Hello all, A quick update for anyone thinking of going for the above at the excellent Lough Beg site. The DOE for Northern Ireland have done their annual...
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A hiking friend of mine sent me a picture of what appears to be a Common Nettle, but with reddish swollen stems. I've uploaded it to the Photos section here: ...
I was pleased to find a field at SX814400, near Start Point which was carpeted with Corn Spurrey at the weekend (4 Aug). It was (presumably!) setaside, and the...
Dear Rob. It looks rather like the nettle has been infected by the rust - Puccinia urticata The swellings havent split to expose the yellow spore masses yet. ...
Hi Rob, Most likely culprit is the rust, Puccinia urticata, (part of Puccinia caricina, as was) which commonly galls nettles, especially in the vicinity of one...
It certainly isn't common round here (NE Yorks), though there is one field near Castle Howard that has had a dozen or so plants in it (in one corner, that is)...
Thanks to Dick and Malcolm for the i/d. I'll let Trevor and Sue know. I must confess to a certain schadenfreude at the thought of nettles taking some...
I was surprised to find that Corn Spurrey is now in the British Rare list and regarded as vulnerable. I see it pretty frequently here on the Isle of Wight and...
Hi Folks It was a pleasant suprise to stumble upon a vetch yesterday 08/08/2007 that was not so difficuly to ID, Found alongside a disused railway track also...
Serious weed up here. We are trying to get it removed from the threatened list, at least for Scotland. Regards, Stephen ... From: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com...
Thanks Rodney Hope you are having a good plant season . Best to accept that its there and make the best of it especially if you are a Clouded Yellow !!!!!! RE...
Hi Folks I have placed the Botany on these links they are 3 " Mystery " plants for feed back . The first is an unidentified what I believe Orchid Query ???????...
Hu Colin, Always like a mystery (or two)... ... Don't think it's a Helleborine. I'd go for Fragrant (long spur on dad flowers, narrow unspotted leaves). ... ...
Hi Colin - first of all lucky you to have been visiting such a good site :-) It's a long time since I've been to Arnside but I do remember the limestone...
... it is damper, or in woodland, where I think you sometimes get a layer of organic material thick enough to insulate the roots from the lime - leaf litter...
Grime, Hodgson & Hunt in fact give 2 peaks of percent occurrence vs. pH for Wood Sage, one between 4.0 and 5.0 and the second at >7, which they say is "... a...
... Agrimonia procera has been recorded in Trowbarrow Quarry woods and one or two other places in the Lancaster area. Martin Sherlock, our plant recorder, may...
... one or two ... detail. ... Hello, here I am. There is clump of Agrimonia procera in the position you describe. Annoyingly but typically, the useful id...
Hi Phil / John Well Read Phil . I guess that nails it !!!! It seems a lot trouble though to justify an observation ;) LOL Best Wishes Colin D Many ... vs. pH...
Hi John Thanks for that. I have a strong suspician that it is procera. What a wonderful spot keep up the good work in this area as it is a most outstanding...
Hi Gill Hope you are well . A long overdue break but what a beautiful spot Thanks to both Malcolm and yourself on picking up the Scent on the Fragrant Orchid....
Greetings Martin Thank you for the info I uploaded 3 more images to the agrimony Pictures reflecting Hairs on the Lower Leave and Pits on the Upper blades ....
Hi Folks Further to the plants posted and comments about soils overlying limestone etc I found this one in the light humus accumulating in the clints and...
Hello, Wild Flora on Chalk & Limestone http://www.flickr.com/groups/chalky/pool/ I have been ill, and even worse my computer died (new one not yet fully...
Yes, I'm fine thank you. <<Wild Thyme I am not sure about this one having come accross the rather nice fragrance of the Agrimony earlier this littel plant did ...
"... a reflection of the known existence of edaphic ecotypes" er, what does that mean in plain English? That there are effectively two subspp. of wood sage? ...
<<there was not much in fruit bar one stem which I have uploaded a shot of.>> It's enough to id it though - fragrant it is. I see someone said the two spp...
