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Raheens hosts a large number of ferns, mosses and lichens
Unfurling fern 'fiddle-heads'
Many mosses and ferns are epiphytes (living on trees, but not as parasites)
Tamarisk moss forms a thick cushion on this old tree-stump
Lichens such as this Usnea species are extrememly plentiful in Raheens
Ivy and bramble
Polypody ferns
Hart's-tongue Fern
Bilberry forms large patches of ground-cover in Raheens (another name for nearby Islandeady Lough is 'Lough Bilberry'!)
An old oak-stump now supports Dryopteris ferns, as well as a young holly tree
Greater Woodrush makes a lush carpet in much of the woodland
Woodbine, or honeysuckle, is an epiphyte, climbing to the tops of many trees
'Oak-lung' or 'Lungwort' is a lichen associated with wet Atlantic woods
Raheens Demesne