Sweet Vernal Grass

CMG (or rather Andrew) is on a roll today – with our third posting: Sweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Identifying grasses can be tricky. 

More dates for your diary

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Plantlife – volunteers wanted

Plantlife are looking for volunteers for the National Plant Monitoring Scheme, which is a new habitat-based plant monitoring scheme designed by BSBI, CEH, Plantlife

Bumblebees and Hay Meadows

Thank you Andrew for sourcing the article below and the lovely photograph (Bombus Humilis on Devil’s Bit Scabious) : This is a very good

Signs of Spring

Thanks to Andrew for this article and wading around his fields to take some photos: If you were at the Spring Meeting at Bancyfelin

Bulbous Buttercup

During his interesting talk on grassland indicator species at the Meadows Group meeting last Saturday Richard Pryce (our county plant recorder) highlighted the bulbous