Joy Greenwood
@cvitalba.bsky.social
Retired Asst Headteacher and Education Consultant. Taught Biology. Worked for Aimhigher and interested in projects helping disadvantaged young people. Lover of plants and Botany. Have led group recording on Severn estuary.
Broad-leaved Helleborine again, (Epipactis helleborine)
August 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Broad-leaved Helleborine again, (Epipactis helleborine)
Small-flowered Geranium, Geranium pusillum. Small, pale pink/violet flowers, shallow notch. This one has petals 2.5mm long. 5 stamens have anthers. Pedicels have short, glandless erect hairs. Sepals hairy. Cotswold Gliding Club car park. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Small-flowered Geranium, Geranium pusillum. Small, pale pink/violet flowers, shallow notch. This one has petals 2.5mm long. 5 stamens have anthers. Pedicels have short, glandless erect hairs. Sepals hairy. Cotswold Gliding Club car park. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Small Scabious at Selsley Common. ( Flowers have 5 petals, stem less hairy than Field Scabious) @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Small Scabious at Selsley Common. ( Flowers have 5 petals, stem less hairy than Field Scabious) @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Autumn hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis). Involucre tapers into stem. Bracts overlap. Underside of some ray florets tinged red. Stem hairless but with scales on stem. Leaves narrow, deeply lobed with sharp points. @bsbi @wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Autumn hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis). Involucre tapers into stem. Bracts overlap. Underside of some ray florets tinged red. Stem hairless but with scales on stem. Leaves narrow, deeply lobed with sharp points. @bsbi @wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Broad-leaved Helleborine in flower today.
August 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Broad-leaved Helleborine in flower today.
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Last video explains the neat adaptations of mangroves to their difficult environment, why mangroves are so important and why so many restoration projects fail.
youtu.be/Kwv6t9cKCFY?...
youtu.be/Kwv6t9cKCFY?...
Mangrove adaptations and importance
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
youtu.be
July 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Last video explains the neat adaptations of mangroves to their difficult environment, why mangroves are so important and why so many restoration projects fail.
youtu.be/Kwv6t9cKCFY?...
youtu.be/Kwv6t9cKCFY?...
Black Knapweed (Centauria nigra, left) has less divided leaves than Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa, right). The latter has more showy flowers. There is a slight difference in the bract covered area below the purple area (C. nigra is slightly more flask shaped, C. scabiosa more globular).
July 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Black Knapweed (Centauria nigra, left) has less divided leaves than Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa, right). The latter has more showy flowers. There is a slight difference in the bract covered area below the purple area (C. nigra is slightly more flask shaped, C. scabiosa more globular).
Hairy St. John's-wort
July 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hairy St. John's-wort
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The Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) on Snyder has gotten bigger.
July 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) on Snyder has gotten bigger.
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Common Dodder, Cuscuta epithymum, parasitising Gorse (Ulex minor I think in this case) on Thursley Common. This fascinating plant has no chlorophyll and no roots, and gains all its nutrition by attaching itself directly to the stems of its host plant via special structures called haustoria.
July 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Common Dodder, Cuscuta epithymum, parasitising Gorse (Ulex minor I think in this case) on Thursley Common. This fascinating plant has no chlorophyll and no roots, and gains all its nutrition by attaching itself directly to the stems of its host plant via special structures called haustoria.
Reposted by Joy Greenwood
July 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reposted by Joy Greenwood
A retail park Great Mullein atop a Cornish hedge in Bodmin today.
Verbascum thapsus
Verbascum thapsus
July 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A retail park Great Mullein atop a Cornish hedge in Bodmin today.
Verbascum thapsus
Verbascum thapsus
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July 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Barren Brome, Bromsgrove sterilis
July 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Barren Brome, Bromsgrove sterilis
Wild Marjoram with nectaring Carder Bee
July 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Wild Marjoram with nectaring Carder Bee
An unusual form of Common Knapweed with white flowers.
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
An unusual form of Common Knapweed with white flowers.
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A Water Lily in Central Park's Conservatory Garden.
July 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A Water Lily in Central Park's Conservatory Garden.
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2. Started the morning in Kenfig with some helleborines, here Broad-leaved Helleborines. A swarm of small fruit flies seemed keen on them too #orchid
July 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
2. Started the morning in Kenfig with some helleborines, here Broad-leaved Helleborines. A swarm of small fruit flies seemed keen on them too #orchid
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Wild Carrot, Daucus carota, waiting for a tram to take it to #WildflowerHour.
July 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Wild Carrot, Daucus carota, waiting for a tram to take it to #WildflowerHour.
Reposted by Joy Greenwood
It’s very easy to become entranced by the delicate beauty of Harebells. Bradbury Rings, Dorset. #HarebellChallenge #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It’s very easy to become entranced by the delicate beauty of Harebells. Bradbury Rings, Dorset. #HarebellChallenge #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Weld, Reseda luteola, beside the tram tracks in Croydon. Also known as Dyer's Rocket, as it can be used to produce a yellow dye. #WildflowerHour
July 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Weld, Reseda luteola, beside the tram tracks in Croydon. Also known as Dyer's Rocket, as it can be used to produce a yellow dye. #WildflowerHour
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Harebell (campanula rotundifolia) (picture 1) for the #HarebellChallenge and a contrasting member of the bellflower family, clustered bellflower (campanula glomerata) (picture 2), both from a walk today at Streatley (W. Berks). #wildflowerhour
July 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Harebell (campanula rotundifolia) (picture 1) for the #HarebellChallenge and a contrasting member of the bellflower family, clustered bellflower (campanula glomerata) (picture 2), both from a walk today at Streatley (W. Berks). #wildflowerhour
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High Mallow (Malva sylvestris) grown out of a Pennsport sidewalk, shot back on the 8th of this month.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #FlowerPower
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #FlowerPower
July 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
High Mallow (Malva sylvestris) grown out of a Pennsport sidewalk, shot back on the 8th of this month.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #FlowerPower
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #FlowerPower
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Ivy-Leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) shot the day before yesterday in Pennsport
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #TinyFlowers #Flowers
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #TinyFlowers #Flowers
July 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) shot the day before yesterday in Pennsport
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #TinyFlowers #Flowers
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #TinyFlowers #Flowers