Hi All A quick teaser so to speak I was recently reviewing my old Botany texts in anticipation of the first flowers of spring. A few plants stood out - Cow...
... AIUI, the very large ones are often hybrids. Like this one: http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/P2/P23961.php Note the metre rule for scale. (Identified by...
... From memory: gorse. Many seeds that are not actively discharged are ant dispersed: Viola odorata and hirta (the subgenus with round non-explosive pods) are...
Malcolm Primula seed appear to have elaiosomes see http://www.demonsineden.com/Site/Research_publications_files/Valverde%20&%20Silvertown%201995.pdf Terry...
It can be one pointer if you're trying to single out hybrids in a population, but it's certainly not reliably diagnostic. D. affinis group and D. filix-mas can...
Interesting - is there an easy way to tell a fern hybrid - I guess the spores aren't properly formed? Otherwise intermediate features? I struggle wiwth...
Thanks Malcolm / Terry Very interetsing comments and link . Thanks for the suggestions OL Saxifrage in the spreads by rooting stems, to form extensive mats,...
... It presents its seeds in open umbels just like the flowers, as tho offering them to be taken. I only said "suggesting". Maybe it's simply waiting to be ...
Thanks malcolm :) I am presently suprised by the number of plants coexisting with Ants. I wonder if other than Ants these structures are used or have ...
Colin, I have seen ants carrying 'cup-shaped' seeds of a Veronica, and it seemed that the seeds were specially shaped to make them easily carried. I don't know...
Dear List, http://www.ecoflora.co.uk generates the list below for species dispersed by ants No mention of Chrysosplenium! Interesting the way many genera seems...
... They seem to have a loose structure in the cup which I took to be an elaiosome? http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/P2/P20499.php If you Google for:...
Malcolm / Rodney The thread thickens and becomes more interesting !!! Malcolm thats an excellent list to start with. Rodney - you appear to be the first who...
Just looked in Hymenopterists Handbook (p71-2) "In Britain the greatest seed collector is Tetramorium caespitum. Workers carry individual seeds, especially...
This is a great thread. For the record, I did check my books when this started and, remarkably, could not come up with a decent list of ant dispersed plants...
Ah ha Mike Was hoping you would post on this topic, and abridge the Botany :) with some Ant Knowledge . 1 In terms of LIfe Cycle when would you be most likely...
Malcolm Several years ago, I found a neat pile of about 10 Viola seed on an upstairs window sill about 5 metres above ground level. I saw ants come in through...
Completely off the top of my head, which means it's probably wrong... ... I seem to remember reading that elaiosomes are chewed off, so are probably stored...
Terry This relates to Birdsfoor Violet Extract.. The blooming period is mid- to late spring, and this plant may bloom during the fall. There may be a mild...
With D. x complexa, because of the apogamous nature of the D. affinis parent, you wouldn't expect an _absence_ of good spores; but you would expect an...
There isn't one easy answer, and in some specific cases, there isn't any easy answer! As most hybrids have a proportion of abortive spores I always check this...
... seeds ... very ... I've been wondering about the plants that grow on ant hills of Lasius flavus - in South Wales at least there are several species which...
None of the Veronicas in George's posting are among the ones with cup-shaped seeds - my obs probably related to V hederifolia. Another plant which I think has...
Rodney / George Thank you for these very valuable comments and observations I think one objective way to produce a list is to actually propagete captured seeds...
Consider also the chemical and physical effects of ants. Formicine ants such as L. flavus undoubtedly change the soil chemistry due to formic acid production,...
On chalk and limestone grassland ant-hills, from personal observation: Ranunculus bulbosus Rumex acetosella Viola hirta Cerastium arvense Cerastium fontanum ...
Wow !! Martin An impressive list ! More to Follow on the Ant and Plant Project- very observant you noted these on the ant hills themselves Best wishes Colin D...
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