#urbanbotany — Public Fediverse posts

Spontaneous Flora of the Urban
Areas of Tirana, three new
species recorded for the first
time in Albania

"Field surveys, based on a
defined methodology, conducted during the spring-summer period of 2023, revealed a total of 262 plant species belonging to 53 families. The taxonomic distribution highlights Poaceae and Compositae as the most species-rich families."

http://journal.pmf.ni.ac.rs/bionys/index.php/bionys/article/view/516/386

#Albania #UrbanBotany @plantscience

More pavement plants and street weeds in and around Twerton High Street, in #Bath #Somerset #UK. Hedgerow Crane's-bill, Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Red Dead-nettle and Black Nightshade
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #bathnature #urbanwildlife #urbanbotany #botany

Street weeds and pavement plants on #Twerton High Street, #Bath #Somerset #UK - Musk Mallow, Mexican Fleabane, Bittersweet and Shepherd's Purse.
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #pavementplants #ukwildlife #streetweeds #bathnature #urbanwildlife #urbanbotany #botany

Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens) on an Oxford Ragwort, growing out of a pavement on #Twerton High Street, #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #bathnature #ukinsects #streetweeds #urbanwildlife #urbanbotany #botany #pavementplants

Common Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) growing out of a wall in #Twerton, #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #twerton #ukwildlife #bathnature #ukinsects #streetweeds #urbanwildlife #urbanbotany

We got wonderful sunshine for the
Kent Field Club #NewYearPlantHunt
at Milton Creek Country Park and surrounds. Some cheery little flowers, a queen bumblebee (not photographed), a few dung flies using Apiaceae, some birds enjoying the estuary, some fun fungi.

#NaturalHistory #UrbanBotany #WinterFlowers #Wildflowers

You can learn #biology even in #urbanscapes: many #plants #flower more in sunny than in shady places (and this may have consequences for the abundance & diversity of #pollinators ...).

Eg, #Bougainvillea below native to South America (#Nyctaginaceae), with small flowers surrounded by pink bracts (not petals!)

Rocafort, #Valencia, #Spain
#UrbanNature #UrbanFlora #UrbanBotany #UrbanLandscapes #botany #streetphotography #garden #gardening

This persistent little weed is a real #SuperSpecies - It can self-pollinate, produce copious amounts of sticky seeds (in tiny capsule-pods which explosively discharge seeds up to 5 meters!!) which stick to clothing, footwear, and are unwittingly dispersed by people.

#botany #plantsci #plants #wildflowers #UrbanNature #UrbanWildlife #UrbanBotany #TheUrbanBestiary #wildlife

Creeping wood sorrel (Oxalis corniculata).

A small ground hugging herb, bearing diminutive yellow flowers.

And yet, its delicate appearance belies its tenacious nature - this species has spread so far and wide around the world - in the tropics, the sub-tropics, and the temperate zone - that its true origins have been lost to the sands of time.

#botany #SuperSpecies #wildflowers #plantbio #wildlife #UrbanNature #UrbanWildlife #UrbanBotany

Bus stop botany. I won't get better if I don't practice will I?

A couple of deadnettles - white and spotted, Lamium album and Lamium maculatum

#botany #plants #UrbanBotany