Pilularia globulifera
L. - Pillwort
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18/12/2011
Former Distribution:
Formby Marsh (SD30E, LIV, MANCH, NMW); Childwall Common (SJ48E, JL
Bostock, 1802, BM); Allerton (SJ48D, 1826, H Shepherd, LIV, MANCH); near Ormskirk
(SD40E, C Bailey, 1924, MANCH); Longford Bridge, Stretford (SJ79X & SJ89C,
C Bailey, MANCH); Beswick (SJ89N, SH Bickham, 1856, GCE); Newton Bogs, Manchester
(SD80Q, J Backhouse, 1804).
Habitat:
Formerly around the margins of peat pools.
Taxon Designation:
UK BAP Priority Species; Near Threatened; Nationally Scarce; Species
of Principal Importance in England; Species of Conservation Importance in North
West England.
Comments:
Almost certainly extinct.
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