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Woodstock Winter Garden
Woodstock Winter Garden
Photograph of Woodstock's Winter Garden complete with parterres and decorative gravels
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Blackthorn
Blackthorn
English Name: Blackthorn, sloe Botanical Name (Latin): Prunus spinosa Irish Name: Draighean Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ROSACEAE Brief Description: Deciduous shrub, with black shoots ending in sharp spines; flowers pure white, opening before leaves; fruits (sloes) blue-black with grey bloom (very sour to taste), c. 1cm across.
Carsten Krieger
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Picture of Common Blue butterfly (Gormán Coiteann) and Bird’s Foot Trefoil (Crobh Éin)
Picture of Common Blue butterfly (Gormán Coiteann) and Bird’s Foot Trefoil (Crobh Éin)
Picture of Common Blue butterfly and Bird’s Foot Trefoil
Original work carried out under contract to South Dublin County Council
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Lesser Centaury (Centaurium pulchellum)
Lesser Centaury (Centaurium pulchellum)
Lesser Centaury is a quite rare plant found on the Bull Island in the grassland dunes and on the salt marsh where this speciman was photographed. It differs from the more robust common centaury in several respects.
By kind permission of Dorothy Forde
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The Rockery
The Rockery
Digital Photograph of a Victorian Rockery, taken at Woodstock Estate, Inistioge, County Kilkenny
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Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel[Sciurus carolinensis]
Lorcan Scott Duchas
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Natterjack Toad
Natterjack Toad
Natterjack Toad
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Holly Blue Butterfly
Holly Blue Butterfly
Photograph of a Holly Blue butterfly resting on a leaf. The Holly Blue is a small butterfly with a wingspan of 20mm and is found commonly in parts of the east and south.
Wexford County Library
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Frog among the bog mosses
Frog among the bog mosses
An adult frog among the bog mosses in Liffey Head bog. The tadpoles live in the bog pools where they feed on tiny aquatic insects. The presence of multicoloured Sphagnum moss is a sign of an actively growing blanket bog. ( Richard Nairn)
copyright R. Nairn
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The Lady Fern
The Lady Fern
Ferns are non-flowering plants that can grow in shaded conditions. Because they do not produce flowers they have no seeds, instead they produce spores. The Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) is a species that is found in damp woods, hedgerows, rocks and marshes.
Betsey Hickey