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Sold at the first frame. Could listen to Dr. Milne talk about plants for hours

Hi Jen. Thanks for this. I really enjoyed it and got loads out of it. Just a quick question about plant families. You said that Cymbalaria (Ivy-leaved Toadflax) is in the Plantaginaceae. Has the Veronicaceae (as used by Stace in his 4th edition) been dispensed with now? And if so, are the Hippuridaceae and Callitrichaceae also in the Plantaginaceae? Cheers. Colin

Michael is a natural interviewer and great host.

Its great to see this format of interviewing interesting botanists. Would be nice to see more pls.

Lovely interview! I was especially interested in the discussion of rue-leaved saxifrage as I've a similar experience in Nottingham. It was not listed in 'The Plants of Nottingham' (1998 Peter Shepherd) but I've seen increasing numbers in the city since 2020, though it's not clear to me how much of this is an actual increase or just me getting better at spotting it! My observations are in the 10s rather than 100s though!

Another excellent overview; many thanks. I expect this will be widely used by enthusiasts and professionals alike during their education, training and practice

An excellent overview of plant and leaf anatomy - as indicated "on the tin"! Thank you Jen.

Dear Falgunee Sarker, thank you for emailing in your question about how to determine which side of the leaf of grasses and sedges is the upper side and which the lower in the field. In all plants, the upper side, also known as and referred to as the Adaxial side, is the one facing the stem or, in grasses and sedges, the culm that it has arisen from. The lower surface which faces away from the axis of the stem or culm is called the Abaxial side. Therefore in grasses and sedges the simplest way to remember which is the upper side is that it is the surface of the leaf with the ligule on. I hope that helps and makes it simpler to determine upper and lower surfaces of leaves in the field. Jen

Hello. Can you tell me why chara is called stonewort? Google says because they are encrusted with calcium and magnesium carbonate. But here in the pictures I can only see delicate green stems/thalli. I can't see any stone-like appearance. Can you help?

Excelente ponencia de Sandra Knapp, qué conocimiento tan grande de las solanáceas, especialmente de Solanum. Voy a colectar más plantas de este grupo para dejarlas en los herbarios de Quito - Ecuador.

That was brilliant ! Thank you.

When You See A Giant Conifer Standing In The Forest, A Wonderful Thing To Remember Is That This Massive Tree Was Once A Tiny Seed. That Little Seed Has So Much Complex Information And Instructions Designed In It That It Should Make Any One Think And Acknowledge That There Is A Great Designer Called God. It Should Make A Person Realize And Understand That God Creates Things With Great Care And Love. In Fact, God Created Man In His Likeness And Sadly Man Turned From God, To Do What They Thought Was Right. Man Fell Into Sin, But God Gave Man A Way To Be Free From Sin Through Jesus His Precious Son Dying For Us And Being Raised From The Dead For Us To Give New Life To Us So That We Can Be Free. God, The Great Creator Always Makes A Way For His Creation To Go Forward And Live. Jesus Is Life And Life Eternal For Those Who Believe In Him And Receive His Salvation.

Great job, I had to see it again and again. It is so interesting and lucid

This is a very interesting viewpoint on the process of getting to know plants, thank you!

Very interesting

30:47 which 31:25 are edible

8:45 you really good, please you are talented with your field and communication and technology. Very refreshing from a learning standpoint of things. Thanks for the content and ease of listening and learning. 8:45

confused about Hybrid larch, silviculture book says the latin is Larix x eurolepis henry, its the Dunkeld cross but you have a different latin????

How wonderful to find a new flora species for Ireland. I'm only discovering this video now. I wonder how they are doing since?

This is the most useful Lichen ID workshop I’ve seen. And I’ve watched enough of them!

I came here after watching a long video from Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t. It’s a bit shocking now to watch an informative native plant video without a foul mouthed narrator describing the phylogeny, morphology, and adaptations of the plants.

I was taught by John Richards at Newcastle University in the 1990s - he was the most inspiring lecturer I ever had, and really sparked my interest in natural history...

Well done to you both for this enthusiastic and erudite presentation which makes the case eloquently for the protection of the evolving Hoylake beach and its precious flora

Great talk!

That was really interesting being able to see the changing trends through the tetrads via the road networks. Are we able to create these colour coded maps showing gains / declines using the plant atlas for our own VC's / specific plants?

Thank you for this great workshop! What a pleasure to watch, you ID'd my lichen in question during the talk (xanthoria) and I can't wait to visit the gardens soon! 😊

Signs of changing seasons are surely exciting to find, and they there tend to be most in plants. ^v< b

This is fantastic! I've recently got into botany properly after the past few years of dabbling but having recently sat down and started making regular effort I'm getting there. The amount of times I've struggled to identify things over the winter or when the plant isn't in flower and wished I could know more about the leaves! Thank you so much, only just received the quarterly magazine in the post and found the basal project in there. Really stoked by this has made my evening!

Delighted to see 'The Plants of Nottingham' featured! I'm doing a volunteer project as a committee member of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust City Local Group. It's '25 Years of The Plants Of Nottingham' and is looking at the changes in the flora since the book was published in 1998. I'm learning a lot about plant data! We also did 8 public plant walks in the city at a range of locations, including one where Peter Shepherd and others involved in the original book came and shared their knowledge of Nottingham's flora at one of the iconic sites. Also interested in Newcastle's flora as this is where I did my Plant Biology degree - but unfortunately urban flora wasn't on most people's radar back in the 80's!

This was fantastic! I’ve never seen a video of this caliber! It answered so many questions that I had and I learned a whole lot more!

Hubbarrd's book is one of the WORST books I have ever seen.. It is EXTREMELY bad.. And the stress is on the word "extremely"... The reason for this is that for Hubbard genus name is just an ornament and nothing else.. For example, he never tells us what a festuca is.. Instead, he happily describes 11 separate species of festuca as isolated islands... For hubbard, "john", "jack", "alice" exists, but "human" does not exist. He minutely describes the properties of every individual to us, and leave us to arrive at the concept of human from there..

Wonderful work :) from Australia.

Thanks ❤

Is there a link to where I can get those field guides?

Excellent information on a remarkable area of Somerset. Thank you Stephen and thanks to WFS for the referral

I'm very interested in getting a copy of this book. As an amateur botanist in Nottingham I'm constantly finding specimens which don't match the textbooks, especially in Epilobium (Willowherbs) and Geranium, where species seem to be sympatric and new species evolving.

This is a lovely video, Tasha, thank you for sharing with us. It's really refreshing to hear such a candid explanation about entering the world of botany, as seen and spoken by a beginner. And don't worry, we've all gotten frustrated with keys and resorted to flipping through the pictures, hoping for a clue or a match! I hope you manage to get out on a New Year's Plant Hunt, it would be a fabulous way to start your second year. Roll on number 500 :)

Could you provide links to some of the resources you used (apart from the Wildflower Key) ? Also could you give a list of all the plants in your photos.

Thanks Martin. Helpful talk. Interesting re steep small awkward spaces, as my tiny local acid grassland is exactly that 🙂

Very interesting, thanks! I do most of my botany in the city of Nottingham, and the most surprising observation in the last few years has been a large watermelon plant, Citrullus lanatus, on a wasteland area, complete with several impressive fruit.

Thank you SO MUCH for this clear and informative introduction, your passion and energy is contagious!

this hurts my ears

What kind of microscope do you use? How do you transport the image to my screen?

Bees and bat boxes is what’s needed

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Great visual, audio 😢

Thank you for this! I am a Homeopath and this information is so valuable as they school I teach in over in Helsinki is about to conduct a Proving of this berry today and after a quick search I found your video. We conduct these provings to discover what the substance will cure in a sick person and then we potentise it into a remedy and prescribe it to our patients who need it. Wonderful insights and looks like a trip from Sligo to Tyrone is on my cards! Thank you so much Noeleen. Kindest regards Janey

It’s the force 😂 but seriously it is. Everything is connected.

Very enjoyable lecture.Thanks a lot.

Wonderful, great information, nicely presented, thank you,