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saxifrage - use in sentences
Converse of object
- include: Northern species include yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides and hair sedge Carex capillaris, both of which are locally abundant in flushed grasslands at Inchrory.
- droop: These include tufted saxifrage Saxifraga cespitosa, drooping saxifrage S. cernua and Highland saxifrage S. rivularis.
Adjective modifier
- Pyrenean: Flowers could not hide tho and we saw many Black Vanilla Orchids, Alpine Asters and more Pyrenean Saxifrage, which was abundant.
- mossy: The vascular plant component is always poor, but richer communities support opposite-leaved golden saxifrage and mossy saxifrage.
- starry: Among the plants I saw were monkey flowers and starry saxifrage.
- alpine: Rarer arctic-alpines on the site include alpine saw-wort Saussurea alpina, alpine saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis and holly-fern Polystichum lonchitis.
- purple: It may simply be a glimpse of raven or peregrine, feral goat or a glowing mass of purple saxifrage.
- golden: Alder and willow predominate in the wet valley bottom, with a ground flora of golden saxifrage, yellow flag and pendulous sedge.
Noun used with modifier
- marsh: The center of distribution of marsh saxifrage in the UK is the North Pennines in England.
- meadow: Specialities of the reserve: Juniper, meadow saxifrage, wild thyme, pyramidal orchid, round headed rampion, Duke of Burgundy butterfly.
- pepper: Species within the meadows include Yorkshire fog, great burnet, Lady's bedstraw, common knapweed, meadow vetchling and pepper saxifrage.
- burnet: When last surveyed in 1999 cowslips, pepper saxifrage, meadowsweet, common knapweed and greater burnet saxifrage were present.
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