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Page to add to - Semljicola caliginosus[edit]
Common name - Cloud-living Spider Was thought to be endemic to the UK, but discovered in Siberia in 2006. Refs: http://www.arachnida.org.uk/portal/p/Summary/s/Semljicola+caliginosus http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/_speciespages/2599.pdf www dot andtan dot newmail dot ru 72. Tanasevitch A.V. & Koponen S. 2007. Spiders (Aranei) of the southern tundra in the Russian Plain. - Arthropoda Selecta, 15 (4): 295-345 (for 2006). Moscow. download
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Page in progress - Polygala calcarea[edit]
Polygala calcarea - Chalk Milkwort - is a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Polygala belonging to the Polygalaceae family.
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Description[edit]
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Distribution and habitat[edit]
Chalk Milkwort is usually found growing in chalk or limestone grassland in Europe. It is found in southern England, France, Belgium, West Germany, Switzerland and Spain. More coming - inc references...
References[edit]
- Rose, Francis (2006) The Wild Flower Key (edition revised and expanded by Clare O'Reilly) London: Frederick Warne ISBN 0-7232-5175-4
External Links[edit]
Various oddments[edit]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haathi_Mere_Saathi
Page in progress - Briza media[edit]
Briza media is the generitype or type species for the genus Briza. [1]
Similar species[edit]
Briza maxima - Large Quaking-grass and Briza minor - Small Quaking-grass are the only other two Briza species likely to be encountered in most of its range. Both these species are annual whereas B. media is a perenial Briza maxima has more zxcv zxcv in each spikelet and the panicles are larger. B. minor has wider, less sturdy leaf-blades than B. media. It is easily distinguished when flowering by the much shorter anthers hanging from the flowers.
Uses[edit]
First Hubbard ref.[2]
Common Quaking-grass is widely grown as an ornamental plant, both to add interest to a border and to be used, often dried, in flower arrangements [3]. There are a number of named varieties in cultivation and it can be bought as seeds or as plants.[4] Briza maxima has larger, more impressive pannicles but is only an annual, making Briza media the choice of gardeners who want a more permanent display.
It does not produce enough green growth in a year to be worth growing commercially for grazing animals to eat. [2] However, finches and other seed-eating birds like to eat the seed and it can be planted to attract wild birds to the garden[5]
Gallery for Briza media[edit]
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 (Yew Hill, Winchester, England) |
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Briza media" in the The Linean Plant Name Typification Database (NHM). Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ a b Hubbard p.215
- ^ "Briza media" at www.seedaholic.com. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
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- ^ "Briza media", in Wild about Gardens (RHS & The Wildlife Trusts). Retrieved 24 May 2012.
References[edit]
- Clayton, W.D., M.S. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman and H. Williamson (2006 onwards), "Briza media" in GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- Hubbard, C.E. (1968, 2nd Ed.) Grasses: a Guide to their Structure, Identification, Uses and Distribution in the British Isles, Harmondsworth: Penguin, p. 210-215.
- Clayton, W.D., M.S. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman and H. Williamson 2006 onwards, "Briza media" in GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- Hubbard, C.E. 1968, 2nd Ed. Grasses: a Guide to their Structure, Identification, Uses and Distribution in the British Isles (Harmondsworth: Penguin) p. 210-215.