The shocking decline of our island’s native plants has been laid bare in a new report described as “a wake up call” by experts.
It follows 20-years work by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland which has just released a new Plant Atlas.
Thousands of botanists were involved in the research, which found 56% of native Irish plants have declined in range and abundance and are now outnumbered by non native flora 987 to 952.
