Barnacle
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Barnacle

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, BARNACLES: we shall lose our time and all be turned to barnacles or to apes. Barnacles are marine invertebrates but this quote could also refer to Barnacle Geese.

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TICK
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TICK

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, TICK: I had rather be a tick in a sheep than such a valiant ignorance. Ticks can carry dangerous diseases including Lyme Disease.

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LILY
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LILY

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, LILY: like the lily that once was mistress of the field and flourished, I’ll hang my head and perish. Lily are closely associated with Annunciation Day.

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PALM
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PALM

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PALM: for saints have hands that pilgrims hands to touch, and palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss. Palm Sunday makes the start of Christian Holy Week.

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BOX
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BOX

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, BOX: Get you all three into the boxtree. Malvolio’s coming down this walk. Box was been used as a decorative shrub in formal gardens but there are also wild Box woodlands in the UK.

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LADYBIRD
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LADYBIRD

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, LADYBIRD: What, lamb! What, ladybird! Where’s this girl. What, Juliet! There are 26 species of these iconic insects in Britain.

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GORSE
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GORSE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, GORSE: through toothed briers, sharp furze, pricking gorse, and thorns which entered their frail shins. Gorse can flower in even the lowest temperatures.

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WORM
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WORM

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, WORM: A man may fish with a worm that hath eat of a king and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. Worms are remarkable undervalued creatures that maintain our soils and habitats.

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MAGPIE
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MAGPIE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, MAGPIE: Augurs and understood relations have by maggot pies, and choughs and rooks brought forth the secret’st man of blood.

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ASH
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ASH

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, ASH: whereagainst my grained ash an hundred times hath broke. Ash is a magnificent tree and a valued timber but UK populations are being destroyed by Ash Dieback.

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CLOVER
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CLOVER

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CLOVER: the even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth the freckled cowslip, burnet and green clover. Clovers provide fodder, fix nitrogen and feed bees.

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SYCAMORE
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SYCAMORE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, SYCAMORE: where underneath the grove of sycamore…so early walking did I see your son. Sycamores were late entries to Britain but are widely naturalised.

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STARLING
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STARLING

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, STARLING: I’ll have a starling shall be taught to speak nothing but “Mortimer”. Starlings, colourful, noisy, sociably are remarkable mimics.

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HARE
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HARE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, HARE: O, the blood more stirs to rouse a lion than to start a hare! Hares acted Shakespeare’s metaphor for cowardice and stupidity. Mountain hares have been classified as Near Threatened.

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BIRCH
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BIRCH

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, BIRCH: having bound up the threat’ning twigs of birch only to stick it in their children’s sight for terror not to use. The Birch has a wide range of uses other than punishment.

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