Smooth Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris glabra) in the disturbed patches of acid grassland and Marsh Cinquefoil (Comarum palustre) in the Rush Pool. Hartlebury Common, 16.05.24. #Wildflowerhour#Worcestershire
Wood-sedge (Carex sylvatica) and Thin-spiked Wood-sedge (Carex strigosa) growing together at Shrawley Woods.
Wood-sedge utricles gradually tapering to a long beak. Thin-spiked Wood-sedge stubby utricles with a short beak. 🧐 🌾 #carex#botany#worcestershire@BSBIBotany
A little late for #Wildflowerhour but here's Upright Chickweed (Moenchia erecta) from Swinyard Hill, Malvern. First time seeing this little beauty! 07.05.24 #Caryophyllaceae
Went to check up on an old record of Subterranean Clover (Trifolium subterraneum) and after a bit of roadside loitering I managed to spot it, think I am in love... Cutnall Green, 07.05.24 #botany#VC37#trifolium
Amazing to see a Pine Marten crossing a fallen tree in the Forest of Dean yesterday in broad daylight. It made the most of a quiet moment between bikers. @ForestryEngland#ForestofDean
Green-winged Orchids (Anacamptis morio) and Adder's-tongue fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum) aplenty at the beautiful old meadows of Foster's Green / Eades NNR. #Worcestershire. 29.04.24. @BSBIbotany@WorcsWT
Telling Aphanes arvensis (left) from A. australis (right) is all about the teeth at the tip of the calyx (x20). If the teeth are spreading, so the flower looks star-shaped from above, you have arvensis. If the teeth are upright (so the flower is barrel-shaped) that's australis.
Pond Water-crowfoot (Ranunculus peltatus), Small-flowered Buttercup (Ranunculus parviflorus) and Early Forget-me-not (Myosotis ramosissima) and Blinks (Montia fontana) from the @BSBIbotany recorders meeting this weekend. Loton, Shropshire. 21.04.24. #Wildflowerhour#VC40