The plant is so primitiveódating back to the time of the dinosaursóthat male and female flowers are separate on the stiff, two-parted flower head: the pollen-producing male is always on top, while the seed-bearing female is forever relegated to the bottom. Clearly, this species evolved ...
Martin's Press. c1980 125pp. Hardcover. •focuses on edible and useful wild plants of Scotland, many of which were growing in the author's yard •b/w and color illustrations are a little on the stylistic side (not good for field identification) Barash, Cathy Wilkinson Edible Flowers: ...
Sparganium erectum Branched Bur-reed CC DD N This is a common plant found at the edges of ponds, lakes and slow moving rivers. The globular flowers give way to large round fruits (drupes) which have the look of a bur. There are four sub species of this plant identification of which ...
The need for an accurate identification for this plant is because it has two enemies: (1) a natural one: the Cinnabar moth caterpillar which will eat it to destruction but always identifies Senecio jacobaea correctly and (2) horse enthusiasts who know that if their horses eat it, it can...
Wild Garlic, mid March, Galloway, SW Scotland Related pages: Know Your Onions – An Introduction to the Allium/Onion Family for Foragers Wild Leeks – Edibility, Identification, Distribution, Ecology, Recipes Wild garlic has been at the forefront of the renaissance in wild foods in recent years...
This is possible within the UK due to the abundance of vascular plant survey data and the recent identification of CWR of highest priority for conservation. The results emphasise the importance of diverse approaches to conservation of CWR. Traditional conservation within protected areas alone may not...
On the other hand, long extending LD is a potential barrier to the localization of causative polymorphisms of phenotypic effects, whereas gene identification might be less tedious in the case of limited LD. Data from humans, livestock, and selfing plants have shown a general pattern of decaying...
Sea plantain can grow in a variety of coastal habitats – including cracks that are just out of the wind on this Orkney cliff. Best to leave these ones as a few leaves may make all the difference to the plant in such precarious locations!
It is worth noting that this survey shows that plant species richness on arable and horticulture land increased by 30% between 2000 and 2007, partly due to an increase in sown wildflower field margins which are used by wild bees52. Arable land therefore improved rather than declined in its ...
Distribution – 3/5– quite common, though enigmatic, often with a short, intense season (3 weeks around the start of September in Scotland, usually later further south), and rapidly infested/decomposing. Identification – 4/5– Key identification features are the light to chestnut brown smooth...