To find out more about Orobanche minor and its forms & varieties recorded in Britain & Ireland, check out this great paper by @christhorogood.bsky.social from #BritishandIrishBotany:
britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bi...
Chris also wrote the #BSBIHandbook to this genus: bsbi.org/publications...

Very sad news that Roger Maskew has passed away.
Roger had been one of our #BSBImembers since the 1980s, was our in-house expert on Roses & co-authored (with Gareth Knass) 'Wild Roses of Great Britain and Ireland', the #BSBIHandbook published last year.
More info here:
bsbi.org/about/news/l...

Another fab book about Broomrapes by international expert @christhorogood.bsky.social!
Chris co-wrote the #BSBIHandbook Broomrapes of Britain & Ireland bsbi.org/learn/public... & now he's tackling the Whole World!
Read about how Chris's passion for Broomrapes first started:
bsbi.org/blog/2021/04...

Great to see our friend @christhorogood.bsky.social over here where the sky is blue!
Chris authored the #BSBIHandbook on Broomrapes (a tricky but fascinating group of plants).
More info inc a link to my interview with Chris here: bsbi.org/bsbi-handboo...

More exciting Rose news ⚘️🥀 :
this #BSBIHandbook is now even more accessible, versatile and portable 🥰
@bitheolaidhe.bsky.social @donncha-oc.bsky.social @kiwibyrne.bsky.social @mikekally.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @cedar-ni.bsky.social @phoebeobrien.bsky.social @hannahmul.bsky.social

Ooh @sibthorpia.bsky.social is very brave taking on Whitebeams, a notoriously tricky group!
But no need to worry: a new edition of the definitive #BSBIHandbook on Whitebeams is at the printers right now & a pre-publication offer is available to #BSBImembers.
Find out more:
bsbi.org/blog/2026/05...

The eBook of our new #BSBIHandbook 'Whitebeams, Rowans and Service Trees of Britain and Ireland' is out now & it's only £10 (print book RRP = £35).
282 pages long & covers 68 taxa, all of which will be there on your phone/PC/laptop once you buy this eBook!
Lead author is BSBI Sorbus expert Tim Rich.

The blackberries are coming!
Did you know, many Brambles of Scotland have also been spotted south of the border?
Slender-spined Bramble has naturalised on many English railway banks.
Find out more in our new #BSBIHandbook 👇 or check out this #PlantAtlas2020 page: plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

So excited for this new #BSBIHandbook on Wild Roses! Order now for your #BSBImembers discount - if you're a student you save more than half the cost of a year's membership fee - QED.
Maybe don't buy it if your name is Eliza Day though... #wherethewildrosesgrow #kylie #badseeds

Coming soon!
𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏𝟒 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 from @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Stock expected late June / early July, pre-order your copy today.
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#BSBI #forthcoming #botanybooks #treebooks #BSBIhandbook #Whitebeams #Rowans #ServiceTrees

100s of you across Britain & Ireland bought a print copy of the latest #BSBIHandbook, Brambles of Scotland (many of the 56 species occur outside Scotland!)
Now you can buy it as a standalone eBook
bsbi.org/publications...
Bramble ID on the go? Holidaying in Scotland? You'll want this eBook! Only £10

Do you have a close-up to share? Be good if @naturelark.bsky.social could take a look at it and I think she may have the #BSBIHandbook on violets to to hand, in case any checking is required ;-)

Top botanist Chris Metherell loves sharing his huge botanical knowledge with fellow plant-lovers!
On Sunday he was at #IrishSpringConference looking at eyebrights (he wrote the #BSBIHandbook on them!)
Tomorrow he's leading a FREE webinar on #herbarium skills: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

Hawkweeds (Hieracium spp.) are very tricky!
There's a helpful #BSBIHandbook to Hawkweeds of SE England, doesn't inc Suffolk but might be useful, is available as an eBook so you can have it on your phone:
bsbi.org/publications...
Cost £4 if you take part in our survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...