Concern over stagheaded oaks has occured periodically in my experience for the last 40 years, and from the 1920's according to my reading on this subject. The...
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Richard Lansdown
rlansdown@...
Sep 3, 2001 7:56 am
According to Rackham, 'stagheading' is not necessarily an indication of stress. It is apparently part of the normal ageing process, where it becomes...
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Steve Alton
S.Alton@...
Sep 4, 2001 10:57 am
Hi, Does anybody have contact details for Julie Hatcher, Sussex Vegetated Shingle Officer? She left me a phone message, but the number she gave comes up...
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jeremy.halls@...
Sep 4, 2001 11:11 am
Steve Her predecessor, Jane Cork, was based at Arun District Council I believe - 01903 737500. If no joy (or Julie) there ask English Nature at Lewes 01273 ...
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Andy Horton
bmlss@...
Sep 4, 2001 12:45 pm
Hello, The September 2001 issue of Biobits (News from the Institute of Biology) contains a 2 page spread on the Eden project. Cheers Andy Horton....
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John Horne
J.Horne@...
Sep 4, 2001 1:40 pm
Hello, It was suggested that I send this message to the UKBotany list for possible information :-) Can anyone point me to a web site which contains pictures of...
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martin catt
martin.catt@...
Sep 4, 2001 2:12 pm
Hi John Do you mean Montbresia ? Latin name Crocosmea? Not sure of spellings! Its a orangy flowered garden escape down here. Try typing in the name you have on...
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Kate Hayward
Kate.Hayward@...
Sep 4, 2001 5:42 pm
Hello, Montbrecia is a hybrid between Crocosmia pottsii (Potts montbrecia) and C. aurea and therefore its latin name is C.x crocosmiiflora. (ref. Stace 1998)...
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Storey, M.W.
malcolms@...
Sep 4, 2001 6:09 pm
... Montbretia, or Crocosmia uniflora is a garden hybrid. ... Lunaria annua is Honesty, a garden annual. ... 'fraid neither of these count are wild in the UK,...
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Ian Thirlwell
iant@...
Sep 4, 2001 6:11 pm
John, I think you are referring to two different plants. Montbretia, now called Crocosmia, of which the hybrid C. x crocosmiiflora is widespread as a garden...
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Steve Preddy
Steve.Preddy@...
Sep 4, 2001 11:03 pm
Hi John Montbretia is Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (the x being pronounced "cross" rather than "ex" or "times"). The English name of the plant with the...
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Debbie
debbie.allan@...
Sep 5, 2001 4:22 am
Hi John, There are plenty of sites with pics, my own site at www.natureweb.cwc.net has a few, although not the Crocosmia or Lunaria. Plenty of pics at OzImages...
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John Horne
J.Horne@...
Sep 5, 2001 8:48 am
... Many thanks for the replies - I shall check the web sites mentioned. I should have added that I did try a google and lycos search but (a) got nowhere with...
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Rodney Burton
rodney.burton@...
Sep 6, 2001 10:13 am
Malcolm, Once these things have escaped from gardens, they cease to be cultivated so they become wild. That's what wild means. These may not be native plants...
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Jeanette Hall
JEANETTE.HALL@...
Sep 6, 2001 10:48 am
Scottish Natural Heritage have recently published an audit of non-native species in Scotland. Although it covers all taxonomic groups, 824 of the 945 species...
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Storey, M.W.
malcolms@...
Sep 6, 2001 2:55 pm
... I'm not sure life's as simple (or logical) as that. An arable weed growing in a ploughed field is cultivated in one sense, but often regarded as wild by...
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Briankbyrne@...
Sep 6, 2001 9:27 pm
Richard, I entirely agree with you but not with Rackham on this issue of stagheaded oaks. When an oak starts to decline due to age it does so gradually and...
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John N
cursorius.cursor@...
Sep 7, 2001 9:49 am
I can't find the original message which started this thread, but I thought the query was about Oak trees with leaves turning brown, not stag-headed oaks. I saw...
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Rodney Burton
rodney.burton@...
Sep 7, 2001 7:22 pm
No, in an arable field it is the crop which is cultivated, the weeds are wild plants just as they are in gardens. I haven't investigated what is available on...
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Storey, M.W.
malcolms@...
Sep 8, 2001 9:13 am
Re "wild": You can apply "Wild" (and "Native") to the individual or to the species. Certainly when an individual (garden) PLANT grows outside cultivation it ...
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Phil Luke
Phil@...
Sep 8, 2001 11:52 am
Mine was the original query on oaks in distress - many thanks to all who have responded. This arose from an observation from someone I know who had seen...
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rwn_cs@...
Sep 8, 2001 8:14 pm
Hello, John I can point you to my site Russian WildNature (http://rwn.boom.ru) where you can find pictures of plants, wild flowers...
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Rodney Burton
rodney.burton@...
Sep 8, 2001 10:22 pm
... From: Storey, M.W. <malcolms@...> To: <UKBotany@yahoogroups.com> Sent: 08 September 2001 10:09 Subject: Re: [UKBotany] Plant web sites You can...
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Storey, M.W.
malcolms@...
Sep 9, 2001 10:51 am
... Good point. ... Certainly, but that's just advancing knowledge. The same happens with species delimitations. ... Well I admit to a certain degree of guilt....
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Kate Hayward
Kate.Hayward@...
Sep 9, 2001 1:10 pm
Hello all, I have an interest in alien / introduced / non-indigenous species of plants and have found the last week or so of this line facinating!! There is...
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Ian Thirlwell
iant@...
Sep 9, 2001 1:33 pm
... From: "Storey, M.W." <malcolms@...> To: <UKBotany@yahoogroups.com> Sent: 09 September 2001 12:47 Subject: Re: [UKBotany] Plant web sites ... I...
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John Peacock
johnp@...
Sep 10, 2001 7:50 am
Dear All, I can't help feeling that this discusssion has missed one important point that has only been obliquely mentioned when discussing wild flower gardens....
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Storey, M.W.
malcolms@...
Sep 10, 2001 9:20 am
... Interestingly, we find the reverse when introducing native plants into the garden: they very frequently turn out to be invasive and take over the whole...
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Rodney Burton
rodney.burton@...
Sep 10, 2001 10:17 pm
... Malcolm, Do you have any evidence that planting native species in gardens actually makes any difference to wildlife? Rodney...
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Storey, M.W.
malcolms@...
Sep 11, 2001 8:35 am
... How do you answer that? The first question is what are we comparing it to: bare ground, garden plants, vegetables, wildlife-friendly garden plants? The...
