TrevorTheBotanist

You’re very welcome Jane! My personal favourite is xenicity - the proportion of non-native species in a community of plants. Enjoy!

Huge congratulations to our fabulous friend @commonbynature.bsky.social!
His #UrbanFlora of Newcastle and North Tyneside will be out on Monday.
Essential reading for everyone interested in #UrbanBotany.
It'll be interesting to read it alongside @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social's #UrbanPlants book!

Huge congratulations James! So few urban Floras have been published this will be momentous. Can’t wait to get a copy and devour every page #UrbanFlora #UrbanPlants

As days become longer and warmer our urban flora is beginning to gather steam. Here’s Common Whitlowgrass (Erophila verna) growing - as it so often does - on a bed of moss on a pavement #UrbanPlants

Brits talk about 'pushing up the daisies' when we end our days but did you know that in Polish, it's 'smelling the flowers from underneath'!
This #FreeWillsMonth, we encourage you to consider what you can leave to loved ones, including a future for our wildflowers in the years ahead.

Brits talk about 'pushing up the daisies' when we end our days.
In Polish, it's 'smelling the flowers from underneath' & in Spanish, it's 'raising mallows'!
This #FreeWillsMonth, we encourage you to consider what you can leave to loved ones, including a future for our wildflowers in the years ahead.

Urban botany at its sweetest!

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David's Day! Here are some Cennin Pedr (Wild Daffodils) I found yesterday in the Conwy valley…

I stumbled across a swathe of Wild Daffodils tucked under an old hedgerow today. They look completely native & wild, but could have been planted many moons ago. Oddly, native populations are known in the Conwy valley but Atlas 2020 maps them all as non-native plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

A great plant! Now common in Glasgow, and establishing in towns across the central belt eastwards towards Edinburgh #UrbanPlants

Love plants of Rue-leaved Saxifrage (Saxifraga tridactylites) at this stage of their short lives, their beautiful little rosettes gearing up to do their flowery thing in a few weeks time. Real urban pioneers, you can find them on pavements & walls in many towns & cities #UrbanPlants

Agree it’s a type of Cistus - my first thought too - but its leaves are broader than most commonly grown forms. It’s more like C. symphytifolius but this is rarely grown. Any chance of photos when it flowers?

A little repost for #wildflowerhour 😀

I know 🫣

Managed to get this stunning Jelly Palm (Butia odorata) planted before the rain arrived today. Pushing the tropical theme in our new garden by replacing dull things with plants I find exciting (i.e out with hydrangeas, spiraeas and… roses) 🌴🌱

Know any botanists in Wales who'd like to join our lovely botanical team? The deadline is this Monday (23 Feb)- so apply soon! @cedar-ni.bsky.social @bangoruniscience.bsky.social @treborthbg.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social @irishwildlife.bsky.social @peatlandcymru.bsky.social @manxpeat.bsky.social

A wet Greater Periwinkle (Vinca major) on a local laneside. At least it looks good in the rain ☔️

Thank you Steve for such a wonderful endorsement of ‘Urban Plants’, especially your suggestion that non-botanists would enjoy reading it too. There’s so much to discover on every wall & pavement and I hope this book brings it all to life. And yes, I love disappearing down a good rabbit hole!

Reminder that the deadline to apply for this great role as BSBI Wales Officer is midnight on Monday 23 February.
Interested?
Apply here:
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We're trialling something new this year at the BSBI - an activity designed to support absolute beginner botanists with identifying *and* recording their first ever 100 plants in 2026 🌿

If you know anyone that might like to take part then please spread the word:

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Following on from yesterday’s hugely embarrassing clanger (it’s Corsican Hellebore, Helleborus argutifolius) please enjoy this lovely display of snowdrops in a local hedgerow #iamnotabotanistanymore

Ha! Now I’m in that quandary about whether to delete and correct the original post, or leave it for all to see my terrible mistake 🫣

And yes, you get points, a badge and a hat!

Doh! Yep… you’re right. You know when you’re writing a post and something inside says something is terribly wrong but you decide to ignore that voice? Oh dear. Can’t blame the sherry this time…
(and thank you for the correction!)

Green Hellebore (Helleborus viridis) is distinctly rare in NW Wales. This large colony on dunes in Deganwy is putting on a great show this year - it usually gets battered by frost. This year, mild soft rain has bejewelled flowers #wildflowerhour

That really is nice. Will be interesting to see if it makes it to flowering size or gets ‘weeded’ out before then. Was it a very sheltered site?

Yes! A timely reminder from @littlehen.bsky.social: there are lots of wild plants on our streets & avenues, if we keep a look-out for them.
Need some inspiration?
Check out @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social's #UrbanPlants talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdC...
Then join our #100Plants2026 challenge!

I once got chatting to a woman queueing beside me at the fish counter in Waitrose. She was buying scallops, but said her husband didn’t like the orange bits so she’d have to cut them off. We then discussed spaniels. As I left the counter, my partner pointed out it was Catherine, Princess of Wales.

Diversity data report | The RACE Report Read the latest diversity data submitted by environmental charities and funders to progress diversity and inclusion through transparency.

Today @bsbibotany.bsky.social is delighted to be at the launch of the 2025 RACE report.
We're proud to join 137 environmental NGOs submitting diversity data (8, like us, submitting data for the 1st time).
Find out more & download the report:
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I find wild distributions of aliens like this fascinating. The plant is probably equally abundant in gardens everywhere (we have loads in our garden in NW Wales), so there must be something climate-related about their ecology that means they’re more likely to escape and spread in eastern areas.