Does anyone know the definitions of the following two terms? Cophyte Cuprophyte (easy to guess this one of course, but it would be good if someone in the know...
Clare, Thank you for your detailed reply. One thing I would be interested to know is whether you plan to give a fuller treatment to the grasses, sedges etc....
Steve - I'm confident that cuprophyte could only mean the obvious -- a plant "loving" high copper levels, or at any rate tolerant of them -- for example...
... If you want a book which is like Rose, but has all groups of vascular plants, then surely the one to go for is Fitter, Fitter and Blamey? It's what I carry...
I have to say in response to Martin that Rose is not comparable to the new Fitter Fitter & Blamey - Rose has keys! One option is to carry Baby Stace and FFB -...
I actually don't have any of the Fitters' and/or Blamey's books, and don't particularly intend to buy any except perhaps the grasses one, which has the...
Further to the Blue Sow Thistle http://www.judywoods.dial.pipex.com/plants/spp22.html I updated the following Yellow Sows and wondered if any one could confirm...
... Colin, Sonchus arvensis is a much larger/robust beast then Smooth or Prickly, and usually with yellow glandular hairs. See my pic from yesterday: ...
Hi Stuart It does look like Smooth Sow Thistle Your shot of perrenial is quite distinct as you say for the featuress Not sure about the Sow Soil preferences....
Hello, From personal experience, what soil/rock types and habitat do you find Common Rock Rose) on? Around Shoreham (Sussex) and the downs it is rare or...
Hello Hoverflies are crowding onto the flowers of Fennel and also Euonymus spp. Are these plants plants producing a lot of nectar or is it the pollen? Ray...
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Hi Andy From personal experience I see it a lot in the Yorkshire Dales basically in situations as described below. It should in theory be more abundant in...
Hi there, I'm sure you'll find it in Castle Hill NNR, which is grazed by both sheep and rabbits, it was there last year. Its also on the chalk at Black cap run...
Hi Folks Wonder if anyone could help on ID Confimation. Habitat in Hedge grow next to resevoir sunny aspect. yesterday.Flowers on stalks above main leaves ....
Almost certainly Geranium x oxonianum, Druce's Cranesbill. Sometimes difficult to tell from one of its parents, G. endressii, but if there are no glandular...
Hello, Brachypodium pinnatum (Tor Grass) Does anybody work eradiating this food plant of the Wall Brown Butterfly? On Mill Hill, it appears that the herbicide...
Thanks very Much Martin A very exacting description indeed and was found very much in a planted "garden" situation. I have to admit being foxed on this one All...
Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica). Can be either a native (damp, acid to neutral or even somewhat basic pastures and other grassland), or occasionally a garden...
Andy, Horseshoe vetch (HSV) is VERY unlikely to outcompete B pinnatum. HSV is much more likely to decline to the point of elimination in the long run if the...
Hello, Observation and photographs indicate the herbicide treatment has plenty well wiped out all the other vegetation in the vicinity of the Tor Grass. I do ...
Hello, This looks like a Lavender: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Limonium-binervosum016.jpg I have got a little bit of an excuse for the relatively poor image as I...
