Subject: Irish Blackthorn

From: Chris Monser <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:42:47 -0800

Does anybody know how I can find out what the Scientific designation
(Genus species) for the Irish plant called "Blackthorn" or the
English "Whitethorn" (a.k.a. simply "Thorn")?

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From: "Dr. S.J. Wainwright" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 01:50:29 +0100

In article <[email-masked]>, Chris Monser
<[email-masked]> writes
>English "Whitethorn" (a.k.a. simply "Thorn")?

The Blackthorn's Latin name is: Prunus spinosa
Whitethorn has got me beat, however, the Whitebeam is: Sorbus aria
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