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  • Lone walker in Glen Dee with Ben MacDui in the background, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Lone walker in Glen Dee with Ben MacDui in the background, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Footpath leading through Glen Dee with Ben MacDui in the background, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Fox Vulpes vulpes Length 95-130cm Adaptable dog-like carnivore but with a catholic diet including fruits and berries. Mainly nocturnal; daytime shelter is called an earth. Adult has thick, mainly orange-brown coat with whitish jaws and underparts are white and white tip to tail. Feet and backs of ears are blackish. Yelping scream is uttered mainly by females for brief period in winter, to mark breeding season. Common, widespread and adaptable, found in towns and cities as well as countryside.
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  • Lone walker in Glen Dee with Ben MacDui in the background, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Lone walker in Glen Dee with Ben MacDui in the background, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Lone walker in Glen Dee with Ben MacDui in the background, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Lone walker in Glen Dee with Ben MacDui in the background, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Glen Dee with Ben MacDui in the background, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Footpath leading through Glen Dee with Ben MacDui in the background, Scottish Highlands, Uk
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  • Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Length 2.5-3m, weight 350-650kg The largest land predator, quite capable of competent swimming. Fur is white, often stained yellowish. Feeds mainly on seals and adapted to life associated with pack ice.
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  • Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Length 2.5-3m, weight 350-650kg The largest land predator, quite capable of competent swimming. Fur is white, often stained yellowish. Feeds mainly on seals and adapted to life associated with pack ice.
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  • Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Length 2.5-3m, weight 350-650kg The largest land predator, quite capable of competent swimming. Fur is white, often stained yellowish. Feeds mainly on seals and adapted to life associated with pack ice.
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  • Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii Length 2.5-3.5m Large, Antarctic seal, associated with fringes of pack ice. Coat is greyish-brown with numerous darker and lighter patches.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge - breeding colony on Lundy. L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m. Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Pacific Silver Fir (Beautiful Fir) Abies amabilis (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 32m. Has luxuriant foliage, a strong trunk thick tapering crown on in suitable wet climates. BARK Silvery. LEAVES Glossy, to 3cm long, silvery below and densely packed; orange-scented when crushed. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Smooth oval cones tinged purple; grow on upper surface of twigs. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of NW USA. Widely planted here for ornament.
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  • Stone Pine Pinus pinea (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 30m <br />
Broad umbrella-shaped tree with a dense mass of foliage on spreading branches on top of a tall bole. BARK Reddish-grey on old trees and fissured, flaking away to leave deep orange patches. LEAVES Paired needles, to 20cm long and 2mm wide, slightly twisted. Through a hand-lens 12 lines of stomata can be seen on outer surface and 6 on inner surface. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Cones rounded to ovoid, to 14cm long and 10cm across, ripening rich glossy brown after 3 years. Scales, closely packed with a slightly pyramidal surface, conceal large, slightly winged seeds. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Mediterranean coasts. Planted here occasionally, usually near coasts.
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  • Stone Pine Pinus pinea (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 30m <br />
Broad umbrella-shaped tree with a dense mass of foliage on spreading branches on top of a tall bole. BARK Reddish-grey on old trees and fissured, flaking away to leave deep orange patches. LEAVES Paired needles, to 20cm long and 2mm wide, slightly twisted. Through a hand-lens 12 lines of stomata can be seen on outer surface and 6 on inner surface. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Cones rounded to ovoid, to 14cm long and 10cm across, ripening rich glossy brown after 3 years. Scales, closely packed with a slightly pyramidal surface, conceal large, slightly winged seeds. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Mediterranean coasts. Planted here occasionally, usually near coasts.
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  • Downy Oak  Quercus pubescens (Fagaceae) HEIGHT to 24m <br />
Similar to Pendunculate Ok, forming a large, sturdy tree under good growing conditions. BARK Deep-grey bark, grooved with numerous deep fissures and small plates or rough scales. BRANCHES Twigs and buds are covered with greyish downy hairs, buds looking more orange-brown beneath the down. LEAVES Smaller than Pedunculate Oak, to 13cm long and 6cm wide, with shallower, forward-pointing lobes and very hairy petioles. Young leaves densely downy at first but become smoother and grey-green above when mature. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins appear in late May; acorns form in early autumn. Acorns are sessile, borne in stalkless shallow cups about 1.5cm deep, and covered in closely packed downy scales. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Europe, occasionally planted here.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Voss’s Laburnum Laburnum x watereri 11m (hybrid between Laburnum and Scottish Laburnum) has early-opening flowers of the first and the longer, more densely packed racemes of the second. Where laburnums are planted for ornament they are likely to be of this type: it has good hybrid vigour and makes a finer, longer-lived tree.
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  • Kohuhu Pittosporum tenuifolium (Pittosporaceae)HEIGHT to 10m. Stout-boled tree. BARK Smooth and dark grey. BRANCHES Densely packed; shoots purplish black. LEAVES Oblong or elliptical, to 6cm long and 2cm across with a wavy margin; glossy above, less shiny below. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Scented tubular flowers, to 1cm long, have 5 deep-purplish lobes and yellow anthers; in clusters or solitary, in leaf axils. Fruit is a rounded capsule, about 1cm long, ripening from green to black. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of New Zealand; planted here but not hardy, thriving only in Scillies and W Cornwall.
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  • Voss’s Laburnum Laburnum x watereri 11m (hybrid between Laburnum and Scottish Laburnum) has early-opening flowers of the first and the longer, more densely packed racemes of the second. Where laburnums are planted for ornament they are likely to be of this type: it has good hybrid vigour and makes a finer, longer-lived tree.
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  • Bosnian Pine Pinus heldriechii (leucodermis) (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 30m <br />
Broadly pyramidal tree with a tapering bole. BARK Grey, with irregular plates. Whitish patches appear with age. LEAVES Paired needles, to 9cm long, densely packed on shoots, stiff and projecting at right-angles, pungent. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Cones, to 8cm long and 2.5cm across, narrowly ovoid and ripening to brown; scales have a recurved prickle. Second-year cones are deep blue. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Balkans and SW Italy, mainly on dry mountain limestone. Planted here for ornament, thriving on free-draining soils.
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  • Hybrid Black-poplar Populus x canadensis (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 30m. Upright or spreading tree, depending on situation, with a narrow crown. Similar to Black-poplar, one of parent species, and in many areas far more common; other parent is N American tree, Cottonwood. Trunk lacks burrs seen in Black-poplar. BARK Deeply fissured and greyish. SHOOTS Young twigs greenish or slightly reddened. LEAVES Alternate, oval to triangular and sharply toothed with fringes of small hairs. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins, similar to those of Black-poplar. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Planted for ornament or timber (used for packing crates and boxes). Does not thrive in wet or cold areas.
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  • Kohuhu Pittosporum tenuifolium (Pittosporaceae)HEIGHT to 10m. Stout-boled tree. BARK Smooth and dark grey. BRANCHES Densely packed; shoots purplish black. LEAVES Oblong or elliptical, to 6cm long and 2cm across with a wavy margin; glossy above, less shiny below. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Scented tubular flowers, to 1cm long, have 5 deep-purplish lobes and yellow anthers; in clusters or solitary, in leaf axils. Fruit is a rounded capsule, about 1cm long, ripening from green to black. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of New Zealand; planted here but not hardy, thriving only in Scillies and W Cornwall.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla (Araucariaceae) HEIGHT to 15m. Palm-like evergreen. BARK Becoming scaly. BRANCHES Grow up full extent of trunk; horizontal but with upswept shoots. LEAVES Scaly, on young plants open and spreading, showing the shoot they are growing on; older trees have closely packed incurved leaves that hide the shoot. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Trees are either male or female, and it is not possible to determine which is which until they flower, which seldom happens in Britain. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native to Norfolk Island (north of New Zealand). Thrives out of doors only in the extreme SW of Britain.
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  • Stone/Umbrella Pine Pinus pinea (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 30m <br />
Broad umbrella-shaped tree with a dense mass of foliage on spreading branches on top of a tall bole. BARK Reddish-grey on old trees and fissured, flaking away to leave deep orange patches. LEAVES Paired needles, to 20cm long and 2mm wide, slightly twisted. Through a hand-lens 12 lines of stomata can be seen on outer surface and 6 on inner surface. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Cones rounded to ovoid, to 14cm long and 10cm across, ripening rich glossy brown after 3 years. Scales, closely packed with a slightly pyramidal surface, conceal large, slightly winged seeds. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Mediterranean coasts. Planted here occasionally, usually near coasts. COMMENTS Large, edible seeds are harvested and sold as ‘pine kernels’ or ‘pine nuts’.
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  • Pacific Silver Fir (Beautiful Fir) Abies amabilis (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 32m. Has luxuriant foliage, a strong trunk thick tapering crown on in suitable wet climates. BARK Silvery. LEAVES Glossy, to 3cm long, silvery below and densely packed; orange-scented when crushed. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Smooth oval cones tinged purple; grow on upper surface of twigs. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of NW USA. Widely planted here for ornament.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • SEA-HEATH Frankenia laevis (Frankeniaceae) ** Prostrate<br />
Branched, mat-forming and woody perennial. Restricted to the drier, upper reaches of saltmarshes. FLOWERS are 5mm across with 5 pink and crinkly petals (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are small and narrow with inrolled margins; densely packed and opposite on side shoots. STATUS-Local, from Hants to Norfolk only.
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  • SEA-HEATH Frankenia laevis (Frankeniaceae) Prostrate<br />
Branched, mat-forming and woody perennial. Restricted to the drier, upper reaches of saltmarshes. FLOWERS are 5mm across with 5 pink and crinkly petals (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are small and narrow with inrolled margins; densely packed and opposite on side shoots. STATUS-Local, from Hants to Norfolk only.
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  • Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias) Upright perennial of sandy beaches and dunes. FLOWERS are yellowish with petal-like bracts and horned lobes (petals and sepals are absent); in umbel-like heads (Jun-Oct). FRUITS are smooth. LEAVES are grey-green, fleshy and closely packed up stems.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot - Uria aalge. L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Oiled Guillemot - Uria aalge. L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge - breeding colony on Lundy. L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Hybrid Black-poplar Populus x canadensis (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 30m. Upright or spreading tree, depending on situation, with a narrow crown. Similar to Black-poplar, one of parent species, and in many areas far more common; other parent is N American tree, Cottonwood. Trunk lacks burrs seen in Black-poplar. BARK Deeply fissured and greyish. SHOOTS Young twigs greenish or slightly reddened. LEAVES Alternate, oval to triangular and sharply toothed with fringes of small hairs. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins, similar to those of Black-poplar. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Planted for ornament or timber (used for packing crates and boxes). Does not thrive in wet or cold areas.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Stone Pine Pinus pinea (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 30m <br />
Broad umbrella-shaped tree with a dense mass of foliage on spreading branches on top of a tall bole. BARK Reddish-grey on old trees and fissured, flaking away to leave deep orange patches. LEAVES Paired needles, to 20cm long and 2mm wide, slightly twisted. Through a hand-lens 12 lines of stomata can be seen on outer surface and 6 on inner surface. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Cones rounded to ovoid, to 14cm long and 10cm across, ripening rich glossy brown after 3 years. Scales, closely packed with a slightly pyramidal surface, conceal large, slightly winged seeds. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Mediterranean coasts. Planted here occasionally, usually near coasts.
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  • Voss’s Laburnum Laburnum x watereri 11m (hybrid between Laburnum and Scottish Laburnum) has early-opening flowers of the first and the longer, more densely packed racemes of the second. Where laburnums are planted for ornament they are likely to be of this type: it has good hybrid vigour and makes a finer, longer-lived tree.
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  • Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla (Araucariaceae) HEIGHT to 15m. Palm-like evergreen. BARK Becoming scaly. BRANCHES Grow up full extent of trunk; horizontal but with upswept shoots. LEAVES Scaly, on young plants open and spreading, showing the shoot they are growing on; older trees have closely packed incurved leaves that hide the shoot. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Trees are either male or female, and it is not possible to determine which is which until they flower, which seldom happens in Britain. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native to Norfolk Island (north of New Zealand). Thrives out of doors only in the extreme SW of Britain.
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  • Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla (Araucariaceae) HEIGHT to 15m. Palm-like evergreen. BARK Becoming scaly. BRANCHES Grow up full extent of trunk; horizontal but with upswept shoots. LEAVES Scaly, on young plants open and spreading, showing the shoot they are growing on; older trees have closely packed incurved leaves that hide the shoot. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Trees are either male or female, and it is not possible to determine which is which until they flower, which seldom happens in Britain. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native to Norfolk Island (north of New Zealand). Thrives out of doors only in the extreme SW of Britain.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Downy Oak  Quercus pubescens (Fagaceae) HEIGHT to 24m <br />
Similar to Pendunculate Ok, forming a large, sturdy tree under good growing conditions. BARK Deep-grey bark, grooved with numerous deep fissures and small plates or rough scales. BRANCHES Twigs and buds are covered with greyish downy hairs, buds looking more orange-brown beneath the down. LEAVES Smaller than Pedunculate Oak, to 13cm long and 6cm wide, with shallower, forward-pointing lobes and very hairy petioles. Young leaves densely downy at first but become smoother and grey-green above when mature. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins appear in late May; acorns form in early autumn. Acorns are sessile, borne in stalkless shallow cups about 1.5cm deep, and covered in closely packed downy scales. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Europe, occasionally planted here.
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  • Hybrid Black-poplar Populus x canadensis (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 30m. Upright or spreading tree, depending on situation, with a narrow crown. Similar to Black-poplar, one of parent species, and in many areas far more common; other parent is N American tree, Cottonwood. Trunk lacks burrs seen in Black-poplar. BARK Deeply fissured and greyish. SHOOTS Young twigs greenish or slightly reddened. LEAVES Alternate, oval to triangular and sharply toothed with fringes of small hairs. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins, similar to those of Black-poplar. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Planted for ornament or timber (used for packing crates and boxes). Does not thrive in wet or cold areas.
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  • Bosnian Pine Pinus heldriechii (leucodermis) (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 30m <br />
Broadly pyramidal tree with a tapering bole. BARK Grey, with irregular plates. Whitish patches appear with age. LEAVES Paired needles, to 9cm long, densely packed on shoots, stiff and projecting at right-angles, pungent. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Cones, to 8cm long and 2.5cm across, narrowly ovoid and ripening to brown; scales have a recurved prickle. Second-year cones are deep blue. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Balkans and SW Italy, mainly on dry mountain limestone. Planted here for ornament, thriving on free-draining soils.
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  • Bosnian Pine Pinus heldriechii (leucodermis) (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 30m <br />
Broadly pyramidal tree with a tapering bole. BARK Grey, with irregular plates. Whitish patches appear with age. LEAVES Paired needles, to 9cm long, densely packed on shoots, stiff and projecting at right-angles, pungent. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Cones, to 8cm long and 2.5cm across, narrowly ovoid and ripening to brown; scales have a recurved prickle. Second-year cones are deep blue. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Balkans and SW Italy, mainly on dry mountain limestone. Planted here for ornament, thriving on free-draining soils.
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  • Bosnian Pine Pinus heldriechii (leucodermis) (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 30m <br />
Broadly pyramidal tree with a tapering bole. BARK Grey, with irregular plates. Whitish patches appear with age. LEAVES Paired needles, to 9cm long, densely packed on shoots, stiff and projecting at right-angles, pungent. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Cones, to 8cm long and 2.5cm across, narrowly ovoid and ripening to brown; scales have a recurved prickle. Second-year cones are deep blue. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Balkans and SW Italy, mainly on dry mountain limestone. Planted here for ornament, thriving on free-draining soils.
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  • Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Rosaceae Height to 15m Spreading deciduous tree or shrub. Bark Fissured with vertical grooves. Branches Densely packed, with sharp spines. Leaves To 4.5cm long, deeply lobed, with teeth near apex. Reproductive parts Flowers white, 15mm across, in flat-topped clusters of 10–18 (May). Fruits (‘haws’) rounded and red. Status Common native of hedgerows and scrub, especially on chalk.
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  • Pacific Silver Fir (Beautiful Fir) Abies amabilis (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 32m. Has luxuriant foliage, a strong trunk thick tapering crown on in suitable wet climates. BARK Silvery. LEAVES Glossy, to 3cm long, silvery below and densely packed; orange-scented when crushed. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Smooth oval cones tinged purple; grow on upper surface of twigs. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of NW USA. Widely planted here for ornament.
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  • Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla (Araucariaceae) HEIGHT to 15m. Palm-like evergreen. BARK Becoming scaly. BRANCHES Grow up full extent of trunk; horizontal but with upswept shoots. LEAVES Scaly, on young plants open and spreading, showing the shoot they are growing on; older trees have closely packed incurved leaves that hide the shoot. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Trees are either male or female, and it is not possible to determine which is which until they flower, which seldom happens in Britain. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native to Norfolk Island (north of New Zealand). Thrives out of doors only in the extreme SW of Britain.
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  • Hybrid Black-poplar Populus x canadensis (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 30m. Upright or spreading tree, depending on situation, with a narrow crown. Similar to Black-poplar, one of parent species, and in many areas far more common; other parent is N American tree, Cottonwood. Trunk lacks burrs seen in Black-poplar. BARK Deeply fissured and greyish. SHOOTS Young twigs greenish or slightly reddened. LEAVES Alternate, oval to triangular and sharply toothed with fringes of small hairs. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Catkins, similar to those of Black-poplar. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Planted for ornament or timber (used for packing crates and boxes). Does not thrive in wet or cold areas.
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  • YORKSHIRE FOG Holcus lanatus Height to 1m<br />
Variable, tufted perennial with grey-green, downy stems. Grows in meadows, woods and waste ground. FLOWERS in heads that are tightly packed at first but then spread; comprise reddish-tipped, grey-green, 2-flowered spikelets (May-Aug). FRUITS are small, dry nutlets. LEAVES are grey-green and downy. STATUS-Widespread and common.
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  • YORKSHIRE FOG Holcus lanatus Height to 1m<br />
Variable, tufted perennial with grey-green, downy stems. Grows in meadows, woods and waste ground. FLOWERS in heads that are tightly packed at first but then spread; comprise reddish-tipped, grey-green, 2-flowered spikelets (May-Aug). FRUITS are small, dry nutlets. LEAVES are grey-green and downy. STATUS-Widespread and common.
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  • MOSS CAMPION Silene acaulis (Caryophyllaceae) Prostrate<br />
Charming, cushion-forming perennial. Found on mountain tops and rocky ledges, but also near the sea in the far N. FLOWERS are pink, 9-12mm across and 5-petalled (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are narrow and densely packed, creating a moss-like appearance to cushion. STATUS-Local on suitable mountains, from Wales northwards.
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  • CYPHEL Minuartia sedoides (Caryophyllaceae)<br />
Distinctive, cushion-forming perennial of damp, stony ground on mountain tops. FLOWERS are yellow, 4mm across and lack petals (Jun-Aug). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are narrow, fleshy and densely packed. STATUS-Restricted to mountains in the Scottish Highlands and a few Scottish islands.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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  • Guillemot Uria aalge L 42cm. Familiar seabird that nests in densely packed breeding colonies. Swims well and flies on whirring wingbeats. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has chocolate-brown head and upperparts (darkest in N birds) and white underparts. Bill is dark and dagger-like; so-called ‘Bridled Guillemot’ has white ‘spectacle’ around eye. In winter, has white on cheeks and throat but black line running back from eye. Voice Utters growling calls at breeding colonies. Status Locally numerous at seabird colonies with precipitous cliff ledges. Moves offshore outside breeding season. Suffers badly in oil spills.
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