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26-11-2010, 05:26 PM
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Alder buckthorn? Taken wicken fen. 
Not sure on this aquatic plant (wicken fen) 
Taken in Northampton on arable margin. Probably only shepherds purse? 
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26-11-2010, 05:33 PM
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Your No 1 looks more like wild privet, the leaves are too narrow for buckthorn.
No 3 could be shepherd's purse.
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26-11-2010, 05:36 PM
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Privet is what I thought also but the buckthorn is suppose to be all over the fen so I was a bit unsure. Are the berries to clustered the a buckthorn species also? |
26-11-2010, 05:41 PM
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Buckthorn berries cluster near the leaf axils usually. Privet near the tip of shoots.
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26-11-2010, 06:18 PM
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Johnny.
1. Wild Privet - Ligustrum vulgare (Hedera is right).
2. Spiked Water-milfoil - Myriophyllum spicatum. Quite common in that area.
3. Shepherd's-purse - Capsella bursa-pastoris
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26-11-2010, 06:54 PM
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Thanks Dorts and hedera. Looking at Myriophyllum in my book, could Alternate Water-milfoil (Myriophyllum alterniflorum) be a candidate for 2 also?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny81  Feel silly posting it now, I should know what Private looks like....! | Most privet in its usual setting ( suburbia !) will be found to be the Japanese stuff - L. ovalifolium ( The-ligustrum-with oval leaves ).
There's also L. japonicum (also from Japan-of course! ) - whilst the native species is L. vulgare - with more lanceolate leaves than the previous. | | |
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