Botanising in Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire and Beyond

I am the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) Vice-County Recorder for Huntingdonshire (VC31) and Mid-West Yorkshire (VC64). I've set-up this botany blog to more readily share news on recent wildflower discoveries made by myself and others, to encourage wider recording, and as a way to challenge myself to take more photographs of the plants I find. See the BSBI website for more information on the work of the society and the diverse range of botany projects currently in progress.

Monday 28 March 2016

Records from Ramsey (VC31)

Martin Lovell has just forwarded a useful batch of records for the Ramsey area. Highlights include some well established stands of Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis), a new tetrad and the first records for the hectad for over 30 years; a new location for Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), which along with a recent record from Owen Mountford are the first of this garden escape since the 1970's; Stinking Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) in a copse off Hollow Lane, a new tetrad; and, Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna), Lesser Periwinkle (Vinca minor) and Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) from Bury Fen, all new hectad records.

Deadly Nightshade

Lungwort (photo by Kpjas, from Wikimedia Commons)

Lesser Periwinkle (photo by H. Zell, from Wikimedia Commons)

Botanising in Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire and Beyond

Monday 28 March 2016

Records from Ramsey (VC31)

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