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Biodiversity in Glen Affric
Plant species list for Coille Ruigh in Glen Affric

Alnus glutinosa Alder
Arctostaphylos alpinus Alpine bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry
 
Betula pubescens Downy birch
Blechnum spicant Hard fern
 
Calluna vulgaris Heather
Carex binervis Green-ribbed sedge
Carex echinata Star sedge
Carex nigra Common sedge
Carex panicea Carnation sedge
Carex pauciflora Few-flowered sedge
Carex rostrata Bottle sedge
 
Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum Heath spotted orchid
Deschampia flexuosa Wavy hair-grass
Diphasiastrum alpinum Alpine clubmoss
Drosera anglica Great sundew
Drosera rotundifolia Round-leaved sundew
 
Empetrum nigrum Crowberry
Equisetum sylvaticum Wood horsetail
Erica cinerea Bell heather
Erica tetralix Cross-leaved heath
Eriophorum angustifolium Common cottongrass
Eriophorum vaginatum Hare's-tail cottongrass
Euphrasia spp. Eyebright
 
Festuca vivipara Viviparous fescue
 
Galium palustre Marsh bedstraw
Galium saxatile Heath bedstraw
Goodyera repens Creeping ladies tresses
 
Huperzia selago Fir clubmoss
 
Ilex aquifolium Holly
 
Juncus squarrosus Heath rush
Juniperus communis Juniper
Juniperus communis ssp. alpina Prostrate juniper
 
Listera cordata Lesser twayblade
 
Melampyrum pratense Common cow-wheat
Menyanthes trifoliata Bogbean
Molinia caerulea Purple moor-grass
Myrica gale Bog myrtle
 
Nardus stricta Mat-grass
Narthecium ossifragum Bog asphodel
 
Pedicularis palustris Marsh lousewort
Pinguicula vulgaris Common butterwort
Pinus sylvestris Scots pine
Polygala serpyllifolia Heath milkwort
Potentilla erecta Tormentil
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken
Pyrola media Intermediate wintergreen
 
Rubus chamaemorus Cloudberry
 
Salix aurita Eared willow
Solidago virgaurea Goldenrod
Sorbus aucuparia Rowan
 
Trichophorum cespitosum Deergrass
Trientalis europaea Chickweed wintergreen
 
Vaccinium microcarpum Small cranberry
Vaccinium myrtillus Blaeberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry
Viola riviniana Common dog violet

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Creeping ladies tresses (Goodyera repens) in flower at Coille Ruigh na Cuileige in Glen Affric.
(See Species Profile: Creeping ladies tresses)

 

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Published: February 2002
Last updated: 02 May 2008

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