That will have been Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, a more dainty species Alternate-leaved doesn't occur in Cornwall as far as I know.
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That will have been Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, a more dainty species Alternate-leaved doesn't occur in Cornwall as far as I know.
Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium in West Berkshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Perfoliate (Cotswold) Penny-cress Microthlapsi perforatum aplenty today! Only dropped by in the hope of seeing leaves and ended up with a real treat. Gloucestershire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Upper (L) and lower leaf surfaces of Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta (L) and Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem Gagea lutea out in force in a Gloucestershire woodland today. About a fortnight earlier than I've seen them previously, so very glad I took a punt. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
with profound connections to the place, landscape and objects they lived in/with. Another thing is that remains end up in storage for years, unstudied. The study of remains is illuminating and often fascinating, but to pretend it's always respectful is a stretch IMO.
My main issue is where - chiefly on TV shows - we are told the justification is to understand 'who they were, how they felt' etc as if we're doing them a favour. One thing we can be sure of (in most cases) is that the buried person and their loved ones had expectations about their remains,
It's along the verges at the N end of Broom Way for sure.
Looks more like Annual Meadow-grass that. Poa infirma is a very obvious sickly lime green!
Human management of the landscape created a diversity of habitats that were able to support a greater number of plant species. Fewer people: lower diversity.
Very interesting! Thank you @beccyscottuk.bsky.social
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The beautiful Slender Speedwell Veronica filiformis scrambling over the graves at St Stephen's, Sparsholt, Hampshire. Speed-you-well seems a perfect floral sentiment. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Sea Thrift Armeria maritima getting to the spring party early. Hayling Island, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Yelp! Mediterranean Gull madness at Hayling Island's incredible Oyster Beds. Most of the UK breeding population nests in Langstone Harbour, and hundreds of birds gather for courtship and general gullness at the Oyster Beds. It's quite the sight at the moment. @hosbirding.bsky.social
Spectacular!
Continuing the 'spectacular' theme, here's Early Meadow-grass Poa infirma on Hayling Island. Once a rarity restricted to the SW of England, it's now quite widespread and a guaranteed find here in coastal Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
The spectacular blooms of Lesser Chickweed Stellaria pallida 😅. Firmly in the niche botany bracket. Hayling Island, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Agree. BSBI app is SO much easier!
300 year old Canary Island Dragon Tree Dracaena draco at Los Realejos has fallen 😢
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The true spring flower. Wood Anemone (Anemine nemorosa). Central Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Toothwort Lathraea squamaria. Plant or creature? A couple of early spikes showing in central Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Green Hellebore Helleborus viridis in a beautiful strip of Hazel coppice at Walderton, West Sussex today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Look at my Daz-white wings. Big flock of Mediterranean Gulls on floods by the River Ems at Walderton, West Sussex this morning. These birds are currently congregating/pairing at the old oyster beds on Hayling Island and moving up river valleys to feed inland. Land and sea connections.
Garden joyfulness today. Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara, White Ramping-fumitory Fumaria capreolata, and Sweet Violet Viola odorata var imberbis. None of these planted. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites and Common Whitlow-grass Erophila verna. Happy as Larry on this old wall in Winchester, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Primrose Primula vulgaris, 8 feet up a plant-festooned wall at Winchester College. Not a species I usually associate with walls, so a pleasant surprise. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Ah, good luck with that! Winters here in the southern UK tend to be dreary, dull, and wet rather than a snowy wonderland, so I'm glad it's all ending 😅.
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara has unexpectedly appeared under the rhubarb in the garden. Also a Peacock nectaring on Primrose. Well and truly spring today here in central Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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