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From the Independent 26th January 2016
‘It’s unheard-of: after the warmest and wettest December on record, more
than 600 species of British wildflowers were in bloom on New Year’s Day
2016, a major survey has shown.
In a normal cold winter, botanists would expect no more than 20 to 30 types
of wild plants to be in flower in the British Isles at the year’s end –
species such as daisy, dandelion and gorse.
But a survey by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) has
discovered that on 1 January, no fewer than 612 species were actually
flowering, including some from late spring and high summer – an occurrence
which seems to be without precedent, and has left plant scientists
astonished.’
Best wishes
Peter
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W
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