sand dune system

Sharp rush Juncus acutus with leaf tip and nutlet detail

Sand pansy Viola tricolor ssp curtisi showing insubstantial foliage and yellow and white flowers

Reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiformis showing spots of algae growing on the grey branches

Early Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp coccinea showing distinctive red flowers and stocky low habit

Close up of one flower showing reflexed sides of labellum and red colour

Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica with flower fruit seed and leaf underside

With spikelet detail, showing how the upper leaf looks like a continuation of the stem

Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis with details of pappas types on two different achenes

With stem detail showing swollen red bases of stem hairs

Sand hill screwmoss Wet specimen showing green starry tips against bronze background

Dry specimen showing how incurled the moss becomes when not wet

Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis fascicle and leaf with hyaline tip

Western eyebright Euphrasia tetraquetra with leaf & flower detail

Sharp rush Juncus acutus with nutlet and inflorescence

Bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella showing sprawling habit

Showing seed, pale pink flowers, woolly blue leaves and a seed

Showing yellow and cream colouration and sprawling, tufted habit