"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:

If it's producing shoots now wouldn't Arum italicum be more likely than
Arum maculatum?

Quite possibly. Though, in my experience, they behave almost
identically - indeed, some people consider it a subspecies, anyway.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Subspecies.. now that can be difficult to define. I think that the voles
that my German friend has that are a major agricultural pest there and look
identical to our endangered water voles (and even have the same name) are
not the same thing we have. I think the German voles are a sub species.
They are the bane of her life. They eat roots off every tree she plants.
They eat most of all the veggies she plants. I think she needs to bomb her
land to get rid of them as nothing else works..she sets traps and gets a
few, her cat gets some but the voles in Lower Saxony will just eat
everything you plant. There no work there so you need what you plant to
keep yourself alive. Most people keep hens and grow pumpkins.