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Hare’s-tail Cottongrass, Ben Vrackie
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Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie
Flower heads of Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) in bud, Ben Vrackie
30 April 2006
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass and Cross-leaved Heath, Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) and Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix), taken by David Palmar on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik. The former is the caterpillar food plant and the latter is a nectar source for the Large Heath butterfly, which can be seen here in June.
25 June 2022
Raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Part of the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik, taken by David Palmar. Here many trees have been removed and drainage ditches blocked with peat dams, to rewet the bog and restore it so that it can sequester carbon and provide good habitat for the Large Heath butterfly.
25 June 2022
Raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Part of the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik, taken by David Palmar
25 June 2022
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), taken by David Palmar on the raised bog at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik. This is the caterpillar food plant for the Large Heath butterfly, which can be seen here in June.
25 June 2022
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass, Cruach Tairbeirt
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Loch Lomond - West Loch Lomond
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), Cruach Tairbeirt, with Ben Lomond in the background, taken by Sarah Longrigg. Cottongrass is actually a Sedge, not a grass. This species has a single flowering head like a Hare's tail. This distinguishes it from Common cottongrass which has multiple flowering heads.
25 June 2013
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass on Kirkconnel Flow
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Dumfriesshire - Kirkconnel Flow
Single flower head of Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) in bud, on Kirkconnel Flow raised bog in Dumfries and Galloway
11 April 2019
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass on Kirkconnel Flow
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Dumfriesshire - Kirkconnel Flow
Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) in bud, on Kirkconnel Flow raised bog in Dumfries and Galloway
11 April 2019
Dam at Commonhead Moss
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Conservation in action - a plastic dam to help to preserve or raise the level of the water table, to promote growth of sphagnum moss and reverse the previous efforts at drainage at Commonhead Moss, a Glasgow local nature reserve. The sedge Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) can be seen on the side of the ditch.
22 May 2013
Dam at Commonhead Moss
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Conservation in action - a plastic dam to help to preserve or raise the level of the water table, to promote growth of sphagnum moss and reverse the previous efforts at drainage at Commonhead Moss, a Glasgow local nature reserve. The sedge Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) can be seen on the side of the ditch.
