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Cranberry and Sphagnum magellanicum
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) growing amongst Sphagnum magellanicum at Wester Moss, Fallin. A native plant, Cranberry can be found growing in boggy areas. The small leaves of this plant sometimes have a red tinge.
13 September 2016
Red Bog Moss, Ben Vrackie
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Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie
Red Bog Moss (Sphagnum capillifolium), Ben Vrackie
30 April 2006
Feathery Bog Moss at White Moss, North Ayrshire
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East Renfrewshire
Feathery Bog Moss (Sphagnum cuspidatum) at White Moss, near Lugtonridge, North Ayrshire, taken by David Palmar. Sphagnum Moss absorbs water like a sponge, keeping the bog wet, minimising breakdown of the peat and and enabling the bog to expand and sequester carbon from the atmosphere.
13 March 2022
Sphagnum moss, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve
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Stirlingshire - Flanders Moss
Sphagnum moss, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve, Stirlingshire. Sphagnum moss can hold many times its own weight of water. It acts like a sponge, helping to wet the bog and allow it to store or sequester carbon, whereas a dry bog is a carbon source as the moss decays.
20 October 2021
Creeping Lady's Tresses, Dulnain Bridge
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Creeping Lady's Tresses (Goodyera repens) taken at Dulnain Bridge, Speyside by David Palmar. Since the 1970's, Creeping Lady's Tresses has been in decline, and now it is designated as a nationally scarce plant. However, in some areas of north-east Scotland it is more abundant. Here it is seen with a background of Sphagnum mosses.
21 July 2020
Compact Bogmoss (Sphagnum compactum)
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Compact Bogmoss (Sphagnum compactum) at Wester Moss, Fallin
13 September 2016
Feathery bog moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Feathery bog moss (Sphagnum cuspidatum) at Wester Moss, Fallin
13 September 2016
Feathery bog moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Feathery bog moss (Sphagnum cuspidatum) at Wester Moss, Fallin
13 September 2016
Peat core in plastic gutter
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East Dunbartonshire Mosses
The peat core is emptied from the corer into a plastic gutter to allow examination and sampling. In the middle of this picture can be seen a section of peat where the climate dried out for a number of decades, allowing decomposition of the peat in the aerobic conditions, whereas on either side of this section, the preserved remains of sphagnum moss and sedges can be found, preserved in the anaerobic conditions of the wet peat.
09 May 2015
Peat core in plastic gutter
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East Dunbartonshire Mosses
The peat core is emptied from the corer into a plastic gutter to allow examination and sampling. In the middle of this picture can be seen a section of peat where the climate dried out for a number of decades, allowing decomposition of the peat in the aerobic conditions, whereas on either side of this section, the preserved remains of sphagnum moss and sedges can be found, preserved in the anaerobic conditions of the wet peat.
