[Adastra] Caterpillar Illustrations

2008-02-04 Thread PennyGreen
Dear All, Thought you might be interested in this website, it has Brian Hargreaves' caterpillar illustrations: Takes you straight to the plates: http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/plates.htm Homepage: http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/ All best wishes, Penny Penny Green Biodiversity

Re: [Adastra] Hawthorn

2008-02-04 Thread CharlesRoper
As an interesting experiment, it might be worth monitoring these same plants every year to see if they are consistently early. Charles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:adastra- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Cooper Sent: 03 February 2008 12:44 To:

[Adastra] When are introductions naturalised?

2008-02-04 Thread SARAH PATTON
Thinking of plants, when does an introduction or escape become naturalised? Does it depend on where it is, or how long it has survived without human intervention? I spied a hellebore growing alongside the road between Pulborough and Stopham and, on further investigation, found that there were

Re: [Adastra] Very Ancient tree.

2008-02-04 Thread Glynn Jones
Sarah It's a bute isn't it, I spotted two weeks ago whilst walking the Serpent Trail, Keith Mckenna has beaten us both to record it on the Ancient Tree Hunt site and I note today that you have beaten me to the others I was going to return to record. Glynn - Original Message From:

[Adastra] Black Brain Fungus

2008-02-04 Thread SARAH PATTON
OK, so that's probably not really its name!! I found this on a dead branch near Burton Mill Pond on Saturday. It was squishy to the touch. Any fungus-y people out there know what this is? I've decided that, to make identification easy, fungi should just be divided into 'scary'

Re: [Adastra] Hawthorn

2008-02-04 Thread Jonathan Simons
In simialr vein there was an item on news today about Spring coming early. I was shocked to see Wild Daffodils in flower between Graffham and Heyshott on 26/1/2008 - January!! Jonathan SARAH PATTON wrote: Saw several Hawthorn in leaf yesterday (Saturday) - Pulborough and Burton Mill Pond.