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Old 31-08-2006, 09:14 AM
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Re: Latin names

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Originally Posted by nightshade
I know this is about birds but I have a book, Gardeners Latin
by Bill Neal ISBN 0-7090-5106-9 it makes sense of plant names
Alot of it translates though, words like vulgaris, arvensis, palustris and major appear in both areas.
I have 'plant names explained' but it really only scratches the surface. Learning scientific (coz they're not always latin ) bird names it helped soooooo much though to know what the words actually meant!
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