Last summer we had discussions on the rust on Alder on both UKBotany and Fungi-BritishIsles. Turns out there are two species involved: Melampsoridium betulinum...
Thanks, Malcolm - I will look for this next year (didn't notice any obvious rusts on alders here in Yorks this year). Happy New Year to all. Gill ... ...
Sedges of the British Isles AC Jermy, DA Simpson, MJY Foley and MS Porter The long awaited 3rd edition of The Sedges of the British Isles is now available. The...
A date has been fixed for planting a tree at Ness Gardens in memory of Vera Gordon, long-standing BSBI member and secretary of the Liverpool Botanical Society...
The National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Trust is planning to develop and deliver a series of training events for the biological recording community over the...
I've struggled to find any matches for the plant shown as below, which has been in flower for the past two weeks in a hedgerow at Malshanger Park, west of...
Yes, I'd agree with that - though this plant is a lot bigger and bushier than any I've ever seen in the wild. That and the habitat "in a hedgerow" lead me to...
The hedgerow is along a footpath between two arable fields on an estate with semi-ancient woodland on the edge of the North Wessex Downs and therefore the soil...
Helleborus foetidus (Stinking Hellebore) for sure. I don't think this is a species that's much hybridised. You will find it in Rose. Tony Mundell (the BSBI...
There is a form that has reddish stems to the inflorescence and that is definitely cultivated. Other than that I don't think there's much to go on. I have seen...
Martin Many thanks for your responses, most useful. I'll let Tony Mundell know. Mike ... that is ... to go ... distinguishes ... and ... Like ... and ... ...
I was aksaed a few days ago why plants, notably rhododendrons, droop their leaves in the frost? I didn't know the answer... Is it to reduce transpiration, or...
Has anyone else noticed that this year there seems to be a dearth of (male) hazel catkins? Many bushes have none or only a few developed, including those...
Suspect that its due to a loss of turgor pressure resulting from the contraction of the liquids within the cells. Darrell I was aksaed a few days ago why...
In early Feb, in southwest Hants [SU 127105] I saw a rather odd Gorse growing amongst normal Common Gorse. Flower buds were very pale, flowers themselves...
No dearth of hazel catkins in this part of north Wiltshire. I have even got one shoot on Corylus avellana contorta with proliferating catkins, extra 'shoots'...
Martin Barber
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Feb 24, 2008 10:04 am
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Chris, I don't think you have anything other than Ulex europaeus here. The hairiness of the calyces in bud that give them that pallor, is characteristic; the...
... Martin, Thanks for the information... it's interesting that this plant has all the right characteristics to be Common Gorse, yet managed to look strikingly...
No,not a gall, but a familiar teratism. I have also seen it once on the female flower of hazel, but only in a slide. ... From: PandIEVANS@... To:...
Martin Barber
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Feb 26, 2008 10:58 pm
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Hi this hybrid appears to be very unlikely. See Stace Hybridisation and the British Flora. Note Clive Stace gives benifit of his knowledge of hybrids in the...
... Thanks David... I'll take a closer look at this thing in a couple of weeks, and see also if there's any Western Gorse in the area . regards.. Chris....
Hello, I am going to Italy at the end of May and staying in the Abruzzo / Abruzzi area (somewhere near Terumo I think???) in the hills. Can anyone give me any...
