10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILLWORT»
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1
New Flora of the British Isles
Pillwort. family. Rhizomes long, thin, hairy, not scaly; leaves borne singly but
often close together, spirally coiled when young, of 2 sorts (sterile and fertile), the
sterile ones filiform (? petioles only represented), the fertile ones small, globose,
...
2
Filicineae, Gymnospermae and Other Monocots Excluding ...
2. Pilularia. L.—Pillwort. Aquatic perennials; leaves elongated, grasslike;
sporangia in hard cases attached to the tip of the stalk, globose, pubescent. The
species of this aquatic fern genus have leaves that resemble those of grasses.
There are ...
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, 2006
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BIOS Instant Notes in Plant Biology
Pillwort, Pilularia. (a) Whole plant; (b) cross-section through sorus. 1 mm Leaf
Rhizome in the British hartstongue and the tropical birdsnest fern (both
Asplenium) and some tropical climbing ferns have branched leaves of
indeterminate growth.
Andrew Lack, David Evans, 2001
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Field Flora of the British Isles
MARSILEACEAE - Pillwort family Rhizomes long, thin, pubescent, not scaly;
Pilularia could be mistaken only for an angiosperm, but the spirally coiled filiform
young leaves and globose spore-bearing leaves distinguish it. 1. PILULARIA L ...
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CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes: Common Names, ...
Species/Vernacular Names: P. americana A. Braun English: pillwort P.
globulifera L. English: pillwort /' novae- hollandiae A. Braun English: austral
pillwort Pilostigma Costantin Asclepiadaceae Origins: Greek pilos "hat, wool, hair
" and stigma ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999
Pillwort growing on the shores of a natural pond in the New Forest, Hampshire.
Bob Gibbons Ecology of the Harlequin Ladybird a ra c o ai. species, with
numerous mobile seeds that germinate and grow quickly, are most likely to
secure an ...
7
Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia
... and wet soil by ponds. Range: Peculiarly distributed in a few central and
western states. Found east of the Mississippi River only in Georgia. '-^0$. Azolla
filiculoides Lam. Name: Lamarck named this species in 1783. 1/2. American.
Pillwort.
Lloyd H. Snyder, Jr., James G. Bruce, 1986
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Botanical Journal of Scotland
factors, including pollution of the water bodies in which pillwort grows, lack of
disturbance in its habitat, the modification of water bodies and the decline in
beneficial land uses (Scott et al., 1999). A survey of extant populations for
Plantlife has ...
9
Instant Notes in Plant Biology
Fig. 5. Pillwort, Pilularia. (a) Whole plant; (b) cross-section through sorus. Fig. 6.
The floating fern Salvinia (side view). (Redrawn from Ingrouille M (1992).
Diversity and Evolution of Land Plants. KluwerAcademic Publishers.) Fig. 7.
Typical fern ...
Andrew Lack, David Evans, 2001
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Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southwestern United States
Pilularia L. Pillwort Six widely distributed species. 1. Pilularia americana A. Br.
American pillwort. Fig. 7. Very small inconspicuous plants of muddy situations,
with slender wide-creeping rhizomes bearing at the nodes one to several leaves,
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Donovan Stewart Correll, Helen B. Correll, 1975
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PILLWORT»
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Rùm hostel to close as community bunkhouse looks to first summer …
It features jagged mountains with a wide range of wildlife from white-tailed sea eagles to tiny, rare plants like the pillwort fern. Rùm is of ... «Grough, Apr 15»
'Challenging year' reported at Catterick Garrison nature reserve
The internationally threatened species pillwort has been observed in the wetland pools. Six new species of fungi and many new invertebrate ... «Darlington and Stockton Times, Feb 15»
Rare burrowing mud snail discovered at North Yorkshire nature …
Both the snail and the internationally threatened tiny bog-loving fern, Pillwort, are on Natural England's Priority List – and both are thriving ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 14»
Invasive water plant ban: so what are the best pond plants?
Pillwort. Pilularia globulifera is a fascinating addition to a pond, grass-like to look at but actually an ancient fern that's now very rare. You can tell ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
Efforts to save rare plant
Pillwort is a watery fern that thrives on disturbed pond edges and is internationally threatened, but there are hopes it could become well ... «Isle of Wight County Press, Mar 12»
Water voles could return to ponds in Hampshire forest
The 10 ponds at Alice Holt Forest near Alton will also support toads, great crested newts, grass snakes and plants like pillwort. They are ... «BBC News, Jul 11»
