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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 ...

Tree Top Guide - Silver Birch

Botanical name : Betula pendula Common names : Silver Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch, East Asian White Birch, Physical appearance : The silver birch ia a medium sized (trunk up to 40 cm ...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 44 " Kelp"

Botanical Name : Laminaria digitata Common names : Kelp, Oarweed Physical appearance : The average Kelp consists of a long stem (called a stipe) growing up to between 2 - 3 metres in height. The s...

WIld Edible Of The Week - Week 41 "Oyster Mushroom"

A tasty wild edible.

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 33 "Rowan"

Botanical Name : Sorbus aucuparia Common names : Rowan, Mountain-Ash, Amur mountain ash, European mountain ash, quick beam, rowan berry. Physical appearance : A relatively small tree, growing up t...

Wild Edible Of The Weeek - Week 34 "Sweet Chestnut"

Botanical Name : Castanea sativa Common names : Sweet chestnut, Spanish chestnut, Portuguesse chestnut, Marron (French name for chestnut). Physical appearance : Tall, non symmetrical, deciduous tre...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 36 "Giant Pufball"

Botanical Name : Langermannia gigantea (recently reclassified as Calvatia gigantea). Common names : Giant puffball, Puffball mushroom Physical appearance : A large mostly spherical mushroom, often...