Botany In Donegal
Categories: Botany
The characteristic flora of the county presents an Alpine and Scottish aspect, and includes among many other uncommon plants-:
Thalictrum alpinum
Oxyria digyna
Trollius curopieus
Euphorbia hibcrna
Crambo maritima
Salix phylicifolia
Uraba incana
Eriocaulon septangulare
Silene acaulis
Potamogeton filiformis
Dryas octopetala
Trichomanes radicans
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Adiantum Capillus-Veneris
S. aizoides
Aspidium Lonchitis
S. umbrosa
Equisetum trachyodon
Carum verticillatum
Lycopodium alpinum.
Bartsia viscosa
While the alpine species descend lower in Donegal than anywhere else in Ireland-pointing apparently to the [...]
The characteristic flora of the county presents an Alpine and Scottish aspect, and includes among many other uncommon plants-: Thalictrum alpinum Oxyria digyna Trollius curopieus Euphorbia hibcrna Crambo maritima Salix phylicifolia Uraba incana Eriocaulon septangulare Silene acaulis Potamogeton filiformis Dryas octopetala Trichomanes radicans Saxifraga oppositifolia Adiantum Capillus-Veneris S. aizoides Aspidium Lonchitis S. umbrosa Equisetum trachyodon Carum verticillatum Lycopodium alpinum. Bartsia viscosa While the alpine species descend lower in Donegal than anywhere else in Ireland-pointing apparently to the northern nature of the climate-we are met at the same time by the extremely interesting fact that some of the southern species for which the west of ... Read More
