Reports Archive
Botany.
Enjoy all reports pertaining to the Botany special interest group.
August 2021
Botany Update August 2021
Fifteen of us met at the Linton Falls car park to walk down the lane, through the churchyard and into the rough pasture opposite the
July 2021
Malham Board Walk update July 2021
Many thanks to Ian Hughes for sharing with us some of the lovely photos he took on our recent botany group visit to the Board
Botany Update July 2021
It seems that at the moment wherever you look there is Lady's Bedstraw, growing so tall and looking so lovely. In the second featured image
June 2021
Botany Update June 2021
Salad Burnet, Wild Thyme, Horseshoe Vetch, Mousear Hawkweed June has been a glorious month for the local wild flowers. It seems no matter where you
Botany update May 2021 Out and About
From the Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis morio on the Glebe field at Wensley, the Alpine Pennycress Noccaea caerulescens at Ballowfield, the abundance of Cowslips Primula veris
May 2021
Kilnsey Flush update
The season seems late at Kilnsey this year, the above Early Purple Orchids only just appearing in some numbers. All four Primulas are now
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
March 2021
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
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
January 2021
Snowdrops Galanthus nivalis
Did you know that there is an enthusiasm called Snowdrop Mania - galanthophiles -which has developed over the last ten years? I knew there were









