Botany in Limerick
Categories: Botany
The Shannon becomes tidal at Limerick, and, widening into a great estuary, enters the Atlantic 60 miles further on, its mouth being 10 miles wide. The upper reaches are river-like and muddy. Here Scirpus triqneter grows in abundance, a very rare plant, un- known elsewhere in Ireland, and in England found only in three southern [...]
The Shannon becomes tidal at Limerick, and, widening into a great estuary, enters the Atlantic 60 miles further on, its mouth being 10 miles wide. The upper reaches are river-like and muddy. Here Scirpus triqneter grows in abundance, a very rare plant, un- known elsewhere in Ireland, and in England found only in three southern estuaries. It is accompanied by Nasiuriium sylvestre, Cochlearia anglica, Typha an- gustifolia (all very local in Ireland), Scirpus Taber- nasmoniani, S. mariiimus and Piragmifes communis. The adjoining ... Read More
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