How do cleavers disperse

Share facebook twitter email whatsapp. Goosegrass by Eden Jackson. Cleavers Scientific name: Galium aparine. Familiar as the bristly plant that easily hooks on to our clothing as we walk through the countryside or do the gardening, cleavers uses its hooks to help it climb and to disperse its seeds. Species information Category Wildflowers.

Statistics Height: up to 1. The small, rounded fruits are also covered in hooks. Distribution Widespread. Habitats Farmland Woodland Towns and gardens. Did you know? Cleavers is used as food for geese and chickens and is also known as 'goosegrass' and 'gosling weed'. Species Greater plantain Pushing its way up through the cracks in pavements, the straw-coloured flower spikes of greater plantain or 'broadleaf plantain….

Species Bramble The Bramble is the thorny shrub of hedges, woods and scrub that gives us delicious blackberries in autumn. Species Wood avens Look for wood avens along hedgerows and in woodlands. Our gardens are a vital resource for wildlife The UK's gardens provide more space for nature than all the National Nature Reserves put together.

Bob Coyle. I am not saying cultivate it, but use it if you have it. As a weed it does outcompete other crops for nutrients, water and sunlight and one of its drawbacks is that it hosts nematodes, insect pests and plant diseases, not least Verticillium; a fungal pathogen that causes vascular wilt of brassica. The best method is manual extraction before seeds form. Our Covid-free newsletter brings together some of the best bits from irishexaminer. A lunchtime summary of content highlights on the Irish Examiner website.

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