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Another of the many treasures of Cambridge Botanic Gardens, the Boxleaf Azara, a native of Argentina and Chile. Salicaceae family.
15 days ago
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More from the fabulous Cambridge Botanic Garden - Purple Toothwort, Lathraea clandestina.
15 days ago
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Lawsonâs Cypress in Cambridge Botanic Garden this week.
15 days ago
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Pyrus calleryana âChanticleerâ, the Callery Pear in bloom in Cambridge Botanic Garden.
15 days ago
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George Monbiot
about 1 month ago
The enthusiasm of most billionaire media outlets in the US and UK for Trumpâs illegal assault on Iran is another reminder of how deranged, perverse and frankly psychopathic these organisations are.
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Snowdrops!
about 2 months ago
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reposted by
Guardian Environment
3 months ago
Country diary: A palace of sunlight on a short winterâs day
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Country diary: A palace of sunlight on a short winterâs day
Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland: Thereâs not much light to play with today, deep in midwinter, but this once-coveted fort still puts on a show
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/07/country-diary-a-palace-of-sunlight-on-a-short-winters-day?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env
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Le Plantoscope
3 months ago
#PDJ183
- Je vous avais déjà parlé de Wolffia globosa ? Voici un nouveau format pour la découvrir ! C'est l'une des plus petites plantes à fleurs du monde !
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Armillaria cepistipes (I think!) for
#wildflowerhour
6 months ago
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Amanita citrina, False Death-cap for
#wildflowerhour
6 months ago
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Ilex aquifolia, Holly for
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6 months ago
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Crab Apples! Malus sylvestris for
#wildfruithour
, sorry
#wildflowerhour
6 months ago
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Sorbus torminalis, Wild Service for
#wildflowerhour
6 months ago
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Geranium dissecting, Cut-leaf Geranium for
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6 months ago
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Bidens frondosa, Beggarticks for
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6 months ago
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Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, Floating Pennywort for
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6 months ago
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Epipactis helleborine, Broad-leaved Helleborine for
#wildflowerhour
6 months ago
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Heather for
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. You donât get much in Essex! Tiptree Heath.
6 months ago
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Wood Sage for
#wildflowerhour
. Tiptree, Essex
6 months ago
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Common Centaury, small but mighty! Tiptree Heath, Essex.
#wildflowerhour
6 months ago
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I donât really do favourites so here is Water Horsetail
#wildflowerhour
#favouriteplant
7 months ago
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on Englandâs riverbanks: landscapes that everyone should be able to enjoy | Editorial
Editorial: Only a small sliver of riverside land is accessible to the public. Rights of way shouldnât depend on the goodwill of landowners
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/30/the-guardian-view-on-englands-riverbanks-landscapes-that-everyone-should-be-able-to-enjoy
9 months ago
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half of UK councils still use pesticides in public places, research finds
Pesticide-free movement has grown, but many local authorities still spray weedkiller linked to wildlife declines and cancer
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/30/uk-councils-pesticides-weedkiller-glyphosate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
9 months ago
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Sneezewort, Achillea ptarmica. Not particularly hairy but may help alleviate the sneezes caused by getting too near to hairy plants for
#wildflowerhour
#hairyplants
!
9 months ago
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reposted by
Gregory Norminton
9 months ago
It's probably fine.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Wild Candytuft, Iberis amara on south facing chalk grassland, South Oxfordshire.
#wildflowerhour
10 months ago
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Dropwort, Filipendula vulgaris almost outnumbering the orchids at Aston Rowant NNR.
#wildflowerhour
10 months ago
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Small-flowered Sweet-briar, Rosa micrantha, on chalk grassland. Aston Rowant NNR, South Oxfordshire.
#wildflowerhour
. Not
#urbanplants
but very close to the M40!
10 months ago
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Wild Candytuft, Iberia amara. Something of a Chilterns specialist. Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire.
10 months ago
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Squinancywort (cool name!), Asperula cynanchica a chalk grassland specialist. Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire.
10 months ago
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Musk Thistle, Carduus nutans on chalk grassland at Aston Rowant NNR.
10 months ago
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Lizard Orchid, Himantoglossum hircinum near the River Colne in Colchester. We managed to save it from the council strimmers.
10 months ago
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Honeysuckle (lovely name), Lonicera periclymen adorning the hedges along the Colne near Colchester.
10 months ago
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Hemlock water-dropwort, Oenanthe crocata, common along the tidal Colne in Colchester.
10 months ago
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Self-heal, Prunella vulgaris. Its name refers to its traditional use in medicine. For example, it was apparently used for the treatment of diptheria.
10 months ago
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Fox-and-cubs, Pilosella aurantiaca on an un-mown roadside verge in Colchester. The âfoxâ is the open flower, surrounded by the âcubsâ, the unopened flower buds.
10 months ago
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reposted by
Julian Hoffman
10 months ago
Important piece by Helena Horton on Lodge Hill and its nightingales, a place that I wrote a chapter about in Irreplaceable because of its significance - together with the idiocy of biodiversity offsetting for such a unique and valuable wildlife site.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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âAll the birdsong in the world in one soundâ: Englandâs nightingale haven at risk from planning bill
Conservationists warn that losing Lodge Hill in Kent to housing could be a catastrophe for one of Britainâs most at-risk birds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/04/england-nightingale-sanctuary-at-risk-from-planning-bill
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It was on top of a bank if that counts for
#highupplants
Subterannean Clover for
#wildflowerhour
11 months ago
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Perfoliate Alexanders, Smyrnium perfoliatum. Self-seeded in my garden from an unknown source.
12 months ago
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Flowers of the Red Oak, Quercus rubra. The male flowers in pendulous racemes, the female flowers just visible in the leaf axils of the new shoot.
12 months ago
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An interesting one which appears to be Pyrus calleryana. An amenity planting but it has been left to look after itself so sort of wild!
#wildflowerhour
#treeflowers
12 months ago
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Ash for
#wildflowerhour
#treeflowers
12 months ago
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Goat Willow for
#wildflowerhour
#treefllowers
12 months ago
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Blackthorn of course. It can form a tree.
#wildflowerhour
#treeflowers
12 months ago
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Gean, wild cherry, for
#wildflowerhour
#treefllowers
12 months ago
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Oak for
#wildflowerhour
#treeflowers
12 months ago
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Willow spp for
#wildflowerhour
#treeflowers
12 months ago
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Norway Maple for
#wildflowerhour
#treeflowers
12 months ago
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Bird Cherry for
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12 months ago
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Blackcurrant beside a pond!
about 1 year ago
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