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Bread and pasta are a major part of our diets: what do they
contain? Wheat.
• It has been in cultivation for 10,000 years.
• There are over 20,000 cultivars of bread wheat alone.
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Wheat has long been grown in open fields which have
become important havens for wildlife. Many species of
wildflowers, insects, birds and mammals have adapted
to this habitat and its annual cycle of sowing and harvesting.
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A British native annual.
Flowers: papery, scarlet, 7 - 10cm across with
rounded, overlapping petals that sometimes have black
centres.
Flowers between May and September.
Leaves: coarsely toothed with fine pointed segments.
Height: 60 - 80cm.
Distinguishing feature: The attractive seed head
is round and smooth, which distinguishes it from other
native poppies.
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