Flowers and Other Plants

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Blaeberry (also known as bilberry)

Vaccinium myrtillus
This is a deciduous shrub of low to medium height which has light green oval leaves.
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Bog Myrtle

Myrica gale
A woody shrub, which in Scotland rarely grows over a metre high, because of browsing by animals such as deer.
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Scottish or Spear Thistle

Cirsium vulgare
Growing from a base of leaves this stout thistle can reach between half and over a metre in height under favourable conditions.
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Wood Anenome

Anemone nemorosa
This is a flower with white petals, touched with yellow, and can be commonly seen under trees in deciduous woodland.
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The Scottish primrose is often found near the coast and is endemic to a small area in the very north of Scotland.The Scottish primrose is found only in Scotland
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