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Purple Moor-grass - Molinia caerulea

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Purple Moor-grass Purple Moor-grass - Molinia caerulea dylan Gordano Valley National Nature Reserve 4 Aug 2025, 6:43 p.m. 2 Aug 2025, 2:06 p.m.

Species Description

Common and widespread throughout the UK but becoming scarcer and more localised in lowland England; often dominating the uplands. Habitat includes: moors, fen meadows, mountains etc.

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Naturespot

Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

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