Thursday 21 February 2008

Seeing the Changes 68





Cherry (Prunus sp) is in blossom on the Swansea Campus as well as in Loughor. The catkins of Silver birch (Betula pendulata) are also in evidence in Loughor as are the leaves of Elder (Sambucus nigra) and Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum). In Bynea, the flowers of the Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) are out early.

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