Flowers and plants found along Waterford’s Copper Coast
- sea pinks – thrift (Armeria maritima)
- scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis)
- kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)
- sea campion (Silene maritima)
- red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)
- sea plantain (Plantago maritime)
- wild carrot (Daucus carota)
- lady’s bedstraw (Galium verum)
- sea aster (Aster tripolium)
- sea holly (Eryngium maritimum)
- sea pea (Lathyrus japonicus)
- sea bindweed (Calystegia soldanella)
- hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
- field bindweed (Convulvus arvensis)
- sheep’s bit scabious (Jasione montana)
- rest-harrow (Ononis repens)
Seaweeds
- sugar kelp – sea belt (Laminaria saccharina)
- bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus)
- channelled wrack (Pelvetia canaliculata)
- egg wrack – knotted wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum)
- serrated wrack – toothed wrack (Fucus serratus)
- spiral wrack (Fucus spiralis)
- dilisk – dulse (Palmaria palmata)
- sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
- carragheen – Irish moss (Chondrus crispus)
- pepper dulse (Laurencia pinnatifida)
- laver (Porphyra umbilicalis)
- gutweed – link frond (Enteromorpha intestinalis)
- oarweed – tangle kelp (Laminaria digitada)
- thongweed (Himanthalia elongata)
- dabberlocks (Alaria esculenta)
- maiden’s hair (Ectocarpus siliculosus)
Flowers and plants to be found in the Bog
- bog bean (Menyanthes trifolia)
- bog cotton (Eriophorum angustifolium)
- cuckoo flower or lady’s smock (Cardamine pratensis)
- ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)
- reed mace (Typha latifolia)
- buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
- horsetail (Equisetum spp.)
- purple-loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
- round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
- sedge (Carex sp.)
- willow (Salix pentandra)
- alder (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn)
- water mint (Mentha aquatica)
- willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium)
- marsh cinquefoil (Potentilla palustris)
Others
- spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
- common knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
- common valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
- foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
- meadowsweet (Filipendula vulgaris)
- ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
