bog asphodel

Any of several perennial herbs of the genus Narthecium, native to boggy areas in northern temperate regions and having grasslike leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.

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bog asphodel

(Plants) either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves

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bog′ as′phodel

any grasslike plant of the genus Narthecium, of the lily family, growing in boggy places.

[1880–85]

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bog asphodel - either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions

liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

genus Narthecium, Narthecium - bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

European bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum - of western Europe: Scandinavia to northern Spain and Portugal

American bog asphodel, Narthecium americanum - of the eastern United States: New Jersey to South Carolina

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The location of the fire was also home to dew and a large quantity of bog asphodel, found in damp and boggy areas of heaths and moors.

Three fires in three days at Horsell Common; All the fires took place in a "sensitive area" of the common for wildlife

Josh also had some white beak sedge and bog asphodel, which are rare.

Gruesome plants stalk insect prey

gliding along the Chao Phraya with the bog asphodel.

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Unwaith eto roedd 'na glystyrau ohono'n tyfu ac yn weddol agos ato roedd cwrlid o lafn y bladur (Narthecium ossifragum; Bog asphodel) yn goch ar ol mynd i had.

Trysorau Cors Erddreiniog; BYD NATUR

It contains specialised plants such as bog asphodel, bog bean, cotton grass, ragged robin and marsh thistle and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

North's great outdoors; They say life's a picnic and this summer, hopefully, it will be. In part two of her survey of dining places with a view, JANE HALL picks some of the region's best picnic spots; great pages of food and drink 7

The enigmatic little rare moth called Weaver's Wave can be seen again basking on the quartz-rich rocks, and the starry saxifrage and bog asphodel flower in the mossy runnels.

That's why I am here with my lighter, fighting fire with fire; Arson is a scourge of the upland environment as blazes in the Brecon Beacons showed last month. But sometimes, says John Harold of North Wales Moth Group, you can fight fire with fire...

Once again many of the 12,000 year old Mires' glinting ponds are brimming with dragonflies, while plants such as bog asphodel, sundews and sphagnum moss have been boosted, along with the prospects for wading birds like dunlin and curlew.

Bogs boost

The work will mean a boost for vegetation like bog asphodel.

Bombing halted over bog site; ENVIRONMENT

The 9,416 acres (3,810 hectares) at Warren Grove Gunnery Range make up a broad mosaic of upland and lowland habitats that support a high diversity of plant species, including Knieskern's beaked-rush and the bog asphodel (Narthecium americanum), a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act.

What's the rush at Warren Grove Gunnery Range?

A toxin within the Bog Asphodel plant, which is common in the north but rare elsewhere and now coming into flower, sensitises the skin of the sheep to sunlight.

Scientists have called on North farmers to help them breed sunburn-resistant sheep; Researchers from Scotland's Rural College appealed for North farmers' help to fight the condition caused by eating peat bog flowers

These dams will encourage water retention, enabling plants such as bog asphodel, sundew and sphagnum to re-establish.

Turning back the eco clock; Upland farm drains being in-filled