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Root growth on a pulled-up Himalayan Balsam
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
An RSPB staff member demonstrates prolific root growth on a Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) plant, an invasive non-native species (INNS), which conservation volunteers pull up at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond.
26 July 2018
Removing Himalayan Balsam seed heads into a bag, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
An RSPB staff member and an RSPB volunteer demonstrate how to remove safely into a bag a Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) plant, an invasive non-native species (INNS), which has grown seed heads, to conservation volunteers who pull it up at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond.
26 July 2018
Removing Himalayan Balsam seed heads into a bag, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
An RSPB staff member demonstrates how to remove safely into a bag a Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) plant, an invasive non-native species (INNS), which has grown seed heads, to conservation volunteers who pull it up at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond.
26 July 2018
Removing Himalayan Balsam seed heads into a bag, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
An RSPB staff member points to the fruiting bodies of the Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), which contain up to 500 seeds per plant and can be spread by an explosion of the ripe seed pod up to 7 metres away. Himalayan Balsam is an invasive non-native species (INNS) and every year conservation volunteers are required to pull it up at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond.
26 July 2018
RSPB conservation volunteer pulling up Himalayan Balsam, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
An RSPB conservation volunteer gets stuck in pulling up Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), an invasive non-native species, at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond.
26 July 2018
RSPB conservation volunteer pulling up Himalayan Balsam, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
An RSPB conservation volunteer gets stuck in pulling up Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) by the roots, an invasive non-native species, at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond
26 July 2018
Root hairs of a Himalayan Balsam plant
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
The very fine root hairs of a Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) plant, with which it is able to suck up moisture and nutrients from the soil and out-compete the native vegetation.
26 July 2018
Roots on the stem of a Himalayan Balsam plant, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Roots of a Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) plant, showing its ability to grow roots from nodes on the stem. This one was pulled up by conservation volunteers at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond.
26 July 2018
Himalayan Balsam flower and seed pods
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), an invasive non-native species (INNS), out-competing native vegetation at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond. You can also see the fruiting bodies, which contain up to 500 seeds per plant, which can be spread by an explosion of the ripe seed pod up to 7 metres away.
26 July 2018
Common Carder Bumblebee pollinating Himalayan Balsam
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) pollinating Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), an invasive non-native species (INNS), out-competing native vegetation at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond. You can also see the fruiting bodies, which contain up to 500 seeds per plant, which can be spread by an explosion of the ripe seed pod up to 7 metres away.
