Photoscot - Search Results

Find all from this collection

Find related items

Show Zoom Hide Zoom

Add to cart

Remove from cart

Click on one of the thumbnails to the right to view the corresponding item.

Search Results
Click a thumbnail to view.

Bell Heather, Waulkmill Bay, Orkney 07312 197 Orkney - Orphir and Hobbister Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) on heather moorland, Waulkmill Bay, Orkney. Most often found on heathlands, Bell Heather is a good source of nectar for a range of invertebrates. 25 July 2013
Common cotton grass, Foula 06141 170 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
Crowberry 06127 170 Shetland - Foula Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), a typical Scottish heathland plant, Foula, Shetland. The berries of this plant are edible but fairly tasteless and lacking in nutrition. 28 June 2014
Lousewort, Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis 02101 77 Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis Lousewort, (Pedicularis Sylvatica), Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis. It grows on damp moorland, and is partially parasitic on the roots of other plants, in an attempt to gain nutrients on this poor moorland soil. 21 June 2011
Common Butterwort, Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis 02100 77 Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) in flower at Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis. Butterwort is a carnivorous plant which has sticky leaves to catch insects. This enables it to live in nutrient-poor soild such as the peat bogs of north-western Scotland 21 June 2011
Meadow Saxifrage, Corra Castle 15893 212 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 14174 212 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. 24 April 2016
Wood anemones 11769 212 South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde plants Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa), Falls of Clyde 24 April 2016
Wood Sorrel, Falls of Clyde 11768 212 South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde plants Wood Sorrel (Oxalis acetosella), Falls of Clyde SWT Nature Reserve 01 May 2004
Marsh marigolds 07789 212 South Lanarkshire - Falls of Clyde plants Marsh marigolds (Caltha palustris), Falls of Clyde 24 April 2016

Bell Heather, Waulkmill Bay, Orkney

07312

197

Orkney - Orphir and Hobbister

Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) on heather moorland, Waulkmill Bay, Orkney.
Most often found on heathlands, Bell Heather is a good source of nectar for a range of invertebrates.

25 July 2013

Common cotton grass, Foula

06141

170

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

Crowberry

06127

170

Shetland - Foula

Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), a typical Scottish heathland plant, Foula, Shetland. The berries of this plant are edible but fairly tasteless and lacking in nutrition.

28 June 2014

Lousewort, Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis

02101

Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis

Lousewort, (Pedicularis Sylvatica), Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis. It grows on damp moorland, and is partially parasitic on the roots of other plants, in an attempt to gain nutrients on this poor moorland soil.

21 June 2011

Common Butterwort, Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis

02100

Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis

Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) in flower at Àird Mòr Mhangarstadh, Uig, Lewis. Butterwort is a carnivorous plant which has sticky leaves to catch insects. This enables it to live in nutrient-poor soild such as the peat bogs of north-western Scotland

21 June 2011

Meadow Saxifrage, Corra Castle

15893

212

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

14174

212

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.

24 April 2016