Plant Records ( )
James has added Dryopteris affinis subsp. paleaceolobata (a Scaly Male-fern) to the vice-county list from a site at Dunvegan. Finley has found Acaena ovalifolia (Two-spined Acaena) near The Storr,…
Raasay’s Rainforest ( )
Raasay’s temperate rainforest has been listed as a priority area by the Scottish Government as part of £3 million funding to protect biodiversity and build ecosystem resilience to climate change. See…
Another New Fern at Dunvegan ( )
Seth has found Chilean Hard Fern (Parablechnum cordatum/Blechnum cordatum/Blechnum chilense) well naturalised near the car park at Dunvegan. New to the vice-county!
Talk on Rare Plants ( )
Rhododendron Removal on Raasay ( )
Sterling work is being done on Raasay to remove Rhododendron ponticum. For an update, see here:
Black Medick ( )
Medicago lupulina (Black Medick) is not a common plant around here. Records at tetrad (2 x 2 km) level from 2000 to the present day: The Raasay record is from a known introduction in a wildflower mix…