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Common cotton grass, South Uist
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CEP - South Uist
Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Loch Druidibeag, South Uist. This plant thrives in wet acidic habitats such as bogs, hence its other name 'Bog cotton'. Botanically it is not related to cotton or grass, and is in fact a member of the sedge family. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1968.
13 July 1968
Common cotton grass, Munsary, Caithness
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Caithness - Munsary Peatlands Plantlife Reserve
Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness. This plant thrives in wet acidic habitats such as bogs, hence its other name 'Bog cotton'. Botanically it is not related to cotton or grass, and is in fact a member of the sedge family.
16 July 2017
Common cotton grass, Munsary, Caithness
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Caithness - Munsary Peatlands Plantlife Reserve
Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness. This plant thrives in wet acidic habitats such as bogs, hence its other name 'Bog cotton'. Botanically it is not related to cotton or grass, and is in fact a member of the sedge family.
16 July 2017
Common cotton grass, Munsary, Caithness
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Caithness - Munsary Peatlands Plantlife Reserve
Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Munsary Plantlife nature reserve, Caithness. Munsary is Plantlife's only nature reserve in Scotland, and by far its largest. It is part of the Caithness Flows, which are an important carbon sink, as when peat-bog loving plants die, they are decomposed anaerobically in the wet acidic environment and have their carbon content preseved as peat, instead of releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
16 July 2017
Cotton grass and cliffs, Rackwick, Hoy
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Orkney - North Hoy
Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) and the Old Red Sandstone cliffs east of Rackwick, Hoy. This plant thrives in wet acidic habitats such as bogs, hence its other name 'Bog cotton'. Botanically it is not related to cotton or grass, and is in fact a member of the sedge family.
05 July 2013
Common cotton grass, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), by the Ham Burn as it exits the Mill Loch, Foula, Shetland. A member of the sedge family, this plant thrives in wet acidic habitats such as bogs, hence its other name 'Bog cotton'. Botanically it is not related either to cotton or to grass.
29 June 2014
Nevis Range and Ben Nevis from Blàr an Lochan, Loch Lochy
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Fort William and Lochaber
Nevis Range and Ben Nevis with in th foreground the raised bog of Blàr an Lochan with its flora of Cotton Grass, near Clunes, Loch Lochy, taken by David Palmar
30 May 2023
Common red soldier beetles mating, Glasgow
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South Lanarkshire
Common Red Soldier Beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) mating on a grass seed head, Cuningar Loop, South Lanarkshire
21 July 2016
4 greetings cards - Flowers - Portrait Flowers
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Products
A set of 4 greetings cards of Scottish flowers including (clockwise) Yellow Saxifrage or Yellow Mountain Saxifrage (Saxifraga aizoides), Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) and Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)
18 May 2016
Scurvy grass, Carskey, Mull of Kintyre
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CEP - Kintyre
The biennial plant Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis) occurs mostly in coastal areas. Its common name derives from its use by sailors as a cure for scurvy (the leaves are high in vitamin C). This photo was taken at Carskey, Mull of Kintyre. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar, and kept as a biological reord.
