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Common Vetch (Vicia sativa, ssp nigra)
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa, ssp nigra)
COMMON VETCH (Vicia sativa, ssp nigra) Common vetch scrambles and climbs in the grasses and hedgerows from 20-100 cm. This speciman was clinging to the tall grasses on the dune tops. Stem and pinnate leaves are softly hairy. Each short-stalked leaf has up to eight pairs of 1-2 cm leaflets, narrow at the stem and tending to be heart-shaped at the tip. Leaves end in a branched tendril. There are one or two almost stalkless pea-shaped reddish-purple flowers in each leaf axil rising up the stem. Leaf-like stipules are at the flower base, usually toothed and having a distinguishing dark spot. Fruit is a long 30-70 mm pod with a beaked tip and depressions between the enclosed seeds. Flowers: May-June
By kind permission of Dorothy Forde
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White Stonecrop (Sedum album)
White Stonecrop (Sedum album)
Colour photograph of the White Stonecrop (Sedum album) wild flower found on the grassland dunes of Bull Island, Dublin. White stonecrop can be found scrambling in the dry grasses on the sides of dune hollows. Its stalks of abundant spiraling fleshy bright green leaves are able to retain water and enable the plant to survive in dry conditions. Flowering stems rise erect to a height of 15-25 cm. They have fewer leaves and these have a reddish tinge and are arranged alternately on the stem. Flowers are in a many-branched cyme. The five white flower petals are spread out in a star shape and the long prominent stamens are red-tipped. The five carpels form the fruit capsules which split open when dry to release the seeds. Flowers: June-August
By kind permission of Dorothy Forde
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Europe and Africa
Europe and Africa
Satelite map of Africa and Europe
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Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis)
Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis)
FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis arvensis) Field forget-me-not can be found in the grasses on the drier dune sides of Bull Island, Dublin. It has an erect hairy branching stem from 15-35 cm high, rising from a rosette of shortly stalked oblong leaves that are dully pointed and smooth-edged. There are a few unstalked alternate leaves on the stem. The unopened flower stems are tightly coiled at the tip, but straighten out as the flowers open to five pale blue petals with a yellow centre. The petal lobes are concave and fused into a tube at the base, with a 5-pointed calyx covered in hooked hairs. The dark brown nut-like fruit splits into four sections, each holding an unreleased seed. Flowers: May-September
By kind permission of Dorothy Forde
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Asia and Australia
Asia and Australia
Sattelite map of Asia and Australia
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Stonechat (Caislín Cloch) and Sparrowhawk (Spioróg)
Stonechat (Caislín Cloch) and Sparrowhawk (Spioróg)
Picture shows a Stonechat and a Sparrowhawk
Original work carried out under contract to South Dublin County Council
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Lesser Butterfly Orchid 2
Lesser Butterfly Orchid 2
English Name: Lesser butterfly-orchid Botanical Name (Latin): Platanthera bifolia Irish Name: Magairlín beag an fhéileacáin Order: MONOCOTYLEDONES Family: ORCHIDACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb to 0.3m tall; 2 large leaves at base of stem, a few much smaller ones on stem; flowers white with yellow-green; lip strap-shaped, 0.6?1.2cm long; pollinia vertical, parallel and close together.
Carsten Krieger
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Harebell 1
Harebell 1
English Name: Harebell Botanical Name (Latin): Campanula rotundifolia Irish Name: Méaracán gorm Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: CAMPANULACEAE Brief Description: Delicate, perennial herb; lowest leaves heart-shaped or round, stem leaves linear; flowers sky-blue, bell-shaped, nodding.
Carsten Krieger
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North America
North America
Satelite map of North America
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South America
South America
Satelite image of South America