If you are not using Stace's flora, try Peter Sell & Gina Murrell's 1996 'Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 5, Butomaceae - Orchidaceae' (we are still...
Michael Usher
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Jun 1, 2004 7:33 am
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Hello All, My understanding is that recent advances in orchid taxonomy are almost all based on biochemical/genetic analyses. These investigations have been ...
Dera All, Thanks to all for the info on Burnt Orchid. I visited Mount Caburn at Lewes in Sussex on 28/5 and found many hundreds of ustulata in good flower as...
Dear All, Many thanks to all for the information of the Burren. We had a wonderful six days there on 20-25 May and can thoroughly recommend the trip. The...
Hi I could be visiting Dorset soon and would appreciate advice on good botanical sites. I am not looking for rarities, just diversity and open access. I am...
RUTH DAWES
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Jun 2, 2004 7:02 am
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Dear All With all the various discussions regarding grazing, there are two points that are currently exercised my old mind: Firstly, the message from Darryl...
It has been suggested that this changed is due to increased nitrogen and other nutrient levels in rain! If this latter suggestion is true then surely we are...
I'm afraid I can't help with localities in Lancs or Northumberland, but it was in full flower in the Outer Hebrides last week, so not likely to be too early...
Paul Smith
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Jun 4, 2004 8:11 pm
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John, One reason I've come across for decline of Rhinanthus minor is early cutting, including forage harvesting, before it's had time to set and/or shed its...
PS: I will go as far as to suggest that Horseshoe Vetch is actually improved by the prximity of motor traffic on road embankments, at least it is more of a...
... One point worth bearing in mind is that it is perfectly normal for living systems to change. This is the case on whatever scale you care to look. The...
Hi all Simon, many thanks for the eloquent response and references. I am sure you are right in implying that this is likely to be a significant problem on ...
Hi everyone thought I would alert you to the above - available from www.etiis.org only released in last week or so includes near four gigabytes of info ...
Terri
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Jun 5, 2004 5:22 pm
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Hi Please can anyone tell me where you can see this paper by Bateman, Pridgeon and Chase on suggested name changes? Thanks. Ruth [Non-text portions of this...
RUTH DAWES
Dawes.Rosedale@...
Jun 6, 2004 3:32 pm
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John, Actually I wasn't necessarily suggesting that it IS a significant problem at Banstead Downs, as it must be virtually impossible to be sure. Rather that ...
Dear Simon, John (and Andy), Thank you for your help, I didn't have the TRACK reference, so I'm going to have a proper look at that. There is quite a volume of...
Don't often venture towards London, but I'll wager things are slightly different today. "From Farnham ... coach-road, over Bagshot-Heath ... in passing this ...
Ruth, Denbighshire Libraries will get published papers as reprints from the British Library - don't know about Powys. The full reference is Bateman, R.M..,...
Ruth, For chalk downland and sea cliffs I would recommend Lulworth to Durdle Door (SY8279 etc). For heathland try Hartland Moor (SY9685 etc). Frank ... ...
Hello, Are there any observations or evidence of the Sweet Violet being a successful food plant for any butterflies please? Best evidence would be successful...
Just a short second reminder to let people know that there is an online database available for those who undertake or wish to undertake biodiversity surveys...
Hello, On Mill Hill after the conservation contractors have removed the Tor Grass and dug up the Wild Privet a great big patch of earth has been created. This ...
Andy - I am not going to open up your hobby horse subject, honest... Nitrogen. I think what people are referring to are nitrates and nitrites derived from...
Hello Richard, Very succinctly explained. I agree. The problem envisaged from cattle is the introduction of water on parched chalklands. Also the chemical...
Cattle and sheep dung at fairly regular intervals wherever they happen to be, so they only concentrate nutrients in areas where they spend a lot of time...
Just received my copy today. It certainly looks nice though I haven't explored it thoroughly. I picked up two problems: it is slow (on 1.3 ghz + 512meg...
You've got to worry about the provenance of kidney vetch as well if you want it as a small blue butterfly food-plant. Kidney vetch is abundant on our roadside...
Hello, It appears that the Small Blues on Slonk Hill, Shoreham, are using foreign Kidney Vetch. This butterfly is not found where there is lots of local Kidney...
