Bush Telegraph

Wild Edible Of The Week 50 "Vetch"

Botanical name: Vicia sativa Common name: Vetch, Poor Man's Peas, Bush Vetch, Common Vetch Physical appearance: Small slender leaves, which grow in opposing pairs on a stem which ends with fine cu...

Wild Plant Of The Week 55 "Himalayan Balsam"

Botanical name: Impatiens glandulifera Common name: Himalayan Balsam, Policeman's Helmet, Bobby Tops, Copper Tops Physical appearance: An highly invasive, non-indigenous species, originally nativ...

Wild Plant of The Week 48 - Meadowsweet

Botanical name: Filipendula ulmaria Common name: Meadowsweet, Meade Wart, Queen of the Meadow, Meadow Wart, Meadow Queen, Bridewort, Lady of the Meadow, Dollof, Pride of the Meadow. Physical appe...

Wild Edible Of The Week 46 "Wood Sorrel"

Botanical name : Oxalis acetosella Common name : Wood Sorrel, Fairy Bell, Wood Sour, Cuckoo's Meat  Physical appearance : These are the only plants in the UK to have three-heart shaped leaf...

Wild Edible Of The Week 47 "Milk Thistle"

Botanical name: Silybum marianum Common name: Milk Thistle, Mary Thistle, Cardus Marianus, Scotch Thistle, Mediterranean Milk Thistle, Veriegated Thistle Physical appearance: These are quite easy t...

Wild Edible Of The Week 48 "Burdock"

Botanical name: Arctium lappa Common name: Burdock, Beggar's Buttons, Happy Major, Clotbur Physical appearance: There are two prevalent species that grow in the UK. As the Arctium lappa is the larg...

Wild Edible Of The Week 49 "Hary Bittercress"

Botanical name: Cardamine hirsuta Common name: Hairy Bittercress, Lamb's Cress, Land Cress, Hoary Bittercress, Shot Weed, Flick Weed Physical appearance: A low growing plant that has a distinctive...

Tree Top Guide - Willow

Botanical name : Salix (?) There are over 400 species including Salix purpea, fragilis, babylonica, alba, nigra... Common names : Willow, Weeping Willow (actually a hybrid), Osier, Sallow. Physical...

Tree Top Guide - Ash

Botanical name : Fraxinus Excelsior Common names : Ash, European Ash, Common Ash Physical appearance : A tall, decidious tree growing to between 12 and 43 metres in height. It has a trunk diameter...

Tree Top Guide - The Great Oak

Botanical name : Quercus robur Common names : Oak, Great Oak, Physical appearance : A large decidious tree, growing up to 20+ metres in height. Naturally growing oaks can be very long lived, with ...