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Author Topic: Primulas at Waresley Wood.  (Read 954 times)

Giles

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Primulas at Waresley Wood.
« on: March 27, 2011, 02:08:03 PM »
First the Primroses.

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Re: Primulas at Waresley Wood.
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2011, 02:09:20 PM »
Oxlips part 1.

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Re: Primulas at Waresley Wood.
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2011, 02:11:09 PM »
Oxlips part 2.
(Given their narrow distribution in the UK I was surprised how abundant they were)

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Re: Primulas at Waresley Wood.
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2011, 02:12:28 PM »
? hybrids.
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Re: Primulas at Waresley Wood.
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2011, 02:16:53 PM »
Waresley Wood is near St Neots in Cambridgeshire, and is run by the local Wildlife Trust (Northants/Cambs/Beds/Peterborough).
This is the only part of the UK where P.elatior is found naturally.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/graham.moorby/Waresley/
http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/reserves/reserve.php?reserveid=73

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Re: Primulas at Waresley Wood.
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2011, 08:21:59 PM »
How nice to see some of the natural areas of the U.K.!
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