I like to decide what's a weed and what's not. Red clover is good company for peonies and a pot of honey for bees. So it's not a weed.

Unlocking Botanical Keys online session 17th June. Join to discover how botanical keys work, which ones to get started with, cover any tricky questions & boost your confidence. There will be a group exercise to collectively key out a specimen. More info https://ow.ly/4ph850YXwZG

Garden as biodiversity hotspot

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Asa Gray was a 19th-century botanist at Harvard, an early adopter of Darwin’s ideas & the among the first to notice the uncanny resemblance between plants of E. North Amer. and those of East Asia. 📷1: Catalpa bignonioides of ENA. 📷2: C. ovata alooides CCBYNC4 of EA. #Bignoniaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Follow-up from Florence CETAF59 meeting packed with information. Decided to create internal bulletin in CZ to inspire and inform colleagues. @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org

Leí a @txaverius.bsky.social que la tenía y puse tambien una Erigeron karvinskianus en la terraza para atraer polinizadores y la verdad es que atrae bastantes .Hoy había un sirfido🌱

Dear #plantscience friends, we're looking to recruit a new colleague at @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social: a Professor in Plant Biotechnology. 🌱🧪 The @dompsfr.bsky.social community is truly fantastic. Interested? Please share far and wide and join us!

uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

Magnolias evolved before bees existed.

95 million years ago, their ancestors shared the planet with the dinosaurs of the Cretaceous, but no bees.

So they made a messy partnership with beetles that continues today & it explains why they're such unusual flowering plants.

Let's talk about it.

Dnes jsme se vydali k tomuto krasavci. Je to prstnatec májový (Dactylorhiza majalis, 🇬🇧 broad-leaved marsh orchid), ohrožený druh vstavačovité rostliny. Na naší lokalitě u Černého kříže u Adolfova přímo na hranici s Německem jich byly stovky.

@plantlifeuk.bsky.social are running a Small Blue Day this coming weekend in Caithness - sounds like a brilliant event!

This #SpeciesOnTheEdge depends on Kidney Vetch, its sole foodplant - a reminder that plant conservation is key to butterfly, invertebrate, bird and mammal conservation...

Help us map Northern Ireland's wild plants!

The #BotanicalSkillsNI project is building a community of botanical recorders to support nature recovery.

Learn via our webinars: bit.ly/BSBI-NI-Webi...

Check out our project and events: bsbi.org/take-part/pr...

Let's make every record count!

Remembering Peter H. Raven, a visionary botanist who transformed our understanding of plant diversity.

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Standing with friends under Florence’s 221-year-old cork oak. We really radice for each other! 🌳🇮🇹 This friendship has deep roots and great protection. 💚 @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org #CETAF59
#Florence #OrtoBotanico

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Lizard #Orchid in Sandwich!

Moonwort, Botrychiem lunaria. One of my favourite plants.

Many Bee orchids in Exeter today 22/5/2026, some going over already, self-pollinated quickly, due to the recent winds. One pale sepaloid just flowering 😃 @orchidvinny.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Taxonomie nejsou jen jména. Díky ní zůstávají botanické sbírky srozumitelné, ověřené a živé. Na #TaxonomyRecognitionDay to dnes v Průhonicích ukazuje sbírka kosatců – péče o biodiverzitu i kulturní dědictví. #NameItToSaveIt. O sbírky pečuje Botanický ústav AVČR, v. v. i. @ibotcz.bsky.social

Taxonomy is not only about names. It is also how we keep botanical collections meaningful and alive. On #TaxonomyRecognitionDay, the historic iris collection in Průhonice @ibotcz.bsky.social shows how science helps conserve both biodiversity and cultural heritage. #NameItToSaveIt

Irises have been cultivated for more than 7,000 years — as ornamentals, medicinal plants and even as an ingredient in gin. On #TaxonomyRecognitionDay, our @ibotcz.bsky.social Průhonice iris collection reminds us that caring for plants also means caring for cultural heritage. #NameItToSaveIt.

Ημέρα Αναγνώρισης της Επιστήμης της Ταξινομικής 2026 (Taxonomy Recognition Day - TRD): Ονόμασε το για να το σώσεις! #NameItToSaveIt - Rethemnos Live

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No clue what a springtail is? Never fret. We've interviewed the UK's national springtail biological recorder and PhD student plc:6sfl4yn57v3p5incrvgfpj6s" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@jamesimcc.bsky.social .

Head to our blog to learn more ⤵️
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📸 Tim Jonas
#NameItToSaveIt