The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1789
Latest year: 2006

County Status
Native

Family
Thymelaeaceae

Total records held
93

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 13	20
Tetrads: 9	13
Hectads: 7	12

Conservation Status
B

Account last edited
Aug 4 2003

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Spurge-laurel is a native evergreen shrub of woods and thickets. It occurs rarely on the Magnesian Limestone (Whitwell Wood SK5278) and in the White Peak (Cressbrook Dale SK1772 and High Tor Woods SK2959). There is one record off the limestone at Cliffside Wood (SK3455) though it also previously occurred in the south of our area at Radbourne Pool (SK2835). This latter record may be for an introduction as the plant is sometimes associated with pheasant-rearing areas such as Radbourne. The plant is towards its northern British limit in our area.