East Perthshire - Botanical Society of the British Isles

NO 143771 2011 The Cairnwell Base of steep limestone slope 2 plants PSNS
Common in the hills where basic rocks are exposed, often in clefts, recesses or under rocks,
Polystichum setiferum
Local rarity: Rare
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NO 17814564 2011 Blairgowrie Steep wooded den 3 var divisilobum A Godfrey
Although these three plants were of cultivated origin, at least two others looking like wild plants were found in the same den in October
Potamogeton alpinus
Local rarity: Scarce
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Soft Shield-fern N?
Red Pondweed N
NN 963664 2011 Shinagag pools M C Robinson & L Tucker
NN 906666 2011 SSSI Loch Moraig Mesotrophic loch N F Stewart et al
NO 033635 1997 Brerachan Water Also NO 026632 & NO 035635 N F Stewart
NO 032591 1991 SSSI Glen Derby B S Brookes
NO 053460 1988 Knowehead Farm N W Taylor
NO 108622 1986 Ashintully lochan N F Stewart
NO 085714 2006 Dalmunzie Pool at side of track Pool at side of track M C Robinson
NO 042442 1997 SSSI Loch of Craiglush Oligo-mesotrophic loch SNH Loch Inventory
NO 0444 1983 SSSI Loch of the Lowes Oligo-mesotrophic loch anon
NO 118443 2010 SSSI Loch of Clunie Mesotrophic loch MCR, A Godfrey & W Hay
NO 14SW 2002 SSSI Loch Marlee Mesotrophic loch N F Stewart
Most Potamogeta , especially in smaller water bodies, are almost certainly under-recorded, and that is almost certainly the case here.
Potamogeton filiformis
National rarity: Scarce
Local rarity: Scarce
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NN 9066, 9067 2011 SSSI Loch Moraig Mesotrophic loch N F Stewart et al
NO 0544 1993 SSSI Loch of the Lowes Oligo-mesotrophic loch N F Stewart
NO 1144 1981 SSSI Loch Clunie Mesotrophic loch U K Duncan
NO 166429 1998 Fingask Loch N F Stewart
Slender-leaved Pondweed N
NO 170429 1996 White Loch Eutrophic loch Scottish Wildlife Trust
Not known in the vice-county by FBW, so it may well have increased and spread, as all these lochs were well-known and visited by FBW and his contemporaries