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Hugh Harris: Introduction to Grasses

31 July 201731 July 2017Nature Notes

The aims of the workshop were to develop skills in identifying British native grass species, recognise the most widely occurring grasses and to familiarise ourselves with reference book keys and herbarium specimens. Peter Gateley, local Ecologist recommended at least 2 guides for starters in grass identification: FSC “Guide to Common Grasses” C.E. Hubbard, “Grasses”, Third...

Botanical interest of Crosby Coastal Park, Sefton Coast, Merseyside

18 August 201618 August 2016Nature Notes

Philip H. Smith, August 2016 Introduction Together with the adjacent Seaforth Docks complex (now Liverpool Free Port), Crosby Coastal Park was reclaimed from the Mersey Estuary in the late 1960s. The section studied here extends south from Crosby Baths to the Freeport fence (Fig. 1). It has an elongated triangular shape about 1.6km long with...