Category: Botany
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Entry three in my personal challenge to see as many of Britain’s ferns as possible in a single year, this week featuring a rather rare…
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Entry two in my personal challenge to see as many of Britain’s ferns as possible in a single year, this week featuring common woodland ferns.
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Entry one in my personal challenge to see as many of Britain’s ferns as possible in a single year, featuring some our most abundant species.
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Part one of a new series on this blog documenting the process of growing Ferns from Spores – I promise, it is easier than it…
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The current list of ancient woodland indicator species for Northumberland, which includes flowering plants, grasses, and ferns that are used locally to identify this special…
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A short account of a day spent botanising along the steep-sided Bizzle Burn in the Cheviots
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Our next ‘Fern of the Week’ is the delicate Beech Fern Phegopteris connectilis, an uncommon species of old woodlands and mountain sides.
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A condensed account of a fantastic trip to Teesdale exploring the wildflowers and ferns to be found near High Force.
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Ramblings on this week’s hunt for a particularly perplexing fern – Alpine Male-fern Dryopteris lacunosa.
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A short account of a walk along the Hareshaw Burn in search of ferns and other woodland plants.
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A report from a spectacular trip to the Cheviots in search of a range of rare and elusive arctic-alpine plants.
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An account of an overdue expedition to Falcon Clints in Upper Teesdale, a exquisite valley home to all manner of rare and interesting plants
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A short account of an excellent day’s botany at Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s Briarwood Banks nature reserve.
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With so many plant ID apps available, it can be hard to know where to turn when trying to identify that pesky plant. Here, we…