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Horse's Hoof Fungus, Loch Ardinning
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Horse's Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius) at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar
20 November 2021
Purple Moor Grass, Loch Ardinning
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Purple Moor Grass (Molinia caerulea) at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. Purple Moor Grass is common on bogs in Scotland, where it can survive the acid soils and wet climate and substrate. Loch Ardinning nature reserve contains a mixture of habitats, including heather moorland.
20 November 2021
Purple Moor Grass, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Purple Moor Grass (Molinia caerulea) at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. Purple Moor Grass is common on bogs in Scotland, where it can survive the acid soils and wet climate and substrate. Loch Ardinning nature reserve contains a mixture of habitats, including bracken and deciduous woodland which can both be seen in the background.
20 November 2021
Silver Birch, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Silver Birch (Betula pendula) at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. The bark is silvery and the twigs at the end of the branches exhibit a characteristic drooping habit.
20 November 2021
Downy Birch, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. Downy Birch is more upright than Silver Birch and its brown bark has horizontal grooves.
20 November 2021
Birch Polypore bracket fungus, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Birch Polypore or Razor Strop (Fomitopsis betulina), a common bracket fungus, at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. Fungi help to rot down trees which are damaged or growing old, recycle their nutrients and provide habitat for invertebrates which attract woodpeckers.
20 November 2021
Old Man's Beard lichen, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Old Man's Beard (Usnia hirta) lichen at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. A lichen is a combination of an alga and a fungus.
20 November 2021
Oak Moss lichen, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Oak Moss (Evernia prunasti) lichen at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. A lichen is a combination of an alga and a fungus.
20 November 2021
Dumgoyne, Dumfoyn and the Campsie Fells from Loch Ardinning
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Dumgoyne, Dumfoyn and the Campsie Fells from Loch Ardinning SWT Reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar
05 December 2022
The Arrochar Alps and Ben Lomond from Loch Ardinning
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The Arrochar Alps and Ben Lomond from Loch Ardinning SWT Reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. The Cobbler (Ben Arthur) is in the enlarged thumbnail.
