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Page to add to - Semljicola caliginosus
Common name - Cloud-living Spider  Was thought to be endemic to the UK, but discovered in Siberia in 2006. Refs: http://www.arachnida.org.uk/portal/p/Summary/s/Semljicola+caliginosus  http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/_speciespages/2599.pdf   www dot andtan dot newmail dot ru   72. Tanasevitch A.V. & Koponen S. 2007. Spiders (Aranei) of the southern tundra in the Russian Plain. - Arthropoda Selecta, 15 (4): 295-345 (for 2006). Moscow. download note the andtan page is on a server that is banned, hence "dots". You can ask for the page to be individually permitted.

Page in progress - Polygala calcarea
Polygala calcarea - Chalk Milkwort - is a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Polygala belonging to the Polygalaceae family.

Description
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Distribution and habitat
Chalk Milkwort is usually found growing in chalk or limestone grassland in Europe. It is found in southern England, France, Belgium, West Germany, Switzerland and Spain. More coming - inc references...

Various oddments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haathi_Mere_Saathi

Page in progress - Briza media
Briza media is the generitype or type species for the genus Briza.

Similar species
Briza maxima - Large Quaking-grass and Briza minor - Small Quaking-grass are the only other two Briza species likely to be encountered in most of its range. Both these species are annual whereas B. media is a perenial Briza maxima has more zxcv zxcv in each spikelet and the panicles are larger. B. minor has wider, less sturdy leaf-blades than B. media. It is easily distinguished when flowering by the much shorter anthers hanging from the flowers.

Uses
First Hubbard ref.

Common Quaking-grass is widely grown as an ornamental plant, both to add interest to a border and to be used, often dried, in flower arrangements. There are a number of named varieties in cultivation and it can be bought as seeds or as plants. Briza maxima has larger, more impressive pannicles but is only an annual, making Briza media the choice of gardeners who want a more permanent display.

It does not produce enough green growth in a year to be worth growing commercially for grazing animals to eat. However, finches and other seed-eating birds like to eat the seed and it can be planted to attract wild birds to the garden