Seriously damp and humid day today in Rostrevor Oakwood, Co. Down
Melica uniflora and Galium odoratum stood out today, but really the lush mosses and epiphytes were the stars of the show!!
You can’t discuss flowering plant ecology without discussing pollinators (and vice-versa)!! If you want to learn how identifying plant assemblages can aid in identifying their insect pollinators, sign up for this event - only a few spaces left!!
Large heath butterfly seen today at Peatlands park during Botanical Skills NI: Plant-Pollinator Relationships of Wetlands training day. With thanks to @dmac00.bsky.social @obeckett98.bsky.social for leading the training, it really was excellent.
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Few more:
Cardamine impatiens
Galium sterneri
Rhamnus cathartica
Melica nutans
I’ve been enjoying mesotrophic wetland plant species recently.
Great to see so much crowfoot in Newry Canal, along with Carex versicaria, Dryopteris carthusiana and Iris pseudocorus from some fen ditches in south Down
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A few days in the limestone Derbyshire did not disappoint botanically! All new to me
Rock-rose (Helianthemum nummularium), Limestone Fern (Gymnocarpium robertianum),
Melancholy Thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum) & Jacob’s-ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
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Platanthera bifolia, Selaginella selaginoides and Pedicularis sylvatica subsp. hibernica and Pinguicula vulgaris from the Cooley Mountains, Co. Louth (H31)
I suspect there are many lesser butterfly-orchids on upland wet heath and blanket bogs lurking out there!
Always a pleasure botanising in Murlough, Co. Down. Site specials include Cynoglossum oficinale (Hound’s Tongue) and Erodium lebelii (Sticky Stork’s-bill). Plenty of marsh fritillaries on the wing along with other insects. Lovely place all together!
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A few nice finds around Dundalk, Co. Louth today:
Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera)
False Fox-sedge (Carex otrubae)
Hairy Sedge (Carex hirta)
Goat’s-beard (Tragopodon pretensions)
I was too late in the day to see the goat’s-beard with an open flower!
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Killard NR looking as stunning as ever. How nice to find Ophioglossum vulgatum and to check in on the green-winged Orchids (Anacamptis morio)
County Down is rather special…
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We've teamed up with our friends at the National Biodiversity Data Centre to bring you a fab all-day event about plant-pollinator relationships of wetlands.
It's on 2 June at Peatlands Park, Co. Armagh & it's absolutely FREE!
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