Plant of the Week, 16th October 2023 –Atriplex littoralis, the Grass-leaved Orache
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A sea-shore species which is beginning to spread to salted roads.
Reminder about the Urban Biodiversity Conference 21/22 September
There are still places left on our Urban Biodiversity Conference. The programme of talks is now complete. The topics are wide-ranging and... Read More
Plant of the Week, 24th July 2023 Scots lovage, (Ligusticum scoticum subsp. scoticum) L.
Scots lovage is an arctic plant with its southern limit near the border between Scotland and England that may be vulnerable to climate warming
Plant of the Week, 13th February 2023 – Whitlowgrass – Erophila verna and Erophila glabrescens
Last weekend we visited Bathgate, a town in the Central Belt of Scotland, famous for being the place where oil was first... Read More
Plant of the Week, 14th November 2022: Mind-your-own-business (Soleirolia soleirolii)
This alien plant is an urban specialist - it spills out of gardens and likes cracks in pavements.
Urban Flora of Scotland Project goes to Aberdeen: join us for a long weekend on 8-11th July
The Urban Flora Project has been running since 2015. The aim is to record the species and their habitats in Scottish towns... Read More
Urban Flora of Scotland Project: join us for a long weekend to help complete our survey, join us on 13th-16th May 2022
Message to all field botanists in Scotland
Plant of the Week – 21st March 2022 – Dog’s Mercury (Mercurialis perennis)
This is another species that emerges in late winter, and is nearly always present in ancient woodlands of oak, ash, beech and alder. It’s flowering now.
FINDING BROOMRAPES (OROBANCHE) IN SCOTLAND
by Brian Ballinger Brooomrapes in the genus Orobanche are in the Orobanchaceae family. Broomrapes are totally parasitic, lacking any chlorophyll. They have... Read More
