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...
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...
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,...
... 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!...
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...
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...
Hello, Plants that could possibly thrive (subject to rabbit food) and could prove useful on the railway path to Upper Beeding: Rock Rose (Helianthemum...
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)...
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...
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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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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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...
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...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
... <snip> Not at all. Very different. Cinquefoil has palmate leaves and silverweed has pinnate, very silvery-grey leaves. And anyone who confuses either with...
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...
Sorry - Eynsford, W Kent ... From: glaucus25 [mailto:Glaucus@...] Sent: 04 July 2004 12:50 To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Subject: [UKBotany] Re: Rock...
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. ...
