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Remote Sedge, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Remote Sedge (Carex remota), a plant in the family Cyperaceae, in Compartment 30 located near the Airey Woodland Trail, RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Wood Club Rush, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Wood Club Rush (Scirpus sylvaticus), a plant in the family Cyperaceae, in Ring Wood, RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
02 June 2023
Bladder Sedge, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Bladder Sedge (Carex intumescens), a plant in the family Cyperaceae, on the Aber Bog, RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
02 June 2023
Wood Club-rush, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Wood Club-rush (Scirpus sylvaticus) is a perennial plant which can grow up to 1 metre tall, it has rounded triangular stems. It can be seen flowering from June to July. It is often found in wetland habitats such as marshes and fens. It is in Compartment 17, RSPB Loch Lomond.
07 June 2023
Pale Sedge, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Pale Sedge (Carex pallescens), Aber Bog, RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
02 June 2023
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass and Cross-leaved Heath, Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) and Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix), taken by David Palmar on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik. The former is the caterpillar food plant and the latter is a nectar source for the Large Heath butterfly, which can be seen here in June.
25 June 2022
Raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Part of the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik, taken by David Palmar. Here many trees have been removed and drainage ditches blocked with peat dams, to rewet the bog and restore it so that it can sequester carbon and provide good habitat for the Large Heath butterfly.
25 June 2022
Raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Part of the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik, taken by David Palmar
25 June 2022
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), taken by David Palmar on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik. This is the caterpillar food plant for the Large Heath butterfly, which can be seen here in June.
25 June 2022
Bottle sedge
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Bottle sedge (Carex rostrata), a perrenial species of sedge which tends to grow in the water of a pond or bog pool and has green spikes of fruit similar to a bottle brush. This one was seen at RSPB Loch Lomond
