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Dandelion Sycamore English Oak Ash Field Maple Horse 50 50 50 50 DANDELION ENGLISH OAK FIELD MAPLE Taraxacum oicinale Quercus robur Acer campestre 50 50 300 300 TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer NATURAL HISTORY: he name dandelion NATURAL HISTORY: A majestic, long-lived NATURAL HISTORY: his deciduous tree derives from the French “dent de lion”, which tree, widely used for its hard, long-lasting timber. sometimes appears shrubby. Sometimes called means lion’s tooth, a reference to the jagged leaves. Oak has symbolic meaning in many European Hedge Maple. cultures, and is often featured in art in heraldry. 1 1 1 SYCAMORE ASH HORSE CHESTNUT Acer pseudoplatanus Fraxinus excelsior Aesculus hippocastanum 300 300 300 TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer NATURAL HISTORY: Widely regarded in NATURAL HISTORY: Its common name goes NATURAL HISTORY: he seeds of this tree are the UK as a non-native species because it was back to the Old English æsc, meaning spears the object of the popular kids’ game of conkers. introduced after Roman conquest, the sycamore is made of ash wood. A new fungal disease called ash he word conker derives from “conch”, because the very important ecologically, producing abundant dieback is now threatening British populations. game used to be played with snail shells. nectar and supporting a lot of aphids which are important food for other wildlife. 1 1 1 50 50 50 50 Chêne pédonculé (Quercus robur) by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT Invaders by Nicholas A. Tonelli available at https://commons. available at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Taraxacum_oicinale#/media/ e8/Quercus_robur_JPG_%28a%29.jpg under CC BY-SA 3.0 File:Flickr_-_Nicholas_T_-_Invaders.jpg under CC BY 2.0 ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Angiosperms UGB: Eudicots UGB: Eudicots UGB: Eudicots UGC: Rosids UGC: Rosids UGC: Asterids Order: Sapindales Order: Fagales Order: Asterales Family: Sapindaceae Family: Fagaceae Family: Asteraceae Marronnier commun ou Marronnier d’Inde (Aesculus Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) by Willow available at hippocastanum) by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT available at https:// https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acer_pseudoplatanus#/ upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/0_Aesculus_ media/File:Acer_pseudoplatanus_002.jpg under CC BY-SA 2.5 hippocastanum_-_Mariemont_1.JPG under CC BY 3.0 ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Angiosperms UGB: Eudicots UGB: Eudicots UGB: Eudicots UGC: Rosids UGC: Asterids UGC: Rosids Order: Sapindales Order: Lamiales Order: Sapindales Family: Sapindaceae Family: Oleaceae Family: Sapindaceae 50 50 50 50 BRAMBLE OX-EYE DAISY CREEPING BUTTERCUP Rubus fruticosus Leucanthemum vulgare Ranunculus repens 50 100 50 50 50 50 50 TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer NATURAL HISTORY: he generic name means NATURAL HISTORY: Despite having a bitter NATURAL HISTORY: Poisonous when raw, but blackberry in Latin and was derived from the word taste, young leaves of the ox-eye daisy are eaten in its toxins are unstable and are lost when dried in ruber, meaning “red”. salads in parts of Italy. hay or cooked. 1 1 1 YEW WYCH ELM STINGING NETTLE Taxus baccata Ulmus glabra Urtica dioica 50 100 300 100 TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer NATURAL HISTORY: All parts of this tree are NATURAL HISTORY: he word wych has its NATURAL HISTORY: he younger leaves are poisonus except the red fruit arils. he seeds are origins in Middle English wiche, from the Old tender and edible, And Dorset hosts the annual dispersed by birds. hey avoid the toxins from the English wice, meaning pliant or supple. World Nettle Eating Championship, where they seed by swallowing the fruit whole, so the seed are eaten raw. passes through them unharmed. 1 1 1 50 50 50 50 Ranunculus repens by Frank Vincentz available at https://commons. Leucanthemum vulgare ‘Filigran’ Flower 2200px by PatriciaR wikimedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_repens#/media/File:Ranunculus_ available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucanthemum_ repens_01_ies.jpg under CC BY-SA 3.0 vulgare#/media/File:Leucanthemum_vulgare_%27Filigran%27_ Flower_2200px.jpg under CC BY-SA 3.0 ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Angiosperms UGB: Eudicots UGB: Eudicots UGB: Eudicots UGC: UGC: Asterids UGC: Rosids Order: Ranunculales Order: Asterales Order: Rosales Family: Ranunculaceae Family: Asteraceae Family: Rosaceae Brennnessel 1 by MPF available at https://commons.wikimedia. Bergulme (Ulmus glabra) by Willow available at https://commons. Taxus baccata by H. Zell available at https://commons.wikimedia. org/wiki/Urtica_dioica#/media/File:Brennnessel_1.JPG under CC wikimedia.org/wiki/Ulmus_glabra#/media/File:Ulmus_ org/wiki/Taxus_baccata#/media/File:Taxus_baccata_001.JPG BY-SA 3.0 glabra_001.jpg under CC BY 2.5 under CC BY-SA 3.0 ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Angiosperms UGA(Division): Pinophyta UGB: Eudicots UGB: Eudicots UGB(Class): Pinopsida UGC: Rosids UGC: Rosids UGC: Order: Rosales Order: Rosales Order: Pinales Family: Urticaceae Family: Ulmaceae Family: Taxaceae 50 50 50 50 CUCKOOFLOWER CANDYTUFT GARLIC MUSTARD Cardamine pratensis Iberis amara Alliaria petiolata 50 50 50 50 50 50 TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer NATURAL HISTORY: he name cuckoolower NATURAL HISTORY: he name “candytuft” is NATURAL HISTORY: Plants are often found comes from the fact that the plant lowers at the not related to candy, but derives from Candia, the growing along the margins of hedges, giving rise to same time when cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) return former name of Iraklion on the Island of Crete. the old British folk name of Jack-by-the-hedge. to the UK from migration. 1 1 1 BITING STONECROP DOG-ROSE COMMON GORSE Sedum acre Rosa canina Ulex europaeus 50 50 50 100 50 50 100 50 TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer NATURAL HISTORY: In the Hebrides, it is said NATURAL HISTORY: he fruit is noted for its NATURAL HISTORY: Gorse is sometimes called that it used to be planted on roofs as a means of high vitamin C level and is used to make syrup, tea “Furze”. he word Furze comes from the Anglo- warding of evil spirits, witches and lightning. and marmalade. Saxon name fyrs, while the word gorse is also from an Anglo Saxon name “gorst” -meaning a waste, a reference to the open moorlands on which it is found. 1 1 1 50 50 50 50 Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata by Tony Atkin available at Iberis amara, Brassicaceae, Bitter Candytuft, inlorescences by Meienberg nearby Rapperswil respectively Jona (Switzerland) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alliaria_petiolata#/media/ H. Zell available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iberis_ by Roland zh available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:Garlic_Mustard_-_Alliaria_petiolata_-_geograph.org.uk_- amara#/media/File:Iberis_amara_002.JPG under CC BY-SA 3.0 Cardamine_pratensis#/media/File:Meienberg_(Rapperswil-Jona)_ _160932.jpg under CC BY-SA 2.0 IMG_9633.JPG under CC BY-SA 3.0 ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Rosids UGB: Eudicots UGB: Eudicots UGB: UGC: Rosids UGC: Rosids UGC: Order: Brassicales Order: Brassicales Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaceae Family: Brassicaceae Family: Brassicaceae Common Gorse (Ulex europaeus) (17022201008).jpg Rosa canina plant in Belgium (Hamois) by Luc Viatour available Sedum acre, Crassulaceae, Goldmoss Stonecrop, Goldmoss Sedum, by berniedup available at https://upload.wikimedia.org/ at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rosa_canina#/media/ Biting Stonecrop, Wallpepper, habitus. Karlsruhe, Germany wikipedia/commons/d/db/Common_Gorse_%28Ulex_ File:Rosa_canina_plant_Luc_Viatour.JPG under CC BY-SA 3.0 by H. Zell available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ europaeus%29_%2817022201008%29.jpg?uselang=en-gb under Sedum_acre#/media/File:Sedum_acre_001.JPG under CC BY-SA CC-BY-SA-2.0 3.0 under CC BY-SA 3.0 ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO ECO-DIVO Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae Kingdom: Plantae UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Angiosperms UGA: Angiosperms UGB: Eudicots UGB: Eudicots UGB: Eudicots UGC: Rosids UGC: Rosids UGC: Core eudicots Order: Fabales Order: Rosales Order: Saxifragales Family: Fabaceae Family: Rosaceae Family: Crassulaceae 50 50 50 50 GREATER WOOD SORREL MARSH MALLOW BIRD’S-FOOT-TREFOIL Oxalis acetosella Althaea oicinalis Lotus pedunculatus 50 50 50 50 50 TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer NATURAL HISTORY: NATURAL HISTORY: TYPE: Producer Given as a gift on St. Before the modern use of Patrick’s Day due to its trifoliate clover-like leaf, gelatin, marshmallows used to be made from the NATURAL HISTORY: Named after the explains early references to shamrock being eaten. root of this plant, which has gelling properties. appearance of its seed pods, which resemble a bird’s foot. “Trefoil” means “three-leaved”. 1 1 1 SWEET VIOLET PRIMROSE COWSLIP Viola odorata Primula vulgaris Primula veris 50 50 50 50 50 50 TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer TYPE: Producer NATURAL HISTORY: Sweet scent of this lower NATURAL HISTORY: To prevent excessive NATURAL HISTORY: Once widely used in popular in the late Victorian period, and has damage to the species, picking of primroses or the Britain for anything from posies to wine-making, been used in the production of many cosmetic removal of primrose plants from the wild is illegal it is now much rarer and protected.
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