Hello, I discovered a yellow flower on a lightly trampled verge of the Waterworks Road which I did not recognise immediately. I went back for another look and ...
It's a Mullein (Verbascum). Impossible to do a reliable det. from the photos, but, of the two common ones you are likely to have in your area, it's definitely...
... Peter, I think it is either a synonym of C. scabiosa, or a related species from central europe. I also think that the genus Centaurea has recently been...
Looks a bit like a mullein, but then I'm not a botanist!! Martin Bailey, Ecologist Wildlife & Countryside Services Llanfair Talhaiarn, Abergele, LL22 8TG ...
Hello! I think there was some discussion a while ago on UK botany regarding GPSs I am using MapMaker for GIS mapping of Reserves in Essex and we want to add on...
Hello, The sun was out today but it was chilly to begin with in the fresh air. I don't the time straight away to look up anything I cannot identify which is ...
Peter, it is in Flora Europa, vol. 4, p. 263. Endemic, mountain woods, south-central Italy. However if you look at the International Plant Name Index it has ...
The proposal I read about (by Greuter, in Willdenowia vol.33 pages 49-61, 2003) is to split Centaurea into four genera. Rhaponticoides includes what was C....
I don't think there is such a species; this after consulting IPNI just now! Gordon Hanson. ... From: peter horn To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
The problem is, photos often don't show all the salient features - partly because you may not know in advance what the salient features are going to be. The...
Take the book to the plant, not the plant to the book!! Martin Bailey, Ecologist Wildlife & Countryside Services Llanfair Talhaiarn, Abergele, LL22 8TG ...
Take the book to the plant, not the plant to the book!! Hello, I decided to have a look in my only book handy and small enough to fit in my pocket, i.e. "The...
We have had this debate at length before - or was it in the UKWildlife forum??? Phil ... From: Wildlife & Countryside Services To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com ...
dunno, i wasn't there then!! Martin. ... From: Phil Luke To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [UKBotany] A common...
Come on, we're talking about a common plant here, and there's a limit to what you can do standing over the plant. ... From: Wildlife & Countryside Services...
Andy You seem very keen to learn about wild flower identification - have you thought about taking a copy of a New Key to Wild Flowers by John Hayward to the...
Hello, The problem is the lack of time. Rose was a good book, but I had to return it to the Library. At this moment I find that Collin's Guide by Fitter,...
Kate I have a considerable interest in GPS as I believe that it will become indispensable for ecological mapping, so I thought that I should respond to your...
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Andy the books you refer to do not have proper botanical keys. The 'keys' in the new Fitter/Blamey are not keys at all. The exception is Rose. It's a bit out...
Hello Clare, I expect that I can identify most of the plants on the local chalkhill when they are in flower. It is the strange vagrants that cause the problem,...
... But ungrazed chalk downs turn into rank grassland (Brachypodium, Arrhenatherum) before scrubbing over and turning secondary woodland. Which is why so much...
Hello, I know the theory of chalkhill ecological succession, but if you live near chalkhill, you can see that it does not always like that in practice. Or at...
It's important not to confuse accuracy with precision (I think Terry and Kate are using accuracy correctly though). Precision is the detail to which a figure...
