Hi all - Does anyone know this, found yesterday in Wiltshire? Photo in Photos, Richard C: "Floating plant". It's in a carrier (watermeadow leat) in the valley...
Malcolm - Mimulus was indeed one of my first thoughts... The leaves seem about right for M luteus, but the floating rosette habit was so unlike its summer...
Hi Kate, You could try the cliff top south from the Mullion Cove hotel (you can park there) (grid ref SW 666179). You should be able to find Erica vagans,...
Many thanks Darrel, I sat in the carpark a couple of years ago eating a packed lunch & botanising at the same time. (BSBI meeting 2003) Thanks for details of...
Are there any helpful Scots out there, please? I am doing a final year university project on Marsh Saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus in North East Scotland and have...
Hi there, Does anyone know of any plant other than ragwort which would support some of the invertebrate community that depend on the it? I have helped pull the...
Carole, The best known ragwort specialist insect is the cinnabar moth, which will certainly go for Senecio species other than the common ragwort, such as the...
I'm going to Jersey at Easter. Can anyone advise me of locations for special plants to look out for please? Helen Proctor [Non-text portions of this message...
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Mar 6, 2005 9:59 pm
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... Richard, Wonder if this isn't just a response to raised water levels rather than a winter form? Malcolm...
Why would local conservation groups be pulling such a valuable wildlife plant? 100s of insects depend on this plant, and few of them can utilise alternatives,...
Hi Carole, When you say Ragwort everybody thinks of Cinnabar, cos the caterpillar feeds on it, but Ragwort is far more important as a nectar plant. There is a...
Thanks very much for suggestions. I too am horrified about conservation groups pulling ragwort (since I learnt how important it is). I wanted to do this...
Carole, EN guidelines for ragwort management can be found here http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/ne/news/ragwort/ragwort_en_info_note.pdf Keith...
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Mar 7, 2005 2:58 pm
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Dear Carole, Is this ragwort removal on private land adjacent to horse pasture? Is it a designated nature reserve? Presumably the site is grazed/disturbed? Why...
Generally, I think they are doing it so that they can introduce grazing to try to improve the quality of the chalk grassland which is OK i guess. (This is done...
... The best plants for nectar (at least the ones with most insects) are: Rosaceous trees, composites (inc scabiouses) and umbels. Mints are also good, esp...
Hello, One project could be to record insects and their nectaring plants. Only by writing down the incidences is anything like a true local representation for ...
... But sometimes I think it's done because local landowners want to graze horses and so I want to gather information on the importance of the plant so that I...
Carole - No real need to remove ragwort prior to grazing, whether horses or not. It is poisonous to all stock, but the plant is unpalatable when green and...
Hello Adur We have 1) Traditional improved meadows with a hay crop (lower ground than Mill Hill) 2) Restored meadow land from ploughed land where the Ragwort...
Anyone who has to deal with concerns re. ragwort, read what Richard says - lots of good points - horse owners seem to often overgraze badly, creating the...
... Did this occur since the recent legislation? I warned about this about a year ago. It's a shame if my warnings were correct (though I'll get a sense of 'I...
... I've walked through a field with a horsy person who pulled up all the hawkbit! It was a yellow composite so was obviously ragwort -- they'll be pulling up...
No - 1999 - the Weeds Act already had most land managers focussed on ragwort. The people doing the pulling were well-intentioned. The key problem was none of...
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