tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418832886264403210.post4483870470859605633..comments2009-01-21T13:25:47.930-08:00John and Clare O'Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937860286128513950clare@ptyxis.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418832886264403210.post-62989701123495811262009-01-20T13:55:00.000-08:002009-01-20T13:55:00.000-08:00Finding the Betula nana by accident was truly amazing.<BR/>Members of our Botany group tried to find it a few times without any luck.<BR/>Eventually Bill Burlton, Anne Pickering, Chris Irvine and myself went to look for it on 28/02/2008.<BR/>Anne had some photos taken many years ago when the NHSN visited the site.<BR/>We used these to match the hills in the background and eventually we found it. It was a long way from George Swans grid ref. I marked the area with a large stick. Perhaps thats what attracted Fiona to the site. There were a lot of plants covering an area of about 50 sq m.<BR/>By the way George Swan didn't discover the plants but that's another story.<BR/><BR/>Keith CunninghamKeithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12971511423899697238noreply@blogger.com