Welcome to the blog of the Botanical Society of Scotland
We launched in May 2020. We wanted to provide a focal point for members, in view of the cancellation of our usual programme of visits and lectures. Through this blog, we are hoping to supplement the information available on our main website, our Facebook pages and our News publication.
So far, we have had a steady flow of blogs, and we introduced ‘Plant of the Week’ in which we feature a species which you may easily find on your walks. Feel free to submit a blog article to us, preferably with at least one image. Send us a message through the contact form and we will get back to you.
Our main field activity at present is to gather data for our Urban Flora Project (https://www.botanical-society-scotland.org.uk/Urban_Flora_of_Scotland), so part of the blog will be about this, and we hope to encourage more of you to participate.
To help newcomers, we have also added a LEARN page, which will be further developed in the coming weeks and we hope will be a valuable resource.
Don’t forget, our website (https://www.botanical-society-scotland.org.uk/) is useful for basic information about us and provides access for our members to our BSS News and our international journal Plant Ecology and Diversity. Our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/botsocscot/ is enjoyed by many people.
Plant of the week – October 18th 2021 – Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
Many fine wild flowers are considered to be ‘weeds’. Some of the most hated weeds are inherently beautiful.
Plant of the week – October 11th 2021 –The green elf-cup (Chlorociboria aeruginascens)
This unusual fungus was spotted at Vogrie Country Park. It’s a rotter.
Plant of the week – October 4th 2021 – Japanese Rose (Rosa rugosa)
A pretty rose from Asia that can be invasive.
Plant of the week – September 27th 2021 – The Scottish Thistle
Maria Chamberlain goes looking for the thistle that’s properly Scottish.
Plant of the week – September 20th 2021 – Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
It might be the most widely distributed flowering plant in the entire world.
Common plants – edges and hedges (part 2)
These species are commonly found growing at the side of paths and buildings and at the foot of hedges. Keep an eye out in other places too, though, because they grow in other places as well. Here we look at chickweed, garlic mustard, white dead-nettle and stinging nettle.
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