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British Plants and algae

 		Species 1 - 13 of 13
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Laminaria digitata (Oarweed)
Oarweed, also known as 'tangle' or 'tangleweed' is a familiar glossy golden brown kelp, which grows attached to rocky substrates... More 6 Images 3 Videos
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Lamium purpureum (Red dead-nettle)
Evidence of red dead-nettle has been found in Bronze Age deposits, and it seems likely that this plant was introduced to Britain... More 6 Images 1 Video
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Lamprothamnium papulosum (Foxtail stonewort)
This is a medium-sized alga with simple, equal sized whorls, which are increasingly close together towards to top of the alga... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Leersia oryzoides (Cut-grass)
Cut-grass is a creeping perennial with flat, pale yellowish-green leaves that have rough edges. Its inflorescence is usually... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Lejeunea mandonii (Atlantic lejeunea)
This very small, rare plant is one of the 'leafy' liverworts, which forms thin yellow-green patches on rocks and other bryophytes... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Lemna gibba (Common duckweed)
This duckweed is one of Britain's most common small water plants, which forms familiar green mats covering stagnant water bodies... More 6 Images 0 Videos
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Leptodontium gemmascens (Thatch moss)
Thatch moss, as its name implies, is sometimes found on old thatched roofs. In the semi-natural state, it is found on the decaying... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Limonium spp (Rock sea-lavenders (endemic))
The rock sea-lavenders comprise a group of closely related, beautiful and delicate plants that have cushions of leaves close to the... More 6 Images 1 Video
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Linnaea borealis (Twinflower)
Twinflower is a member of the honeysuckle family and, like some of its relations, it is a creeper. However, twinflower grows much... More 5 Images 0 Videos
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Liparis loeselii (Fen orchid)
This rare orchid appears initially as a green scaly-looking bulb amongst the wet moss of a fen or a dune slack. There are two... More 9 Images 0 Videos
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Lotus corniculatus (Bird’s-foot-trefoil)
The humble and diminutive bird’s-foot-trefoil goes by a plethora of local names; Geoffrey Grigson, in ‘The Englishman’s... More 10 Images 2 Videos
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Luronium natans (Floating water-plantain)
Floating water plantain can be found in two different forms. In shallow water, it develops with floating oval leaves, in deep water... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Lycopodiella inundata (Marsh clubmoss)
Clubmosses are simple plants, related to ferns; their common name is an indication of their resemblance to true mosses, the 'club'... More 5 Images 0 Videos
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