
Celebrating 50 years and more of professional skills training in field botany, plant taxonomy and vegetation ecology #bigbotanychallenge #careerswithplants
University of Reading
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Tree pruning by beaver in Perthshire. Quite a lot of those distinctive conical stumps. @hatbirder @ReadingBioSci
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Naturalised #gardenescapers Eryngium cf. planum near Dundee railway station today. @TomosJones92 @BSBIbotany @ReadingBioSci
These really conjure the Mediterranean sun for me.
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Naturalised Eryngium cf. planum in flower by Dundee railway station today. Only Eryngium seems to manage that electric blue. Much loved by bees. #Gardenescapers @TomosJones92 @BSBIbotany
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Last year I planted Orobanche minor on a newly established cutting of Brachyglottis 'Sunshine' in my front garden. When weeding this morning when I saw the remains of this year's flower spikes. O. hederae on my ivy planned. @thorogoodchris1 @drmgoeswild @BSBIbotany #Orobanchaceae
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Clearly there is plenty of rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) left on the Isle of Wight - this healthy clump near Dinosaur Isle in Sandown @Isleofwight
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Mermaid gin on display at Quarr Abbey gift shop. @Isleofwight
The bottle design is very eye catching and stands out from other gin brands. #Gin
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Mermaid gin is made here - Isle of Wight Distillery. The #gin includes rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum #Apiaceae) which gives a slightly salty tang. Perhaps the best marketing ploy is the blue bottle! The Bodicea hops are grown @Ventnor_Botanic - photographed yesterday.
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#Careers with #plants Not only plants but with arts/humanities/social sciences at one of the world's well know plant places.
📢JOB KLAXON🎇Arts and Humanities Research Coordinator @KewScience 3 year post, £32-34k, closes 11 Sept 2022. careers.kew.org/vacancy/arts…
Please spread the word!
Why does a science research institute need this post? TL;DR Plants and people are closely entangled. Short 🧵explains 1/5
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Save the dates #BUC2023. Yes dates!
Day 1 MCQ Knockout rounds Weds 15th Feb from 14.00 Livestream
Day 2 Quarter finals Wed 22 Feb from 14.00 Livestream
Day 3 Semis and Finals Weds July 5th from 14.00 (University of Nottingham & live streamed)
And there is more!
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So, #BUC2023 over 3 days; all livestreamed but the Semis and Finals Weds 5th July in person at the University of Nottingham.
Also a Student conference Thursday July 6th 09.00-16.00
More information shortly!!
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#BUC2023 Looking even closer ... Day 1 MCQ Knockout rounds on-line Weds 15th Feb from 14.00 Livestream 2/4

ALT Botanist looking even closer to see what happens in Botanical University Challenge 2023: MCQ Knockout rounds Weds 15th Feb from 14.00 Livestream. The flower, white leaves and red/yellow stamens is Sparmannia africana, the African linden or African hemp. These flowers move during opening and fertilization. Time-lapse photography has captured this movement, first published by Henderina Scott in 1903.
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Day 2 of Botanical University Challenge reveals Quarter finals on-line for the 8 teams that make it through the knockout rounds. Weds 22 Feb from 14.00 Livestream 3/4
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But what about the 4 teams in the semifinal and the two in the final? They will compete LIVE at University of Nottingham Weds July 5th from 14.00. There will be a live audience and it will also be streamed to the world!! @susieoftraken @drmgoeswild 4/4
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Botanical University Challenge 2023 #BUC2023 @drmgoeswild carefully searching out dates. But what happens on each one? 1/4
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🌿It's Fascination of Plants Day
@PlantDay18May🌿
We're loving this free box of smelly plants for classrooms! 🌼💨👃
Find more events and activities for #FoPD22 here plantday18may.org
It's @PlantDay18May time for @UniofReading @ReadingBioSci "Smelly Plants in a Box" schools project! Calling all teachers - follow the link for more info and email address to order your FREE BOX! Thanks to @BritishEcolSoc for Outreach Grant Funding plantday18may.org/category/e…
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Delighted to see Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa), Eyebright (Euphrasia sp.) & Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa) doing well in sandy grassland outside @UniofReading @ReadingBioSci #HLS building happy victims of #NoMowMay @BUC_2022 @BotanyRNG @readingbotany @Love_plants @BSBIbotany
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Biology teachers, don't miss this really cool free offer - research shows that sensory experience is very effective for increasing student interest in plants!
It's @PlantDay18May time for @UniofReading @ReadingBioSci "Smelly Plants in a Box" schools project! Calling all teachers - follow the link for more info and email address to order your FREE BOX! Thanks to @BritishEcolSoc for Outreach Grant Funding plantday18may.org/category/e…
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Hemlock Water-dropwort - splendid name - Oenanthe crocata already in flower down our #highweald lane. A statuesque member of the Carrot family but one definitely not for eating! @BSBIbotany
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We recently delivered this ambitious stage zero river and floodplain restoration project on the Little Ouse. Isn't it looking amazing? 🐝
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#PlantADay 7. Splachnaceae #mosses are a bit macabre. They thrive in nitrogen-rich environments, including animal droppings, old bones, & rotting carcasses. Many also enlist the aid of flies for spore dispersal by enticing them with pungent scents and brightly-colored sporophytes








































