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.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage has a peppermint taste and can be used in salads. Historically it was used to treat problems with the spleen and also, in some societies, respiratory problems. It is a bright highlight to shady woods.
March 22, 2026 at 5:54 PM
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage has a peppermint taste and can be used in salads. Historically it was used to treat problems with the spleen and also, in some societies, respiratory problems. It is a bright highlight to shady woods.
Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage shining in the sun in woodland today.
March 18, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage shining in the sun in woodland today.
Summit Rosebush, Pterocephalus lasiospermus, growing on the slopes of Mount Teide, Tenerife and endemic to this area.
February 9, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Summit Rosebush, Pterocephalus lasiospermus, growing on the slopes of Mount Teide, Tenerife and endemic to this area.
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❄️… white winter wonder …❄️
January 22, 2026 at 6:25 PM
❄️… white winter wonder …❄️
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When Autumn Falls on Winter's Doorstep
12-2025
#ColorADay #RedWed #JanuArty2026 #Green #SonyAlpha #Nature #AutumnLeaves #MapleLeaf #FallColors #Macro #Photography #Autumn #Botanical
12-2025
#ColorADay #RedWed #JanuArty2026 #Green #SonyAlpha #Nature #AutumnLeaves #MapleLeaf #FallColors #Macro #Photography #Autumn #Botanical
January 21, 2026 at 8:38 PM
When Autumn Falls on Winter's Doorstep
12-2025
#ColorADay #RedWed #JanuArty2026 #Green #SonyAlpha #Nature #AutumnLeaves #MapleLeaf #FallColors #Macro #Photography #Autumn #Botanical
12-2025
#ColorADay #RedWed #JanuArty2026 #Green #SonyAlpha #Nature #AutumnLeaves #MapleLeaf #FallColors #Macro #Photography #Autumn #Botanical
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European Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) in a crowded sidewalk crack, shot in 2019 or earlier.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #SidewalkFlowers
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #SidewalkFlowers
January 22, 2026 at 3:34 PM
European Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) in a crowded sidewalk crack, shot in 2019 or earlier.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #SidewalkFlowers
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #SidewalkFlowers
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First Beach Sundown
#PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #seascape #nature #landscape #photography #landscapephotography #scape #sunset #sky #clouds #ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #TidesOutTuesday #PNW #OlympicPeninsula #Washington
#PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #seascape #nature #landscape #photography #landscapephotography #scape #sunset #sky #clouds #ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #TidesOutTuesday #PNW #OlympicPeninsula #Washington
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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...lowers our risk of dying (taking into account the many socioeconomic/demographic/health variables) for years.
Going to museums and live music events reduces our physiological age, & a monthly cultural activity halves the chance of depression.
If a drug could do this, we'd investing £ billions.
Going to museums and live music events reduces our physiological age, & a monthly cultural activity halves the chance of depression.
If a drug could do this, we'd investing £ billions.
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
...lowers our risk of dying (taking into account the many socioeconomic/demographic/health variables) for years.
Going to museums and live music events reduces our physiological age, & a monthly cultural activity halves the chance of depression.
If a drug could do this, we'd investing £ billions.
Going to museums and live music events reduces our physiological age, & a monthly cultural activity halves the chance of depression.
If a drug could do this, we'd investing £ billions.
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With thanks to my cousin Sheena on holiday in New Zealand - Tree of the Day
January 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM
With thanks to my cousin Sheena on holiday in New Zealand - Tree of the Day
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Happy #Stunday with this photo I took last Fall during my Bluesky break! 🙂
Have a lovely day!
#EastCoastKin #photography #Nature #exploreTexas #Autumn #SonyAlpha
Have a lovely day!
#EastCoastKin #photography #Nature #exploreTexas #Autumn #SonyAlpha
January 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Happy #Stunday with this photo I took last Fall during my Bluesky break! 🙂
Have a lovely day!
#EastCoastKin #photography #Nature #exploreTexas #Autumn #SonyAlpha
Have a lovely day!
#EastCoastKin #photography #Nature #exploreTexas #Autumn #SonyAlpha
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Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
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Raindrops in lichen.
The magic of an Irish Atlantic rainforest 🌍
The magic of an Irish Atlantic rainforest 🌍
January 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Raindrops in lichen.
The magic of an Irish Atlantic rainforest 🌍
The magic of an Irish Atlantic rainforest 🌍
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
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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.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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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