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Partridge berry (Mitchella repens) Foliage, inflorescence, and unopened blossom Berries. The ovaries of the twin flowers fuse together, so that there are two flowers for each berry. The two bright red spots on each berry are vestiges of this process. The fruit ripens between July and October, and may persist through the winter.
The name partridgeberry is commonly applied to a number of plant species including: Mitchella repens; Gaultheria procumbens; Vaccinium vitis-idaea (in Newfoundland and Labrador), better known as lingonberry
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
The first gift listed is "a partridge in a pear tree", and these words end each verse. Since partridges are unlikely to be seen in pear trees (they are ground-nesting birds) [5] it has been suggested that the text "a pear tree" is a corruption of the French "une perdrix" (a partridge). [6]
Because of the shallow nature of the rhizomes, it does not survive most forest fires, but a brief or mild fire may leave rhizomes intact, from which the plant can regrow even if the above-ground shrub was consumed. [5] This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [9] [10]
Common name Picture Scientific name Habitat IUCN status [nb 2] Notes EBA; 1 Hose's partridge: Rhizothera dulitensis: Hill and lower montane forest [28] VU: Also known as Dulit partridge. [29] 2 Red-breasted partridge: Arborophila hyperythra: Hill dipterocarp forest; lower and upper montane forest [30] LC: Also known as Bornean partridge. [31] 157 3
However, it has suffered a serious decline in the UK, and in 2015 appeared on the "Birds of Conservation Concern" Red List. [11] This partridge breeds on farmland across most of Europe and across the western Palearctic as far as southwestern Siberia; it is a non-migratory terrestrial species, and forms flocks of up to 30 outside of the breeding ...
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