9. Alien Plants

To observe growing in their adopted habitats all 165 currently or formerly established aliens recorded from Shetland, all of which have been observed as indicated. Many are common and widespread and include well-known garden plants such as bluebells, daffodils, montbretias, and the increasingly popular early pampas-grass. Others, however, have declined markedly to the point of now being very scarce, nearing extinction in a few cases, or not now eligible for inclusion under this heading. These are all marked by an asterisk. Project completed.

Aegopodium podagraria
Alchemilla glabra
Alopecurus pratensis
Anchusa arvensis
Anthriscus sylvestris
Arrhenatherum elatius
Artemisia vulgaris
Aster novi-belgii
Atriplex patula
Bromus hordeaceus
Calystegia sepium
Capsella bursa-pastoris
*Carum carvi
Centaurea nigra
Cerastium glomeratum
Chenopodium album
Cirsium arvense
Conopodium majus
Cortaderia richardii
Cotula squalida
Crassula helmsii
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Dactylis glomerata
Elymus repens
Epilobium brunnescens
Epilobium montanum
Epilobium obscurum
*Epilobium roseum
Euphorbia helioscopia
Fallopia japonica
Festuca arundinacea
Festuca pratensis
Filaginella uliginosa
Fumaria officinalis
Galeopsis bifida
Galeopsis tetrahit
*Glechoma hederacea
*Helichrysum bellidioides
Heracleum sphondylium
Holcus mollis
Hyacinthoides x massartiana
Hypochoeris radicata
Impatiens glandulifera
Juncus acutiflorus
Lamium confertum
*Lamium hybridum
Lamium purpureum
Lemna minor
Leucanthemum vulgare
Lotus pedunculatus
Lupinus nootkatensis
Matricaria discoidea
Meconopsis cambrica
Mentha spicata
Mentha x gracilis
Mentha x piperita
Mentha x rotundifolia
Mimulus burnettii
Mimulus guttatus
Mimulus nummularius
Mimulus x robertsii
Myosotis arvensis
Myosotis discolor
Myosotis scorpioides
Narcissus sp
*Papaver dubium
Peucedanum ostruthium
Plantago major intermedia
Plantago major major
Poa annua
Poa flabellata
Polygonum arenastrum
Polygonum aviculare sensu stricto
Polygonum boreale
Polygonum persicaria
Ranunculus repens
Raphanus raphanistrum
*Rorippa microphylla
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Rosa rugosa
Rubus spectabilis
Rumex obtusifolius
Senecio jacobaea
Senecio smithii
Senecio vulgaris
Sinapis arvensis
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Spergula arvensis
Stachys palustris
Stachys x ambigua
Stellaria graminea
Stellaria media
*Symphytum tuberosum
Symphytum x uplandicum
Tanacetum vulgare
Taraxacum (comprises 55 microspecies regarded here as aliens)
*Thermopsis montana
Trifolium dubium
Tussilago farfara
Urtica dioica
Urtica urens
Veronica agrestis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Vicia sepium
*Viola arvensis
*Viola tricolor