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Sea Campion at Coulport, Loch Long
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CEP - Loch Lomond
Sea Campion (Silene uniflora or Silene maritima), a perennial plant with white petals growing from a pink veined sepal tube. Coulport, Loch Long, Clyde. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1980.
25 May 1980
Sea plantain, Unst
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CEP - Shetland
Sea plantain (Plantago maritima); salt tolerant and maritime plant, Burrafirth, Unst. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
25 June 1977
Shag colony, Fidra
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) colony, Fidra, showing how Tree Mallow (Lavatera arborea) grows in large patches on the island. In the background is Fife.
22 March 2016
Danish Scurvy Grass
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
Danish Scurvy Grass (Cochlearia danica). Despite its name this is a native plant. Originally coastal, but has spread inland along roadsides due to road-gritting. This photo was taken on Fidra, in the Firth of Forth.
22 March 2016
Roseroot and Thrift, Dunnet Head
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Caithness - Dunnet and Castletown
Roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) and Thrift (Armeria maritima), salt-tolerant plants on Dunnet Head. Roseroot is a yellow-flowered succulent in the Stonecrop family, found in rocky mountainous and coastal areas. It has waxy leaves to reduce evaporation.
21 May 2011
Shell beach and sand dunes, Traigh Sgurabhal, Eoligarry, Barra
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Western Isles - Barra
Shell beach and sand dunes, Traigh Sgurabhal, Eoligarry
26 June 2010
Cutting Tree Mallow, Fidra
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Firth of Forth - Fidra
Cutting Tree Mallow (Lavatera arborea) on Fidra so that Puffins and other seabirds have enough room to get to their burrows or to nest on the ground. This volunteer is getting enthusiastic - it is good fun volunteering for the RSPB!
22 March 2016
Meadow Saxifrage, Corra Castle
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South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde plants
Meadow Saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata), Corra Castle, New Lanark, taken by Sarah Longrigg. It was growing on several old walls around the castle ruins.
13 April 2019
Leopard's Bane, Falls of Clyde
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South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde plants
Native to South-East Europe, Leopard's Bane (Doronicum orientale) is widely used as a decorative garden plant. Blooming earlier than most species in the Daisy (Asteraceae) family, this plant is a useful nectar source for insects. Seen here at the Falls of Clyde, South Lanarkshire.
