rachel19 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Hi everyone - a bit of an odd request if anyone can help! I'm now starting my final project at university which is genetic fingerprinting of the medicinal plant sea buckthorn. Basically I will be taking DNA samples from various plants and comparing the DNA structure of these to see how related they are. I currently have 2 samples from planted specimens (which usually come from China) but I have not yet collected any wild native british sea buckthorn depsite a few trips. I know the is some growing out in camber sands so I will be visiting there next week but if anyone knows of any growing near them (naturally not planted by us) then I would be very grateful if you could let me know. This plant is more of a coastal species so this probably wont apply to those of you inland but I know there are a few coastal eglu owners so if you could help I would be very grateful! At this time of year the female plants have orange berries along the branches and both male and female plants have long green leaves with a grey underneath (wikipedia has a picture). I live in Brighton so cannot travel that far but if anyone further afield knows where it is and can collect it easily I'm more than happy to send money for postage if you are able to send. Any help would be great - this is a very interesting plant with many health benefits and i'd really like to get as good a mark in my project as possible as this is the kind of thing I would like to do when I leave uni. Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I shall have a look for you we live about 5 minutes walk from the beach (sorry to make everyone else jealous - actually, im not ) Ill print off the picture and go hunting if I find any, Ill pm you cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Thank you very much!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Sounds like a really interesting and valuable project. Good luck with it, I'm only sorry that I'm not in a position to help.....not far from the sea though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Hi, I'll have a look as we wander around but to be honest I've not seen any so far. I'll let you know if I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 oooh - off to the seaside tomorrow for a few days so I will have a look out for you. Must check out the pics first or you could get some interesting (but totally random sanples) I just looked on google images - did you know they make sorbet out of it as well - a trip to the seaside means icecream - but I will keep an eye out for its orange berries as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 Thank you all very much! The picture on wikipedia is quite an accurate one and the plant that I found that had berries on did look exactly like it. I also saw some on a busy roundabout that also had lots of berries so they should hopefully be easy to spot if they are there! Thanks for the support Kate - i don't think sea buckthorn is found in NZ sadly otherwise that could be an interesting extra to the project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Hi Rachel, I think there is a lot of that stuff growing at Seaton Carew not far from us. In fact the council are taking steps to control it apparently. Our beach has similar dunes to Seaton so it probably grows here too. If we stumble across some how much do you want? Do you need the berries too? Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 Hi thats great - i only need a handful of leaves and a couple of berries if you could send those it would be fantastic! Just put them in one of those sealable plastic sandwich bags and it should be fine in the post - please let me know how much it will cost you and I can give you the money for sending Thank you so much!! Could you also just stick a note in with it stating the date collected and the location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Hi Rachel I'm sure I can get you some - we must have it on our coast so I'll find out and send you some if i can find it; good excuse for a wander down to the beach/marshes sometime during the week. Will you pm me your address so that I can post it to you (providing I find some)? Do you need it this week or have we got a week or two to find it? Regards Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I'll bump this up Richard so Rachel can see your offer Buffie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 Thanks, we sorted it out via pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone had any luck in finding some? If anyone lives near sefton dunes or theddlethorpe dunes I know there is some there? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
