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MerielGJones

@MerielGJones

Ex-university academic. Plants, fungi and the internet ... having a great time in Liverpool

Katılım Mayıs 2014
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#SignsofSpring Clump of Winter heliotrope (Alan pêr, Petasites fragrans) advancing along the road verge and now flowering. Scenting the air on still, damp days. #Merseyside #Wirral
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#WildWebsWednesday Rust, probably Puccinia lagenophorae, on groundsel (creulys, Senecio vulgaris). Very conspicuous. Apparently this rust only known in UK since 1961, now common, originated from Australia! #Merseyside #Wirral
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#WildWebsWednesday Hedge still festooned with ivy berries. Mild weather, bumper year for fruits and seeds, birds have so much wild food now. But if weather becomes worse these berries will be welcomed for hungry birds. @webs_wild #Merseyside
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#WildFlowerHour Hazel flowers (Collen, Corylus avellana). Separate male and female flowers. Some plants, like this one, regularly flower early. Another, covered in open male catkins, but no little red female stigmas yet.
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#WildFlowerHour Phacelia (ffaselia, Phacelia tanacetifolia) escaped from wild flower seed mix, or green manure, to flourish alone. Will it survive winter? Or at least produce seeds for next year? @wildflower_hour #Merseyside
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