During her searches for specimens she recorded over 400 vascular plant species, around 200 species of algae, 200 bryophytes and 200 lichens. Among the latter two groups she discovered several new species including "Jubula hutchinsiae", "Herberta hutchinsiae", "Leiocolea bantriensis" (Bantry Notchwort), the lichen "Thelotrema isidiodes" and three further species of lichen that are named after her. Differences between her species lists and later records from West Cork are also of interest since they help date the decline of some species caused by changes in agricultural practices as well as the arrival of invasive species from other parts of the world.