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Field Meeting

Location

Ben Lui

Leaders

Frank McGavigan

Date

Sat, 11/09/2010 (All day)

Joint with the BPS. This is a new location for Woodsia alpina monitoring.

For more details contact Frank McGavigan or 0141 776 1019.

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Field Meeting

Location

Bonaly Country Park

Leaders

Stephan Helfer

Date

Sat, 28/08/2010 (All day)

Pentland Hills. Meet at Bonaly Country Park. NT211675 Leader Stephan Helfer.

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Introduction to Sedges

Location

Whitlaw Mosses NNR, Roxburghshire (v.c. 80)

Leaders

Jim McIntosh

Date

Sat, 07/08/2010 (All day)

Whitlaw Mosses is an extremely rich and diverse series of basin mires. It has a remarkably diverse sedge flora including, amongst many others, Carex paniculata, C. diandra (Greater and Lesser Tussock-sedge), C. lasiocarpa (Slender Sedge) and Carex limosa (Bog-sedge).

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Field Meeting

Location

Carrifran Woods & Moffat Hills (v.c.72)

Leaders

Chris Miles and Crinan Alexander

Date

Thu, 08/07/2010 (All day)

The Moffat Hills with rocky slopes and screes, boreal heath and flushes have been known for a long time to support small populations of montane species not found elsewhere in the Southern Uplands. Woodsia ilvensis is the most celebrated of these and will be seen.

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Field Meeting

Location

Loch Lee, Angus

Leaders

John Edgington

Date

Sat, 03/07/2010 (All day)

Joint with the BPS. This is an easy, flat walking excursion and a minimum of 20 species of pteridophytes is expected.
For more details contact Frank McGavigan or 0141 776 1019.

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Joint Alpine Field Meeting

Location

Ben Vane, Dunbartonshire (v.c. 99)

Leaders

John Holland

Date

Sat, 26/06/2010 (All day)

The 2010 Alpine field Meeting is a joint meeting with the BSBI to Ben Vane in Dunbartonshire. 

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Field Meeting

Location

Hill of Garvock (v.c. 91)

Leaders

David Welch

Date

Sat, 12/06/2010 (All day)

The main area to be visited is an upland ridge SE of Laurencekirk. A considerable part remains uncultivated, and holds a variety of plant communities notably calcareous grasslands, mires and wet heath. Past botanists took little interest in these modest hills, being more attracted to the nearby St Cyrus coast or taller mountains further west.

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Field Meeting

Location

Dawyck Botanic Garden

Leaders

Mary Gibby and Bridget Laue

Date

Sun, 06/06/2010 (All day)

Joint with the BPS. Dawyck is the site of the world’s first (and only?) Cryptogamic Plant Sanctuary at Heron Wood. As well as ferns you can find mosses, lichens and fungi galore.

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Field Meeting

Location

Lady Mary’s Walk, Crieff (v.c.88)

Leaders

Jim McIntosh

Date

Sun, 23/05/2010 (All day)

Joint with BSBI. Lady Mary’s Walk is a popular local walk in the highland Perthshire town of Crieff.

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Field Meeting

Location

Arthur's Seat, Midlothian (v.c. 83)

Leaders

Jim McIntosh

Date

Sun, 16/05/2010 (All day)

Leader: Jim McIntosh Joint with BSBI. Holyrood Park’s dramatic hills and crags give Edinburgh its distinctive skyline. They also provide grassland habitats for a remarkably diverse and interesting flora.

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