Jonathan Salt (botanist) explained

Jonathan Salt (1759–1815) was a cutler and local naturalist who catalogued plants growing in the Sheffield area.^{[1] [2]}

He created a herbarium between 1773 and 1809, which provided the specimens for his Flora Sheffieldiensis.^[3] Although being used extensively by Frederick Arnold Lees in his The Flora of West Yorkshire with a sketch of the climatology and lithology in connection therewith (1888), the catalogue only existed in manuscript form until its publication in The Story of South Yorkshire Botany in 2011.^[2]

Plants first recorded by Salt

Lees referenced a number of plants first identified by Salt:^[4] Some are listed here:

• Hordeum murinum or Wall Barley: First Record Salt, 1800
• Nardus stricta, or Matt-grass: First Record Salt, 1800

Notes and References

1. Davis . Peter . COLES, G. L. D. The story of South Yorkshire botany and the 'Flora Sheffieldiensis' of Jonathan Salt . Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, Kendal: 2011. Archives of Natural History . April 2012 . 39 . 1 . 189–190 . 10.3366/anh.2012.0089 . en . 0260-9541.
2. https://www.ynu.org.uk/component/hikashop/product/25-the-story-of-south-yorkshire-botany The Story of South Yorkshire Botany
3. Alberti . Samuel J. M. M. . Placing Nature: Natural History Collections and Their Owners in Nineteenth-Century Provincial England . The British Journal for the History of Science . 2002 . 35 . 3 . 291–311 . 10.1017/S0007087402004727 . 4028125 . 12395797 . 25454499 . 0007-0874.
4. Book: Lees . Frederic Arnold . The Flora of West Yorkshire: With a Sketch of the Climatology and Lithology in Connection Therewith . 1888 . Lovell Reeve . London . en.