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Irish Eyebright 2
Irish Eyebright 2
English Name: Irish eyebright Botanical Name (Latin): Euphrasia salisburgensis Irish Name: glanrosc gaelach Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE Brief Description: Small, bushy, green or bronze, hemiparasitic, annual herb, with white, purple-streaked flowers; leaves narrow, with jagged teeth.
Carsten Krieger
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Wood Sage 1
Wood Sage 1
English Name: Wood sage Botanical Name (Latin): Teucrium scorodonia Irish Name: Iúr sléibhe Order: DIOTYLEDONES Family: LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE) Brief Description: Perennial herb to 0.5m tall; leaves oval, upper surface minutely wrinkled; flowers creamy, with one lip, in long spike.
Carsten Krieger
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Hazel 2
Hazel 2
English Name: Hazel Botanical Name (Latin): Corylus avellana Irish Name: Coll Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: BETULACEAE Brief Description: Shrubby, deciduous tree; catkins (“lamb’s tails”) appearing in early Spring before leaves; leaves hairy, oval; hazel nuts enclosed in leafy bracts.
Carsten Krieger
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Bloody Crane's-bill 2
Bloody Crane's-bill 2
English Name: Bloody crane’s-bill Botanical Name (Latin): Geranium sanguineum Irish Name: Crobh dearg Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: GERANIACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb; leaves deeply divided, round in outline; flowers rich magenta, to 3cm across; anthers turquoise.
Carsten Krieger
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Grass of Parnassus 2
Grass of Parnassus 2
English Name: Grass of Parnassus Botanical Name (Latin): Parnassia palustris Irish Name: Fionnscoth Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: SAXIFRAGACEAE Brief Description: Perennial herb; leaves heart- shaped, in basal rosette; flowers solitary, on erect stalks, petals white with translucent, sometimes lilac veins.
Carsten Krieger
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Wollemi Pine
Wollemi Pine
Photograoh of Wollemia Nobilsi taken at the Wollemi Park, Blue Mountains, Australia
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Ling heather
Ling heather
Ling heather is one of the commonest plants of the mountains. It gives the hills a purple tint in late summer and autumn. The woody stems of the heatherare very susceptible to burning but, if the fire is not too intense, the plants will produce new shoots from the base. (Richard Nairn)
Copyright R. Nairn
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Miners' village at Glendalough
Miners' village at Glendalough
Miners' village at Glendalough. There is still a special atmosphere among the ruined buildings, where the miners lived and worked in the late nineteenth century. A cable railway brought the ore from the mine shaft down the slope on the right. The tall building on the left was a stamping mill, where the ore was crushed to a fine sand using water-powered hammers. the stream was diverted through the village so that the heavy lead ore could be washed out of the sand. (Richard Nairn)
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Glen of the Downs
Glen of the Downs
The Glen of the Downs is the largest example in Ireland of a meltwater channel. It was formed by melting water draining from beneath the edge of the Irish Sea ice sheet about 15,000 years ago. Later the ice thawed to form large glacial lakes around Enniskerry and the glen formed an outlet channel to the south. Native woodland now covers the valley slopes. (Richard Nairn)
copyright R. Nairn
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Six-spot burnet moth
Six-spot burnet moth
An insect which is typical of coastal grassland, such as that on the Murroug, where its larval food plant, birds foot trefoil, occurs. As in butterflies, the antennae are clubbed (Richard Nairn)
copyright Richard Nairn