Trees Ferns Fern Allies Grasses Rushes, Wood-rushes Sedges, Club-rushes Bryophytes A-Z Common name
The species listed are native to Ireland unless marked with an asterix* and clicking the link from the scientific name will open a page with photographs and plant details. Index updated 24.07.09.
| SCIENTIFIC | COMMON | IRISH | |
| TREES and Large Shrubs | A-Z Images | ||
| Acer campestre * | Maple, field | Mailp | |
| Acer platanoides * | Maple, Norway | Mailp Lochlannach | |
| Acer pseudoplatanus * | Sycamore | Seiceamóir | |
| Aesculus hippocastanum * | Horse-chestnut | Crann cnó capaill | |
| Aesculus x carnea * | Horse-chestnut, red | ||
| Alnus glutinosa | Alder, common | Fearnóg | |
| Arbutus unedo | Strawberry-tree | Caithne | |
| Betula pendula | Birch, silver | Beith gael | |
| Betula pubescens | Birch, downy | Beith chlúmhach | |
| Carpinus betulus * | Hornbeam | Crann sleamhain | |
| Castanea sativa * | Chestnut, sweet | Castán | |
| Cornus sanguinea | Dogwood | Conbhaiscne | |
| Cornus sericea * | Dogwood, red-osier | ||
| Corylus avellana | Hazel | Coll | |
| Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn | Sceach gheal | |
| Euonymus europaeus | Spindle | Feoras | |
| Fagus sylvatica * | Beech | Feá | |
| Frangula alnus | Alder buckthorn | Draighean fearna | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Ash | Fuinseog | |
| Ilex aquifolium | Holly | Cuileann | |
| Larix decidua * | Larch, European | ||
| Ligustrum ovalifolium * | Privet, garden | ||
| Ligustrum vulgare | Privet, wild | Pribhéad | |
| Larix kaempferi * | Larch, Japanese | ||
| Malus domestica * | Apple, domestic | Abhail | |
| Malus sylvestris | Crab-apple | Crann fia-úll | |
| Pinus sylvestris | Pine, Scots | Péine Albanach | |
| Prunus cerasifera * | Cherry-plum | ||
| Prunus laurocerasus * | Laurel | Labhras silíní | |
| Prunus spinosa | Blackthorn | Draighean | |
| Quercus petraea | Oak, sessile | Dair ghaelach | |
| Quercus robur | Oak, pedunculate | Dair ghallda | |
| Salix cinerea | Grey sallow willow | Saileach liath | |
| Salix repens | Willow, creeping | Saileach reatha | |
| Salix triandra * | Willow, almond | Saileach na dtrí bhall | |
| Salix viminalis * | Osier | Saileánach | |
| Sambucus nigra | Elder | Trom | |
| Sorbus hibernica | Whitebeam, Irish | Fionncholl gaelach | |
| Sorbus aria | Whitebeam | Fionncholl | |
| Sorbus aucuparia | Rowan | Caorthann | |
| Taxus baccata | Yew | Iúr | |
| Tilia cordata x platyphyllos * | Lime | Teile | |
| Ulmus procera * | Elm, English | Leamhán gallda | |
| Viburnum opulus | Guelder-rose | Coar chon | |
| FERNS | A-Z Images | Return to Top | |
| Adiantum capillus-veneris | Maidenhair Fern | Dúchosach | |
| Asplenium adiantum-nigrum | Spleenwort, black | Fionncha dubh | |
| Asplenium marinum | Spleenwort, sea | Fionncha mara | |
| Asplenium ruta-muraria | Wall-rue | Luibh na seacht ngábh | |
| Asplenium scolopendrum | Harts-tongue | Creamh na muice fia | |
| Asplenium trichomanes | Spleenwort, maidenhair | Lus na seilge | |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Lady-fern | Raithneach Mhuire | |
| Azolla filiculoides * | Water fern | Raithneach uisce | |
| Blechnum spicant | Hard fern | Raithneach chrua | |
| Ceterach officinarum | Rusty-back | Raithneach rua | |
| Cystopteris diaphana | Bladder-fern, diaphanous | ||
| Cystopteris fragilis | Bladder-fern, brittle | Raithneach bhriosc | |
| Dryopteris aemula | Buckler-fern, hay-scented | Raithneach chumhra | |
| Dryopteris affinis | Male Fern, scaly | Raithneach ghainneach | |
| Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata' * | Male Fern, crested | ||
| Dryopteris dilatata | Buckler-fern, broad | Raithneach leathan | |
| Dryopteris filix-mas | Male fern | Raithneach mhadra | |
| Hymenophyllum tunbrigense | Filmy-fern, Tunbridge | Dallán coille | |
| Hymenophyllum wilsonii | Filmy-fern, Wilson's | Dallán sléibhe | |
| Oreopteris limbosperma | Lemon-scented fern | Raithneach bhuí | |
| Osmunda regalis | Royal fern | Raithneach ríuíl | |
| Phyllitis scolopendrium | Hart's-tongue | Creamh na muice fia | |
| Polypodium agg. | Polypody | Scim | |
| Polypodium cambricum | Polypody, southern | Scim leathan | |
| Polypodium interjectum | Polypody, intermediate | Scim mheánach | |
| Polypodium vulgare | Polypody, common | Scim chaol | |
| Polystichum aculeatum | Shield-fern, hard | Ibheag chrua | |
| Polystichum setiferum | Shield-fern, soft | Ibheag bhog | |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken | Raithneach mhór | |
| Trichomanes speciosum | Killarney fern | Raithneach Chill Airne | |
| FERN ALLIES | A-Z Images | Return to Top | |
| Equisetum arvense | Horsetail, field | Scuab eich ghoirt | |
| Equisetum fluviatile | Horsetail, water | Scuab eich uisce | |
| Equisetum palustre | Horsetail, marsh | Scuab eich chorraigh | |
| Equisetum sylvaticum | Horsetail, wood | Scuab eich choille | |
| Equisetum telmateia | Horsetail, great | Feadóg | |
| Huperzia selago | Clubmoss, fir | Aiteann Muire | |
| Lycopodiella inundata | Clubmoss, marsh | Garbhógach chorraigh | |
| Selaginella kraussiana * | Clubmoss, Kraus's | Garbhógach gharraí | |
| Selaginella selaginoides | Clubmoss, lesser | Garbhógach bheag | |
| GRASSES (Poaceae) | A-Z Images | Return to Top | |
| Agrostis capillaris | Bent, common | Feorainn mhín | |
| Agrostis stolonifera | Bent, creeping | Feorainn | |
| Aira caryophyllea | Hair-grass, silver | Mionfhéar geal | |
| Aira praecox | Hair-grass, early | Mionfhéar luath | |
| Alopecurus geniculatus | Foxtail, marsh | Fiteog cham | |
| Alopecurus pratensis | Foxtail, meadow | Fiteog léana | |
| Ammophila arenaria | Marram Grass | Muiríneach | |
| Anisantha diandra * | Brome, great | ||
| Anisantha sterilis | Brome, barren | Brómas aimrid | |
| Anthoxanthum odoratum | Vernal-grass, sweet | Féar cumhra | |
| Arrhenatherum elatius | Oat-grass, false | Coirce bréige | |
| Avena fatua | Oat, wild | Coirce fiáin | |
| Avena sativa * | Oat | Coirce | |
| Avenula pubescens | Oat-grass, downy | Coirce clumhach | |
| Brachypodium sylvaticum | False-brome, wood | Brómas bréige | |
| Briza maxima * | Quaking-grass, greater | ||
| Briza media | Quaking-grass | Féar gortach | |
| Bromus commutatus | Brome, meadow | Brómas móinéir | |
| Bromus hordeaceus | Brome, soft | Brómas bog | |
| Bromus hordeaceus ssp.thominei | Brome, soft subspecies | ||
| Bromus racemosus | Brome, smooth | Brómas mín | |
| Catabrosa aquatica var.uniflora | Whorl-grass, water | Casfhéar uisce | |
| Catapodium marinum | Fern-grass, sea | Feár trá | |
| Catapodium rigidum | Fern-grass | Feár raithní | |
| Cortaderia selloana * | Pampas-grass | ||
| Cynosurus cristatus | Dogs-tail, crested | Coinfhéar | |
| Dactylis glomerata | Cocks-foot | Garbhfhéar | |
| Danthonia decumbens | Heath-grass | Féar caoráin | |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Hair-grass, tufted | Móinfhéar garbh | |
| Deschampsia flexuosa | Hair-grass, wavy | Móinfhéar | |
| Elytrigia atherica * | Couch, sea | Broimfhéar mara | |
| Elytrigia juncea | Couch, sand | Broimfhéar gainimh | |
| Elytrigia repens | Couch | Broimfhéar | |
| Elytrigia repens var. pubescens | Couch (var) | Broimfhéar | |
| Elytrigia x acuta | Couch, sea x sand | Return to Top | |
| Festuca altissima | Fescue, wood | Feisciú coille | |
| Festuca arundinacea | Fescue, tall | Feisciú ard | |
| Festuca ovina | Fescue, sheep's | Feisciú caorach | |
| Festuca pratensis | Fescue, meadow | Feisciú móinéir | |
| Festuca rubra | Fescue, red | Feisciú rua | |
| Festuca vivipara | Fescue, viviparous | Feisciú beobhreitheach | |
| Gaudinia fragilis | Oat-grass, French | Gáidín | |
| Glyceria fluitans | Sweet-grass, floating | Milseán uisce | |
| Helictotrichon pubescens | Oat-grass, downy | Coirce clumhach | |
| Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire Fog | Féar an chinn bháin | |
| Holcus mollis | Soft-grass, creeping | Mínfhear reatha | |
| Hordeum distichon * | Barley, two-rowed | ||
| Hordeum murinum * | Barley, wall | Cuiseogach fhionn | |
| Koeleria macrantha | Hair-grass, crested | Cailcfhéar | |
| Lolium multiflorum * | Rye-grass, Italian | Seagalach lodálach | |
| Lolium perenne | Rye-grass, perennial | Seagalach buan | |
| Lolium x boucheanum | Rye-grass, Italian x perennial | ||
| Milium effusum | Wood-millet | Muiléad coille | |
| Mibora minima | Sand-grass, early | ||
| Molinia caerulea | Moor-grass, purple | Fionnán | |
| Nardus stricta | Mat-grass | Beiteán | |
| Parapholis strigosa | Hard-grass, sea | Cruafhéar | |
| Phalaris arundinaceae | Canary-grass, reed | Cuiscreach | |
| Phalaris canariensis * | Canary-grass | Féar síl éin | |
| Phleum pratense | Timothy-grass | Tiomóid | |
| Phragmites australis | Reed, common | Giolcach | |
| Poa annua | Meadow-grass, annual | Cuise bliantúil | |
| Poa pratensis | Meadow-grass, smooth | Cuise reatha | |
| Poa trivialis | Meadow-grass, rough | Cuise garbh | |
| Puccinellia maritima | Saltmarsh-grass, common | Féar muirisce | |
| Schedonorus arundinaceus | Fescue, tall | Feisciú ard | |
| Sesleria caerulea | Moor-grass, blue | Féar boirne | |
| Spartina anglica * | Cord-grass, common | Spairtíneach ghalla | |
| Stipa arundinacea * | Wind-grass, New Zealand | ||
| Trisetum flavescens * | Oat-grass, yellow | Coirce búi | |
| Triticum aestivum | Bread wheat | ||
| Vulpia bromoides | Fescue, squirreltail | Feisciú aimrid | |
| Vulpia fasciculata | Fescue, dune | Feisciú duimhche | |
| Vulpia myuros | Fescue, rat's-tail | Feisciú móinéir | |
| RUSHES and WOOD-RUSHES (Juncaceae) | A-Z Images | Return to Top | |
| Juncus acutiflorus | Rush, sharp-flowered | Fiastalach | |
| Juncus acutus | Rush, sharp | Luachair bhiorach | |
| Juncus articulatus | Rush, jointed | Lachán na ndamh | |
| Juncus bufonius | Rush, toad | Buafluachair | |
| Juncus bulbosus | Rush, bulbous | Luachair bhleibeach | |
| Juncus conglomeratus | Rush, compact | Luachair dhlúth | |
| Juncus effusus | Rush, soft | Geataire | |
| Juncus foliosus | Rush, leafy | Buafluachair dhuilleach | |
| Juncus gerardii | Rush, saltmarsh | Luachair mhuirisce | |
| Juncus inflexus | Rush, hard | Luachair chrua | |
| Juncus maritimus | Rush, sea | Meathán mara | |
| Juncus squarrosus | Rush, heath | Luachair chaoráin | |
| Juncus tenuis * | Rush, slender | Luachair chaol | |
| Luzula campestris | Wood-rush, field | Giúnach léana | |
| Luzula multiflora | Wood-rush, heath | Giúnach caoráin | |
| Luzula multiflora ssp. congesta | Wood-rush, heath | Giúnach caoráin | |
| Luzula pilosa | Wood-rush, hairy | Giúnach coille | |
| Luzula sylvatica | Wood-rush, great | Giúnach mór | |
| SEDGES and CLUB-RUSHES (Cyperaceae) | A-Z Images | Return to Top | |
| Bolboschoenus maritimus | Club-rush, sea | Bogshifín mara | |
| Carex arenaria | Sedge, sand | Cíb ghainimh | |
| Carex binervis | Sedge, green-ribbed | Cíb fhéithghlas | |
| Carex caryophyllea | Sedge, spring | Cíb earraigh | |
| Carex depauperata | Wood-sedge, starved | Carex depauperata | |
| Carex distans | Sedge, distant | Cíb scrogallach | |
| Carex disticha | Sedge, brown | Cíb rua | |
| Carex divulsa | Sedge, grey | Cíb liath | |
| Carex echinata | Sedge, star | Cíb na réaltaí | |
| Carex extensa | Sedge, long-bracted | Cíb fhada | |
| Carex flacca | Sedge, glaucous | Cíb liathghorm | |
| Carex hostiana | Sedge, tawny | Cíb odhar | |
| Carex laevigata | Sedge, smooth-stalked | Cíb mhín | |
| Carex lepidocarpa | Yellow-sedge, long-stalked | Cíb bhui chosach | |
| Carex leporina | Sedge, oval | Cíb mhaol | |
| Carex nigra | Sedge, common | Cíb dhubh | |
| Carex otrubae | Fox-sedge, false | Cíb an mhadra rua | |
| Carex ovalis | Sedge, oval | Cíb mhaol | |
| Carex pallescens | Sedge, pale | Cíb gheal | |
| Carex panicea | Sedge, carnation | Cíb chruithneachta | |
| Carex paniculata | Tussock Sedge, greater | Cíb thortógach | |
| Carex pendula | Sedge, pendulous | Cíb chrom | |
| Carex pilulifera | Sedge, pill | Cíb na bpaidríní | |
| Carex pulicaris | Sedge, flea | Cíb na ndreancaidí | |
| Carex remota | Sedge, remote | Cíb scartha | |
| Carex riparia | Pond-sedge, greater | Cíb locháin mhór | |
| Carex rostrata | Sedge, bottle | Cíb ghobach | |
| Carex sylvatica | Sedge, wood | Cíb choille | |
| Carex vesicaria | Sedge, bladder | Cíb bhoilgneach | |
| Carex viridula ssp.brachyrrhyncha | Yellow-sedge, long-stalked | Cíb bhui chosach | |
| Carex viridula ssp.oedocarpa | Yellow-sedge, common | Cíb bhuí mhóna | |
| Cladium mariscus | Fen-sedge, great | Sábhsheisc | |
| Cyperus eragrostis * | Galingale, pale | ||
| Eleocharis palustris | Spike-rush, common | Cíb dhéise | |
| Eleogiton fluitans | Club-rush, floating | Brobh ar snámh | |
| Eriophorum angustifolium | Cotton-grass, common | Ceannbhán | |
| Eriophorum latifolium | Cotton-grass, broad-leaved | Ceannbhán leathan | |
| Eriophorum vaginatum | Cotton-grass, hare's-tail | Ceannbhán gaelach | |
| Isolepis cernua | Club-rush, slender | Crualuachair chaol | |
| Isolepis setacea | Club-rush, bristle | Crualuachair bhiorach | |
| Rhynchospora alba | Beak-sedge, white | Gobsheisc | |
| Schoenoplectus lacustris | Club-rush, common | Bogshifín | |
| Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Club-rush, grey | Bogshifín liath | |
| Schoenus nigricans | Bog-rush, black | Sifín | |
| Trichophorum cespitosum | Deergrass | Cíb cheanngheal | |
| BULRUSH | TYPHACEAE | Return to Top | |
| Typha latifolia | Bulrush | Coigeal na mban sí | |
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