Certain plants are used as indicators of the history of woodland cover on a site. When out in the Caledonian Pinewoods at this time of year it is worth keeping a look out on the forest floor for a few of these pinewood indicator plants.
The lime green hummocks of Ostrich-plume feather moss (
Ptilium crista-castrensis) stand out in the low light conditions of the wood. This moss gets is name from its resemblance to an ostrich feather.
Peaking through the heather below, are the white flowering spires of creeping lady's-tresses (
Goodyera repens) which as the name suggests spreads through creeping runners ending in rosettes of oval evergreen leaves. This species can also be found in Scots pine plantation in the North East.
Certain plants are used as indicators of the history of woodland cover on a site. When out in the Caledonian Pinewoods at this time of year it is worth keeping a look out on the forest floor for a few of these pinewood indicator plants.
The lime green hummocks of Ostrich-plume feather moss (Ptilium crista-castrensis) stand out in the low light conditions of the wood. This moss gets is name from its resemblance to an ostrich feather.
Peaking through the heather below, are the white flowering spires of creeping lady's-tresses (Goodyera repens) which as the name suggests spreads through creeping runners ending in rosettes of oval evergreen leaves. This species can also be found in Scots pine plantation in the North East.
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