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.

Saturday, 23 July 2016

Its Burdock Season

The burdocks are back in bloom and its time to pick up where I left off last year. Hopefully, Wood Burdock (Arctium nemorosum) won't elude me much longer.

That said there is no doubt in my mind that Arctium pubens (please someone give it a common name) is very under-recorded and Wood Burdock and Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus sens. str.) are probably massively over-recorded. I find the former to be the most common Burdock in both VC31 and 64. More records please.

Arctium pubens

Botanising in Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire and Beyond

Saturday, 23 July 2016

Its Burdock Season

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