@MerielGJones

Ex-university academic. Plants, fungi and the internet ... having a great time in Liverpool

Joined May 2014
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Dramatic colours of red Yew berries on the dark green tree against a pale blue sky.
Light cloud in background. Dark green leaves with scattered red berries in foreground.

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#WildWebsWednesday Groundsel (creulys, Grúnlas, Senecio vulgaris) acting as a home for a little fungus, a rust, Puccinia lagenophorae, likely originally found in Australia and first seen in Europe in 1961! It is the red-brown patches on leaves and stems. @WebsWild #Wirral
lots of small green leaves with small yellow flowers and red-brown spots. Tarmac path lower right.

ALT lots of small green leaves with small yellow flowers and red-brown spots. Tarmac path lower right.

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#WildFlowerHour Not a pleasant plant to touch, but important as food for so many insects, including pretty butterflies. Nettles in bloom! Urtica dioica, Danhadlen boeth, Danadl poethion @wildflower_hour #RiverDee
Jagged green leaves with a thread of small green flowers falling from the leaf axils.

ALT Jagged green leaves with a thread of small green flowers falling from the leaf axils.

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#WildFlowerHour Insects still flying around seeking flowers for pollen and nectar to eat. This dandelion (dant y llew, Taraxacum agg.) has regrown after the pathside was cut to within millimeters of the ground in September. @WebsWild #Deeside
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#WildFlowerHour Buck's-horn plantain (llyriad corn carw, Plantago coronopus) managing to flower in a road verge, likely topped up with salt most winters. #Wirral #Merseyside @wildflower_hour
Green plant with divided leaves

ALT Green plant with divided leaves

Close up flower

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#WildWebsWednesday Autumn and a fairy ring round a plane tree. @WebsWild #Merseyside
Tree in lawn with white mushrooms around it among the leaves.

ALT Tree in lawn with white mushrooms around it among the leaves.

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#WildFlowerHour #Fruits Hawthorn, plump and ready to be eaten! Crataegus monogyna, draenen wen. @wildflower_hour
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#WildFlowerHour #DaisyFamily Tansy (tansi, Tanacetum vulgare) yellow buttons on tall stalks. #SirBenfro #LlwybrCenedlaetholArfordir @wildflower_hour
Bright yellow groups of flowers on tall green feathery stalks.

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#WildWebsWednesday Lucky bee to find ragwort flowers with pollen and nectar in an otherwise crispy, brown lawn, mowed to within millimeters of the soil. Do we want to support #pollinators, #birds #wildanimals or not? @WebsWild @PortSunlight #Wirral
Yellow star shaped flowers with a bee on one. Crispy brown lawn.

ALT Yellow star shaped flowers with a bee on one. Crispy brown lawn.

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Not #WetlandPlants but a very dryland plant. Harebell (clychau'r eos, Campanula rotundifolia) flowering on Castle Dolforwyn in Powys. #WildFlowerHour @wildflower_hour @cadwcymruwales
Stone flagstone floor in open air with green trees and fence in distance. In foreground, slender red-green stems with sky blue bell-shaped flowers on them growing between two of the flagstones.

ALT Stone flagstone floor in open air with green trees and fence in distance. In foreground, slender red-green stems with sky blue bell-shaped flowers on them growing between two of the flagstones.

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#WildWebsWednesday Hole in an ash tree in the Shropshire countryside. Wild bees have made a home in it. See them flying in and out! @WebsWild
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#WildFlowerHour Delicate yellow flowers of lady's bedstraw spilling over the pavement as the plant manages to survive and flower at the edge of suburban open space. Briwydd felen, Galium verum. #Wirral #Merseyside @wildflower_hour
Yellow flowers at edge of lawn spilling into pavement.

ALT Yellow flowers at edge of lawn spilling into pavement.

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#WildWebsWednesday What happens when an insect takes a bite out of an unopened, tightly rolled-up Convolvulus flower? The result is a pattern of matching holes! @WebsWild #Wirral
Large white flower with small holes. Green leaves in the background.

ALT Large white flower with small holes. Green leaves in the background.

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#WildWebsWednesday Bumblebee with so much pollen on a blackberry flower, in sunshine.
Green leaves out of focus in background. Centre is white flower with black and orange Bumblebee on it.

ALT Green leaves out of focus in background. Centre is white flower with black and orange Bumblebee on it.

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#WildFlowerHour Red and white flowered Red Campion growing together! @wildflower_hour #Wirral #Merseyside
Lots of greenery and flowers both white and red.

ALT Lots of greenery and flowers both white and red.

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#WildFlowerHour Elder (Ysgawen, Sambucus nigra). Flowering coming to an end now, but then there will be elderberries. Cordial from sweet-smelling flower heads, sugar, lemon juice & citric acid. @wildflower_hour #Wirral #Merseyside
Green leaves and frothy white flat flower heads.

ALT Green leaves and frothy white flat flower heads.

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#WildWebsWednesday Sowthistle with leaf miners eating its leaves into a lacy network. @WebsWild #Wirral #Merseyside
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#WildFlowerHour Ox-eye daisy (llygad-llo mawr, Leucanthemum vulgare) floating over a sea of green grass. #Wirral @wildflower_hour
Large white, yellow-centered daisies against a green grass background.

ALT Large white, yellow-centered daisies against a green grass background.

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#WildWebsWednesday Skipper butterfly on an ox-eye daisy (llygad-llo mawr, Leucanthemum vulgare). Young skippers need to eat grass leaves, seen in background. @WebsWild #Wirral
Vertical green grass leaves. White with yellow centre flower at centre of photo with a small orange-brown butterfly on it.

ALT Vertical green grass leaves. White with yellow centre flower at centre of photo with a small orange-brown butterfly on it.

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#WildFlowerHour Meadow buttercup (blodyn ymenyn, Ranunculus acris) soaking up the sun! #Wirral @wildflower_hour
Brilliant yellow flowers against green leaves and grass.

ALT Brilliant yellow flowers against green leaves and grass.

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