Pkthybridge & Praeger 



Vegetation South of Dublin, 173 



A list of the plants on one of these areas runs as follo-ws — 



JUNCUS COMMUNIS. 

 J. ACUTIFLORUS. 



Scabiosa succisa. 

 Agrostis vulgaris. 

 Deschampsia esespitosa. 

 Nardus stricta. 

 Cnicus palustris. 

 Ranunculus acris. 

 Potentilla Tormentilla. 

 Leontodon autumnalis. 

 Spiraea Ulmaria. 



Rumex Acetosa. 

 Veronica Chaingedrys. 

 Cardamine pratensis. 

 Holcus lanatus. 

 Ranunculus Flammula. 

 R. repens. 

 Triodia decumbens. 

 Carex glauca and other spp. 

 Stellaria graminea. 

 Various mosses. 



The Woodlands. (F, W.) 



Though much of the district strikes one as being well wooded, yet 

 the trees are mostly arranged in narrow belts or single rows, and 

 woods of any extent are rare. IsTative wood of any kind is extremely 

 rare, and is confined to a few glen-banks and such places. The native 

 species of the lower grounds include Alnus glutinosa^ Fraxiniis excelsior^ 

 Corylus Avellana, Salix Caprea. Along the mountain streams Pyrus 

 Aucuparia, Cratoegns Oxyacantha, Ilex Aquifolium, Quercus Rohur, and 

 Betula pubescens, often of great age, grow in rounded bush-like forms. 



The planted woods consist chiefly of pines, standing in and about 

 the slopes of the valleys of Glencullen and Glencree. In Glencree 

 there is also a certain amount of oak-wood. The undergrowth of 

 these woods is wholly natural. The following list will convey an 

 idea of characters of these woods and their undergrowth, and of 

 two areas of native *' scrub." 



1. Dry, shady Fir-ivo 



Finus sylvestris iind Larix, w 

 a mossy sward-like undergrowth : 



Vaceinium Myrtillus. 

 Rubus fruticosus. 

 oxalis acetosella. 

 Agrostis vulgaris. 

 Stellaria Holostea. 

 Galium saxatile. 



Ballyhetagh, 844 ft. 

 ;h a little Querciia and Betula, and 



Anthoxanthum odoratum. 

 Deschampsia flexuosa. 

 Festuca ovina. 

 Pteris Aquilina. 

 Lastrea dilatata. 

 Many moss-grown stones. 



