Malus to Myriophyllum
*Malus pumila Mill. Apple
Raasay: Recording Units: 1
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53
First Record: SJB 2005.
Rona: Not known.
Planted in the war memorial grounds, West Suisnish.
Matricaria discoidea
DC. Pineappleweed
Raasay: Recording Units: 8
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Not known.
A weed of waste ground and gardens along the southern part of Raasay’s west coast from East Suisnish to Oskaig, plus Balachuirn.
*Meconopsis cambrica (L.) Vig. Welsh Poppy (Nationally Scarce and Near-threatened where Native)
Raasay: Recording Units: 4
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53
First Record: SJB 1989.
Rona: Not known.
A garden escape at Eyre and in the West Suisnish, Inverarish and Clachan area.
Medicago lupulina L. Black Medick
Raasay: Recording Units: 0
Ten kilometre squares: (NG 53)
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Not known.
A weed of cultivation near Churchton Bay (Harrison 1937a). Not seen since.
Melampyrum pratense L. Common Cow-wheat
Raasay: Recording Units: 15
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: NG 65
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Found in scattered locations in a variety of habitats - woods, open moorland (and on Skye but so far not on Raasay or Rona, in marshes).
Herb. LANC: KBB 1935 Raasay.
Mentha aquatica L. Water Mint
Raasay: Recording Units: 7
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54, 55, 65
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Wet ground and marshes, but only in a few locations.
Mentha arvensis L. Corn Mint
Raasay: Recording Units: 0
Ten kilometre squares: ?
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Not known.
Reported from fields (Harrison 1937a) but not recorded since. Probably lost with the cessation of arable farming.
*Mentha spicata L. Spear Mint
Raasay: Recording Units: 3
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54, 55
First Record: SJB 1993.
Rona: Not known.
Garden escape, West Suisnish, Torran and Fladday.
*Mentha x villosa Huds. M. spicata x suaveolens Ehrh. Apple Mint
Raasay: Recording Units: 1
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53
First Record: SJB 1993.
Rona: Not known.
Garden escape, West Suisnish. Since extirpated by a flourishing colony of Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora.
Menyanthes trifoliata L. Bogbean
Raasay: Recording Units: 47
Ten kilometre squares: All
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66
First Record: EPS 1933.
Widespread and often abundant in lochs, lochans and bogs
Milium effusum L. Wood Millet
Raasay: Recording Units: 0
Ten kilometre squares: (NG 53)
First Record: JWHH et al. 1937.
Rona: Not known.
In a deep cleft in the cliffs above North Fearns (Harrison, 1937c). The only vice-county record but it is known growing over rocks in western Scotland (Preston et al., 2002) and recent records exist from adjacent vice-counties. Not seen since.
*Mimulus moschatus Douglas ex Lindl. Musk
Raasay: Recording Units: 1
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53
First Record: JWHH et al. 1937.
Rona: Not known.
In the ditches along the Fearns road (Harrison, 1937a). Still there KC 1979. Not seen outside Raasay House garden since. Perhaps this recorded as Mimulus agg. BSBI 1969 for NG53.
Herb. LANC: KBB 1935 Raasay.
Moehringia trinervia (L.) Clairv. Three-nerved Sandwort
Raasay: Recording Units: 7
Ten kilometre squares: NG (53), 54, 64, 65
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Not known.
Woods around Raasay House (Harrison, 1937a) – perhaps lost under forestry planting. Woodland below Hallaig cliffs (Harrison & Morton, 1951) – still present not far from there. Cliffs on western side of Loch Eadar da Bhaile CWM & KC 1979 – still there 2006. Near Eaglais Breige AC2 1988. Several sites along east coast of Raasay SJB 1994. Eilean Tigh SJB 1996. Near Umachan SJB 2001. In woodland or under bracken and on rocks. Also known from Eigg and Rum but never recorded from Skye.
Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench Purple Moor-grass
Raasay: Recording Units: 95
Ten kilometre squares: All
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66
First Record: EPS 1933.
Abundant on moors. All examples examined critically are subsp. caerulea.
Herb. HAMU: AWB 1935 Near reservoir, Raasay. (At that time, the reservoir was the loch in NG5635)
Raasay: Recording Units: 68
Ten kilometre squares: All
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66
First Record: SJB & CWM 1994.
Widespread in wet places. Recent examination of a number of specimens places them all in subsp. fontana. This form was also recorded, as var. lamprosperma, from the west of Raasay (Harrison, 1936a). However, subsp. chondrosperma is quite possible in drier habitats and has been reported once from woods near Raasay House (Harrison & Morton, 1951) – possibly in an area lost under forestry planting.
Myosotis arvensis
(L.) Hill
Field Forget-me-not
Raasay: Recording Units: 10
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: (NG 65)
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Occasional on waste ground and drier grassy places in hills.
Myosotis discolor Pers. Changing Forget-me-not
Raasay: Recording Units: 27
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54, 55, 65
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66
First Record: SJB & CWM 1994.
Well-drained places including passing places on Raasay roads.
Myosotis laxa Lehm. Tufted Forget-me-not
Raasay: Recording Units: 13
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54, 55
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: NG 65
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Uncommon. Often near the top of the shore, but also inland in marshes and by burns.
Myosotis scorpioides L. Water Forget-me-not
Raasay: Recording Units: 0
Ten kilometre squares: (NG 53, 54)
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: (NG 65)
First Record: EPS 1933.
“Rare in woods along the Arish Burn” (Harrison, 1937a) – perhaps in an area lost to forestry planting. Loch Eadar da Bhaile NCCLS 1989. Not seen by SJB. Present occasionally on Skye and quite likely to be on Raasay or Rona. Large-flowered forms of M. secunda may be a source of confusion.
Myosotis secunda
Al. Murray
Creeping Forget-me-not 
Raasay: Recording Units: 60
Ten kilometre squares: All
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
(Myosotis sp. in lowland marsh EPS 1933 could be this.)
Widespread in wet places on acid and other soils. By far the commonest Forget-me-not.
[Myosotis stolonifera (DC.) J. Gay ex Leresche & Levier Pale Forget-me-not]
Raasay: Recording Units: 0
Ten kilometre squares: ?
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Not known.
Scattered in wet places as M. brevifolia C.E.S. (Harrison, 1937a). Error for M. secunda?
*Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm. Wood Forget-me-not
Raasay: Recording Units: 1
Ten kilometre squares: NG53
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Not known.
“Rare in the woods near the Post Office” (Harrison, 1937a) when the post office was at Clachan. Probably in an area lost to afforestation. West Suisnish shore SJB 2005 as a garden escape.
Myrica gale
L.
Bog-myrtle
Raasay: Recording Units: 69
Ten kilometre squares: All
First Record: Boswell 1773 (as Gaul).
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66
First Record: EPS 1933.
Wet moorland and marsh. Absent from the eastern parts of Raasay where the soil is less acid and also from the highest ground.
Myriophyllum alterniflorum DC. Alternate Water-milfoil
Raasay: Recording Units: 18
Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54, 65
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Rona: Ten kilometre squares: NG 65
First Record: JWHH et al. 1934-36.
Lochs and slow-flowing burns.
[Myriophyllum spicata L. Spiked Water-milfoil]
Raasay: Recording Units: 0
Ten kilometre squares: (NG 54)
First Record: NCCLS 1989.
Rona: Not known.
Loch na Bronn. Error?
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