Tanacetum to Typha

*Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch. Bip.   Feverfew 

Raasay:           Recording Units: 2

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53

                        First Record:  MMcCW 1957.

Rona:               Not known.

Garden escape, Eyre, West Suisnish and Inverarish.

*Tanacetum vulgare L.   Tansy

Raasay:           Recording Units: 1

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53 (54)

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Not known.

Loch Eadar da Bhaile, and near Eyre Point (Harrison, 1937a). Garden escape, West Suisnish.

Taraxacum aggregate   Dandelions 

Raasay:           Recording Units: 97

                        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.

Various types from coastal marsh to the tops of hills and in ruderal habitats. No doubt worthy of more study. The following taxa have been recorded:

Taraxacum sect. Palustria (H. Lindb.) Dahlst. 

Raasay:           Recording Units: 0

                        Ten kilometre squares: (NG 54)

                        First Record:  FR 1987

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: (NG 65)

Woods north of Brochel FR 1987.  Also, T. paludosum Schl. on the east coast of Rona opposite Dry Harbour (Harrison, 1937a) belongs here.

Taraxacum sect. Spectabilia (Dahlst.) Dahlst.

Taraxacum faeroense (Dahlst.) Dahlst.

Raasay:           Recording Units: 0

                        Ten kilometre squares: (NG 54)

                        First Record:  CWM 1983

Rona:               Not known.

Arnish CWM 1983 det. CCH. Also, T. spectabile Dahl. in damp places, Raasay (Harrison, 1937a) may belong here.

Taraxacum sect. Naevosa M.P. Christ.

Taraxacum maculosum A.J. Richards 

Raasay:           Recording Units: 0

                        Ten kilometre squares: (NG 54)

                        First Record:  CWM 1983

Rona:               Not known.

Arnish CWM 1983 det. CCH.

Taraxacum sect. Celtica A.J. Richards

Taraxacum duplidentifrons Dahlst.

Raasay:           Recording Units: 0

                        Ten kilometre squares: (NG 53)

                        First Record:  CWM 1983

Rona:               Not known.

Inverarish CWM 1983 det. CCH.

Taraxacum unguilobum Dahlst. 

Raasay:           Recording Units: 0

                        Ten kilometre squares: (NG 53)

                        First Record:  CWM 1983

Rona:               Not known.

Inverarish CWM 1983 det. CCH.

*Taxus baccata L.   Yew 

Raasay:           Recording Units: 2

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53

                        First Record:  KC 1977.

Rona:               Not known.

Planted Raasay House and Oskaig.

*Tellima grandiflora (Pursh) Douglas ex Lindl.   Fringecups 

Raasay:           Recording Units: 2

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Not known.

Established on roadsides near Raasay House (Harrison, 1937a) and still there in 2009. Also in Inverarish.

Teucrium scorodonia L.   Wood Sage 

Raasay:           Recording Units: 94

                        Ten kilometre squares: All

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66

                        First Record:  EPS 1933.

Common on rocks and dry ground.

Thalictrum alpinum L.   Alpine Meadow-rue

Raasay:           Recording Units: 11

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Not known.

Damp rock ledges, wet grassland and edges of burns.  The fringe it once formed to Loch na Meilich (Harrison, 1937a; MGVT, 1960) is no longer apparent – perhaps lost when this water body became the water supply to the island.

*Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don   Western Red-cedar

Raasay:           Recording Units: 2

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53

                        First Record:  SJB 1998.

Rona:               Not known.

Planted near the sawmill, Mill Park. Also at Oskaig.

Thymus polytrichus A. Kern. ex Borbs    Wild Thyme

Raasay:           Recording Units: 86

                        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.

Widespread on rocks and in short dry peaty turf.

[Thymus pulegioides L.   Large Thyme]

Raasay:           Recording Units: 0

                        Ten kilometre squares: (NG 53)

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Not known.

South end of Raasay (Harrison, 1937a) as T. ovatus Mill.  Error.

*Tilia x europaea L.   Lime   Tilia platyphyllos x cordata

Raasay:           Recording Units: 3

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: NG 65

                        First Record:  EPS 1933.

Raasay House grounds and nearby plus Big Harbour wood, Rona.

[Tofieldia pusilla (Michx.) Pers.   Scottish Asphodel]

Raasay:           Recording Units: 0

                        Ten kilometre squares: ?

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Not known.

“Very local on lower slopes northwest of Dun Caan,” (Harrison, 1937a). Never seen since despite much effort by various parties. Error for small vegetative Narthecium?

Torilis japonica (Houtt.) DC.  Upright Hedge-parsley

Raasay:           Recording Units: 3

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Not known.

Rare. Only known in small numbers from three localities on the east coast of Raasay.

Trichophorum cespitosum subsp. germanicum (Palla) Hegi   Deergrass

Raasay:           Recording Units: 91

                        Ten kilometre squares: All

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66

                        First Record:  EPS 1933.

Common and widespread on the moors.

Trichophorum cespitosum nothosubsp. foersteri Authority?  Deergrass

Raasay:           Recording Units: 2

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54

                        First Record:  SJB 1996.

Rona:               Not known.

Proliferative form in very wet bog near a small loch 1 km east of Inverarish SJB 1996 det. GAS. Also in a very wet valley a few hundred metres away. Since found in moorland east of Brae and likely to be fairly common.

Trifolium dubium Sibth.   Lesser Trefoil

Raasay:           Recording Units: 6

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Not known.

Only in southwest Raasay and there uncommon.  An old record from Brochel  (Harrison, 1937a) has not been re-found.

*Trifolium hybridum L.  Alsike Clover

Raasay:           Recording Units: 1

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Not known.

In fields and introduced (Harrison, 1937a). Raasay House garden SJB 1992.

Trifolium medium L.   Zigzag Clover

Raasay:           Recording Units: 0

                        Ten kilometre squares: (NG 53)

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Not known.

Near the shore south of Oskaig (Harrison, 1937a). Not recorded since. Common enough in some areas of Skye.

Trifolium pratense L.  Red Clover

Raasay:           Recording Units: 37

                        Ten kilometre squares: All

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66

                        First Record:  EPS 1933.

Cliffs and grassy places.  Mostly not far from the coast.

Trifolium repens L.   White Clover

Raasay:           Recording Units: 96

                        Ten kilometre squares: All

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66

                        First Record:  EPS 1933.

Widespread and common in fertile habitats from hills to saltmarshes.

Triglochin maritimum L.   Sea Arrowgrass

Raasay:           Recording Units: 6

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66

                        First Record:  EPS 1933.

Saltmarshes and similar coastal habitats, on Raasay confined to the southwest apart from an outlying population in the Manish saltmarsh. 

Triglochin palustre L.   Marsh Arrowgrass

Raasay:           Recording Units: 65

                        Ten kilometre squares: All

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66

                        First Record:  EPS 1933.

Marshes, edges of burns and saltmarshes.

Tripleurospermum inodorum (L.) Sch. Bip.   Scentless Mayweed

Raasay:           Recording Units: 5

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: (NG 65)

                        First Record:  EPS 1933.

Not clearly separated from the next species in Harrison, 1937a. However, it appears to have been commoner then than the limited distribution now seen in ruderal habitats around Inverarish and Clachan and once-cultivated land at Arnish.

Tripleurospermum maritimum (L.) W.D.J. Koch    Sea Mayweed

Raasay:           Recording Units: 28

                        Ten kilometre squares: All

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: NG 65, 66

                        First Record:  EPS 1933.

Widespread on shingle around the coast of both islands.

*Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.     Western Hemlock-spruce 

Raasay:           Recording Units: 2

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53

                        First Record:  SJB 1993.

Rona:               Not known.

Planted in small numbers as part of commercial forestry.

Tulipa gesneriana L.   Garden Tulip

Raasay:           Recording Units: 1

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53

                        First Record:  SJB 2007.

Rona:               Not known.

Planted beside Arish Burn in Inverarish.  Unlikely to survive very long.

Tussilago farfara L.   Colt's-foot

Raasay:           Recording Units: 5

                        Ten kilometre squares: NG 53, 54

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Not known.

Only in a few areas of bare ground or by poorly vegetated burns.

Typha latifolia L.   Bulrush

Raasay:           Recording Units: 0

                        Ten kilometre squares: (NG 53)

                        First Record:  JWHH et al. 1934-36.

Rona:               Ten kilometre squares: (NG 65)

                        First Record:  MJD & WOC 1958.

“Very rare in the wood along the Arish Burn, Raasay, in a backwater" (Harrison, 1937a). Probably lost during afforestation. North of Dry Harbour (Delaney & Copland, 1964). Not seen in recent years.