20-505: [REDACTED] Look up culver in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Culver may refer to: Places [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] Culver Down , Isle of Wight United States [ edit ] Culver, Indiana , a town in northern Indiana Culver, Kansas , a city in north-central Kansas Culver, Kentucky , an unincorporated community Culver, Missouri ,
40-411: A few are smooth and some species have simple leaves. The flowers are borne on inflorescences in the form of heads ; each head contains many small florets, each floret cupped in a membranous, saucer-shaped bract. The calyx has five sepals in the form of awns almost as long as the petals. After the flowers have dropped, the calyces together with the bracts form a spiky ball that may be the reason for
60-469: A ghost town Culver, Oregon , a city in central Oregon Culver, Minnesota , an unincorporated community in northeast Minnesota Culver Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota , a township in northeast Minnesota Culver City, California , a city in Los Angeles County; a significant center for motion picture and television production Culver City station Culver Lake , a lake straddling
80-475: A mysterious pale yellow scabious, called " Scabiosa trenta ", was described by Belsazar Hacquet , an Austrian physician, botanist, and mountaineer, in his work Plantae alpinae Carniolicae . It became a great source of inspiration for later botanists and mountaineers discovering the Julian Alps , especially Julius Kugy . The Austrian botanist Anton Kerner von Marilaun later proved Belsazar Hacquet had not found
100-564: A new species, but a specimen of the already known submediterranean Cephalaria leucantha . They are found in various habitats such as Scabiosa solymica (formerly named Lomelosia solymica ), which is a chasmophyte (a plant adapted to growing in crevices or hollows) of montane , sea facing cliffs of the Tahtalı Dağı (mountain) in the western Taurus Mountains , south of Antalya, Turkey. Scabious flowers are nectar rich and attractive to many insects including butterflies and moths such as
120-634: A restaurant chain in the United States Culver, a pigeon or a dove (less-common English word) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Culver . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culver&oldid=1109642108 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
140-474: A skirmish fought on the Down. The French were finally repulsed at Sandown . The poet Algernon Charles Swinburne said in a letter that he had climbed the cliffs at 17, in order to prove his manhood to his family after they refused to let him join the army. There is a legend that a 14th-century hermit lived at the end of the cliffs in a cave, in a structure then known as Culver Ness. He is said to have predicted that
160-434: A spell as an artillery training ground, have all but eliminated the natural chalk ecosystem. On Culver Down a number of unusual ant species live, including the semi- myrmecophilous Solenopsis fugax (Latr.), a thief ant which was recorded there several times by Horace Donisthorpe . The ant Ponera coarctata has also been taken from this location. The public parts of this prominent headland are owned and managed by
180-630: A tall peduncle . Scabiosa species and varieties differ in the colours of their flowers, but most are soft lavender blue, lilac or creamy white. It was first published in Species Plantarum on page 98 in 1753. As accepted by Plants of the World Online ; Members of this genus are native to Africa, Europe and Asia. Some species of Scabiosa , notably small scabious ( S. columbaria ) and Mediterranean sweet scabious ( S. atropurpurea ) have been developed into cultivars for gardeners. In 1782,
200-505: Is a genus in the honeysuckle family ( Caprifoliaceae ) of flowering plants . Many of the species in this genus have common names that include the word scabious , but some plants commonly known as scabious are currently classified in related genera such as Knautia and Succisa ; at least some of these were formerly placed in Scabiosa . Another common name for members of this genus is pincushion flowers . The common name 'scabious' comes
220-728: Is a memorial to Charles Anderson-Pelham , the 2nd Baron Yarborough (later first Earl of Yarborough and also Baron Worsley), founder of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes . It was originally erected in 1849 on the highest point of Bembridge Down , 3/4 mile to the west, and was moved to its present position in the 1860s when its former site was used for the construction of one of the Palmerston forts. 50°40′00″N 1°06′31″W / 50.66666°N 1.10851°W / 50.66666; -1.10851 Scabiosa See Species section . Scabiosa / s k eɪ b i ˈ oʊ s ə /
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#1732851144721240-519: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Culver Down Culver Down is a chalk down to the north of Sandown , Isle of Wight . It is believed that its name derives from "Culfre", which is Old English for dove. The down has a typical chalk downland wildlife on the uncultivated areas (generally the southern and eastern slopes). This includes plants such as Small Scabious , Harebell , Cowslip and Lady's Bedstraw . The chalk cliffs to
260-588: The National Trust , and afford views of the English Channel . For many years the whole site was a military zone and not open to the public. There are several historic military features on the down, a number of private dwellings, the Culver Haven pub, and the very visible Monument. The military barracks which once adjoined the monument has been almost completely erased, but there is a substantial fort, now under
280-513: The well at Wolverton would be poisoned. When a pilgrim from Jerusalem came to bless the well, the vigilant and pious villagers are said to have murdered him. Shortly after, the French sacked the village and since then it has been lost beneath the trees of Centurion's Copse. They were repulsed from further mischief by Sir Theobald Russell. There was subsequently a great storm which destroyed the Ness and drowned
300-433: The "pincushion" common name. The calyx is persistent and remains as a crown on the fruit after it is shed. The corolla has four to five lobes fringing a narrow funnel with a furry throat, the funnel being somewhat longer than the lobes. The florets have four stamens each, set high in the tube, and sticking out. Each fruit has just one seed. In a few species the heads are sessile but in most species they are borne singly on
320-452: The Latin word scabiosus meaning 'mangy, rough or itchy' which refers to the herb's traditional usage as a folk medicine to treat scabies , an illness that causes a severe itching sensation. Some species of Scabiosa are annuals , others perennials . Some are herbaceous plants ; others have woody rootstocks . The leaves of most species are somewhat hairy and partly divided into lobes, but
340-592: The Minnesota-South Dakota line Culver Line (disambiguation) , multiple transit lines in Brooklyn Other uses [ edit ] Culver (surname) Culver Academies (Culver Military Academy / Culver Girls Academy), a boarding school and summer camp program Culver Aircraft Company Culver Boulevard Median bicycle path Culver Drive , a major arterial road in Irvine, California Culver's ,
360-420: The hermit. This was held to be divine retribution. There have been a number of reported suicides from Culver Down generally involving a vehicle being driven over the cliff. Measures to make the cliff edge less accessible to vehicles have been put in place but such incidents continue to occur. On 11 October 2012, Robert Hayball of Newport also drove his van over the cliff, resulting in his death. The monument
380-414: The north and east are important nesting places for seabirds. Historically, Culver has been the source of commercial bird's egg collecting from ropes over the cliff. It was also known for breeding peregrine falcons , as well as breeding Common Woodpigeons (Culvers), the source of the cliff's name. The northern side is intensively grazed by cattle , so fertilization and poaching of the soil, not to mention
400-580: The ownership of the National Trust and occasionally opened to the public. Part of the fort is leased to Micronair, manufacturing crop-spraying and military equipment. It is a Palmerston Fort , constructed in the 1860s. At the end of the cliff is a coastal and anti-aircraft battery from the Second World War . In 1545 a French force was intercepted crossing from its beachhead at Whitecliff Bay to attack Sandown by local levies under Sir John Oglander and
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