Unidentified flowers and trees - please help ID

[marbetu]

Hi, I hope someone will be able to ID some of these plants to be found in my new garden, many thanks in advance ....


1. (I know it is fuschia, but there are so many varieties, I'm a bit lost)

2.

3. (I am pretty sure now it is white clover)

4.

5. (a lichen on a cherry tree)


6.

[the young hunter]

3 is indeed white clover and 4 is definately bush vetch - all the other flowers and trees are not native so I don't know them.


I don't know about lichens either


mike

[naturegirl]

Hi Marbetu!

I think that:

1. is A hardy Fuschia.
2. Is a Dahlia.
3. Is White Clover.
4. Pea vetch of some sort.
6. Is a perrenial sweet pea.

Hope this helps.

Naturegirl

[aeshna5]

1 Fuschia magellanica
2 Dahlia cultivar
3 White Clover, Trifolium repens
4 Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium
5 Possibly Xanthoria sp.
6 Laburnum

[poschiavanus]

The lichen is Xanthoria parietina, a very common and pretty recognisable lichen, although in the shade it can be quite grey rather than obviously yellow. There are other Xanthoria which grow on trees, but the other commonish one X. polycarpa has lobes which are much narrower and is usually covered with the jam tart-like fruits (formally apothecia).

Here are a couple of links to websites with stuff on lichens in Ireland:

• Lichen Ireland. Homepage of a 4-year recording project. Includes checklist with distribution maps and further info. on species.
• lichens.ie. Newish site with some nice pictures. Not comprehensive, but with lots of detailed information on lichens which are profiled.
• Donegal Hedgerow. Stuart Dunlop's old blog, with some interesting stuff on lichens. Unfortunately the species index seems to be broken.

HTH,

poschiavanus