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Old 07-04-2009, 03:55 PM
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Re: A 2009 plant-hunter's diary

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Originally Posted by leifus View Post
it may just be me but those don't look short enough to be wild daffodils....?! i may be wrong...
I'm not sure whether they're actually native, but they've certainly been known at this site (Edford Woods) for at least 150 years according to the literature; it's one of the few places in Somerset that drifts of daffodils can still be seen in spring.

So I'm 99% sure they're ssp. pseudonarcissus; having not seen a wild one for quite a while, I was actually surprised how different they look to the naturalised plants I'd come across around the Bristol area.
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