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Loch Lomond and Ben Vorlich
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Loch Lomond - Scenery
View from Firkin Point northwards across Loch Lomond to Ben Vorlich, taken by David Palmar
04 March 2022
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass, Cruach Tairbeirt
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Loch Lomond - West Loch Lomond
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), Cruach Tairbeirt, with Ben Lomond in the background, taken by Sarah Longrigg. Cottongrass is actually a Sedge, not a grass. This species has a single flowering head like a Hare's tail. This distinguishes it from Common cottongrass which has multiple flowering heads.
25 June 2013
Cruach Ardrain and caledonian pine forest remnant
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Tyndrum, Crianlarich Strath Fillan and Glen Falloch
Cruach Ardrain and a caledonian pine forest remnant, in Glen Falloch north of Loch Lomond.
Sheep and deer have grazed out the regenerating seedlings, leaving only mature trees standing in many places in the Scottish Highlands. Fencing provides a solution but is expensive.
