Cross Leaved Heath 
Taken at Ben Lawer Reserve on 2nd August 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
  Fact File
Cross Leaved Heath.
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AKA: 		Erica tetralix.
Ericales.
Ericaceae.
Perennial.
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Feature:
 In bogs and damp coniferous woodland.
June - October.
The sticky, adhesive glands on leaves, sepals and other parts of the plant prompted Charles Darwin to suggest that this species might be a protocarnivorous plant, but little, if any, research has been done on this.