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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
Hair ice on wood rotted by a fungus
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Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie
Hair ice on wood rotted by a fungus, taken by David Palmar near Pitlochry
25 November 2023
Wavy Hair Grass near Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Wavy Hair Grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Wavy Hair Grass, Newtonmore
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
Wavy Hair Grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) at the Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore, taken by David Palmar
25 July 2023
Wavy Hair Grass, Newtonmore
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
Wavy Hair Grass (Deschampsia flexuosa) at the Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore, taken by David Palmar
25 July 2023
Tufted Hair Grass, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Tufted Hair Grass (Deschampsia cespitosa), a plant in the family Poaceae, in Compartment 30 located near the Airey Woodland Trail, RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Uprooted tree, Linlithgow Loch
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West Lothian - Linlithgow and Beecraigs
Uprooted tree which has fallen over in a recent storm at Linlithgow Loch, taken by David Palmar. Storms are becoming more frequent in this era of climate change, and we will have to pay for the damage.
20 February 2020
Hair ice, Lochwinnoch
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Renfrewshire - Lochwinnoch
Hair ice is caused by crystallisation of freezing water on damp cold winter nights, and is promoted by a fungus (Exidiopsis effusa) growing on decaying branches on the damp forest floor, here at Lochwinnoch RSPB Nature Reserve
14 February 2016
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
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
