Congratulations, Clare, on the new edition, which dropped through my letter-box yesterday. An excellent update to the old one. Sorry I can't get to Kew for the...
Hi All As a newcomer to this group I would appreciate an id on this fern growing on a sandstone wall near West Kirby (Cheshire VC 58). The site is close to a...
Hi Harry http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/files/hd/32.JPG Afraid it's just Polypody (Polypodium sp). There's also a Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium...
Agree about Polypody but can't see any Maidenhair Spleenwort - looks more like Wall-Rue to me, as your scientific name suggests. Phil L ... From: "Malcolm...
Hi Harold Your file does not seem to be there! Martin Catt S Devon ... From: "Harold Davies" <wirralbirder@...> To: <UKBotany@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
I have uploaded a picture of Yellow Star of Bethlehem (Gagea lutea) growing wild in North Yorkshire - taken today 17 April by Adrian Smith. It is late, along...
A couple of nearby specimens of what I take to be Scots Pine exhibit a strange 'tufting' caused by gaps in the needles. This effect is present on 2 adjacent...
Hi all, I've seen similar, and I was told that it was caused by the Pine Sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer). I don't know if anyone might have any experience of...
Hello, You can join the group and upload pictures on: http://www.flickr.com/groups/sussexwildlife/ Anybody fancy starting a similar group for their county or...
Just a short note to let you know that the new web-site for rECOrd - the Local Record Cntre for the Cheshire region is now operative (albeit with a need to...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the UKBotany group: What colloquial name do you use in preference for Prunus spinosa ? You have to...
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I've never heard of sloethorn. I'm sure that most people call it blackthorn or sloe ........
At the risk of being a killjoy, I wonder what the point of this poll is? Simon Harrap ... Simon Harrap 1 Norwich Road Edgefield Melton Constable Norfolk NR24...
Hello The way I see it is it's either Blackthorn or Sloe, just as it's either Blackberry or Bramble. Both terms are commonly used and everyone knows what is...
Hello, BLACKTHORN 1. a. A common thorny shrub, bearing white flowers before the leaves and very small dark purple plums; called also the Sloe (Prunus spinosa):...
Sloe! ... From: <UKBotany@yahoogroups.com> To: <UKBotany@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 8:36 AM Subject: [UKBotany] Digest Number 1151 There...
I did a quick vox pop. - of the fourteen people interviewed, seven didn't know what I was talking about or said, 'It's your round.'. The other half said...
I did a quick vox pop. - of the fourteen people interviewed, seven didn't know what I was talking about or said, 'It's your round.'. The other half said...
CPRE would like to know where you find peace and quiet and what such a place looks like and sounds like. Later this year, they are launching a national...
... a place looks like and sounds like. I know of places near me where the only sounds are the buzzing of bees and flies and trickles of running water. If I...
In a message dated 05/05/06 12:00:55 GMT Daylight Time, ... A Good idea Phil, but I would not tell anyone of a tranquill place, in case they turned up. cheers ...
Fair comment! Phil L ... From: <Dukeclnd7@...> To: <UKBotany@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [UKBotany] Tranquility In a...
Hi In a couple of days I'm going to Wey Valley Meadows SSSI to look for Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp incarnata. Does anyone have any tips on how to spot this...
Hi this subspecies is a distinctive pale brick red. clfm20 <carolemortimer@...> wrote: Hi In a couple of days I'm going to Wey Valley Meadows SSSI to...
Carole, In southern England subspecies incarnata is usually a distinctive pale pinkish-white with darker markings enclosed with near-solid dark lines that form...
