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Clover: Invert associates
Trifolium pratensis, Red Clover: 83 species;
T. repens, White Clover: 72 species; 29 of them Lepidoptera, some of which in thread below. Both clovers are having a late flowering fling this year
*Amédée Masclef - Atlas des plantes de France. 1891
Clematis vitalba, Traveller’s Joy, Associates
Vigorous woody climber, capable of forming a virtual monoculture via readily dispersed seed. Of hedges, walls, trees & scrub, sand dunes, disused quarries, & beside rail tracks.
Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland
Ononis repens, Common Rest-harrow, Associates
A rhizomatous perennial sub-shrub, found in calcareous grasslands, meadows and pasture, scrub, sandy & gravelly verges, & in dunes & shingle on the coast.
Plate 331. By Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora. PD
Menyanthes trifoliata Associates
Semi-aquatic or aquatic perennial, flowering April–June, in shallow water, ponds, fens and bogs. Relatively few associates, but some specific to Bog Bean.
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Lindman Bilder ur Nordens Flora Pl 79
Betula pendula, Birch Associates, No 1/3
To honour Moth Night, here's some of the moths that use Birch as larval host. They support at least 131 spp; of these c.100 use both Silver & Downy birch.
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By Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora
Alliaria petiolata, Garlic Mustard, associates: 69 species of herbivorous inverts, at least 24 of them coleopterans. It is found in woodland, in margins, rides & clearings, shady hedge banks, river-banks, wall bases, verges.
Lindeman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora, Pl 190
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nearly all of them are preyed upon by swifts, swallows and martins. Excellent timing then.
P. ochripes, John Curtis, British Entomology Vol 2 pl 630
Primula veris, Cowslip associates: 12 species (cf 40 for primrose).
Once common in hay meadows, hedgerows, the rides & margins of ancient woods, populations declined mostly in proportion to the loss of grassland habitat 1930–1980.
Schmeil, Lehrbuch der Botanik. Tafel 20
Fragaria vesca, Wild Strawberry
Native of woods, scrub and hedgerow, embankments & road verges, an important element of the ground flora. It supports 51 species of invertebrate as a larval host, of which 14 are coleopteran, 30 Lepidoptera
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Sorbus torminalis, Wild Service, associates. May be seen in abundance in wood pasture. Late spring flowers insect pollinated. Fast growing, light demanding, v. hardy; timber hard & durable, lifespan 100–200 years. c.30 spp. inverts.
Illo By Johann Daniel Reitter, PD
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