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Oxtongue Broomrape

Plantae
Eu-dicots (True dicotyledons)
Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Dover Cliffs

Picris hieracioides is close by. Habitat is managed cutting in October to provide suitable conditions for the host plant which would otherwise be overcome by Brachypodium pinnatum.
12 July 2010
Category: Wild-growing plants and fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: native
Endangered
Rare
Annual (perennial)


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Photographer: Lliam Rooney

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NIKON D300
12/07/2010 11:49:51
1/60 sec - F/8
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Light value: 10.9
Flash used


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