Hi all, Sorry to take so long to get back to you. A specimen (popped into a flower guide at the time) was looked at by an A1 botanist who confirms V....
Hi all, I've got to agree with Phil, if people do want a book on "botany", Prof. Mabberly's "The Plant-Book - A Portable Dictionary of the Higher Plants" is a...
Can anyone advise about visiting this plant on Craig Breidden? If I am told it is out of bounds, I will respect that. Rodney [Non-text portions of this message...
Forgive me if I am unaware of a new location but I thought Stanner Rocks was the only location. Andrew Ferguson, the Warden there, is happy to show it - in...
Hi all; yes Andy is the contact you need; very helpful and informative; he is also the contact you need to see Perennial Knawel (ssp perennis) at its only...
Search for sedge species starts The sedge was found on the west coast of Scotland The UK public is being called upon to help hunt for a rare grass-like plant. ...
Is it really over already ? Two flowers were still not fully open 7 days ago. But it is unseasonably warm... What I cannot understand about G, bohemica at...
... I should of course also stress the importance of contacting Andrew prior to visiting Stanner to see the gagea, or indeed anything else. Mark...
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Ruth Dawes
Dawes.Rosedale@...
Feb 1, 2007 7:07 pm
Rodney I am not aware of G bohemica at Craig Breidden, which is a working quarry with no access. G. bohemica occurs on NNR in Radnorshire. Warden/manager who...
Hi all Unless someone knows different the only site for Bohemica is Stanner Rocks in Rads; Breidden Quarry is a site for Rock Cinquefoil (P.rupestris). Cheers ...
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Andy Shaw
andrewgordonshaw@...
Feb 2, 2007 11:54 am
Hi Just to add a bit more about Gagea bohemica. The plant is very early this year but it is still in flower and some plants are still just in bud. It is...
Many thanks for the updated info on Gagea bohemica etc. I'm not a botanical twitcher (botcher??) but I had thought that I may be in the area this weekend....
As a follow-up to my December list, I kept a note of all plants in flower in January - with the added twist that Carl Farmer in Scotland was doing the same....
Hi we have a small group that is researching some aspects of the Caricies. My interest is primarily with the Carex flava agg whereas Colin Smith is ...
Hi all, With apologies for this being a little out of geographical range, but we have a female Cycad - Zamia furfuracea, which is about to cone. I'm very keen...
Hello, 12 February 2007 7:30 pm Natural History of Mill Hill, north of Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex Slide Show and Talk by Andy Horton Subjects: geology and...
Hello, I have not looked for flowers and I forgot to check out the Tamarisk (naturalised) but I did have Ivy-leaved Toadflax, and Sweet Violet and Ox-eyed...
Dear All, rECOrd now has its 'new' online data input system running on the website (http://www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk) - merely bring the site up and click on the...
Hello, Is anybody informed (more than the popular books) on Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)? Thinking of ground disturbance possibly affecting distribution...
Hi Andy, Harebell is primarily a plant of acid soils, so on the downs it'll mainly be on tertiary deposits (clay with flints) near the top and where it's...
Given the abundance of acid soil, it is odd that it is so rare up here - very few sites on Skye and not seen on Raasay for over 35 years...... Stephen ... ...
Hello Malcolm, Thanks Malcolm. That has explained it. One odd incidence on chalk soil stood out. It was a location near the allotments, and people dumping...
Interesting. I thought it was a plant of base rich nutrient poor soils. In Cornwall I have only seen it at Kynance Cove on Serpentine. And the only other...
Hello, The Sussex Plant Atlas gives the Harebell as found in "dry grassland and heathy* places, common on the chalk, occasional elsewhere but almost absent ...
