> - it's quite a > dangerous plant, by which I mean, of course, that it's quite dangerous to some grazing animals, but quite friendly to other creatures, being an important part of ecology for bees and other invertebrates (on which we all depend).
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob W > Sent: 12 May 2008 21:37 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: Can you identify this bush for me? > > Happy to help. > > By coincidence I came across this picture, which is similar to but > better than mine, a few minutes ago: > http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/33454,arts,landscape-views,5 > > It is captioned as ragwort, but I'm sure that can't be right. I've > certainly never seen ragwort growing in such quantities - it's quite a > dangerous plant, although very nice to look at. > > Bob > > > > > Yes that is definitely the stuff I saw in the cultivated fields. > > > > Thanks again, Bob. > > > > Dan M > > > > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The mystery bush is gorse (ulex). I'm surprised no-one > > could identify > > > it - it's very common. > > > > > > Perhaps the yellow stuff in the fields was oilseed rape. > > Did it look > > > like this: > > > http://www.web-options.com/Byway/content/_6215853_large.html > > > > > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
