Six rare acquatic plants have been recorded by botanists carrying out research at the Burren.
A project spearheaded by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland located the various species of stonewort at Poulroe in late August.
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Two of plants are extremely rare, namely the Dwarf Stonewort and Lesser Bearded Stonewort with The Burren one of very few locations both plants persist.
Project Manager Gráinne O’Brien says the landscape provides a unique ecology to allow the plants flourish.
