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    The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes...
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    the American War of Independence meant the loss of their American estates and they returned to Scotland, where she died in 1790. Flora MacDonald was born...
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    Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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    Climate of Scotland Flora of Scotland Geography of Scotland Geology of Scotland Nature of the Outer Hebrides List of British amphibians List of British...
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    Natural history of Scotland concerns the flora, fauna and mycota of Scotland. The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including...
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    Meikleour Beech Hedges (category Flora of Scotland)
    Perth and Kinross, Scotland, was planted in the autumn of 1745 by Jean Mercer and her husband, Robert Murray Nairne on the Marquess of Lansdowne's Meikleour...
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    Cytisus scoparius (category Flora of Scotland)
    1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge Press. ISBN 0-521-04656-4 Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University...
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  • Society of Scotland (BSS) is the national learned society for botanists of Scotland. The Society's aims are to advance knowledge and appreciation of flowering...
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  • image of Walter Scott on the obverse and Flora Murray on the reverse. Paper currency was introduced in Scotland immediately following the foundation of the...
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    The flora and fauna of the Outer Hebrides in northwest Scotland comprises a unique and diverse ecosystem. A long archipelago, set on the eastern shores...
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    Saxifraga granulata (category Flora of Scotland)
    Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved June 24, 2022. Webb DA (1993) Saxifragaceae. In: Tutin TG, et al. (eds.). Flora Europaea...
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    School of Art Scottish islands portal Fauna of Scotland Flora of Scotland Geology of Scotland Hutton's Unconformity List of islands of Scotland Clan Douglas...
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    Andreaea frigida (category Flora of Scotland)
    global warming. Endemic Scottish moss species: Bryoerythrophyllum caledonicum Bryum dixonii Pohlia scotica Flora of Scotland Schnyder, N. (2019). "Andreaea...
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    Banknotes of Scotland are the banknotes of the pound sterling that are issued by three Scottish retail banks and in circulation in Scotland. The Bank of Scotland...
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    This is a list of domestic animal breeds originating in Scotland. To be considered domesticated, a population of animals must have their behaviour, life...
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    Ginkgo gardneri (category Flora of Scotland)
    ginkgo species in the family Ginkgoaceae from the Paleocene of Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, Scotland, described in 1936 by Rudolf Florin. This species is very...
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    Flora Sandes (Serbian Cyrillic: Флора Сендс, 22 January 1876 – 24 November 1956) was a British woman who served as a member of the Royal Serbian Army in...
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    fertility goddess of flowers and springtime in Ancient Rome. Feminine variants include Florrie or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent Flòraidh. Flora was also used...
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    (Scotland) Act 1997 of being known (but not re-designated) as a "comhairle" when opting for a Gaelic name; only Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Council of the...
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  • Flora Macdonald Reid or Flora M. Reid (1860 – 1938) was a British, Scottish painter and the sister of the artists John Robertson Reid and Elizabeth Reid...
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  • Arran whitebeams (category Endemic flora of Scotland)
    whitebeams are species of whitebeam endemic to the island of Arran, Ayrshire, Scotland. These trees, sometimes called the Scottish or Arran whitebeam (Sorbus...
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    Artemisia norvegica (category Flora of Scotland)
    spruce wormwood. It is found in cold locations in Eurasia (Scotland, Scandinavia, Ural Mountains of Russia) and high altitudes and high latitudes in North...
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    The Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca na h-Alba) is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is part of the Lloyds...
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    Dame Flora McKenzie Robson DBE (28 March 1902 – 7 July 1984) was an English actress and star of the theatrical stage and cinema, particularly renowned...
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  • of mosses and liverworts, which rise up the trunks of the trees onto the horizontal branches and up into the canopy. Environment of Scotland Flora of...
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    Primula scotica, commonly known as Scottish primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family, Primulaceae, the primroses and their relatives. It...
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    The Scottish crossbill (Loxia scotica) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is endemic to the Caledonian Forests of Scotland, and...
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    coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales. With an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the...
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    ISBN 9781845337315. Roberts, R. H.; Synnott, D. M. (1972). "Polypodium australe Fee in Scotland and North East Ireland" (PDF). Watsonia. 9: 39–41. "Polypodium cambricum...
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  • Taraxacum pankhurstianum (category Endemic flora of Scotland)
    years previously on the island of Hirta, the largest island in the St Kilda archipelago, on the western edge of Scotland. The species was named for Richard...
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