| Glenullin Raised Bog Flora |
Glenullin has a varied topography and its plant life varies from those
grown on moorland acid bog soils to those found further up the sloping
hillsides that surround Glenullin basin. Most of us will have seen the
beautiful swathes of bog cotton, the distinct purple blooms of bell heather
and the yellow star like flowers of bog asphodel.
Only those keen to explore the natural beauty of Glenullin will discover
the more esoteric varieties such as the butterworts, the bladderworts
and the sundews, carnivorous plants that attract insects into their sticky
centres and devour them. There follows a list of plants and flowers commonly
found in Glenullin. This is nature’s garden and children should
be encouraged to be able to recognise the things of beauty growing in
their native hedgerows.
| Bilberry
Bog asphodel (found in raised bog)
Bell heather
Hedge bindweed
Bird’s foot trefoil
Black Knapweed
Blackthorn
Bladder campion
Bluebell
Bog cotton
Bog myrtle
Broom
Bugle
Buttercup
Butterwort (insect-eating plant)
Chickweed
Celandine
Clover, white
Clover, red
Coltsfoot
Comfrey
Cow parsley
Cranesbill
Creeping cinquefoil
Cuckoo pint
Dandelion
Daisy
Dock
Dog rose
Fern
Flag Iris
Foxglove
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Groundsel
Ground Ivy
Hemlock
Honeysuckle
King cup or marsh
Marigold
Ladies smock or
Cuckoo flower
Ling
Loosestrife
Nettle
Primrose
Ragged robin
Ragworth
Rosebay Willow Herb
Scabious (devil’s bit)
Scarlet Pimpernel
Shepherd’s Purse
Silverweed
Sorrel
Speedwell (Germander)
Stitchwort
Stonecrop
Sundew (insect-eating plant found in raised bog)
Thistle
Tormentil
Vetch
Violet
Watercress
Water Avens
Wood Anemone
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