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Flowering Plants

6 May, 2015 - 09:39
  • Althaea hirsuta (hairy mallow)
    • Continue to restore appropriate management at threatened Somerset site and only Kent site. Monitor recovery of these populations and monitor status of third native population. Known from only three native sites. A plant of disturbance patches on south-facing calcareous slopes.

Gentianella anglica (early gentian) Maintain in 25 sites on chalk in southern England. A UK endemic species.

  • Orchis militaris (military orchid)
    • Maintain conservation management to enhance populations at only two known sites in the UK, both owned by the FC. Establish the extent of genetic variation between British and continental plants using gene or enzyme analysis. Provide suitable management at other historic sites to allow natural recolonisation.