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TrevorTheBotanist

@trevorthebotanist.bsky.social

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Botanist, conservationist & author. Endlessly curious about plants, especially orchids, ferns, our British flora & tropical plants. Author of ‘Urban Plants’ (Bloomsbury British Wildlife Collection). Work for The Species Recovery Trust, BSBI Trustee

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · May 27

Oh my word! Botanist about to explode! Just unboxed my presentation copies of Urban Plants & I’m as giddy as a bee in a bellflower. It’s a beautiful thing, from the gorgeous Carry Akroyd cover to the photos kindly provided by many lovely people. Hope you enjoy it www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 1d

Narrow-leaved Ragwort has spread rapidly in towns across Britain & Ireland.
It's now locally abundant around Dublin, according to its #PlantAtlas2020 page:
plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
It features in #UrbanPlants, the fab new book by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
Have you seen it near you?

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 6d

We're delighted to welcome @markavery.bsky.social to the growing ranks of #BSBImembers!
Why not follow Mark's example & join us? We'll be equally delighted to welcome you!
Here's what you'll get when you join:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
Already a member? Huge thanks for your support!

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 7d

Our annual membership special offer opens today!
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all:
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Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 12d

We agree with @jeremybartlett.bsky.social: 'Urban Plants' by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social is a great read!
Ok we're biased: Trevor is one of our amazing #BSBImembers & thanks to @chiffchat.bsky.social there's a 25% discount for members ordering this book: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/06/urba...

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Sep 3

A super intense Pot Marigold in the garden, opening now we’ve had some rain 🌱

TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Sep 1

I studied the Solanaceae for my PhD so this montage gets a massive thumbs-up from me!

Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · Aug 31

Nine Nightshade family members from #Cambridge and #Suffolk:
Woody, Black, Green,
Small, Deadly & Tall Nightshades,
…plus Thorn Apple, Henbane & Duke of Argyll's Tea Plant.
Scientific names in ALT.
#WildflowerHour #Fruits

A collage of nine photos of members of the Nightshade family in a three by three array:
Solanum dulcamara, S. nigrum, S. nitidibaccatum,
S. triflorum, Atropa belladonna, S. chenopodioides
Datura stramonium, Hyoscymus niger, Lycium barbarum.

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 31

The centre of a Grass-of-Parnassus flower (Parnassia palustris) looking like something from the Crown Jewels #wildflowerhour

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 31

The adorable seed heads of Strawberry Clover (Trifolium fragiferum) on Anglesey dunes this week. Not many plants have #fruits more attractive than their flowers! #wildflowerhour

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 29

Huge thanks to Alys Fowler for such a wonderful review of
'Urban Plants' in the August edition of Gardens Illustrated (I know, I'm a little late to the party!). Thrilled you enjoyed it so much ☺️

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 29

A very nice find! Don’t think it’s on many people’s radar @bsbibotany.bsky.social plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · Aug 19

Finally got myself a copy of ‘Urban Plants’ by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social and cannot wait to get started on it. Urban botany really is a gift that keeps on giving and is ever changing. My Surrey suburban grass verges and pavements are suddenly full of Blue Fleabane and Hairy Finger-grass.

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hope you enjoy it Steve! And yes, I also love the constant flux of urban species - though I hope the Blue Fleabane stays around for a while.

Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · Aug 19

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sea-heath (Frankenia laevis) bringing a splash of colour to the shoreline near Rhosneigr, Anglesey. Really quite rare and threatened, it’s a very lovely little thing #wildflowerhour

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 17

Been out surveying Anglesey dunes this week. Flora very stunted in the heat and drought, such as these tiny Lesser Centaury (Centaurium pulchellum), Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) and Field Gentian (Gentianella campestris) #wildflowerhour

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Aug 14

We just published a new issue of #BritishandIrishBotany, our Open Access online journal.
7 papers for you to enjoy inc Lady's-slipper orchid reintroductions; variation in Restharrows; a new Comfrey hybrid for UK; montane plants; sea-grapes new to Europe!
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/08/brit...

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · Aug 14

It’s late summer and the Asteraceae or daisy family are looking just splendid. Perfect for this week’s #WildflowerHour! See if you can find one & share your pics this Sunday evening 8-9pm using the hashtag #DaisyFamily. Happy Asteraceae hunting!

Beautiful botanical illustration by W Keble Martin from The Concise British Flora in Colour showing some of the members of the diverse daisy family. Can you find a member of the Asteraceae for #WildflowerHour this Sunday?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 6

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.

Just the start.

Common sense.

Street greening transformation before and after in Paris

New “school street” with greening in central Paris

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 9

Ah yes, Percy and his nugget of purest green 😂

TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 8

How can introducing Lynx into England’s largest conifer plantation (dominated by alien Sitka Spruce, Norway Spruce and Lodgepole Pine) ever be regarded as rewilding? It’s nothing more than a vanity project founded on our fetish for cuddly mammals.

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 7

Rose Chafer beetles always stop me in my tracks. They’re just so big and so green and so damn metallic. Like a large lump of green metal on legs. This one crossed my path in the Dordogne last week.

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · Aug 7

This week’s challenge is #PollinatorPals! Find a flowering wild or naturalised plant with a pollinating visitor & snap away. Of course it’s not just about bees! Butterflies, moths, wasps, flies & beetles can all be #pollinators too! Share your pics for #Wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm!

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James Harding-Morris @bsbicountries.bsky.social · Aug 7

It’s the big day! After four years of research, writing and editing (and procrastination, terror and imposter syndrome), Endemic has now been released to the world.

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 7

Huge congrats James, this looks and sounds fantastic. And yes, I can relate to all those emotions. Will be ordering a copy 👍

TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 7

This is a great account for anyone into #UrbanBotany #UrbanPlants #UrbanWildflowers. Here’s Childing Pink - rare and highly threatened in Britain - growing on a pavement in Philadelphia.

Concrete Botany @concretebotany.bsky.social · Aug 5

Childing Pink (Petrorhagia prolifera) shot today down in the Food Distribution District.
#Wildflowers #UrbanWildflowers #UrbanFlora

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Aug 2

Wow! Thank you SO much @jeremybartlett.bsky.social. I’m delighted you enjoyed it, and such wonderful comments make all the years of fieldwork, research and writing worthwhile @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · Aug 1

I've just finished reading "Urban Plants" by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social and I think it's the best British Wildlife Collection title of the ten I've read. Highly recommended, fascinating & very readable.

Cover of book "Urban Plants" by Trevor Dines.

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