Hi all Will be going north this w/e and hope to get to vrackie if time permits; doe anyone have details of where to see Alpine Milk-vetch on this hill? Also...
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glaucus25
Jul 1, 2004 9:53 am
Hello, It could be said that ecological managers, grazers, especially located in faraway places could be holistic. They will rely on the plant IDs and site...
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Simon Harrap
epipogium2003
Jul 1, 2004 10:52 am
Dear All, I think that this debate has thrown up many interesting points, but that in essence the opinions expressed by Carl, if taken on board too widely,...
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Storey, M.W.
bioimages2000
Jul 1, 2004 2:14 pm
... I've met some these touchy-feely holistic types. They're the ones who turn up at fungus forays with a large basket and want to know if everything's edible!...
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glaucus25
Jul 1, 2004 2:23 pm
Correction: English Nature (at least in Sussex) seem to opt out of having anything to do with SSSI sites, should be non-SSSI sites. [Non-text portions of this...
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Michael Lush
stubbornlyin...
Jul 1, 2004 5:33 pm
No need to apologise Simon. I thought this argument was well written and to the point. Though I suspect that at times we are all guilty of some of what you...
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glaucus25
Jul 2, 2004 12:54 pm
Hello, Plants that could possibly thrive (subject to rabbit food) and could prove useful on the railway path to Upper Beeding: Rock Rose (Helianthemum...
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glaucus25
Jul 2, 2004 1:05 pm
Web page (brief only) http://tinyurl.com/2szvx [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Frank Hunt
fah001a
Jul 2, 2004 1:23 pm
I havn't had time to check my records, so this is from memory (after quite a few years). I recall that it is easy to find Alpine Milkvetch (Astragalus alpinus)...
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martin roome
cernua
Jul 2, 2004 4:25 pm
Frank Many thanks for info received ... From: Frank Hunt To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [UKBotany] Re Ben...
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glaucus25
Jul 2, 2004 9:23 pm
Hello, An interesting web page: http://www.webmesh.co.uk/intelslideshow/intel/chickviewer1.htm Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@......
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RUTH DAWES
Dawes.Rosedale@...
Jul 3, 2004 6:49 am
Hi Further to recent discussions about books, keys, etc, I should like to point out that University of Keele (www.keele.ac.uk/courses/cpe) still offers extra...
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Terri
terri.tarpey@...
Jul 3, 2004 4:53 pm
Hi Does anyone know where I can find out about the ecology of Violet Helleborine. Info such as how long it takes to go from seed to flower (if that is known);...
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Kate Hayward
kategordon2003
Jul 3, 2004 6:40 pm
Hello! I have done the Birmingham Uni certificate and it is very good!!! I am continuing to do more FSC courses to cover areas that I didn't manage to do in...
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clarelcoleman
Jul 3, 2004 7:44 pm
We need more teachers for the B'ham certificate which is getting massively over-booked now each year and the whole thing relies on a handful of individuals. If...
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glaucus25
Jul 3, 2004 8:06 pm
Hello, I have never done a Field Studies course, although they would have been useful in the past, even in the present. I asked a long time ago on this forum...
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colinduke2003
Jul 3, 2004 8:58 pm
... missed ... the ... be ... Richard Your help and support has been most inspirational on this and other sites and it is great to share your depth of...
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colinduke2003
Jul 3, 2004 8:58 pm
... missed ... the ... be ... Richard Your help and support has been most inspirational on this and other sites and it is great to share your depth of...
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Rodney Burton
r_m_burton
Jul 3, 2004 9:32 pm
It persists fairly well on roadside banks, grassy field borders, etc. round here on chalky soils. I doubt if rabbits can cope with the rather thick leaves but...
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glaucus25
Jul 4, 2004 11:50 am
Hello Rodney, Where is here? Where are you? I have only found it on grassy field borders where rabbits seem few or absent. Rabbits may reduce some plants by...
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Kate Hayward
kategordon2003
Jul 4, 2004 12:43 pm
Hellooooo! FSC do courses at Juniper Hall field centre at Mickleham, near Dorking Surrey. There is lots of Chalk grassland around there so may be some of the...
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clarelcoleman
Jul 4, 2004 1:19 pm
Andy i have found that Creeping cinqfoil (Potentilla reptans) has been miss-id as Rockrose on 2 chalk grassland Surrey WT reserves by wardens. The problem is...
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glaucus25
Jul 4, 2004 3:46 pm
Hello, I have a little book called Chalkhill Ecology by John Sankey 1966 (Juniper Field Centre, Dorking) and there are other books from the Library. There does...
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David Bevan
conservingbevan
Jul 4, 2004 11:04 pm
Subject: Re: [UKBotany] plant identification Dear Andy the "classic" text on chalk is C J Smith's "Ecology of the English Chalk" published by Academic Press in...
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Richard Collingridge
richard_coll...
Jul 5, 2004 10:41 am
Hi - Rockrose seems to be a bit fussy about where it grows, and I've rarely seen it in the main part of chalk grassland blocks. More commonly it's on the...
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Storey, M.W.
bioimages2000
Jul 5, 2004 1:14 pm
... The one on the roadside near us did, for about ten years - until this year :-( ... Be aware also the plant has chlorophyll-less forms so it's actually (at...
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Martin Sherlock
philophyte
Jul 5, 2004 6:06 pm
... <snip> Not at all. Very different. Cinquefoil has palmate leaves and silverweed has pinnate, very silvery-grey leaves. And anyone who confuses either with...
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glaucus25
Jul 5, 2004 8:39 pm
Hello, Yes, the Rock Rose was located in clay with flints area, perhaps with chalky bits, under a Hawthorn bush by a Stonechats nest. I have not seen it on the...
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Rodney Burton
r_m_burton
Jul 5, 2004 9:51 pm
Sorry - Eynsford, W Kent ... From: glaucus25 [mailto:Glaucus@...] Sent: 04 July 2004 12:50 To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Subject: [UKBotany] Re: Rock...
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glaucus25
Jul 5, 2004 10:43 pm
Hello, Near Shoreham in Kent, a place I have never been to. I think this area is also chalk hill which may also be good for butterflies. Cheers Andy Horton. ...
