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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 · 7h

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 · 2d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 8d

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 · 10d

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

A selection of September bloomers for #wildflowerhour

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

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 · 15d

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 · 15d

Water-lily ID tip

Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social · 16d

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 · 15d

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 · 16d

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 · 17d

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 · 21d

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 · 22d

Thanks for the extra info, much appreciated 👍

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

Interesting tip, thanks. Excuse my ignorance but can you just look at the sellotape as it is under the scope or do you need to prepare a specimen? Thanks

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 24d

The Botanical Society of Scotland’s plant of the week is Pink Purslane

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Claytonia sibirica – September 15th 2025 – Pink Purlsane

An interesting introduction, but did Linnaeus use the wrong name for it?

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · 25d

Last call for any images of multiple moths on egg cartons before the season is over! Can you help us reach our target? Please repost!

Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Aug 7

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡

At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.

Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.

More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

A top-down image of 12 various moths on a green egg carton.

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 25d

I took a close look at the seed pods this week. They split horizontally and the seeds are interesting too. Worth a look

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks