Abbreviations

List of Abbreviations


eg	for example
ie	that is
et al.	et alii (and others)
s.s.	sensu stricto (in a narrow sense)
agg.	aggregate
EHS	Environment & Heritage Service (now NIEA)
ENSIS	ENSIS Ltd (consultancy arm of the Environmental Change Research Centre of University College London)
NIEA	Northern Ireland Environment Agency (formerly EHS)
DOE(NI)	Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland
BEL	herbarium, Ulster Museum
K	herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
TCD	herbarium, Trinity College, Dublin
DBN	herbarium, University College, Dublin
B	Great Britain
B & I	Great Britain and Ireland
BI	British Isles
NI	Northern Ireland
C	central
N	north
NE	north-east
SW	south-west
NW	north-west
W	west
S	south
E	east
Co	County
subsp.	subspecies (plural subspp.)
sp.	species (plural spp.)
var.	varietas (botanical variety)
VC	vice-county
p.	page number
BSBI	Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
cm	centimetre(s)
m	metre(s)
mm	millimetre(s)
km	kilometre(s)
RHN	Robert H Northridge
RSF	Ralph S Forbes
MCM & D	Meikle, Carrothers, Moon and Davidson (Revised Typescript Flora Authors)
HJN	Hannah J Northridge
JSF	John S Faulkner

Bramble Atlas Atlas of British and Irish Brambles (Newton & Randall 2004)

BSBI Atlas Atlas of the British Flora, 2nd edition (Perring & Walters (eds.) 1976).

Cen Cat Fl Ir 2 Census Catalogue of the Flora of Ireland, 2nd edition (Scannell & Synnott 1987)

Cat Alien Pl Ir A catalogue of alien plants in Ireland (Reynolds 2002)

Crucifer Handbook Crucifers of Great Britain and Ireland (Rich 1991)

Dandelion Handbook Dandelions of Great Britain and Ireland (Dudman & Richards 1997)

Flora of Co Dublin Flora of County Dublin (Doogue, Nash, Parnell, Reynolds & Wyse Jackson 1998)

FNEI 1 A Flora of the North-east of Ireland, 1st edition (Stewart & Corry 1888)

FNEI 2 A Flora of the North-east of Ireland, 2nd edition (Praeger & Megaw 1938)

FNEI 3 Stewart & Corry's Flora of the North-East of Ireland (Hackney (ed.) 1992)

Hybridization Hybridization and the Flora of the British Isles (ed. Stace 1975)

New Atlas New atlas of the British and Irish flora (Preston, Pearman & Dines 2002).

Revised Typescript Flora Revised Typescript Flora of County Fermanagh (unpublished) (Meikle, Carrothers, Moon & Davidson 1975)

Roses Handbook Roses of Great Britain and Ireland (Graham & Primavesi 1993)

Sedge Handbook Sedges of the British Isles 3rd edition (Jermy et al. 2007)

Typescript Flora Typescript Flora of Fermanagh (unpublished) (Meikle, Carrothers, Moon & Davidson c 1957)

Willows and Poplars Handbook Willows and Poplars of Great Britian and Ireland (Meikle 1984)

An Irish Flora 6th edition (Webb 1977)

An Irish Flora 7th edition (Webb, Parnell & Doogue 1996)

Aquatic Plants in Britain and Ireland (Preston & Croft 1997)

Comital Flora of the British Isles (Druce 1932)

Cybele Hibernica 1866 (Moore & More 1866)

Cybele Hibernica 1898 (Colgan & Scully 1896)

Excursion Flora of the British Isles 3 rd edition (Clapham, Tutin & Warburg 1981)

Flora of Connemara and the Burren (Webb & Scannell 1983)

Flora of Lough Neagh (Harron 1986)

Flora of Moray, Nairn and East Inverness (McCallum Webster1978)

Flora of County Wicklow (Brunker 1950)

Flora of Urban Belfast Urban Flora of Belfast (Beesley & Wilde 1997)

Irish Red Data Book The Irish Red Data Book 1: Vascular Plants (Curtis & McGough 1988)

Irish Topographical Botany (Praeger 1901)

New Flora of the BI New Flora of the British Isles 2nd edition (Stace 1997)

BSBI Plant Crib 1 (Rich & Rich 1988)

BSBI Plant Crib 1998 (Rich & Jermy 1998)

Scarce Plants in Britain (Stewart, Pearman & Preston (eds.) 1994)

The Botanist in Ireland (Praeger 1934d)