Botany in Derry
Categories: Botany
Benevenagh and Magilligan. The northern elements in the Ulster flora attains specially well-marked development on the magnificent basaltic precipices of Bene- venagh, an isolated hill in Co. Derry (Bed and Breakfasts, Derry, Ireland) lying near the north-western extremity of the basaltic area. The cliff flora there includes :
Draba incana Hieracia (many species)
Silene acaulis Salix [...]
Benevenagh and Magilligan. The northern elements in the Ulster flora attains specially well-marked development on the magnificent basaltic precipices of Bene- venagh, an isolated hill in Co. Derry (Bed and Breakfasts, Derry, Ireland) lying near the north-western extremity of the basaltic area. The cliff flora there includes : Draba incana Hieracia (many species) Silene acaulis Salix herbacea Dryas octopetala Juniperus nana. Saxifraga oppositifolia Spreading out below the Benevenagh cliffs is the wide sand-flat of Magilligan, which is also excellent ground for the botanist. Draba incana descends ... Read More
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