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Identifying Plants to South West Ireland's Flora
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In summary, these were all picked today. They were picked from the South West Ireland.Here's some moreAnd some moreAnd these are the last ones. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Here's some more The third appears to be meadow buttercup.
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The third appears to be meadow buttercup.Darth Frodo said:
http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedlf.htm#low
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The second looks like cow parsley.Darth Frodo said:
http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/weedlf.htm#stem
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WOW thanks evo. That's a great site. Extremely useful. Now I know that post 3 image 3 is white clover.
I am reasonably confident that post1 image 2 is Timothy Grass and that post 1 image 1 is Yorkshire Fog.
I am reasonably confident that post1 image 2 is Timothy Grass and that post 1 image 1 is Yorkshire Fog.
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I am not convinced your post1 image 2 is Timothy grass. I would expect the spike would be more densely compact. If you could snap another image showing it vertically against a light background, that would be helpful.
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I think you have two pictures of tansy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tansy).
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I may have some more hints tomorrow.
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I was thinking that the top photos might be of an oat or rye grass, or a fescue.
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages-grasses/g-58.html
Was one near Killarney or in a place like this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._the_Comeraghs_-_geograph.org.uk_-_232823.jpg
http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/celandine.htm
http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/blinks.htm
http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/census/flora.htm
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/sitemap.html
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/AZ-more.html#Grasses
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages-grasses/g-58.html
Was one near Killarney or in a place like this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._the_Comeraghs_-_geograph.org.uk_-_232823.jpg
http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/celandine.htm
http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/blinks.htm
http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/census/flora.htm
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/sitemap.html
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/AZ-more.html#Grasses
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