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Tree Stump, Upper Port Wood
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Tree stump with Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) and Chickweed Wintergreen (Lysimachia europaea, formerly Trientalis europaea) at Upper Port Wood, Grantown-on-Spey. Common Cow-wheat is an indicator species for ancient woodlands, which are now scarce across Scotland.
25 July 2024
Common Cow-wheat, Upper Port Wood
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense), in the family Orobanchaceae, at Upper Port Wood, Grantown-on-Spey. Cow-wheat is an indicator for ancient woodlands, which are now scarce across Scotland.
25 July 2024
Common Cow-wheat, Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) at Tulloch Moor. Common Cow-wheat is a hemi-parasitic plant, meaning that it relies on obtaining some of its nutrients from the roots of nearby plants. Photo taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Common Cow-wheat, RSPB Loch Garten
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Loch Garten
Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense), a plant in the family Orobanchaceae, at RSPB Loch Garten, taken by David Palmar
23 June 2023
Common Cow-wheat, RSPB Loch Garten
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Loch Garten
Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense), a plant in the family Orobanchaceae, at RSPB Loch Garten, taken by David Palmar
23 June 2023
Common Cow-wheat, Dulnain Bridge, Speyside
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) observed at Dulnain Bridge, by David Palmar. This species is an ancient woodland indicator. The large seeds produced by this common wildflower have evolved to attract wood ants (Formica spp.). This symbiotic relationship is mutually beneficial to both parties as foraging ants are the main method of dispersal for Common Cow-wheat.
21 July 2020
Common Cow-wheat, Dulnain Bridge
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) observed at Dulnain Bridge, by David Palmar. This species is an ancient woodland indicator. The large seeds produced by this common wildflower have evolved to attract wood ants (Formica spp.). This symbiotic relationship is mutually beneficial to both parties as foraging ants are the main method of dispersal for Common Cow-wheat.
21 July 2020
Cow-wheat in Ariundle, Ardnamurchan
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CEP - Morvern and Ardnamurchan
Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) found in Ariundle Oak Wood, Ardnamurchan. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1979.
28 June 1979
Common cow-wheat
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
Common cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense), an ancient woodland indicator species, RSPB Inversnaid, Loch Lomond
10 June 2016
Common Cow-wheat, RSPB Inversnaid
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Loch Lomond - Inversnaid
Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense), an ancient woodland indicator species, RSPB Inversnaid.
