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I'm going to give it a couple of weeks and then go back to the site, take more detailed photos, and collect a sample. Question: Where does one...
Its resemblance to rosemary is exactly why I called it a "herb". The thing is that it had no tell-tale smell. And for it to be a garden escapee up...
Can anyone identify this plant for me? Picture taken up in Elphinstone. It stands about 2 foot tall. Picture taken in February.
An interesting note in terms of the movement of the word: In French it is "sycomore" which is often how it is spelt in Biblical texts. The Greek...
The poem formerly attributed to Chaucer "The Flower and the Leaf" Here is the stanza in question: "That benched was, and [all] with turfes new...
Yes that seems sensible, except that the timeline doesn't seem to fit. The leaf shape between Acer pseudoplatanus and Platanus occidentalis is...
Acer pseudoplatanus is often called "sycamore". I know that A.pseudoplatanus was brought to the British Isles from Europe sometime between the...
Thanks for that information. So is it carotenoid? Do you know of any papers on the topic?
Am I right in assuming that carotenoid pigments are the reason Cornus species have yellow and red bark? I (more or less) understand the...