Reports Archive
Botany.
Enjoy all reports pertaining to the Botany special interest group.
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
November 2020
Autumn and its fruits
Despite the Beech tree having been described as a non-native tree in the north of England, I think it is my favourite tree. There is
September 2020
Botany Update 17th September 2020
There is still some colour on the road sides and river banks, but most plants are looking bedraggled and windswept. There is the yellow of
August 2020
Botany Archive 16th August 2020
Sorting out some papers, I came across a dusty looking foolscap envelope and inside was a bundle of Helen Lefevre's botany reports dating from 1956-7