Ptyxis Ecology - Our Botany Blog

Chickweed willowherb Epilobium alsinifolium is one of our montane willowherbs that is scattered in the North pennines, the Lake District, T...

Many traditional arable weeds have declined hugely or dissappeared completely due to changes in agricultural methods in the last 60 years. C...

It is always a great pleasure to visit Northumberland. Compared to the suburbs of Brussels, it is quiet, friendly and interesting. After a y...

And now there are 40! Until April 2010, there were only 2 non-native invasive plant species that ecologists doing site surveys for developer...

Get Going with Grasses! I have taught grass identification and ecology for 8 years now, and each year I keep on discovering better ways to h...

We are running a programme of plant identification courses aimed at professional ecologists and interested volunteers again in 2011. See www...

A local botanist, Phill Brown, found this strange looking thistle about 2 or 3 miles from where we live You can see that it is quite a robus...