A Vascular Plant Red Data List for Wales - Plantlife

R H E S T R O B L A N H I G I O N F A S G W L A I D D D ATA C O C H A R G Y F E R C Y M R U7.6 Species for which Wales has a particularresponsibilityConsideration is given here to those taxa for which Wales has a particular responsibility forconservation. In the GB Red Data List (Cheffings & Farrell, 2005), taxa for which GreatBritain has an international responsibility are indicated by showing those for which weprobably or definitely have more than 25% of the world population.For this study a very crude assessment of responsibility has been made using the number ofhectads occupied by each taxon in Great Britain. From this total GB figure, a simpleproportion of hectads that occur in Wales was calculated.Where possible, adjustments havebeen made for hectads that straddle the English-Welsh border. Any taxon for which Waleshas 25% or more of the GB population is indicated in the Red Data List. In order tohighlight conservation priorities, all of these taxa that are also threatened in Wales are listedin Table 8.28