Abstract
Summary The Flannan Isles provide an example of a remote flora growing under extreme conditions of salt spray and exposure. Their plant communities are described and related to physical, biotic and historical factors. Of the 32 higher plants, 1 fern, 14 bryophytes, 63 lichens and 27 species of marine algae encountered, few were rare though a lichen community discovered on the bird cliffs contained the arctic- maritime lichen Lecanora straminea. Vegetation maps of Eilean Mor and Eilean Tighe are presented and a comparison made with other remote Scottish Islands. Records of six arthropods are included.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
The Flannan Isles flora included 32 higher plant species.
- Taxon
- higher plantsEmbryophytae0
- Outcome
- higher plantse0
- Value
- 32 higher plantse0
Verbatim
e0“Of the 32 higher plants, 1 fern, 14 bryophytes, 63 lichens and 27 species of marine algae encountered, few were rare”
t0“The flora of the Flannan Isles”
Claim · model-written summary
One fern was encountered on the Flannan Isles.
Verbatim
e0“Of the 32 higher plants, 1 fern, 14 bryophytes, 63 lichens and 27 species of marine algae encountered, few were rare”
t0“The flora of the Flannan Isles”
Claim · model-written summary
Fourteen bryophytes were encountered on the Flannan Isles.
Verbatim
e0“Of the 32 higher plants, 1 fern, 14 bryophytes, 63 lichens and 27 species of marine algae encountered, few were rare”
t0“The flora of the Flannan Isles”
Claim · model-written summary
Few of the species encountered on the Flannan Isles were rare.
- Taxon
- higher plantsEmbryophytae0
- Outcome
- few were raree0
Verbatim
e0“Of the 32 higher plants, 1 fern, 14 bryophytes, 63 lichens and 27 species of marine algae encountered, few were rare”
t0“The flora of the Flannan Isles”
Claim · model-written summary
A bird-cliff lichen community contained Lecanora straminea.
- Taxon
- Lecanora straminea
Lecanora stramineae0 - Outcome
- a lichen community discovered on the bird cliffs contained the arctic- maritime lichen Lecanora stramineae0
- Setting
- bird cliffse0
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Verbatim
e0“a lichen community discovered on the bird cliffs contained the arctic- maritime lichen Lecanora straminea.”
t0“The flora of the Flannan Isles”