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A new study into Japanese Knotweed
Horticulture Magazine have launched a new study and interactive map helping naturalists understand the spread of Japanese Knotweed in their area….
Botany
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Botany on the banks of the Tyne
Take a look back at a recent NHSN botany trip to Wylam in a short blog by local naturalist, James Common….
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Fern foray at Hareshaw Linn
NHSN member, Jane Kysow, shares a short account of fern identification trip to Hareshaw Linn in Northumberland…
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English Perennial Flax, by June Cleal
Local naturalist, June Cleal, shares a delightful poem inspired by the discovery of English Perennial Flax on the Hartondown Hills….
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The Hidden World of Bryophytes in the North East
Naturalist, Ryan Clark, explores the hidden world of Bryophytes in the North East, sharing the species you could find on your walks across the region….
Botany | Bryophytes | Liverwort | Moss
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Wildflowers To Look For This Winter
Ahead of the New Year Plant Hunt 2021, Charlotte Rankin shares ten wildflowers to look out for this winter in the North East….
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Worlds Collide on a Newcastle street
Ahead of the New Year Plant Hunt 2021, naturalist, James Common shares some of the non-native species encountered on a Newcastle street….
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A Focus on Ivy
While most wildflowers have finished for the year, Autumn is the time when Ivy bursts into life. Explore the value of this underappreciated plant for flower-visiting insects in a new article by Charlotte Rankin…
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Are Foreign Flowers the Future?
Explore the urban insect pollinator and learn how non-native flowers could help reverse their decline with postgraduate researcher, Shannon Goldberg…
Bees | Botany | Invertebrates | Pollinators
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Botany at Epiacum
Recently, NHSN botanists visited the Roman fort of Epiacum to produce an inventory of the plants growing at the historic site. Angus Lunn shares their finds below….