DOCSLIB.ORG

Sarraceniasarracenia Volume 16, Number 4

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Sarraceniasarracenia Volume 16, Number 4 SarraceniaSarracenia Volume 16, Number 4. Fall 2008 Newsletter of the Wildflower Society of Newfoundland and Labrador. C/o Botanical Garden, Memorial University, St John's, NL, A1C 5S7 [email protected] Contents Spring Indoor Schedule 2009 ...................................................................................................................32 President’s Message. Carmel Conway....................................................................................................................................32 Yellow Floating Heart, Darwin, and Sarracenia by Henry Mann.....................................................................................................................................32 Newfoundland Cinquefoils by Henry Mann.....................................................................................................................................34 The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden & The Edwardian Lady (The Story of Edith Holden) by Ina Taylor Reviewed by Carmel Conway...............................................................................................................40 Index of Scientific Names for Volume 16....................................................................................................41 Potentilla pulchella (P. ustacapensis) Henry Mann Sarracenia Vol. 16 #4 Spring Indoor Schedule 2009 MUN Botanical Garden at 7.30 p.m. February 4th - Photographer, Karen Chappell, will April 1st -Todd Boland will share his images delight us with her images: “Flora and Fauna of Trinidad.” “The Beauty of the Four Seasons”. May 6th - Dr. Wilf Nicholls will explain “How the March 4th Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceæ-Snap Dragons) - Annual Photography Competition Awards. got all shook up.” President’s Message. Carmel Conway Hoping all members had a wonderful Christmas and a where all the figworts have gone. To begin our winter Happy New Year. As the evenings are getting longer talks however we are especially excited to have guest we can begin to think about our upcoming field trips with speaker Karen Chappell. I was browsing the internet some excitement. several years ago and was caught by the beauty of a particular image. John Maunder informed me that the On behalf of the members I would like to thank all our image was by local photographer, Karen Chappell. fall presenters. Thanks to Glenda Quinn for her pictorial Regularly I view an image from Karen’s website that journey. Glenda always presents her images in a totally never fails to startle me for its beauty. Like many fresh way. The photography of Helen Jones and Judy members I look forward to meeting Karen in person. Blakeley continues to inspire. It was nice to see a full house at their presentation of the grasslands and Rocky Finally, while we have established the time frame for Mountain Park. Coming up in April month we can look our summer field trip (Avalon Peninsula -July l9th forward to voyaging with Todd Boland, our intrepid through July 24th) we have to finalize the itinerary. So traveller, as we view the flora and fauna of Trinidad. The please hold tight and we will get further details out as following month Dr. Wilf Nicholls will help us sort out quickly as possible. Yellow Floating Heart, Darwin, and Sarracenia by Henry Mann Wildflower Society members may proof positive that individuals actually writings and specimens of those who recall an article in Sarracenia Volume read our newsletter, and what is have come before us. Only we can 16 #1 detailing the discovery of more, even find information therein leave observations and records of the Nymphoides peltata in western useful, regardless of its modest present for those who come after us Newfoundland. A recent paper cited nature. so they will better understand how the below by Stephen Darbyshire and flora has developed and changed and Here is a good example of one of Ardath Francis of Agriculture and is likely to further change in their my pet exhortations which you have Agrifoods Canada, Ottawa, provides future. We are the present guardians probably heard me “spout off about” an in-depth review of this species and messengers for future before, and no doubt will again. Our country-wide and utilizes information generations. members make hundreds of from our Sarracenia article. The interesting, useful, and valuable Often individuals are too shy or paper describes everything you would botanical observations each year, but feel that their observations are too want to know about this aquatic plant very few ever get recorded. Most of insignificant to record. No one needs in North America and more. This is what we know today comes from the a title, degree or special expertise to - 32 - Sarracenia Vol. 16 #4 make and record useful and plant all six leaves had caught their roundleaf sundew after some 277 interesting items to share with the prey; and on several plants very pages with the following remarks: rest of us. Biologists revere Charles many leaves had caught more than a “I have now given a brief Darwin as a great man of science, but single insect. On one large leaf I recapitulation of the chief points many of his writings are just simple found the remains of thirteen distinct observed by me, with respect to the observations about the plants and insects. Flies (Diptera) are captured structure, movements, constitution, animals he found around him. He much oftener than other insects. The and habits of Drosera rotundifolia ; writes no better and probably was no largest kind which I have seen caught and we see how little has been made “brighter” than we are today; he was was a small butterfly (…); but the out in comparison with what remains simply interested, observant, and had Rev. H. M. Wilkinson informs me that unexplained and unknown.” the good fortune to be “at the right he found a large living dragon-fly with place at the right time” Of Over half of his 462 page course, it did not hurt to have book is devoted to this little the wealth and the time to bog plant which also is very vigorously pursue his common here in our passion. Almost any Newfoundland peatlands. interested naturalist today His observations are as can make similar useful and interesting today observations and writings. as they were over one To illustrate, following are a hundred years ago when he few lines from his 1896 book penned them. (Oh, to have “Insectivorous Plants”. had the wealth, time, and curiosity of Darwin to spend “During the summer of endless days and years 1860, I was surprised by studying the plants, animals finding how large a number and fungi around me !!!). of insects were caught by the leaves of the common sun- We have a great vehicle, dew (Drosera rotundifolia) on our newsletter Sarracenia; a heath in Sussex. I had let’s make good use of it, and heard that insects were thus let it be our record for caught, but knew nothing posterity. I propose that we further on the subject. I attempt to swamp our editor gathered by chance a dozen Howard with information and plants, bearing fifty-six fully articles long, short and expanded leaves, and on intermediate. Think about thirty-one of these dead submitting at least one item a its body firmly held by two leaves. As insects or remnants of them adhered; year in support of our society, this plant is extremely common in and, no doubt, many more would newsletter, and for future botanical some districts, the number of insects have been caught afterwards by enthusiasts. The planet is changing. thus annually slaughtered must be these same leaves, and still more by If we do not put our observations in prodigious.” those as yet not expanded. On one print, how will they know? He concluded his observations on Cited Literature Darbyshire, Stephen J. and Ardath Francis. 2008. The Biology of Invasive Alien Plants in Canada. 10. Nymphoides peltata (S. G. Gmel.) Kuntze. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 88: 811 – 829. Darwin, Charles. 1896. Insectivorous Plants. D. Appleton and Company, New York. - 33 - Sarracenia Vol. 16 #4 Newfoundland Cinquefoils by Henry Mann On the Wildflower Society field trip of 2006, an evening presentation was made about the genus Potentilla of the Rose Family (Rosaceae). Those present received an illustrated handout as well as some pressed specimens. This article excerpts some of that information for readers of Sarracenia who were not present on that rainy evening. Those who were will find most of this article in their booklets with additional illustrations and references. Perhaps this article will also rekindle other memories of trips past expecially the “Northeasterly Gales” field trip and that soggy evening in the fire hall of Newtown. For modern taxonomic dogmatists, I should state that I still Figure 1: The Potentilla flower:. a. upper view. include in the genus Potentilla the b. view from beneath showing epicalyx of five green bracts. recently split off genera Argentina, c. sliced open side view showing hypanthium. Comarum, Dasiphora and included in the descriptions and key stamens and pistils. Usually there Sibbaldiopsis as do most of the are the three cinquefoils that only are 5 sepals, 5 petals, many (11 or available guides and manuals occur in the Labrador portion of the more) stamens, and one or more produced in the nineties and prior. province. pistils. Sometimes the number of So the current Argentina anserina petals can exceed five as in many here is still Potentilla anserina, and The Rose Family is the fourth horticultural roses, and in a few likewise Comarum palustre = P. largest family
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Plant List Bristow Prairie & High Divide Trail
    *Non-native Bristow Prairie & High Divide Trail Plant List as of 7/12/2016 compiled by Tanya Harvey T24S.R3E.S33;T25S.R3E.S4 westerncascades.com FERNS & ALLIES Pseudotsuga menziesii Ribes lacustre Athyriaceae Tsuga heterophylla Ribes sanguineum Athyrium filix-femina Tsuga mertensiana Ribes viscosissimum Cystopteridaceae Taxaceae Rhamnaceae Cystopteris fragilis Taxus brevifolia Ceanothus velutinus Dennstaedtiaceae TREES & SHRUBS: DICOTS Rosaceae Pteridium aquilinum Adoxaceae Amelanchier alnifolia Dryopteridaceae Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea Holodiscus discolor Polystichum imbricans (Sambucus mexicana, S. cerulea) Prunus emarginata (Polystichum munitum var. imbricans) Sambucus racemosa Rosa gymnocarpa Polystichum lonchitis Berberidaceae Rubus lasiococcus Polystichum munitum Berberis aquifolium (Mahonia aquifolium) Rubus leucodermis Equisetaceae Berberis nervosa Rubus nivalis Equisetum arvense (Mahonia nervosa) Rubus parviflorus Ophioglossaceae Betulaceae Botrychium simplex Rubus ursinus Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata Sceptridium multifidum (Alnus sinuata) Sorbus scopulina (Botrychium multifidum) Caprifoliaceae Spiraea douglasii Polypodiaceae Lonicera ciliosa Salicaceae Polypodium hesperium Lonicera conjugialis Populus tremuloides Pteridaceae Symphoricarpos albus Salix geyeriana Aspidotis densa Symphoricarpos mollis Salix scouleriana Cheilanthes gracillima (Symphoricarpos hesperius) Salix sitchensis Cryptogramma acrostichoides Celastraceae Salix sp. (Cryptogramma crispa) Paxistima myrsinites Sapindaceae Selaginellaceae (Pachystima myrsinites)
    [Show full text]
  • A Unique Raised Bog at Urbana, Ohio.*
    A UNIQUE RAISED BOG AT URBANA, OHIO.* ROBERT B. GORDON, Ohio State University. Located just north of the Champaign County Fair Grounds at Urbana, Ohio, is a unique dome-shaped bog, covered with shrubby vegetation for the most part, in which the center is raised at least ten feet above the margins. An old road crosses the bog. I have been told that it was once the main thorofare from Urbana to Columbus. Horses and wagons passed over it, I suppose, the drivers never realizing that a mat of fibrous roots less than one foot thick was all that held them over a body of water twelve feet in depth. Raised bogs, called "high moors" and "Hochmoore" in foreign literature, have long been known throughout Europe. N. S. Shaler is credited by Nichols with being the first to call attention to these peculiar swamps in North America, in 1888-89. Those which Shaler observed were "mostly limited to the eastern portion of Maine, near the shores of the Bay of Fundy," but some of lesser magnitude were reported for New Hampshire, northern Michigan, and Minnesota. Similar bogs, with centers about 13 feet above their margins, have been reported in the province of New Brunswick by Ganong (1897). Nichols (1919) described bogs of this type encountered in Maine, in which the elevation of the center above the margin varied from 2 or 3 feet to as high as 18 feet (e. g., Denbo Heath, covering several square miles in area). He asserts: "(1) that in the state of Maine raised bogs, in so far as they constitute a distinctive swamp type, are virtually restricted to the proximity of the seacoast; and (2) that in other portions of New England and of the eastern United States this type of bog is practically absent, although in occasional swamps it is possible to detect a slight elevation of the surface above the level of permanent ground water." Warming (1909) has summarized concisely the characteristic features of "Hochmoore." They owe their development to the growth of sphagnum mosses which absorb water that falls in the form of rain or snow.
    [Show full text]
  • Introduction to Common Native & Invasive Freshwater Plants in Alaska
    Introduction to Common Native & Potential Invasive Freshwater Plants in Alaska Cover photographs by (top to bottom, left to right): Tara Chestnut/Hannah E. Anderson, Jamie Fenneman, Vanessa Morgan, Dana Visalli, Jamie Fenneman, Lynda K. Moore and Denny Lassuy. Introduction to Common Native & Potential Invasive Freshwater Plants in Alaska This document is based on An Aquatic Plant Identification Manual for Washington’s Freshwater Plants, which was modified with permission from the Washington State Department of Ecology, by the Center for Lakes and Reservoirs at Portland State University for Alaska Department of Fish and Game US Fish & Wildlife Service - Coastal Program US Fish & Wildlife Service - Aquatic Invasive Species Program December 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments ............................................................................ x Introduction Overview ............................................................................. xvi How to Use This Manual .................................................... xvi Categories of Special Interest Imperiled, Rare and Uncommon Aquatic Species ..................... xx Indigenous Peoples Use of Aquatic Plants .............................. xxi Invasive Aquatic Plants Impacts ................................................................................. xxi Vectors ................................................................................. xxii Prevention Tips .................................................... xxii Early Detection and Reporting
    [Show full text]
  • State of Nature in the Peak District What We Know About the Key Habitats and Species of the Peak District
    Nature Peak District State of Nature in the Peak District What we know about the key habitats and species of the Peak District Penny Anderson 2016 On behalf of the Local Nature Partnership Contents 1.1 The background .............................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 The need for a State of Nature Report in the Peak District ............................................................ 6 1.3 Data used ........................................................................................................................................ 6 1.4 The knowledge gaps ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.5 Background to nature in the Peak District....................................................................................... 8 1.6 Habitats in the Peak District .......................................................................................................... 12 1.7 Outline of the report ...................................................................................................................... 12 2 Moorlands .............................................................................................................................................. 14 2.1 Key points ..................................................................................................................................... 14 2.2 Nature and value ..........................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Restoration of Species-Rich Nardus Grasslands Via Phosphorus-Mining
    Restoration of species-rich Nardus grasslands via phosphorus-mining Stephanie Schelfhout ir. Stephanie SCHELFHOUT Restoration of species-rich Nardus grasslands via phosphorus-mining Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor (PhD) in Applied Biological Sciences: Forest and Nature Management February 2019 Dutch translation of the title: Herstel van soortenrijke heischrale graslanden via uitmijnen Illustration on the cover: Succisa pratensis – Blauwe knoop (front); Mowing management in a post-fertilization field in Vrieselhof, Ranst, Belgium (back) Citation of this thesis: Schelfhout S (2019) Restoration of species-rich Nardus grasslands via phosphorus-mining. Doctoral dissertation. Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. ISBN-number: 978-946357174-6 Promotors: Prof. Dr. ir. Jan MERTENS ForNaLab, Dpt. of Environment, Fac. Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University Dr. ir. An DE SCHRIJVER, ForNaLab, Dpt. of Environment, Fac. Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University Fac. Science and Technology, University College Ghent Prof. Dr. ir. Kris VERHEYEN ForNaLab, Dpt. of Environment, Fac. Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University Prof. Dr. ir. Geert HAESAERT Dpt. of Plants and Crops, Fac. Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University Board of Prof. Dr. ir. Jo DEWULF (Chairman) examiners: EnVOC - STEN, Dpt. of Green Chemistry and Technology, Fac. Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University Prof. Dr. ir. Lander BAETEN ForNaLab, Dpt. of Environment, Fac. Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University Dr. ir. Frank NEVENS Dpt. of Plants and Crops, Fac. Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University Dr. Tobias CEULEMANS Unit Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity conservation, Dpt. of Biology, University of Leuven Prof. Dr. Rob MARRS Dpt. of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool Dean: Prof. Dr. ir. Marc VAN MEIRVENNE Fac.
    [Show full text]
  • Comparative Analysis of the Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequences of Three Closely Related East-Asian Wild Roses (Rosa Sect
    G C A T T A C G G C A T genes Article Comparative Analysis of the Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequences of Three Closely Related East-Asian Wild Roses (Rosa sect. Synstylae; Rosaceae) Ji-Hyeon Jeon and Seung-Chul Kim * Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +82-31-299-4499 Received: 4 November 2018; Accepted: 27 December 2018; Published: 3 January 2019 Abstract: Species belonging to Rosa section Synstylae (Rosaceae) are mainly distributed in East Asia, and represent recently diverged lineages within the genus. Over decades, inferring phylogenetic relationships within section Synstylae have been exceptional challenges, due to short branch lengths and low support values. Of approximately 36 species in the section Synstylae, Rosa multiflora, Rosa luciae and Rosa maximowicziana are widely distributed in the Sino-Japanese floristic region. In this study, we assembled chloroplast genomes of these three species to compare the genomic features within section Synstylae, and to compare with other infrageneric groups. We found that three Rosa sect. Synstylae species had lost infA genes with pseudogenization, and they were almost identical to each other. Two protein-coding gene regions (ndhF and ycf1) and five non-coding regions (5’matK-trnK, psbI-trnS-trnG, rps16-trnG, rpoB-trnC, and rps4-trnT) were identified as being highly informative markers. Within three section Synstylae chloroplast genomes, 85 simple sequence repeat (SSR) motifs were detected, of which at least 13 motifs were identified to be effective markers. The phylogenetic relationships of R. multiflora, R. luciae and R. maximowicziana could not be resolved, even with chloroplast genome-wide data.
    [Show full text]
  • Draft Plant Propagation Protocol
    Plant Propagation Protocol for Dasiphora fruticosa ESRM 412 – Native Plant Production Protocol URL: https://courses.washington.edu/esrm412/protocols/DAFR.pdf Figure 1: Distribution in North America7 Figure 2: Distribution in Washington State7 TAXONOMY7,8 Plant Family Scientific Rosaceae Name Common Name Rose family Species Scientific Name Scientific Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydb. Name Varieties Sub-species Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydb. subsp. fruticosa Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydb. ssp. floribunda (Pursh) Kartesz Cultivar Dozens of cultivars have been created for variations in flower shape and color, foliage appearance, and shrub form.9 Common Dasiphora floribunda (Pursh) Raf. Synonym(s) Potentilla fruticosa L. Common Shrubby cinquefoil, bush cinquefoil, golden hardhack, widdy Name(s) Species Code DAFR6 (as per USDA Plants database) GENERAL INFORMATION Geographical North America (Canada and United States), Europe, Asia.9,10 See maps above range for detailed distribution in N. America and Washington State.7 Ecological Mid to high-elevation meadows, rocky slopes, open forest, riparian areas and distribution swamps.3,11 Climate and Temperate and subarctic.9,11 elevation range Local habitat Locally found in Washington counties bordering the Cascades, the Olympic and peninsula, and in the northeast bordering Idaho.7 abundance Commonly associated in the wild with Carex, Penstemon, Elymus, and Potentilla species.3 Plant strategy Colonizer, early seral species.12 type / successional stage Plant Perennial shrub able to withstand harsh environmental conditions, including characteristic cold temperatures, strong wind, full sun, and drought.5,9,11 Can tolerate a wide s pH range.11 Adapted to grow in a range of soil conditions, including variable texture and calcareous soils, but grows best in sandy and loamy soil.5,9 This short slow-growing rounded shrub can grow up to 1m tall and 1m wide with numerous small, narrowly oblong green leaves3,9.
    [Show full text]
  • Lundberg Et Al. 2009
    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51 (2009) 269–280 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ympev Allopolyploidy in Fragariinae (Rosaceae): Comparing four DNA sequence regions, with comments on classification Magnus Lundberg a,*, Mats Töpel b, Bente Eriksen b, Johan A.A. Nylander a, Torsten Eriksson a,c a Department of Botany, Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden b Department of Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University, Box 461, SE-40530, Göteborg, Sweden c Bergius Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, SE-10405, Stockholm, Sweden article info abstract Article history: Potential events of allopolyploidy may be indicated by incongruences between separate phylogenies Received 23 June 2008 based on plastid and nuclear gene sequences. We sequenced two plastid regions and two nuclear ribo- Revised 25 February 2009 somal regions for 34 ingroup taxa in Fragariinae (Rosaceae), and six outgroup taxa. We found five well Accepted 26 February 2009 supported incongruences that might indicate allopolyploidy events. The incongruences involved Aphanes Available online 5 March 2009 arvensis, Potentilla miyabei, Potentilla cuneata, Fragaria vesca/moschata, and the Drymocallis clade. We eval- uated the strength of conflict and conclude that allopolyploidy may be hypothesised in the four first Keywords: cases. Phylogenies were estimated using Bayesian inference and analyses were evaluated using conver- Allopolyploidy gence diagnostics. Taxonomic implications are discussed for genera such as Alchemilla, Sibbaldianthe, Cha- Fragariinae Incongruence maerhodos, Drymocallis and Fragaria, and for the monospecific Sibbaldiopsis and Potaninia that are nested Molecular phylogeny inside other genera. Two orphan Potentilla species, P. miyabei and P. cuneata are placed in Fragariinae.
    [Show full text]
  • Services of Comarum Palustre (Rosaceae)
    Multilevel Spatial Structure Impacts on the Pollination Services of Comarum palustre (Rosaceae) Laurent Somme*, Carolin Mayer, Anne-Laure Jacquemart Earth and Life Institute-Agronomy, Research Team Genetics, Reproduction, Populations, Universite´ Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Abstract Habitat destruction and fragmentation accelerate pollinator decline, consequently disrupting ecosystem processes such as pollination. To date, the impacts of multilevel spatial structure on pollination services have rarely been addressed. We focused on the effects of population spatial structure on the pollination services of Comarum palustre at three levels (i.e. within-population, between-populations and landscape). For three years, we investigated 14 Belgian populations, which differed in their within-population flower density, population surface, closure (i.e. proportion of the population edge that consisted of woody elements) and isolation (i.e. percentage of woody area cover within a 500 m radius from the population centre). We tested whether these spatial characteristics impact on pollinator abundance and visitation rate and thus, reproductive success of C. palustre. Insects were observed in 15 randomly-chosen plots in each population. We tested for pollen limitation with supplemental hand-cross pollination. Bumble bees and solitary bees were the major pollinators through all populations. Within populations, plots with high flower densities attracted high numbers of bumble bees and other insects. High bumble bee and solitary bee abundance was observed in populations presenting high proportions of woody edges and in populations within landscapes presenting high proportions of woody areas. Seed set resulting from open pollination varied with bumble bee and solitary bee visitation rate, leading to increased pollen limitation when pollinators were scarce.
    [Show full text]
  • Wetland Assessment Data Collected for One of Those Sites
    W e t l a n d A s s e s s m e n t SUMMER 2013 High-bush Cranberry Water Horsetail Reed Canary Grass Big Bluestem Giant Goldenrod Marsh Milkweed Nannyberry Narrow–leaved Cattail R e s u l t s Indian Lake - B o r n W M A Wetland ID #55 Table of Contents Introduction Data Sheets Map and Photos FQA Data Form MnRAM Site Response Record Minnesota Routine Assessment Method (MnRAM) MnRAM Site Assessment Report Wetland Functional Assessment Summary Wetland Functional Assessment Description Rapid Floristic Quality Assessment (Rapid FQA) Plant Community Assessment Metric Summary and Community Assessment Overall Assessment Rapid FQA Output Sheet Description Biologic Condition and Gradient Tier Description Plant Photos Credit : Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin, By Steve D. Eggers and Donald M. Reed Second Edition, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District. Blue Earth County contracted with wetland scientists from Stantec to evaluate a sample of wetlands in the county in the summer of 2013. This packet contains wetland assessment data collected for one of those sites. The data is used to evaluate specific wetland functions and public values as required by the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act (WCA). The WCA directs the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) to determine the methods that must be used to evaluate wetland functions. These methods provide a systematic way for those with experience and training in wetland science to document observations based on best professional judgment. The BWSR-approved
    [Show full text]
  • Shrubby Cinquefoil Dasiphora Fruticosa
    Shrubby Cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa Description: Rose family (Rosaceae). Shrubby Cinquefoil is a spreading to erect shrub 1-10 dm. tall. The young branches are silky, becoming glabrous and reddish-brown, with the bark shredding as it matures. Leaves are small and numerous, with the leaf blades pinnately 5-foliate. The leaflets are crowded, 10-20 mm. long, linear to narrowly elliptic-oblong, and have a gray-silky texture. The flowers are produced terminally on the stems and are 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 in) cm across, buttercup-shaped, with five petals and 15–25 stamens; the petals are pale to bright yellow. Flowering is typically from early to late summer. The fruit is a cluster of achenes covered with long hairs. Ecology: Native to the cool temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere, often growing at high altitudes in mountains, Shrubby Cinquefoil is a facultative wetland species that is normally found growing in moisture-retentive soils in swamps and rocky, open calcareous areas. Shrubby Cinquefoil is known to be of special value to pollinators such as bees and butterflies, and other ‘biological control’ insects which prey upon pest insects. Comments: Shrubby cinquefoil is a popular ornamental plant in temperate regions. The flowers are always small, flat, and round, but there are many dozens on each bush. It is very often used by cities and businesses for landscaping because of its hardiness and low maintenance. It was introduced into cultivation in the 18th century. The vast majority of sellers and gardeners still use the old name Potentilla fruticosa.
    [Show full text]
  • FSC Nettlecombe Court Nature Review 2014
    FSC Nettlecombe Court Nature Review 2014 Compiled by: Sam Tuddenham Nettlecombe Court- Nature Review 2014 Introduction The purpose of this report is to review and share the number of different species that are present in the grounds of Nettlecombe Court. A significant proportion of this data has been generated by FSC course tutors and course attendees studying at Nettlecombe court on a variety of courses. Some of the data has been collected for the primary purpose of species monitoring for nationwide conservation charities e.g. The Big Butterfly Count and Bee Walk Survey Scheme. Other species have just been noted by members or staff when out in the grounds. These records are as accurate as possible however we accept that there may be species missing. Nettlecombe Court Nettlecombe Court Field Centre of the Field Studies Council sits just inside the eastern border of Exmoor national park, North-West of Taunton (Map 1). The house grid reference is 51o07’52.23”N, 32o05’8.65”W and this report only documents wildlife within the grounds of the house (see Map 2). The estate is around 60 hectares and there is a large variety of environment types: Dry semi- improved neutral grassland, bare ground, woodland (large, small, man –made and natural), bracken dominated hills, ornamental shrubs (lawns/ domestic gardens) and streams. These will all provide different habitats, enabling the rich diversity of wildlife found at Nettlecombe Court. Nettlecombe court has possessed a meteorological station for a number of years and so a summary of “MET” data has been included in this report.
    [Show full text]