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In 2002 Plantlife ran a "County Flowers" campaign to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a "county or metropolitan area" in the UK and Isle of Man.. Some English counties already had flowers traditionally associated with them before 2002, and which were different to those assigned to them by Plantlife, including the white rose for Yorkshire (assigned the harebell), the poppy for Norfolk (assigned the alexanders), and the cowslip for Essex (assigned the poppy).
Video County flowers of the United Kingdom
England
Maps County flowers of the United Kingdom
Isle of Man
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Northern Ireland
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Scotland
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Wales
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Notes
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- ^ Initially, alexanders was selected for Norfolk, with poppy selected for Essex alone. Public pressure led to change,
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References
Bibliography
- The list of county flowers above is taken from the county flowers page at Plantlife's website.
- County statuses are taken from:
- Stace, C. A., R. G. Ellis, D. H. Kent and D. J. McCosh (2003) Vice-county Census Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Great Britain Botanical Society of the British Isles (for British counties)
- Source to be determined for Northern Ireland
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