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Spear Thistle, Munsary, Caithness
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Caithness - Munsary Peatlands Plantlife Reserve
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), is a commonly seen plant in Scotland, particularly on road verges between July and October. This one was photographed at Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness
16 July 2017
Common cotton grass, Munsary, Caithness
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Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness. This plant thrives in wet acidic habitats such as bogs, hence its other name 'Bog cotton'. Botanically it is not related to cotton or grass, and is in fact a member of the sedge family.
16 July 2017
Crowberry, Munsary, Caithness
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Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness. This plant is commonly found on moors, bogs and mountains in the north of Britain and Wales. The berries are edible but fairly tasteless and lacking in nutrition.
Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness. This plant thrives in wet acidic habitats such as bogs, hence its other name 'Bog cotton'. Botanically it is not related to cotton or grass, and is in fact a member of the sedge family.
16 July 2017
Common cotton grass, Munsary, Caithness
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Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness. Munsary is Plantlife's only nature reserve in Scotland, and by far its largest. It is part of the Caithness Flows, which are an important carbon sink, as when peat-bog loving plants die, they are decomposed anaerobically in the wet acidic environment and have their carbon content preseved as peat, instead of releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
16 July 2017
Bog asphodel, Munsary, Caithness
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Bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness
16 July 2017
Bell heather, Munsary, Caithness
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Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness. Most often found on heather moorlands, Bell Heather is a good source of nectar for a range of invertebrates. Here at Munsary, Plantlife are protecting the natural state of the heather moorland, which can therefore support a wider range of species.
16 July 2017
Bell heather, Munsary, Caithness
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Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness. Most often found on heather moorlands, Bell Heather is a good source of nectar for a range of invertebrates. Here at Munsary, Plantlife are protecting the natural state of the heather moorland, which can therefore support a wider range of species.
