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Tackling rhododendron together
In our latest blog we explore how lessons learned from Scotland’s rainforest helped to avert a serious threat from invasive rhododendron in Norway. Scotland’s west coast is home to temperate rainforest habitat, which is scarcer than tropical rainforest and hosts … Continue reading
Beautiful but deadly – the plant with a dark side
Rhododendron may appear beautiful – but one type of this impressive looking plant is posing a deadly threat to Scotland’s rainforest plants and lichens. Rhododendron ponticum, a majestic shrub with its early summer explosions of bright pink blooms, is a … Continue reading
Beinn Eighe
Douglas Gibson works at our Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve. Sometimes people stop him and ask “What do you actually DO on that reserve? Wonder no more, here Douglas lifts the lid on some fairly typical activities. A visitor quite … Continue reading
Conservationists fight Aliens
Invasive Species Week starts today, as Iain Macdonald an SNH Biodiversity Adviser reveals, and sees a week of events across the UK to raise awareness about the problems caused by invasive animal and plant species. The idea of the week is … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese knotweed, New Zealand Flatworm, Non-native species, rhododendron
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