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#Euphrasia BSBI specialist workshop
Eyebright materclass Thursday 26th March saw the first of two consecutive workshops on the identification of Eyebrights (the genus Euphrasia) led by Chris Metherell, the UK Botanical Society of the...
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MSc Plant Diversity Field Course – Day 7 Gwendreath, Cornwall
MSc Plant Diversity students learning grass ID Since Monday the MSc Plant Diversity group has been travelling along the southern coast of England on its Summer Term field trip. After 5 nights in youth...
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MSc Plant Diversity Field ID test
The MSc Plant Diversity students spent the afternoon of field day 9 walking the Lizard coast doing a field ID test. While they identified I photographed – all photos taken in the field on a sunny but...
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MSc Plant Diversity – Plant families ID test – Samples 1-10 (Closed book exam)
Close on the heels of the MSc fieldwork comes the final assessment for the MSc module BIMPB12 Diversity and Identification of Plants. This module runs over the Autumn and Spring terms and aims to give...
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The Family names for each of the forst ten samples are given here: Number Genus species Family 1 Crassula muscosa Crassulaceae 2 Nepeta nepetoides Lamiaceae 3 Begonia cv. ‘Cleopatra’ Begoniaceae 4...
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MSc Plant Diversity – Plant families ID test – Samples 11-40 (Books and notes...
The second phase of the ID test allows books and lecture notes but time remains pressing. Whatever remains of the three hours after samples 1-10 have been identified is very much needed for the last...
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The plant families samples 11-40 belong to are listed below (using APG2/3 for flowering plants) Number Genus species Family 11 Celosia caracas ‘Deep Purple’ Amaranthaceae 12 Phlox divaricata...
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Carnivorous Plants from UoR at #RHSChelsea 2015
Nepenthes robcantleyi, a carnivorous plant species dicovered in the past decade The Carnivorous Plant Society, a registered UK Charity “dedicated to the promotion of carnivorous plants both in the wild...
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Chelsea Flower Show – Silver Medal
The Carnivorous Plant Society stand at Chelsea Flower Show, featuring plants grown at the University of Reading won a prestigious Silver Medal. To see the preparation of the stand click here.
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Trevor Pitman BEM
Today’s Birthday Honours 2015: the Prime Minister’s list includes Trevor Pitman, Technical Manager, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading. For services to Higher Education. Trevor...
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Do Guided Tours Enhance the Education Role of Botanic Gardens? : A...
A study by Laura Rollin (MSc Plant Diversity) A request to complete a 10 minute survey The survey linked here is asking for background information from all UK gardens to find out what percentage of...
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Today I was mostly thinking about social media….
Thanks to CQSD and the University of Reading Teaching and Learning Development Fund a group of 26 staff spent the morning swapping ideas on the use of social media in teaching and learning. You can...
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e-Flora of Oman – design and content survey
(c) Azzah AlJabri 2015 I am a student of the MSc in Plant Diversity at the University of Reading but am also a professional botanist in the Sultanate of Oman. My name is Azzah AlJabri and I am...
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Creative approaches to teaching field botany skills
Here are the slides from the presentation by Alastair Culham & Jonathan Mitchley at Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase Event 2015: 7th – 8th September 2015, Isis Education Centre, Hyde Park,...
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UK Fungus Day at University of Reading – Sunday 11th October
Magpie Inkcap Reading University has an outstanding green campus that has gained the prestigious Green Flag Award for five consecutive years. Campus biodiversity is monitored and reported on by staff...
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Mrs Katherine Murray Lyell at RNG
Borneo fern collected by Alfred Russel Wallace. Part of the Katharnie Murray Lyell fern collection. Mrs Katherine Murray Lyell (1817-1915) was a British pteridologist. Born Katherine Horner in 1817...
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Getting Ready for #AdventBotany – here’s a reprise of 2014
Last year we ran our first #AdventBotany challenge – @DrMGoesWild and @botanyRNG writing an account each day (with some help from @DawnBazeley and others) through advent of plants associated with...
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Advent Botany 2015, Day1: Balsam Fir – a popular Christmas tree in Canada
By Dawn Bazely Canada, the boreal forests showing dark green. Much of Canada’s landmass is dominated by the boreal forest ecosystem. The characteristic tree species of the boreal biome are conifers...
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#AdventBotany – Day 2 – the Yule Log
Harvesting the Yule log, from Chambers Book of Days (via Wikimedia) The Yule log was traditionally a large branch, trunk or whole tree brought indoors to burn slowly over the Christmas period and in to...
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Advent Botany 2015 – Day 3: Galanthophilia
By Alastair Culham It’s not a heavy metal band, but Galanthophilia sounds as if it could be. It is the name for those with a true love of snowdrops. These tiny plants contain a treatment for mild...
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