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bog asphodel

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bog asphodel
nartheciumossifragum.


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Andy Lees, the North Pennines AONB Partnership''s conservation officer, said: Fen and heath habitats such as the slopes above the Derwent Reservoir support rare plants such as bog asphodel and lesser skullcap, as well as the food plants of some rare butterflies.
Once again many of the 12,000 year old Mires' glinting ponds are brimming with dragonflies, while plants such as bog asphodel, sundews and sphagnum moss have been boosted, along with the prospects for wading birds like dunlin and curlew.
The 9,416 acres (3,810 hectares) at Warren Grove Gunnery Range make up a broad mosaic of upland and lowland habitats that support a high diversity of plant species, including Knieskern's beaked-rush and the bog asphodel (Narthecium americanum), a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
 
 
 
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