Yearbook 2022 by Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

ISSN 2397-9100

BSBI YEARBOOK 2022

The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland is a learned society of professional and amateur botanists dedicated to the study of and interest in the British and Irish vascular plant and charophyte flora Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (known as BSBI) is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (8553976) and a charity registered in England and Wales (1152954) and in Scotland (SC038675). Registered office: 29 West Farm Court, Broompark, Durham, DH7 7RN.

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Andromeda polifolia (Bog Rosemary) at Whixall Moss NNR [Jonathan Shanklin] (see p. 48)

Verbascum lychnitis (White Mullein) at Totton Sidings [Ken Balkow] (see p. 58)

Carex vulpina (True Fox-sedge) at Fishlake [Kay McDowell] (see p. 57)

Carex magellanica (Tall Bog-sedge) in v.c.88 mid-Perthshire [Bill Boyd, 2016] (see p. 41)

Hieracium lanatum (Woolly Hawkweed) living up to its name at North Denes SSSI [Jo Parmenter] (see p. 59)

Flowers of Utricularia vulgaris (Greater Bladderwort) at Rose Fen dyke [Mike Ball] (see p. 62)

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Details of Hieracium angustatiforme capitula and leaves, Craig Cerrig-gleisiad [Tim Rich] B&IB 3(2): 168-177 (see p. 78)

Rubus longiflorus at Crawton [David Welch] B&IB 3(2): 188-195 (see p. 78)

Leaf of Alchemilla falsadenta showing hairy, contrastingly silverywhite, teeth [Mark Lynes] B&IB 3(3): 334-348 (see p. 82)

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Hieracium britannicoides, Bryn Euryn [Tim Rich] B&IB 3(1): 65-73 (see p. 75)

Gentianella amarella subsp. occidentalis, Oxwich [Tim Rich] B&IB 3(2): 136-151 (see p. 77)

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