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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
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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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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.