Entries in Plants (194)

Thursday
Jul172008

Hogweed

Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium).  Full classification:

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Order: Apiales
  • Family: Apiaceae
  • Genus: Heracleum
  • Species: H. sphondylium

Photo taken in Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2008-07-13.

Tuesday
Jul152008

Birdsfoot Trefoil

Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus conrniculatus). Full classification:

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Order: Fabales
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Subfamily: Faboideae
  • Tribe: Loteae
  • Genus: Lotus
  • Species: L. corniculatus

Photo taken in Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2008-07-13.

Sunday
Jul132008

Great Willow Herb

Great Willow Herb (Epilobium hirsutum).  Full clssification:

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Order: Myrtales
  • Family: Onagraceae
  • Genus: Epilobium
  • Species: E. hirsutum

Photo taken beside the large lake, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2008-07-13.

Thursday
Sep272007

A Lichen and a Moss

It has been a while since I posted any photos, so here a couple I took in the summer.  Above is a lichen, probably of the genus Cladonia.  The red structures are called astrocarps which contain asci which are small bags of spores.

And this is the sporophyte (fruiting structure) of a moss, probably of the genus Sphagnum.

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