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Dark Red Helleborine
Dark Red Helleborine
English Name: Dark-red helleborine Botanical Name (Latin): Epipactis atrorubens Irish Name: Cuaichín dhearg Order: MONOCOTYLEDONES Family: ORCHIDACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb less than 0.3m tall, upper stem very hairy; leaves more or less in two opposite ranks; flowers dull, dark red but variable, 6?18 per spike; ovary hairy.
Carsten Krieger
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Heath Spotted Orchid
Heath Spotted Orchid
English Name: Heath spotted-orchid Botanical Name (Latin): Dactylorhiza maculata (Dactylorchis maculata) Irish Name: Na circíní Order: MONOCOTYLEDONES Family: ORCHIDACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb; distinguished from D. fuchsii by the small, short middle lobe of the lip, and the larger conspicuous outer lobes, but this is a variable character!
Carsten Krieger
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Shrubby Cinquefoil
Shrubby Cinquefoil
English Name: Shrubby cinquefoil Botanical Name (Latin): Potentilla fruticosa Irish Name: Tor cúigmhéarach Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: ROSACEAE Brief Description: Deciduous, twiggy shrub; leaves pinnate with 5?7 leaflets; flowers large, to 3cm across, yellow, usually with 5 petals; plants are unisexual; female flowers have small, aborted anthers; male flowers have large, fertile stamens and aborted carpels.
Carsten Krieger
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Sea Campion
Sea Campion
English Name: Sea campion Botanical Name (Latin): Silene uniflora (S. vulgaris subsp. maritima) Irish Name: Coireán mara Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb, stems spreading; flowers solitary or in groups of 3? 5, more than 2cm across, white.
Carsten Krieger
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Devil's Bit Scabious
Devil's Bit Scabious
English Name: Devil’s bit Botanical Name (Latin): Succisa pratensis Irish Name: Odhrach bhallach, urach bhallach Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: DIPSACACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb; leaves oval, forming flat rosette from which rises the flowering stems, to 1m tall; flowers rich blue (very rarely pink or white), in hemispherical heads.
Carsten Krieger
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Glendalough
Glendalough
Glendalough is a habitat of woodland, lakes, fen and moorland.The slidefile is an image which shows all the above features.The original Irish name is Gleann da Locha means the valley of two lakes and these are still the main natural features which dominate the area.
Courtesy of Wicklow County Library
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Tutsan 1
Tutsan 1
English Name: Tutsan Botanical Name (Latin): Hypericum androsaemum Irish Name: Meas torc allta Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: CLUSIACEAE (GUTTIFERAE, HYPERICACEAE) Brief Description: Deciduous, shrubby perennial; leaves oval, 5?10cm long; flowers yellow, small (less than 2cm across), at tips of shoots; fruits turning red, ripening black.
Carsten Krieger
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Flecked Marsh Orchid
Flecked Marsh Orchid
English Name: Flecked marsh-orchid Botanical Name (Latin): Dactylorhiza incarnata (Subsp. cruenta ) Irish Name: Magairlín craorag Order: MONOCOTYLEDONES Family: ORCHIDACEAE Brief Description: Very distinctive, with very dark spots or rings on the leaves, on both surfaces; flowers dark magenta.
Carsten Krieger
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Common Dog Violet
Common Dog Violet
English Name: Common dog-violet, common wild violet Botanical Name (Latin): Viola riviniana Irish Name: Fanaigse Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: VIOLACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb; heart-shaped leaves forming a basal rosette; flowers violet; spur pale lilac with truncated, furrowed tip.
Carsten Krieger
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Rusty Back Fern 1
Rusty Back Fern 1
English Name: Rustyback fern Botanical Name (Latin): Asplenium ceterach (Ceterach officinarum) Irish Name: raithneach rua Order: PTERIDOPSIDA Family: ASPLENIACEAE Brief Description: Small fern, with evergreen, strap- shaped leaves, with alternating, rounded lobes, and very scaly undersides (silvery at first and later rusty-brown); when plants are dry the leaves curl inwards exposing the rusty backs.
Carsten Krieger