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Page to add to - Semljicola caliginosus

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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

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Polygala calcarea - Chalk Milkwort - is a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Polygala belonging to the Polygalaceae family.

Polygala calcarea
Chalk Milkwort
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Binomial name
Polygala calcarea

Description

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Distribution and habitat

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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

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  • 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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Various oddments

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https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Haathi_Mere_Saathi

Page in progress - Briza media

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Briza media is the generitype or type species for the genus Briza. [1]

Similar species

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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

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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]

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photo of flowers of Briza media (several spikes)
Briza media flowers
(Bory Tucholskie National Park, Poland)
macro photo of single spikelet of Briza media
Briza media - single spikelet
(Yew Hill, Winchester, England)

Notes

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  1. ^ "Briza media" in the The Linean Plant Name Typification Database (NHM). Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b Hubbard p.215
  3. ^ "Briza media" at www.seedaholic.com. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
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  5. ^ "Briza media", in Wild about Gardens (RHS & The Wildlife Trusts). Retrieved 24 May 2012.

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