Memory and intelligence in plants:- http://www.newscientist.com/backpage.ns?id=mg18625063.100 Phil L [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Felling plan to save native trees England's ancient woodlands have been threatened by foreign species Millions of conifers and other non-native trees are to be...
Stuart, Thank you for your comments. There was definitely D. maculata about, so hybrids are definitely a possibility. From what I can gather Orchid taxonomy...
I recently came across an unusual specimen of Chaerophyllum temulentum. It was nicely in flower but so extremely delicate I mistook it for a Galium. The plant...
Richard. No, unfortunately I do not have any pictures. I have a very small specimen of the plant with purple spotted stem and the fruit. I intend to take it...
Please can anyone help me with a definition. There are no glossaries in Rodwell's volumes on British Plant Communities and this word does not appear in my...
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Hi a quick check with RBG Kew brought the following ... Hope that helps Colin P Duke [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dear all, Just a quick plea for assistance with the forthcoming `Vegetative Key to the British Flora' which I am writing with Eric Clement, Debbie Allan and...
Colin, Many thanks for helping me out with the information. Helen Proctor ... From: <Dukeclnd7@...> To: <UKBotany@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09,...
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RICHARD Yes, I have had the Rough Chervil confirmed by Liverpool Museum. Now it is back to my original question. The stem was less than 2mm thick. Is this so...
Hello, What Does a Tree Warden Do? http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/tws/what.htm Gathering Information If Tree Wardens or Local Authorities are to conserve and...
Hello all. Can anybody suggest how I might discover the number of people contributing records to various national plant recording schemes. (I'm trying to...
Hi, Try Plantlife, lots of people are carrying out common species surveys then you could compare to the number of people doing other volunteer rather than paid...
Hi there, I can supply you with information about Plantlife's surveys. I organise: The Common Plants Survey (an annual survey set up in 2000 to monitor a set...
Hi all, I had heard rumours that there was an updated version of Francis Rose's excellent book coming out. Having just spotted this on Amazon, I was wondering...
Thanks Katherine and others for your suggestions - I should uncover some figures. I'll let you know what I find later in the year. Although I suspect that...
Hello Paul, Can you provide more information about the Recording Schemes please? Either in a message or by providing a link. I have lots of records of critters...
Paul, I suspect that you will find that proportions of amateurs are fairly uniform across the country. In the London Natural History Society, we have two or...
Yes, Rodney, they do need to be considered, of course. Indeed that is one of the fascinating points that I've noticed. Craig Macadam records Mayflies and...
Hello, I've just had another thought, why not contact the Biodiversity Record Centres around the country. I volunteer in Sussex and I think they can pull out...
I have been told there is definitely an updated version of the book in preparation, but that its projected issue date keeps getting put back and has now...
Apologies, should have checked first! I see now from Amazon what you are referring to as the pop-up edition. I too would like to know what this actually is? ...
What do you make of this: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/article300837.ece It seems a little harsh on botanists... But is there an element of ...
Oh lor! This debate has come up recently, yet again, on the ukmoths group, scientific versus vernacular names for the lepidoptera, sorry, moths and butterflies...
In a message dated 25/07/05 22:31:18 GMT Daylight Time, ... Hi Tim I think there is more than a bit of truth in the article. I have lead walks for beginers and...
In addition to Latin being an international way of communicating the identity of a species, it is also very useful, along with the Greek family names, for...
