside Fen Swamp D Pearman
NO 184442 2008 SSSI Hare Myre Swamp at loch edge PSNS
NO 186421 2012 SSSI Stormont Loch Swamp, edge of willow carr Main site 100 m x 5 m M C Robinson
NO 207427 2012 SSSI Monk Myre Swamp Narrow, zonal band 35 metres long M C Robinson
NO 174426 2010 Black Loch Swamp at loch edge M C Robinson
Tufted Loosestrife N
Nearly all UK sites are in the central lowlands of Scotland, and within East Perthshire it is confined to the Blairgowrie lochs. At the main site, Stormont Loch, it favours swamp around the
edges of willow carr stands
Lysimachia vulgaris
Local rarity: Rare
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NO 12SE 1989 anon
NO 13NW 1991 SSSI Delvine P R McPhail
Yellow Loosestrife ?
NO 280295 1997 Rossie Lake SNH Loch Inventory
Its status in the vice-county is uncertain and needs further investigation
Lythrum portula
Scarce
Local rarity: Scarce
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NO 070613 2011 Easter Tullochcurran Lochan Shallow edge of small pool Abundant M C Robinson
NO 091543 1983 SSSI Loch Charles anon
Water-purslane N
NO 04J 1997 SSSI Loch Ordie And NO 05F SNH Loch Inventory
NO 13SW 2005 anon
NO 13J 2004 SSSI Delvine Seasonal pool PSNS
NO 1144 2010 SSSI Loch of Clunie Shallow edge of loch M Robinson, A Godfrey, W Hay
NO 141442 1997 SSSI Marlee Loch SNH Loch Inventory
NO 250441 1995 Bankhead of Kinloch Oxbow N W Taylor
NO 262504 1999 Barry Hill Small seasonal pool M C Robinson
Damp, calcium-deficient places, often in shallow water. It can occur in rutted tracks, and so could easily be overlooked. Appears to be scarce in the vice-county however