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Plantlife, the Glossary

Index Plantlife

Plantlife is a wild plant conservation charity.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 38 relations: Cae Blaen-dyffryn, Carmarthenshire, Charles III, Coronation Meadows, Countryside Council for Wales, County flowers of the United Kingdom, David Bellamy, Deep Dale, Eastern Daily Press, Gwynedd, Important Plant Areas, Isle of Man, List of extinct plants of the British Isles, Metfield Meadow, Natural England, Nature reserve, NatureScot, Nectar, Non-vascular plant, Nonprofit organization, Norfolk, Peter Wilfred James, Philip Mould, Poppy, Queendown Warren, Rachel de Thame, Ranscombe Farm, Regional Red List, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Rutland, Salisbury, Seaton Meadows, Smyrnium olusatrum, The Wildlife Trusts, United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan, Vascular plant, Waxcap grassland, Week St Mary.

  2. Native plant societies
  3. Organisations based in Wiltshire
  4. Protected areas of the United Kingdom

Cae Blaen-dyffryn

Cae Blaen-dyffryn is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

See Plantlife and Cae Blaen-dyffryn

Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin or informally Sir Gâr) is a county in the south-west of Wales.

See Plantlife and Carmarthenshire

Charles III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

See Plantlife and Charles III

Coronation Meadows

The Coronation Meadows project is a British nature conservation scheme supported by Charles, Prince of Wales.

See Plantlife and Coronation Meadows

Countryside Council for Wales

The Countryside Council for Wales (CCW; Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru (CCGC)) was a Welsh Assembly sponsored body responsible for wildlife conservation, landscape and countryside access in Wales.

See Plantlife and Countryside Council for Wales

County flowers of the United Kingdom

In 2002 Plantlife conducted a "County Flowers" public survey to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.

See Plantlife and County flowers of the United Kingdom

David Bellamy

David James Bellamy (18 January 1933 – 11 December 2019) was an English botanist, television presenter, author and environmental campaigner.

See Plantlife and David Bellamy

Deep Dale

Deep Dale is a short steep-sided gorge near Buxton, Derbyshire, in the Peak District of England.

See Plantlife and Deep Dale

Eastern Daily Press

The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) is a regional newspaper covering Norfolk, northern parts of Suffolk and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is published daily in Norwich, UK.

See Plantlife and Eastern Daily Press

Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of Wales.

See Plantlife and Gwynedd

Important Plant Areas

Important Plant Areas (IPA) is a programme set up in the UK, by the organisation Plantlife, to provide a framework for identifying and maintaining the richest sites for plant life, possibly within existing protected areas; though the protection of the IPA itself is not legally enforced. Plantlife and Important Plant Areas are protected areas of the United Kingdom.

See Plantlife and Important Plant Areas

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.

See Plantlife and Isle of Man

List of extinct plants of the British Isles

The following are plant species which are or have been held to be at least nationally extinct in the British Isles, since Britain was cut off from the European continent, including any which have been reintroduced or reestablished, not including regional extirpations.

See Plantlife and List of extinct plants of the British Isles

Metfield Meadow

Metfield Meadow is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Halesworth in Suffolk.

See Plantlife and Metfield Meadow

Natural England

Natural England is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

See Plantlife and Natural England

Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

See Plantlife and Nature reserve

NatureScot

NatureScot (NàdarAlba) is the operating name for the body formally called Scottish Natural Heritage.

See Plantlife and NatureScot

Nectar

Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide herbivore protection.

See Plantlife and Nectar

Non-vascular plant

Non-vascular plants are plants without a vascular system consisting of xylem and phloem.

See Plantlife and Non-vascular plant

Nonprofit organization

A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, or simply a nonprofit (using the adjective as a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners.

See Plantlife and Nonprofit organization

Norfolk

Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

See Plantlife and Norfolk

Peter Wilfred James

Peter Wilfred James (1930–2014) was an English botanist and lichenologist.

See Plantlife and Peter Wilfred James

Philip Mould

Philip Jonathan Clifford Mould (born March 1960) is an English art dealer, London gallery owner, art historian, writer and broadcaster.

See Plantlife and Philip Mould

Poppy

A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae.

See Plantlife and Poppy

Queendown Warren

Queendown Warren is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Rainham in Kent.

See Plantlife and Queendown Warren

Rachel de Thame

Rachel de Thame (born Rachel Cohen) is an English gardener, television presenter and actress.

See Plantlife and Rachel de Thame

Ranscombe Farm

Ranscombe Farm, in Cuxton in North Kent, is a Plantlife Nature Reserve and working farm.

See Plantlife and Ranscombe Farm

Regional Red List

A Regional Red List is a report of the threatened status of species within a certain country or region.

See Plantlife and Regional Red List

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland. Plantlife and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds are conservation in the United Kingdom.

See Plantlife and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Rutland

Rutland, sometimes archaically called Rutlandshire, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

See Plantlife and Rutland

Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne.

See Plantlife and Salisbury

Seaton Meadows

Seaton Meadows is an biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Seaton in Rutland.

See Plantlife and Seaton Meadows

Smyrnium olusatrum

Smyrnium olusatrum, common name alexanders (or alisander) is an edible flowering plant of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), which grows on waste ground and in hedges around the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal regions of Europe.

See Plantlife and Smyrnium olusatrum

The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trusts, the trading name of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, is an organisation made up of 46 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Alderney.

See Plantlife and The Wildlife Trusts

United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan

The United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan or (UK BAP) was the UK government's response to the Convention on Biological Diversity, opened for signature at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. Plantlife and United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan are conservation in the United Kingdom.

See Plantlife and United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan

Vascular plant

Vascular plants, also called tracheophytes or collectively tracheophyta, form a large group of land plants (accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant.

See Plantlife and Vascular plant

Waxcap grassland

Waxcap grassland is short-sward, nutrient-poor grassland that supports a rich assemblage of larger fungi, particularly waxcaps (species of Hygrocybe and related genera), characteristic of such habitats.

See Plantlife and Waxcap grassland

Week St Mary

Week St Mary (Gwig Sen Maria) is a village and civil parish in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

See Plantlife and Week St Mary

See also

Native plant societies

Organisations based in Wiltshire

Protected areas of the United Kingdom

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantlife

Also known as No Mow May, Plant life International, Plantlife (charity), Plantlife International.