Luke you seem to have beaten me to it and have a lump in your cheek
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From: Luke Steer
Sent: 27/04/2012 08:49
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: Re: Latin abbreviations
I agree and use common names where available.
We are often told, when writing reports, to remember who will be
reading them. Usually our readers are lay people, planners, architects
and developers. These people are unlikely to have been formally
educated in the scientific naming of plants.
Regards
Luke Steer
Chartered Arboriculturist
Treescapes Consultancy Ltd.
Tel: 015394 34698
Mobile: 07734 113964
www.treescapesconsultancy.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: andersonarb@xxxx.com
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:35:44
To: UK Tree Care<uktc@xxxxxx.tree-care.info>
Reply-To: uktc@xxxxxx.tree-care.info
Subject: Re: Latin abbreviations
I've got a few abbreviations, here they are:
1. Fraxinus excelsior = Ash.
2. Quercus robur = Oak.
3. Tilia x europaeus = Lime.
4. Ulmus glabra = Elm.
These have the advantage of being widely recognised by the public.
Along with Dr Heuch I wouldn't dream of sticking botanical names in a
report unless it was necessary to clarify something. So explaining to
someone that their tree was not actually a rare native Black Poplar
but a nasty rusty hybrid might provoke the use of botanical latin, but
otherwise only when it's necessary.
Incidentally, can I just say that people sticking latin names in
reports but not using italics gets right up my nose. As does the
interchanging of sp with spp. A lot of this smacks of someone trying
to bamboozle their clients and justify their large fee, to me anyway.
Bill.
PS. Usually when I italicise something, UKTC filters lose it somehow.
The above was properly italicised when it left me.
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