Pilularia globulifera L. - Pillwort


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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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