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The Bermuda Buttercup grows from bulbs that come about in the fall months. With this shamrock like plant, there can only by three sides and on a rare occasion four. The average height for this plant is 14 inches and rarely goes beyond that. This flower blooms in between November and April. Death is a common result and many farmers like to kill of the Bermuda Buttercup from their farming ground. Oxalate poisoning is common for livestock to receive if there is a high consumption. 'The genus name Oxalis is derived from the Greek word meaning “sour,” referring to the sour-tasting oxalic acid present throughout the plants.' (DiTomaso 2007). This is a significant family, because it is very poisonous to those who intake the two plants too much. The Bermuda Buttercup is related to Oxalis corniculata ( blossom_top(aka).jpg).

It is also used commonly as a plant for landscape architectures. The common ecology of a plant like this is found mostly in irrigated territories, vineyards, crop fields and urban areas. Interesting to know how it ended up in Berkeley. The Bermuda Buttercup is also a South African native, cultivated as a ornamental. It is a common weed in artichoke fields in Central CA. This shamrock like plant is a 'a low growing perennial broadleaf plant' (Davis 2014) most commonly found in CA. Named the 'Bermuda Buttercup' is also known as buttercup oxalis. I immediately snapped the photo, because it's origins were something I was curious about. Yellow on a gray day, it stuck out to me. I was walking on Bancroft when I saw this plant. It was good for us to get away for a few days and we chose a good time because the weather here was not good.Natural History Story of the Bermuda Buttercup Some of the palm trees are dying due to a nemotode so every now and then we saw completely dead examples of ones that had succumbed to the pest. It was warm and sunny but hardly anyone else was there.

BERMUDA BUTTERCUP NURSERY FULL

Rosa banksiae was in full flower as were some almond and cherry trees. Some very old trees with intricate supports to hold their ancient branches up. It was very pleasant, not too big but plenty to see. We had a full day seeing the sights of Lisbon including going to a botanical garden. It also grew inbetween rows of grape vines and I suspect might be a weed. There was a yellow oxalis growing almost everywhere especially in the roadside verges. Not on the scale of Avebury and rather disappointing but once I’d started to look around I noticed many small wild flowers including narcissus, erodium, geranium, also some anthericum and asphodels. On one of our sight seeing trips we detoured to see some ancient standing stones.

Interestingly there were self seeded cistus shrubs along the edge of the eucalyptus. There was the inevitable hideous emptiness where logging had taken place.

These trees looked almost as gloomy as forests of conifers. Apparently they are used to make paper products, one of the few industries there we were told. There were hundreds of acres of them, forests taking up much of the ground for miles on end. I expected to see cork oaks and there were many everywhere but I was surprised to see so many eucalyptus. They picked us up from Lisbon and drove us eastwards on the toll roads. We have just come back from a few days away in Portugal where we visited friends who live near Portalegre.

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