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UK project to raise awareness and interest in plants, highlighting species interactions (plants and inverts, galls, fungi etc) & encouraging plant recording during the Big Meadow Search (1st June-31st Aug). All welcome #nature #plants bigmeadowsearch.co.uk

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 3h

Bramble associated species: Broom Moth, Ceramica pisi. Wing length up to 20mm. Flies late May to July. Larval foodplants include Bramble, Broom, Heather, Bracken, Sea-buckthorn, larches and sallows. Common across GB and Ireland.

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 12h

Bramble associated species: Green Arches, Anaplectoides prasina. Wing length up to 25mm. Flies June to July. Larvae feed on a variety of shrubs and herbaceous plants including Bramble, Bilberry, Honeysuckle, Primrose, docks. Common across most of Britain

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 13h

Bramble associated species: Buff Arches, Habrosyne pyritoides. Up to 20mm. Flies late June to early August. Larval food plants are Bramble and Dewberry. Common in England, Ireland and Wales. Scarce in Scotland

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 13h

Bramble associated species: Peach Blossom, Thyatira batis. Flies late May to late July. Larval foodplant is Bramble. Common across the UK

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 14h

Bramble, Rubus fruticosus agg: you have no doubt heard the slogan ‘A dog isn’t just for Christmas’ well I think we need a new slogan……..
I shall be making a series of posts highlighting a variety of species associated with it.

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 1d

Black Nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Up to 70cm. Leaves up to 5cm long and variably toothed. White flowers with blunt sepals. Shiny black mature berries.

Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 3d

I’m lucky enough to get them nesting in my boxes here in Carmarthenshire. Beautiful

Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 4d

Me too. Impressive and beautiful

Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 5d

Botanical Society of Scotland’s Plant of the Week: Adder’s Tongue

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Ophioglossum vulgatum – October 6th 2025 – Adder’s Tongue

A quirky and ancient fern

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 6d

For #wildflowerhour it is Trailing St.John’s-wort, Hypericum humifusum from me.
Sprawling. Leaves to 10mm, oblong-oval with dark glands along edges. Bright yellow flowers to 12mm. Sepals slightly shorter than petals & unequal in size. Petals & sepals have black glands on margins

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 9d

Great to see the gall causer for a change. They seem to have been VERY busy this year. Thanks for posting

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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 9d

The Fenland Flora - Survival against the odds webinar

17 November 1-2pm

Join renowned botanist Owen Mountford, co-author of the soon to be published Fenland Flora, to find out about the fascinating history and present status of wild plants in Fenland.

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The Fenland Flora: Survival against the odds

Expert field botanist Owen Mountford will provide an overview of the Fenland Flora project, surveying the entire Fenland since about 2005

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 11d

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 13d

A selection of September bloomers for #wildflowerhour

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 13d

Wavy Hair-grass, Avenella flexuosa. Photos taken at same place, 3 months apart, July (left) & September (right).

Up to 80cm. Tufted. Dark, smooth, bristle-like leaves. Blunt ligules, 0.5-3mm. Loose, open panicles, up to 15cm long. Crinkled branches. 2-flowered spikelets.

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 16d

I didn’t realise this wasn’t common up north so thanks for enlightening me. Your post made me look at the BSBI atlas

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 16d

Water-lily ID tip

Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 17d

Marginal veins of Nymphaea alba (left) and Nymphaea candida (right) for comparison.. Veins of candida join to form closed loops, those of alba end at the leaf edge. Of course there’s a hybrid too, which is common where they meet.

Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 16d

Interesting thread on Wild Strawberry and its associated species

Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · Jun 17

Fragaria vesca, Wild Strawberry, Invert Associates
Native of woods, scrub & hedgerow, embankments & road verges, an important element of the ground flora. It supports 51 species of invert as a larval host, of which 14 are Coleoptera, 30 Lepidoptera.
📷 CAM Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora
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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 17d

Camouflage 2: Grey/Dark Dagger, Acronicta psi/tridens. Wide range of larval food plants including Hawthorn and Blackthorn

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 18d

Glad it was timely and useful. Have you seen this too? bsbi.org/wp-content/u...

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 18d

PS: you will see lots of that around 😊

Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 18d

Welcome to Wales. I work at West Wales Biological Information Centre (WWBIC) the LERC for your new patch. Look forward to seeing what you find 😉

Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 18d

Botanical Society of Scotland’s Plant of the week: Knotgrass

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Plant of the Week – September 22nd 2025 – Knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)

A widespread plant found in the stomach of prehistoric humans.

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 22d

Himalayan Knotweed, Persicaria wallichii. Up to 180cm. Smooth stem. Leaves up to 20cm, veins can be reddish. Leaf base cordate or truncate. White or pinkish flowers, 5 lobed, in loose leafy inflorescence.

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks for the extra info, much appreciated 👍