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Populations of snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) in gardens
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1. Location (your nearest town)
2. Location (county)
3. Year fritillaries were planted
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4. Number of fritillary plants planted, give an approximate number if known
5. Number of plants currently
6. Size of area with fritillaries (square metres)
7. Distance to trees (metres)
8. Percentage of the fritillary plants under trees (select 0 if they are all in the open)
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9. If you have fritillary plants under trees and in the open which started flowering earlier
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those under trees flowering earlier
those in the open flowering earlier
10. If you have fritillary plants under trees and in the open how many weeks earlier or later are those under trees
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three weeks earlier under trees
two weeks earlier under trees
one week earlier under trees
at same time under trees and in the open
one week later under trees
two weeks later under trees
three weeks later under trees
11. Main tree species above the fritillaries (leave blank if fritillaries are in the open)
12. Ground cover in fritillary area. Just select the main groundcover at the time the fritillaries are flowering
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Bare soil
Moss
Grass
Herbs
13. Percentage of plants with more than 1 stem very close to each other (within 2cm of each other)
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14. Percentage of the population in dense groups within 5-20cm of each other
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15. Percentage of the population with white flowers
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16. Percentage of the population with 2-flowered plants (these may be quite rare)
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17. Soil type
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18. Do the fritillary plants successfully produce pods
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No
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19. How wet is the soil in the fritillary area
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Quite dry all year
Very wet in winter and dry in summer
Wet all year
20. Distance from open water to the fritillary area
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No open water present (no stream or pond etc)
0-5 meters
5-10 meters
more than 10 meters
Is there anything else you would like to tell us about your fritillary population?
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