Yes, lying prone is probably the trickiest part of photographing the low lying stuff to get right in the "leave the site as you found it" stakes. But I don't...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Aug 1, 2009 9:46 am
... In the past a lot of conservation effort was dictated by dogma, narrow-mindedness (ie conserving one organism or group at the expense of everything else)...
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Sean Cole
air1_man
Aug 1, 2009 4:43 pm
For the record, and back to the direct debate on the helleborines themselves, I believe the plants wer indeed vandalised for the following reasons: 1. As has...
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Mark Lynes
maslyni
Aug 1, 2009 4:55 pm
All 3 species occur at Waitby Greenriggs reserve in Cumbria, with the warden (who is an orchidophile) stating that " The only problem in sniff testing them is...
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colinduke2003
Aug 1, 2009 9:47 pm
Hello Everyone Thank you for all your ideas and responses - ( Gill Rob Darrel Rosney Colin and All ) this turned into a very interesting thread on the humble...
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colinduke2003
Aug 1, 2009 9:53 pm
Hi John Having just read your post and looked at your Picture of Wild Parsnip I would say you could well be right !!! I would love to have resources to be able...
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ryenats
Aug 1, 2009 10:17 pm
Hi all - I have posted three shots of an equisetum and one of a fern in my ryenats folder (sorry for the bad quality - it was dark and raining!) I think the...
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ryenats
Aug 1, 2009 10:23 pm
For the record I looked at my (one) local plant today and it does not seem to be developing the dark central florets, although one of its umbels had a pale...
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colinduke2003
Aug 1, 2009 10:34 pm
Gill I had a quick look but would need to ponder longer and fumble through my fern literature - shots not too bad - given weather ;) I found this in passing ...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Aug 1, 2009 10:52 pm
Not sure if anybody mentioned it, but bees can't see red... UV photos of flowers here, but not including Daucus. ...
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colinduke2003
Aug 1, 2009 11:12 pm
Hi Malcolm Good to hear from you, useful link also. Many thanks for that Perhaps the theory is to attract the insect accross the flower head as a whole making...
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Phil Luke
boxlodge
Aug 2, 2009 2:26 pm
Interesting to follow the carrot conundrum thread, suspect it still has some running left in it! However, a friend has sent me some pictures of a plant he saw...
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Anne & Simon Harrap
epipogium2003
Aug 2, 2009 3:12 pm
Hi Gill, Dryopteris carthusiana is found in fens/mires and wet woodland, so is perfectly plausible, but the plant in the photograph does not 'feel' right to...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
Aug 2, 2009 5:37 pm
Gill, the horsetail looks very much like hyemale to me, and I have actually seen it near Goathland about 50 years ago, I think on the way down to Malyan Spout....
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Aug 2, 2009 8:09 pm
... Blimey! He compressed those a bit didn't he! Doesn't make it easy... It's an insect gall on a speedwell, probably Veronica chamaedrys and the gall is...
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ryenats
Aug 2, 2009 8:56 pm
<<Not sure if anybody mentioned it, but bees can't see red...>> Ah! What about other insects? Wonder any other umbels have a single sterile flower in the...
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ryenats
Aug 2, 2009 8:59 pm
Thanks Malcolm - Yes, I agree - and I'm sure it's on chamaedrys - there's a lot of it about his year with all the rain! I have never actually seen this type of...
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ryenats
Aug 2, 2009 9:01 pm
Thanks Simon - that was rather what I thought, but as I'm not familiar with carthusiana I thought I'd check with the experts here :-) Gill...
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ryenats
Aug 2, 2009 9:06 pm
Thank you Rodney. Yes, this was indeed down behind the Mallyan Spout hotel, so it's probably the same colony. Interesting that it's so persistent. It was an...
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Colin Jacobs
benacre2001
Aug 2, 2009 9:20 pm
Alps = arvense long Palustre short also arvense has a pith Palustre does not. Not sure about hymale Colin Jacobs. Professional Writer, Naturalist and...
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Martin Rand
rand_martin
Aug 2, 2009 9:51 pm
Gill, That rather half-hearted banding of the sheaths is very characteristic of Equisetum x moorei, which is hitherto unknown in mainland Britain although...
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maslyni
Aug 2, 2009 9:59 pm
As part of ongoing research, I need to access a copy of the following paper - Weston RP. 1983 A Lincolnshire Epipactis. Watsonia 14. (4): 457-458 (1983)- En An...
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ryenats
Aug 2, 2009 10:10 pm
Interesting - that's what I wondered from the single stem I photographed, but if you look at the habitat shot it does show others with the black and white...
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ryenats
Aug 2, 2009 10:11 pm
Have you checked the BSBI site? - They have a lot of papers available - and I believe you can ask for others to be scanned if the one you want isn't there. ...
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UKBotany@yahoogroups....
Aug 3, 2009 9:08 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the UKBotany group. File :...
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Geoff Toone
geoff_toone
Aug 3, 2009 9:09 am
Hi Mark, I just put it in the File section. Geoff ... From: maslyni To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 10:58 PM Subject: [UKBotany]...
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Mark Lynes
maslyni
Aug 3, 2009 8:27 pm
Geoff Many thanks for that, much appreciated. Mark To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com From: Geoff@... Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:09:10 +0100 Subject:...
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Martin Rand
rand_martin
Aug 3, 2009 9:00 pm
Gill, If it was just the one stem like that rather than a whole population or significant part of it, I would write it down to life's rich tapestry. I...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
Aug 4, 2009 9:41 am
Well! Fifty years ago I'd never heard of Equisetum x moorei, and now I'd be very happy to be proved wrong. Yes, do send a specimen to Fred Rumsey - he has...
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ryenats
Aug 4, 2009 2:25 pm
er, slight problem there - I'm off for a week starting at crackof dawn tomorrow - do you have an address for Fred, and how should I pack the specimen? Gill...
