When you start to lose steam with plant ID 😣 #botanybus #MScPlDiv

Examples of how diverse lichens can be from yesterday’s lesson (Xanthoria parietina, Graphis scripta, Parmelia sulcata and Ramalina farinacea) #MScSISS #MScPlDiv

My first Fritillarys nodding in the wind on campus yesterday! Uni of Reading #MScPlDiv

Take your lecturer to the Eden project and they'll either get strangled by Vitaceae, fall asleep with a Restionaceae mustache or get very excited over a large Poaceae leaf #edenproject #MScPlDiv #botanybus

Studying up for the plants test tomorrow and came across this photo of or Poaceae class. If anyone else is looking for study see if you can find out what they are (cus I surely don't 😅) #MScPlDiv

Lichens up close! Xanthoria parietina and it's lecanorine apothecia #MScSISS #MScPlDiv #lichen

Looking at how to ID grass tribes by looking at their spiklets: L- R Yorkshire Fog (Holcus lanatus), Annual Meadow Grass (Poa annua), Crested Dogs-tail (Cynosurus cristatus), Wall Barley (Hordeum murinum) #MScSISS #MScPlDiv Dr M still going wild!

Some lush new Spring Beauty, Claytonia perfoliata at Kingston Uni this week. Cruel how a plant this toothsome and delicious seems to only grow in areas of high canine/vulpine enrichment #MScPlDiv

Sunny walks #MScSISS #MScPlDiv

Choisya，not sure about the species
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#Rutaceae

A slightly more than scruffy looking Green Winged Orchid (Anacamptis morio) from our field trip. Poor thing had nearly been mown to death #wildflowerhour #MScPlDiv #botanybus2018 #cornwall #orchids

Paulownia tomentosa - ticks all the boxes for the botanically-minded percussionist. #MScPlDiv #trees #percussion #treadingonthings

Two Centaurea nigra leaves from the same plant #MScPlDiv #eveninmyworstlies #yousawthetruthinme

Already looking forward to summer warmth, the smell of rain on baked earth and the colours of fruiting vegetation!
Geranium robertianum (Herb robert); Sambucus (Elderberry),  Rosa canina (Dog rose) and Crataegus monogyna (Common hawthorn)
#MScSISS #MScPlDiv #hurryupsummer

Beautiful day botanising at Kynance cove today. Several rarities including this cute little Juncus capitatus #botany bus #MScPlDiv #botany

Calling gardeners! Please complete my questionnaire about garden plants & what they do for us! Should take <10 minutes which will help my Uni of Reading #MScPlDiv research project supervised by Dr M still going wild! & Dr Tijana Blanusa follow the link - thank you! reading.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/questionnaire-…

Today we identified features of the common UK plant families with Dr M still going wild!. Here are examples of Ericaceae, Asteraceae and Fabaceae. Plants really are beautiful ☘️🌸🌱 #MScSISS #MScPlDiv #botany #plantscience

It's the little things that make us unique and this is certainly true of some ferns! One of the defining characteristics of the Polystichum genus (on the left) is it's mushroom shaped indusium, whilst the kidney shape indusium defines Dryopteris
#MScSISS #MScPlDiv Dr M still going wild!

Yes! #SphagnumMonday is a thing! All I have right now are a couple of Sphagnummy backgrounds, and a strong urge to get myself down to the New Forest in search of sphagnaceous goodness asap. #MScPlDiv

The common names of plants like to trick the unsuspecting botanist, today we looked through the RNG Herbarium at 'roses'. The Rose of Campion (L) is actually a Caryophyllaceae whilst the Rose of Sharon (R) is actually a Hypericaceae 😮 #MScSISS #MScPlDiv Plant Diversity at UoR