Hi Bill, I've found an invasive number of websites about this stuff and apparently it's quite common on the freshwater stretches of the Thames here in London (I live in Greenwich where it's estuarine salt marsh). I'm not a botanist and I've never noticed the stuff, but I may be able to have a look for some this weekend. I know I could probably find some in Kew Gardens, but that's hardly growing wild! I can't make any guarantees, but I'll take a look.
By the way, my older brother has recently retrained as a science teacher after 25 years in the Natural Environment Research Council (he's a biologist) and just got his first teaching post, starting in September. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, July 24, 2002, 5:21:44 PM, you wrote: > Hey gang, > I'm looking for a little bit of help from someone across the pond. > Basically, I'm looking for someone to take a picture for me of a > particular plant in it's native habitat (which is most of Europe). > The reason I need a picture? I'm a high school science teacher, and > I'm involved in a bit of an ongoing ecology project with my classes. > See, settlers brought over a plant called Purple Loosestrife to the > Americas and planted it for use in the honey industry (among other > things). It's now spread like wildfire because nothing native to the > Americas eats it. It outcompetes native plants and chokes them out. > Luckily this plant can only thrive in wetland environments, which > include drainige ditches alongside the road (one of the main reasons > they can be found in EVERY state . . . ) > At any rate, I've begun a website dedicated to this little project > (that will take a decade or more to clean up on our particular site), > and was hoping that I might be able to include a picture or two of what > this stuff looks like in its own NATIVE environment (i.e. anywhere in > the Europe). There are some pictures on my website to help you > understand what it looks like, if you don't already know what it looks > like. > If your interested in helping, please drop me a line at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have one or two more pictures on > identification of loosestrife, but I don't have copyright to them, so > won't be posting them to my webpage . . . (I'm trying to do this entire > website with proper photo's and copyrights.) > Thanks for reading, > IL Bill > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
