User:Jdhowens90
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Hello. My name is Josh, and I live in Manchester, United Kingdom. My interests include:
- History, especially U.S. and military
- Politics, particularly U.S. & international and
- Astronomy/Spaceflight
Cirsium palustre, the marsh thistle, is a herbaceous biennial (or often perennial) flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe, where it is particularly common on damp ground such as marshes, wet fields, moorland and beside streams. In Canada and the northern United States it is an introduced species that has become invasive. It grows in dense thickets that can crowd out slower growing native plants. Cirsium palustre can reach up to 2 metres (7 ft) in height and features strong stems with few branches which are covered in small spines. In its first year the plant grows as a dense rosette and in subsequent years a candelabra of dark purple or occasionally white flowers, 10–20 millimetres (0.4–0.8 in) with purple-tipped bracts. In the northern hemisphere these are produced from June to September. The plant provides an important source of nectar for pollinators. This C. palustre flower was photographed in Niitvälja, Estonia.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus
Subpages[edit]
- Templates that I have finished, or are at least ready for use.
- Sandbox- templates that still need some refining, or other improvement.
- My Photographs- photgraphs that I've taken and uploaded.
Pages That I Have Created[edit]
Pages That I Have Contributed To[edit]
Me
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Include;
- John Glenn
- Astronomy
- Doctor Who
- British Raj
- Cabinet of the United Kingdom
- Nicholas Soames
- World War II
- History of the Soviet Union
- And one I'm particularly proud of, Sir William Walton.
Things To Do[edit]
WikiProjects of which I am a member[edit]
- British Government
- Doctor Who
- European Union
- Golf
- Grammar
- Jesus
- Space missions
- Treaties
- Voting systems
Countries I've Been To[edit]
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