Here are a few pictures of plants in Olav's Wood and the surrounding area.
Full-size images are available by clicking on the pictures.
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| Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) in short heathy grassland. [Aug 2011] |
Ragwort - Appears to be the hybrid Senecio x ostenfeldii (= S. jacobaea x aquaticus) in short grassland. This hybrid is widely recorded in Orkney. [Aug 2011] |
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| Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) in damp pathside area. [Aug 2011] |
Catsear (Hypochaeris radicata) seedhead in short turf. [Aug 2011] |
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| Great Wood-rush (Luzula sylvatica) in a woodland clearing. [Aug 2011] |
Jointed Rush (Juncus articulatus) in damp grassland. [Aug 2011] |
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| There are several areas of heathland in Olav's Wood: Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Bell Heather
(Erica cinerea) and Tormentil (Potentilla erecta). [July 2009] |
Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) on a grassy bank. This species made an attractive show along the waysides in Orkney in August, 2011. |
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| Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) frond underside showing mature sori. [Aug 2011] |
Wood Horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum) in a damp hedgebank. [Aug 2011] |
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| Starwort (Callitriche sp.) in a shallow pool in Oback Burn. [Dec 2010] |
Lichen (Ramalina sp.). [Dec 2010] |
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| The shore at Windwick: Serrated wrack (Fucus serratus). [Dec 2010] |
The shore at Windwick: Knotted wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum). The red seaweed
is Polysiphonia lanosa growing (possibly hemiparasitically) on the Knotted wrack. [Dec 2010] |
