Tom Ward
@tomwardplz.bsky.social
Botanist and North Worcestershire Flora Group Recorder 🌿🌳 Serial question asker, always trying to learn. Joint VCR for Worcestershire (VC37).
Awesome find Jo, one to keep an eye out for!
Hybrid cat's-ear Hypochaeris x intermedia on sandy arable margin near Reydon (both parents present).
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Awesome find Jo, one to keep an eye out for!
Vicia villosa (Fodder vetch), Trifolium incarnatum (Crimson clover) and Linum usitatissimum (Flax) from an arable bird mix. Leigh, Worcestershire. 07.11.25. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Vicia villosa (Fodder vetch), Trifolium incarnatum (Crimson clover) and Linum usitatissimum (Flax) from an arable bird mix. Leigh, Worcestershire. 07.11.25. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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20 years on from the first #GBRedList for vascular plants - what's changed?
285 taxa have become more threatened.
Critically Endangered up from 35 to 55 taxa, Endangered up from 90 to 117 taxa, Vulnerable up from 220 to 261 taxa 😱☠️
Action needed now! Well done @bsbibotany.bsky.social and partners
285 taxa have become more threatened.
Critically Endangered up from 35 to 55 taxa, Endangered up from 90 to 117 taxa, Vulnerable up from 220 to 261 taxa 😱☠️
Action needed now! Well done @bsbibotany.bsky.social and partners
New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
20 years on from the first #GBRedList for vascular plants - what's changed?
285 taxa have become more threatened.
Critically Endangered up from 35 to 55 taxa, Endangered up from 90 to 117 taxa, Vulnerable up from 220 to 261 taxa 😱☠️
Action needed now! Well done @bsbibotany.bsky.social and partners
285 taxa have become more threatened.
Critically Endangered up from 35 to 55 taxa, Endangered up from 90 to 117 taxa, Vulnerable up from 220 to 261 taxa 😱☠️
Action needed now! Well done @bsbibotany.bsky.social and partners
Hello, is anybody out there?
Mentha x verticillata (Whorled Mint) candidate from Cinderford Brook, Forest of Dean. Robust, inflorescence terminated in leaves, stamen included within corolla. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social, have the botanical community moved to bluesky? Must try to re-find folk...
Mentha x verticillata (Whorled Mint) candidate from Cinderford Brook, Forest of Dean. Robust, inflorescence terminated in leaves, stamen included within corolla. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social, have the botanical community moved to bluesky? Must try to re-find folk...
August 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Hello, is anybody out there?
Mentha x verticillata (Whorled Mint) candidate from Cinderford Brook, Forest of Dean. Robust, inflorescence terminated in leaves, stamen included within corolla. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social, have the botanical community moved to bluesky? Must try to re-find folk...
Mentha x verticillata (Whorled Mint) candidate from Cinderford Brook, Forest of Dean. Robust, inflorescence terminated in leaves, stamen included within corolla. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social, have the botanical community moved to bluesky? Must try to re-find folk...