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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May 1, 2006 10:18 pm
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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...
Hello, 14 & 21 May 2006 (Sunday Morning) Butterfly Walk on Mill Hill, north of Old Shoreham Meet at the southern car park TQ 212 067 (layby just north of the...
Hello I hope you don't mind me posting this question as I've tried searching the internet to ID a flower I found yesterday while walking in a forest and can't...
The plant you describe could be a Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemroum. However, it is difficult to be certain with out seeing the plant. David glgirvan...
Thank you both very much for your input. I have checked out the yellow pimpernel photo's and these are unfortunately not the same, very similar, but not the...
... petals. ... Thanks Stuart This isn't it either. I am getting really frustrated now. You know, like when you can't think of someones name and it bugs you...
Hi Gail, Might it have been one of the buttercups? Goldilocks is very noticeable at the moment. It often has one or more petals reduced but can have a complete...
Hello, Herb Bennet has gaps. So does Wood Avens :) Just flowering now in Sussex. Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@... Adur Valley (West Sussex VC13) Nature...
Hi Gail try Yellow Pimpernel though this has 5 petals Cheers MR ... From: glgirvan To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 5:58 PM Subject:...
Thanks everyone for your help. I think I have to eat a certain amount of humble pie because I am now fairly sure the flower in question is the yellow...
Hi all, Does anyone have any information to offer on Irish Lady's tresses in the North of Ireland? I do have site names, but no specific places to look, so ...
Sean Cole
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May 13, 2006 11:25 am
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Sounds a bit like tormentil, but not sure if that's flowering yet?? Regards, Martin. Martin Bailey, Ecologist Wildlife & Countryside Services Llanfair...
