Shropshire Botany

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I love some of the English moss names. This is the locally rare Entodon concinnus which is wonderfully known as Montagne's Cylinder-moss. Perhaps it only has 9 records in Shropshire because it looks just like the much more common Neat Feather-moss..?
https://t.co/w62LtrrcCr

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@shropshirewild @Bridgnorth_Town @ShropsWildlife @godsacre Looking amazing! So good to see how well it's doing there

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@CarolineLucas @CPRE @GoStargazing @IDADarkSky @sdnpa We also need to consider the frequency of light used. @WorcsCCC are doing good things for biodiversity with red street lighting and reduced lighting levels. Contact your local authority to ask them to follow suit https://t.co/rq8voMyPDl

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@campaignstrat @BSBIbotany Has it stopped raining yet? Do you have this lovely thing as part of your greenish roof?

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Rue-leaved Saxifrage, Saxifraga tridactylites thrives in tiny cracks at the sides of pavements or around posts like this one in Abbey Foregate car park or amongst cobbles in Much Wenlock. It seems to be spreading and is one to look for now https://t.co/JYCUrzxEcH
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@NTGates @BSBIbotany Well I'm not so good with those upland Saxifrage species out of Shropshire but to me this looks like the same thing. Rue-leaved Saxifrage. Just a healthier version in a natural habitat.

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@ShropshireMatt Beautiful. I must take a look very soon

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Woodlands are just a great place to be right now. Wood Sorrel, Oxalis acetosella: Beautiful and tasty. This one is at Grinshill, Shropshire. A great walking spot with fantastic views for a relatively low hill

[Shropshire Botany @ShropBotany]

It is boom time for Eleocharis acicularis Needle Spike-rush on the edge of the River Severn, spotted by @ArvensisEcology last week. Low water levels have left exposed damp mud so keep an eye out for other specialists of drawdown zones before the long awaited autumn recharge.

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@BrambleBotanist Perfection!👏

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@crawley_mick That's wonderful. Perhaps the temperature this coming week would be enough?

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@Dan_Wrench We managed to find good populations. Plus Meadow Saxifrage, Wall Whitlowgrass (a bit crispy), Small Teasel, and Green Figwort

[𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘆 @DFoyLiv]

Shropshire Bird's-nest Orchids this eve, it's been a while since I last caught up with this species (possibly my first outside of Wales)...a chance encounter with Fallow Deer too #wildflowerhour @ukorchids @EuropeanOrchids @Britainsorchids @BSBIbotany @ShropBotany @Shropsmammals

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@DFoyLiv @ukorchids @EuropeanOrchids @Britainsorchids @BSBIbotany @Shropsmammals Very nice! Would you like to submit your record to iRecord for the BSBI County Recorder?

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Wow, this was more than 60cm tall, what a beast! Dactylorhiza x grandis, a hybrid between the Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and the Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. #Shropshire

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@GreenAcres_Farm Hello, I have just seen your tweet with the Cornflower, very nice! Naturally occurring populations are very few indeed in Shropshire, would love to have the record - six figure grid reference and recorder name. Thank you. 😊

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Bad hair day for Hairy Sedge ...

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@katyalston Spot on! Beautiful plant. Even just the leaves are wonderful to find

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@AlCrop83 Glad you enjoyed it, see you again soon!