2024 County Report for Meath

Margaret Norton

BSBI Annual Report 2024 by Margaret Norton (VCR)

Botanical activities in 2024 included, but were not limited to, the following:

  1. Field recording in Co. Meath focused on targeted taxa and high-quality habitats.
  2. Collection and curation of specimens of critical groups, including Rosa and Taraxacum, for determination.
  3. Follow-up work on Co. Meath specimens in DBN
  4. Extraction of Co. Meath records from manuscriptions housed in the library at DBN.
  5. Publication: Norton, M. (2024a) Historical records by William Arthur Barnes (1830-1912). Irish Botanical News, 34: 52-54.
  6. Publication: Norton, M. (2024b) The flora of Duleek, a project of the Dublin Naturalists’ Field Club. Irish Botanical News, 34: 54-71.
  7. Preparation of publications for 2025 edition of Irish Botanical News.