Different Bedstraws.........

alindsay · #1 (**permalink**) 11-07-2011, 07:07 PM

Can anyone say if these are different Bedstraws from the photos. They were found in different locations.

Johnny81 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-07-2011, 07:10 PM

1 and 2 I would say are hedge bedstraw and 3 is probably common marsh bedstraw. The difference is in the leaves although I am using the robustness to help form an ID here. You need to check leaf veins and the side prickles (absent or not and which way they point).

alindsay · #3 (**permalink**) 11-07-2011, 07:17 PM

Thanks Johnny

I will look closer next time at all the clues. Thanks for the hints.

leifus · #4 (**permalink**) 11-07-2011, 08:03 PM

i agree with Johnnie's identifications.

It is often fairly easy to ID the commonest species without a book, but these little tips like the hairs pointing what way are the defining things which, once learnt, make bedstraws nice and easy

Johnny81 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-07-2011, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by leifus

i agree with Johnnie's identifications.

It is often fairly easy to ID the commonest species without a book, but these little tips like the hairs pointing what way are the defining things which, once learnt, make bedstraws nice and easy

I agree once you get your eye in they are a fairly easy group, but saying that I have never seen slender, wall, northern or limestone bedstraw species yet!