BOTANY
The Botany Group holds its meetings every other Tuesday from end of April to mid August usually for the whole day. The meetings vary from those sites very close to Grassington eg Kilnsey park, the banks of the Wharfe, to further afield eg the west coast for dune systems, reserves in Cumbria and our National Natures Reserves as around Ingleborough. In this way we can become familiar with plants that are not on our doorstep and sites away from limestone grassland.
Our aim is to be able to identify the most common plants, and gradually learn the less common ones as those from the board walk at Malham or the Orchids at Kilnsey Park. We also take an interest in the different Grasses, Sedges and Rushes. Often birds and butterflies and other wildlife catch our attention.
At any meeting we record all the plants we see – if we can! – providing a useful record for further visits to the same site.
We are a friendly group and welcome complete beginners and those with more experience.
VISIT REPORTS
Butterbur and Coltsfoot
These two plants are both members of the Daisy family, Asteraceae or Compositae as it used to be called, perhaps because the flower heads are actually composed of many tiny
Celandines
There was an interesting article in the Yorkshire Post on February 20th by Roger Ratcliffe on the Signs of Spring and featuring Celandines, and the following information about the plant
Botany update April/May 2021
Seemingly immune to the many frosty starts to late April and early May mornings, the Blackthorn has been stunning this year, providing frothy patches of white blossom on many of
Butterbur and Coltsfoot
These two plants are both members of the Daisy family, Asteraceae or Compositae as it used to be called, perhaps because the flower heads are actually composed of many tiny
Celandines
There was an interesting article in the Yorkshire Post on February 20th by Roger Ratcliffe on the Signs of Spring and featuring Celandines, and the following information about the plant
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