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02-09-2007, 12:26 PM
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| | | Plant id please (possibly a heather)
Can anyone id this plant for me?
I am told its a heather thats not that common and is occasionally found in the Cornwall area?
Only this was a single plant found in a chalk quarrry in the south east of England?  
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02-09-2007, 02:17 PM
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| | | Re: Plant id please (possibly a heather)
yes you are right that is heather. |
02-09-2007, 03:49 PM
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| | | Re: Plant id please (possibly a heather)
Looks like Cornish Heath (Erica vagans). In the UK it is only native in West Cornwall, but occasionally persists as a garden escape/throwout elsewhere. |
02-09-2007, 09:16 PM
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| | | Re: Plant id please (possibly a heather)
Looks like Cornish Heath to me too. Stacks of it grows on The Lizard.
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02-09-2007, 09:53 PM
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| | | Re: Plant id please (possibly a heather)
99% sure that is Cornish Heath. |
02-09-2007, 10:58 PM
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| | | Re: Plant id please (possibly a heather)
Thanks for the replys all..
But tell me how can it appear at a "closed to the public" nature reserve,miles away from any gardens and in the middle of a large chalk pit in north Kent?
Could it be by seed by a passing bird?..
I am lost when it comes to plantlife!!!
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02-09-2007, 11:17 PM
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| | | Re: Plant id please (possibly a heather)
What part of north Kent? Just curious...and who is the reserve managed by? |
03-09-2007, 12:14 AM
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| | | Re: Plant id please (possibly a heather)
large chalk pit = fly tipping site
case closed
henrya
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04-09-2007, 09:38 PM
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| | | Re: Plant id please (possibly a heather)
Was it the chalk quarry that the Pallas' Warbler frequented earlier in the year?
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