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Danish Scurvy Grass
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
Danish Scurvy Grass (Cochlearia danica). Despite its name this is a native plant. Originally coastal, but has spread inland along roadsides due to road-gritting. This photo was taken on Fidra, in the Firth of Forth.
22 March 2016
Scurvy grass, Carskey, Mull of Kintyre
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CEP - Kintyre
The biennial plant Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis) occurs mostly in coastal areas. Its common name derives from its use by sailors as a cure for scurvy (the leaves are high in vitamin C). This photo was taken at Carskey, Mull of Kintyre. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar, and kept as a biological reord.
14 April 1974
Common Scurvy grass, Skinflats
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Falkirk - Skinflats
The biennial plant Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis) occurs mostly in coastal areas. Its common name derives from its use by sailors as a cure for scurvy (the leaves are high in vitamin C). This photo was taken at RSPB Skinflats.
11 July 2016
Scurvy grass, Yesnaby
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Orkney - Yesnaby
The biennial plant Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis) occurs mostly in coastal areas. Its common name derives from its use by sailors as a cure for scurvy (the leaves are high in vitamin C). This photo was taken at Yesnaby, Orkney
16 May 2014
Scurvy grass, Yesnaby
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Orkney - Yesnaby
The biennial plant Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis) occurs mostly in coastal areas. Its common name derives from its use by sailors as a cure for scurvy (the leaves are high in vitamin C). This photo was taken at Yesnaby, Orkney
16 May 2014
Brent Geese, Loch Ryan
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Galloway - Loch Ryan
Pale-bellied Brent Geese (Branta bernicla) eating Eel grass (Zostera sp, probably Zostera marina), Loch Ryan
21 February 2009
Wavy Hair Grass near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Wavy Hair Grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Grass snake, Warburg nature reserve, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Grass snake (Natrix natrix) hunting in a pond at Warburg, a Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) nature reserve
20 April 2019
Nevis Range and Ben Nevis from Blàr an Lochan, Loch Lochy
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Fort William and Lochaber
Nevis Range and Ben Nevis with in th foreground the raised bog of Blàr an Lochan with its flora of Cotton Grass, near Clunes, Loch Lochy, taken by David Palmar
30 May 2023
Wavy Hair Grass, Newtonmore
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
Wavy Hair Grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) at the Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore, taken by David Palmar
