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The new Enterprise Centre at Earley Gate is the first campus building to have a green roof, but not satisfied with this it also has a brown roof! Green roofs are now well established as an environmentally friendly way to … Continue reading
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If butterflies and dragonflies can be considered bird-watchers’ insects, then plant gallers are the botanist’s insects (although many galls are caused by mites and fungi), as identification of the host plant is essential to their identification. Although you are unlikely … Continue reading
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Checking though the list of Whiteknights Campus plants (compiled by David Grice, a recent Reading botany undergraduate) I came across references to no fewer than seven willow herb species, two of which have caused me considerable confusion, square-stemmed willow-herb (Epilobium tetragonum) … Continue reading
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The pea family (Leguminosae or Fabaceae) is one of the largest flowering plant families. It is known for its nitrogen fixing association with Rhizobium that form root nodules allowing conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to nitrate. Four of the commoner legumes … Continue reading
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Two of the common understory species in the Wilderness are the native Circaea lutetiana (the Enchanter’s nightshade – dark green leaves) and the invasive alien Impatiens parviflora (Small Balsam – light green leaves). Enchanter’s nightshade is a widespread woodland understory … Continue reading
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Campus is full of flowers. A few I noted today are: Lotus corniculatus (Bird’s foot trefoil), Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal) & Tragopogon pratensis (Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon).
