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BSS News is to the Printers !
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Linum usitatissimum – August 4th 2025 – Flax
This plant served humankind for thousands of years, and may be on the verge of resurgenceContinue reading »
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Succisa pratensis – July 28th 2025 – Devil’s-bit Scabious
Bitten by the DevilContinue reading »
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Valeriana rubra – July 21st 2025 – Red Valerian (previously called Centranthus ruber)
First seen the wild in 1763, now becoming widespreadContinue reading »
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Ballota nigra – July 14th 2025 – Black Horehound
A smelly plant found on Arthur’s SeatContinue reading »
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Carsehall Bog, near Loch Leven Saturday 26 July 2025, 11:0-16:00
Loch Leven's Larder Leader: Lyn Jones & Sandy Edwards (Jointly with BSBI Fife and Kinross)) Carsehall Bog Field Event BSS Signup Link - places are limited…Continue reading »
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Announcement: New FSC Urban Plants Fieldguide
Use the link below to get your copy: https://www.field-studies-council.org/shop/publications/urban-plants/Continue reading »
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BSS Announcement for Members
An update to the BSS accounting/membership website is schedule for Thursday 10 July at 11 am. Access to this area may be disrupted while updates…Continue reading »
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BioBlitz Saturday 12 July 2025, 10:30 – 17:30
The Ecology Centre, Kinghorn Loch Leader: Robert Mill BioBlitz Field Meeting BSS Signup Link - places are limited When: Saturday 12 July 2025, 10:30 - 17:30…Continue reading »
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Field Event Evanton, Easter Ross, Saturday 12 July 2025, 10:30 – 17:30
Leader: Mary Dean Field Meeting at EVANTON, EASTER ROSS (Jointly with Inverness Botany Group) BSS Signup Link - places are limited When: Saturday 12 July 2025,…Continue reading »
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Osmunda regalis – July 7th 2025 – Royal Fern
“a unique species that represents one of the last intact survivors of a Jurassic ecosystem”Continue reading »
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BSS Summer Field Events
Link to Signup and Calendar DetailsContinue reading »
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Lysimachia maritima – June 30th 2025 – Sea Milkwort
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside. I’m a halophyte.Continue reading »
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Summer Field Event Saturday 28 June 2025, 10am-5pm
Ben Chonzie (via Glen Turret) Leader: John Holland Alpine Field Meeting An Alpine Identification Adventure with Leader: John Holland BSS Signup Link - places are limited…Continue reading »
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Crepis capillaris – June 23rd 2025 – Smooth Hawksbeard
Although the species has been somewhat ignored by researchers, it does have two ‘claims to fame’.Continue reading »
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Sisymbrium officinale – June 16th 2025 – Hedge Mustard
It has been called ‘the singers’ plant’.Continue reading »
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BSS Announcement for Members
The Botanical Society of Scotland (BSS) has moved its membership database to a platform called MyClubHouse (MCH). This new system provides new features and improvements…Continue reading »
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Equisetum spp. – June 9th 2025 – Horsetails
Living fossils, food of dinosaurs and weeds in your garden.Continue reading »
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Summer Field Event – Sunday 22 June 10am-4pm
A Botanical Field Day as part of the Edinburgh 900 Celebrations Leaders: John Grace, Maria Chamberlain Towards 900 Plants What: This will be a botanical field…Continue reading »
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Valeriana pyrenaica – June 2nd 2025 – Pyrenean Valerian
A long-established introduction, doing well in Scotland but rare in England and Wales.Continue reading »
