Some Donegal Plants fro ID

jdoherty · #1 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 02:02 PM

I took these photos on 6th June 2009 in a boggy/heath area above Doon Lake near Portnoo in Donegal, Republic of Ireland. The 6th pic is a close-up of the fern in the 6th pic.

IDs anyone?

Thanks, John.

aeshna5 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 07:14 PM

1 Marsh Violet, Viola palustris
2 Cottongrass (a sedge not a grass), Eriophorum angustifolium
3 Black Bogrush, Schoenus nigricans
4 Hard Fern, Blechnum spicant
5/6 Bracken, Pteridium aquilinum

pleb · #3 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 08:43 PM

In 1, the creeping plant behind the Marsh Violet is Bog Pimpernel, Anagallis tenella.

jdoherty · #4 (**permalink**) 07-06-2009, 09:01 PM

Thanks Aeshna5 for your IDs and thanks also to pleb for spotting the other plant. I noticed it when taking the shot but wasn't sure if it was part of the first plant. Water was also pouring in over the top of my boots at the time and so I only got this one shot and couldn't get near enough to get a better close up of the second plant in the background.

John