Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The most recognizable plants of this first group would be the chalk dudleya and giant chalk dudleya. [ 5 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Formerly segregated as the genus Stylophyllum , the plants of this group usually have narrow leaves, often elliptic to round in cross-section, resembling fingers; hence common names like fingertips ( Dudleya edulis, also the ...
A deep, moist soil is ideal, as is a location that is protected from drying winds and direct sunlight. [1] [2] Berberidopsis corallina prefers fertile acidic soil, such as loam and sand and may withstand slightly alkaline soil if peat soil is added, but it is not preferable to chalky soil. Young plants can be grown from cuttings or layers.
Calcareous grassland (or alkaline grassland) is an ecosystem associated with thin basic soil, such as that on chalk and limestone downland. [1] Ranscombe Farm, Medway on the North Downs. In June, these meadows are covered with chalk grassland flowers.
Dudleya pulverulenta is a rosette-forming, succulent species of plant, covered in a distinctive chalky and mealy wax, known as a farina, or more technically, epicuticular wax. It is one of the largest species of Dudleya. All parts of the inflorescence are covered in a chalky wax, and the flowering stems may reach up to 150 cm (59 in) long.
Dudleya brittonii, with the common names Britton's dudleya, Britton's liveforever and giant chalk dudleya, is a large succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae, the same genus as jade plants. It is native (possibly endemic) to the coast of northern Baja California, Mexico. Uniquely, Britton’s Dudleya has a green form, or variant of the white ...
Chalk heath occurs where a thin layer of acidic soil (often loess or sand) overlies a basic (alkaline) one, such as chalk. Shallow-rooted plants grow only in the acidic soil (typically a few centimetres thick), and so these are species characteristic of acidic habitats. Deeper-rooted plants can reach the underlying alkaline substrate, and so ...
Chalk maple is a small tree, reaching 8–9 m in height and develops a round form with slender branches, and often with multiple trunks. The name "chalk maple" (in addition to the Latin name, meaning "white skin") comes from the attractive smooth and thin chalky white or light gray bark on mature trees. The bark becomes ridged and blackish at ...
Cytisus scoparius (syn. Sarothamnus scoparius), the common broom or Scotch broom, is a deciduous leguminous shrub native to western and central Europe. [2] In Great Britain and Ireland, the standard name is broom; [3] [4] [5] this name is also used for other members of the Genisteae tribe, such as French broom or Spanish broom; and the term common broom is sometimes used for clarification.