On the other hand, general prescriptions do allow pretty good management to be carried out over large sweeps of land without the time and cost of tailoring it...
Hello, My colleagues and I were working in South Devon earlier this week, where we stumbled across a large population of double-flowered Cardamine pratensis. I...
Subject: [UKBotany] Double Cardamine pratensis I have only once seen this in the wild - near Longford in Middlesex, in a damp meadow just to the west of...
I have only once seen this in the wild - near Longford in Middlesex, in a damp meadow just to the west of Heathrow Airport (which, incidentally, also supports...
Hello All, Grazing on Mill Hill, Lancing Ring, West Sussex Adur Community Services Committee Meeting 4 May 2004 The plan of South Downs Conservation Board to...
Andy I went to Castle Hill NNR, near Woodingdean at the weekend, seems to share some physical aspects with Mill Hill. It is the first time I have been there...
Hello John, I have not been to Castle Hill. It seems like a very good area for botanists. Colin Pratt's CD-ROM has Castle Hill having a smallish patch of...
Andy - Definition of chalk grassland -- see previous response on NVC vegetation types. Descriptions and keys are in: UK Nature Conservation no. 14: Summary ...
Hello, I could do quadrants stuff if I wanted to do it. This is is done in my specialist seashore studies. Countuing limpets and things and then there is a...
PS: Some habitat pictures to ID individual plants (best pictures rather than typical, representative of only of about 10% of the herb rich sheltered bits.) ...
This is a re-post. My previous one seemed to go missing. I've found a Water Crowfoot - it can be seen on http://homepage.eircom.net/~hedgerow2/apr29.htm On...
The Batrachian Ranunculus shown is R. hederaceus. One of the best field features is the dark lines on the leaves, I have rarely, if ever, seen this on R....
Richard Lansdown
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May 8, 2004 7:57 am
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I think you were right first time round and that the plant is indeed Ranunculus hederaceus. The leaf shape is typical hederaceus, not at all the same as...
... Richard, Thanks very much for your helpful and informative reply. This was the first Crowfoot I'd seen, and was quite confused by the conflicting...
Hi Andy I sent a reply yesterday but it hasn't shown up yet, so I am repeating it below In answer to your questions: 1) is a Phase I (per JNCC Phase I...
Terri
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May 8, 2004 11:54 am
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I've found a Crowfoot of some description, and am having difficulty homing in on a firm identification. At first I though R. hederaceous, but examination of...
Does anyone have information about how to identify willow hybrids? I have goat, grey, eared and osier on my patch (probably others, too), but also some...
Andy, is this in fact one of the two Lysichiton Skunk-cabbage species occuring in the UK, as aliens, and described in Stace? Cheers, Ian ... From: "British...
It's in Stace's New Flora both editions. With any luck, when the book of the illustrations of alien plants in the UK comes out, it will appear in there. Ian...
... and, as far as I can see, these are nearly always Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). This implies that some fair amount of force is being exerted and...
Hi Andy In answer to your questions: 1) is a Phase I (per JNCC Phase I Handbook) 2) is a Phase II (no specific general handbook but NCC produced one for ...
Terri
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May 8, 2004 11:55 am
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The BSBI does a Willows & Poplars handbook which covers many hybrids. See also Stace's Flora. Ian ... From: "Robert" <cipeen@...> To:...
Hi there have been several references to lost emails - It occurred with a reply of mine on terminilogy that I sent at the end of April and repeated a day...
Terri
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May 8, 2004 1:15 pm
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Terri, I believe my delays were caused because I changed my id to try & sort out Yahoo problems I had, so went back into 'new user moderated posts status'. Ian...
Hi Ian thanks for the reply but since I didn't have any problems (at least none that I know of) mine obviously just sat in the ether for a while. At least it...
Terri
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May 8, 2004 3:22 pm
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Some willow hybrids are relatively common, but this does not always mean that they have occurred naturally, as many hybrids especially in the Salix alba /...
Hi I know that many of you are highly computer literate so I am hopeful that you have the answer to a problem. My Hewlett Packard printer is refusing to print...