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Bracken are found, and in places wiry rolled-leaved grasses 

 like the Mat -grass (Figs. 235, 236, 255, 3) and Hair-grass 

 (Fig. 255, 4) are abundant, and appear as conspicuous 

 features in the landscape. 



Fig. 254. Moorland Plants. 1, Bilberry ; 2, Cowberry ; 

 3, Cranberry ; a, leafy shoot ; b, winter shoot ; c, flowering shoot ; 

 d, vertical section of flower ; e, leafy shoot of Cowberry ; /, under 

 side of leaf showing pits ; g, section of leaf ; h, section of Cranberry 

 leaf. 



Heather moors. The above form a transition region to the 

 Heather moors (Fig. 251). They stand in strong contrast 

 with the Cotton-grass moors, which are a dull green in early 

 summer, forming, later on, snowy patches when in fruit, and 



