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Dr M still going wild!

@drmgoeswild

Born at 315 ppm - I am Dr M - BSBI FISC level 6 botanist - and I go wild about plants - botanical love and joy (and views) expressed are all proudly Dr M's

 University of Reading
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STOP PRESS: BUC 2026 crowdfunding is LIVE! BUC is UK & Ireland’s biggest boldest, leafiest student botany celebration🌿Our students say their knowledge shoots up and careers grow. Please follow the link to support us👉 reading.hubbub.net/p/botanic…
BUC Crowd funding is live, follow the link the Tweet to support us!

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyAug 3
Read an interview with Prof Julie Hawkins, University of Reading, in latest issue of The Thymes, newsletter of Botanical University Challenge. botanicaluniversitychallenge… #BUC2026
Pictures thanks to Julie Hawkins. Woman in scarf, woolly had standing smiling under a tree; microscope slides; runner bean seeds in palm of hand.

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyAug 18
Final annual Botanical University Challenge contest on 19 August. From 32 UK and Irish teams to 4 semifinalists Aberdeen, Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge & Edinburgh. Who will will? Watch YouTube from 13:00 BST tomorrow! @BSBIbotany @BotSocScot @ARU_Biology @CUBotanicGarden #BUC2026
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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyAug 19
The Botanical University Challenge trophy is waiting for its new winner! #BUC2026
Lecture theatre where BUC will be held

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyAug 19
Getting ready for the climax of Botanical University Challenge and the 4th Student Botany Festival at University of Reading. Starts YouTube channel 13:30 BST today. Also recorded. Youtube @BotanicalUniversityChallenge #BUC2026
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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyAug 20
Now 4th Student Botany Festival starts. After 60 second talks, tours of plant areas. The new Learning Garden. #BUC2026
Group in Learning Garden, Reading

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 3
This little plant grows all over the UK and Ireland (and now worldwide) in lawns & grassland. Leaves look like grass, but is technically a rush, Juncaceae. Flowers in #Spring April - May, also has name Good Friday Grass & . Milfyw (Welsh), Giúnach léana (Irish) #BUC2026
Small flowering rush.

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 5
Several #Spring plants in UK & Ireland with local names including #Easter that were not adopted more widely. Easter ledger pudding of its leaves plus dandelion, lady's mantle (or nettle) leaves with barley & egg. Accompaniment for veal & bacon. #BUC2026
Easter named plants - daffodil, greater stitchwort, primrose and bistort.

ALT Easter named plants - daffodil, greater stitchwort, primrose and bistort.

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 6
Plants from around the world, mostly now in cultivation for white blooms around Easter time. Easter lilies (and cactus). Liliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Araceae and Cactaceae! #BUC2026
Plants with large white flowers.

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 7
#Spring Trees in flower. Bay tree (Laurus nobilis) now flowering enthusiastically around UK and Ireland. Separate male and female trees (dioecious). Leaves as food flavouring. Evergreen large shrub/small tree family Lauraceae once covered Mediterranean Basin in forests. #BUC2026
Twig of flat green lanceolate-oval green leaves. Spray of cream flowers of the same tree, bay.

ALT Twig of flat green lanceolate-oval green leaves. Spray of cream flowers of the same tree, bay.

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 9
Questions in Botanical University Challenge about ferns. Student wrote about her favourite in the newsletter. Another about how he got into ferns & is now British Pteridological Soc committee member! Crowdfunder lets these meet. See QR code or reading.hubbub.net/p/botanic…
distribution map adder's tongue (fern) and pic of fern - looks like a green snake head and tongue.

ALT distribution map adder's tongue (fern) and pic of fern - looks like a green snake head and tongue.

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 22
#EarthDay Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026 for UK and Irish students to develop their botanical knowledge, and meet at Student Botany Festival. Insects need plants! Our Crowdfunder is live. Donate and share!! reading.hubbub.net/p/botanic… #EarthDay2026
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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 23
Star anise (Illicium verum) has anethole, characteristic flavour in cookery & drinks. Another compound from tree, shikimic acid, was industrial precursor to oseltamivir (Tamiflu) from 1990s until recombinant (GM) bacteria developed mid-2000s. People need plants! #BUC2026
Brown star-shaped tree fruit, some cut open to show seeds.

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 24
Smiling students from University of Aberdeen who won Botanical University Challenge 2025. Keep this year's contestants happy by contributing to our crowdfunder. You know botany needs support, and #BUC2026 also makes it fun for students in UK & Ireland. reading.hubbub.net/p/botanic…
5 smiling young people, one holding trophy aloft among trees. Winners Botanical University Challenge 2025 from University of Aberdeen.

ALT 5 smiling young people, one holding trophy aloft among trees. Winners Botanical University Challenge 2025 from University of Aberdeen.

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 25
emon grass (Cymbopogon citratus ) from S E Asia. Yes, a grass (family Poaceae) but with strong lemon scent from crushed leaves and as a flavour. Used in cooking and drinks. Relishes temperature 25 - 30 Centigrade, not happy below 10 degrees. #BUC2026
Large grass plant

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 26
#Insects need #plants. Brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, sips nectar from flowers, spends winter as adult in evergreens like holly but needs alder or common buckthorn shrubs (Frangula alnus, Rhamnus cathartica) as a caterpillar. #BUC2026
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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 27
Plants and sport. Top class football needs top class grass pitch, and meticulous care of it. #BUC2026 theguardian.com/football/202…
One weekend, two games and 7,140 sq metres of grass: a week with the Wembley ground staff

One weekend, two games and 7,140 sq metres of grass: a week with the Wembley ground staff

From preparation to game mode, the upkeep of Wembley’s pitch is carried out to an astonishing level of perfectionism

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 28
#bioinspired #kineticart Florencentia, flowering, flowers opening & closing, #circadianrhythm. Photosynthesis ballet. By Atelier Sisu, i.e. Sydney-based design studio led by artists Renzo B. Larriviere and Zara Pasfield. #BUC2026
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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 29
Issue 15 The Thymes, newsletter of Botanical University Challenge, now out. 22 page issue - Feb online contest result, team accounts, 10 years of BUC, fave plants, book reviews, interviews ... #BUC2026 Oh, just go and download it! botanicaluniversitychallenge…
Part of first page issue 15 newsletter Botanical University Challenge

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyApr 30
Read about the on-line rounds of #BUC2026 held February. 32 teams from UK & Irish universities & other institutions. The top scoring 4 are semifinalists, compete again August. Can't remember much? Download issue 15 of the BUC newsletter botanicaluniversitychallenge…
Screengrab of issue 15 The Thymes.

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Botanical University Challenge@BUCBotanyMay 1
Read about teams new to Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026 in Issue 15 The Thymes! University of Cardiff team, the Greenhouse Gang, made it to the quarterfinal on their first time! botanicaluniversitychallenge…
About University of Cardiff team in Botanical University Challenge 2026 https://botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/

ALT About University of Cardiff team in Botanical University Challenge 2026 https://botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/

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