Jen Farrar
@botany-jen.bsky.social
I am a botanical trainer with a deep love of the natural world and everything in it.
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White Clover, Trifolium repens. Very variable. Up to 50cm. Roots at the nodes and forms mats. Leaves on long stalks. Leaflets up to 30mm, finely toothed with 5-20 teeth per side. Usually with pale chevron near the base.
December 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
White Clover, Trifolium repens. Very variable. Up to 50cm. Roots at the nodes and forms mats. Leaves on long stalks. Leaflets up to 30mm, finely toothed with 5-20 teeth per side. Usually with pale chevron near the base.
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Favorite images from 2025, Day 8: A closeup of an eye belonging to a female anhinga during the breeding season, which is when the eyes themselves turn dark red with a bright orange ring, surrounded by a green and blue eyering and lore. #birds
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Favorite images from 2025, Day 8: A closeup of an eye belonging to a female anhinga during the breeding season, which is when the eyes themselves turn dark red with a bright orange ring, surrounded by a green and blue eyering and lore. #birds
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Fungi are among the most important and beautiful soil organisms.
🍄 Explore the fungal tree of life, with an emphasis on the macroscopic diversity of fungi.
📷 Laszlo G. Nagy
🍄 Explore the fungal tree of life, with an emphasis on the macroscopic diversity of fungi.
📷 Laszlo G. Nagy
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Fungi are among the most important and beautiful soil organisms.
🍄 Explore the fungal tree of life, with an emphasis on the macroscopic diversity of fungi.
📷 Laszlo G. Nagy
🍄 Explore the fungal tree of life, with an emphasis on the macroscopic diversity of fungi.
📷 Laszlo G. Nagy
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Red Clover, Trifolium pratense. Leaves hairy below and often above. 3-leaflets each up to 30mm long and often with white chevron. Petiole variable: hairy-hairless.
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Red Clover, Trifolium pratense. Leaves hairy below and often above. 3-leaflets each up to 30mm long and often with white chevron. Petiole variable: hairy-hairless.
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I mentioned ‘elastic stele’ in my earlier post. Below is definition & video to demonstrate (Video shows it on Bog Stitchwort).
Stele: the central core of the stem containing the vascular system (xylem and phloem).
From the Greek ‘stele’ for pillar.
Stele: the central core of the stem containing the vascular system (xylem and phloem).
From the Greek ‘stele’ for pillar.
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I mentioned ‘elastic stele’ in my earlier post. Below is definition & video to demonstrate (Video shows it on Bog Stitchwort).
Stele: the central core of the stem containing the vascular system (xylem and phloem).
From the Greek ‘stele’ for pillar.
Stele: the central core of the stem containing the vascular system (xylem and phloem).
From the Greek ‘stele’ for pillar.
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Nipplewort, Lapsana communis. Basal rosette: Hairy, stalked, toothed leaves up to 15cm long. Large terminal leaf lobe and 1-3 pairs of smaller lateral lobes
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Nipplewort, Lapsana communis. Basal rosette: Hairy, stalked, toothed leaves up to 15cm long. Large terminal leaf lobe and 1-3 pairs of smaller lateral lobes
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Stuck for Christmas gift ideas…. how about a Big Meadow Search book? 🤔😉🤓
2 volumes compiled from the project’s social media posts. Bk: 1 covers grassland indicator species with a range of associated species whilst Bk 2 has >200 different species, again with associated species
2 volumes compiled from the project’s social media posts. Bk: 1 covers grassland indicator species with a range of associated species whilst Bk 2 has >200 different species, again with associated species
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Stuck for Christmas gift ideas…. how about a Big Meadow Search book? 🤔😉🤓
2 volumes compiled from the project’s social media posts. Bk: 1 covers grassland indicator species with a range of associated species whilst Bk 2 has >200 different species, again with associated species
2 volumes compiled from the project’s social media posts. Bk: 1 covers grassland indicator species with a range of associated species whilst Bk 2 has >200 different species, again with associated species
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Day 3 of my Botanical Advent Calendar - the gorgeous Alpine Speedwell, pinpricks of vivid blue in flushed grassland high in the mountains that get the heart racing #wildflowerhour
This was a new site for this species in the Grey Corries, Lochaber - lots still to learn about our Scottish flora!
This was a new site for this species in the Grey Corries, Lochaber - lots still to learn about our Scottish flora!
December 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Day 3 of my Botanical Advent Calendar - the gorgeous Alpine Speedwell, pinpricks of vivid blue in flushed grassland high in the mountains that get the heart racing #wildflowerhour
This was a new site for this species in the Grey Corries, Lochaber - lots still to learn about our Scottish flora!
This was a new site for this species in the Grey Corries, Lochaber - lots still to learn about our Scottish flora!
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A few Wild Radish were flowering in a fallow arable field near Pentireglaze, Cornwall today, with lovely colour hues to the petals.
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp raphanistrum
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp raphanistrum
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A few Wild Radish were flowering in a fallow arable field near Pentireglaze, Cornwall today, with lovely colour hues to the petals.
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp raphanistrum
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp raphanistrum
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Cleavers, Galium aparine. Leaves in whorls of 6-8. Bristly hairs above. Prickles (can be strongly curved) below. Stems up to 3mm wide, retrorsely scabrid (rough hairs curved back or down) on stem angles.
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Cleavers, Galium aparine. Leaves in whorls of 6-8. Bristly hairs above. Prickles (can be strongly curved) below. Stems up to 3mm wide, retrorsely scabrid (rough hairs curved back or down) on stem angles.
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Daisy, Bellis perennis. Basal leaves only. Sparsely hairy, crenate leaf margin, typically with 4-5 teeth per side. Midrib raised below. Petioles winged.
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Daisy, Bellis perennis. Basal leaves only. Sparsely hairy, crenate leaf margin, typically with 4-5 teeth per side. Midrib raised below. Petioles winged.
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A stick, hanging in mid-air?
What's going on?
Hazel glue fungus!
Keeping a dead twig attached to a living stem allows the glue fungus to break it down without competition from the many other fungi that work at ground level. Nature is *so* amazing!
What's going on?
Hazel glue fungus!
Keeping a dead twig attached to a living stem allows the glue fungus to break it down without competition from the many other fungi that work at ground level. Nature is *so* amazing!
October 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
A stick, hanging in mid-air?
What's going on?
Hazel glue fungus!
Keeping a dead twig attached to a living stem allows the glue fungus to break it down without competition from the many other fungi that work at ground level. Nature is *so* amazing!
What's going on?
Hazel glue fungus!
Keeping a dead twig attached to a living stem allows the glue fungus to break it down without competition from the many other fungi that work at ground level. Nature is *so* amazing!
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Bramble associated species: Food plant for the micro moth Stigmella aurella. Leaf mines very common. Mines are long and serpentine and can cross veins and the mid rib. One part of the mine typically has broad line of frass (distinguishing it from S. splendidissimella).
October 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Bramble associated species: Food plant for the micro moth Stigmella aurella. Leaf mines very common. Mines are long and serpentine and can cross veins and the mid rib. One part of the mine typically has broad line of frass (distinguishing it from S. splendidissimella).
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Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is a glorious European Shag on the Isle of May to get us started #SuperSeabirdSunday
October 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is a glorious European Shag on the Isle of May to get us started #SuperSeabirdSunday
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My niece filmed this water shrew in Inverkirkaig , Assynt. I've never seen one of these what little beauty it is.
October 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My niece filmed this water shrew in Inverkirkaig , Assynt. I've never seen one of these what little beauty it is.
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Cotoneaster integrifolius at a Norwich park & ride. Pretty distinctive habit and dull crimson fruit
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Cotoneaster integrifolius at a Norwich park & ride. Pretty distinctive habit and dull crimson fruit
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September 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Long-spiked Glasswort Salicornia dolichostachya. Very well named. Exceedingly long and tapered spikes. Seen fairly plentifully at Gutner Point and North Common. Hayling Island, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Long-spiked Glasswort Salicornia dolichostachya. Very well named. Exceedingly long and tapered spikes. Seen fairly plentifully at Gutner Point and North Common. Hayling Island, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Yellow Glasswort Salicornia fragilis was found sparingly on the gravely lower edges of the saltmarsh at Gutner Point, Hayling Island, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yellow Glasswort Salicornia fragilis was found sparingly on the gravely lower edges of the saltmarsh at Gutner Point, Hayling Island, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Lovely surprise find today (by @nickaston.bsky.social) on the beach at Northney, Hayling Island, Hampshire while we were Salicornia hunting. A huge heap of washed-up Dwarf Eelgrass Zostera noltei. Blunt, notched leaf tips. And flowers to boot! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Lovely surprise find today (by @nickaston.bsky.social) on the beach at Northney, Hayling Island, Hampshire while we were Salicornia hunting. A huge heap of washed-up Dwarf Eelgrass Zostera noltei. Blunt, notched leaf tips. And flowers to boot! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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October 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Our annual membership special offer opens today!
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
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Our annual membership special offer opens today!
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all:
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Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all:
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October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Wow, even better value than before! Lots of benefits to be had...our superb magazine, offers on great publications, and first dibs at field events, to name a few - and you'll be really helping the conservation of wild plants too.
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Sphagnum balticum taken yesterday in a wetland nature reserve #moss #bryophyte
September 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sphagnum balticum taken yesterday in a wetland nature reserve #moss #bryophyte
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Wavy Hair-grass, Avenella flexuosa. Photos taken at same place, 3 months apart, July (left) & September (right).
Up to 80cm. Tufted. Dark, smooth, bristle-like leaves. Blunt ligules, 0.5-3mm. Loose, open panicles, up to 15cm long. Crinkled branches. 2-flowered spikelets.
Up to 80cm. Tufted. Dark, smooth, bristle-like leaves. Blunt ligules, 0.5-3mm. Loose, open panicles, up to 15cm long. Crinkled branches. 2-flowered spikelets.
September 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Wavy Hair-grass, Avenella flexuosa. Photos taken at same place, 3 months apart, July (left) & September (right).
Up to 80cm. Tufted. Dark, smooth, bristle-like leaves. Blunt ligules, 0.5-3mm. Loose, open panicles, up to 15cm long. Crinkled branches. 2-flowered spikelets.
Up to 80cm. Tufted. Dark, smooth, bristle-like leaves. Blunt ligules, 0.5-3mm. Loose, open panicles, up to 15cm long. Crinkled branches. 2-flowered spikelets.
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A lovely clump of Stark White Spider Orchids (Caladenia longicauda subsp eminens) dancing in the breeze. Seen at Kojonup, Western Australia
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature
September 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A lovely clump of Stark White Spider Orchids (Caladenia longicauda subsp eminens) dancing in the breeze. Seen at Kojonup, Western Australia
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature