In a jam packed episode we ask: Is spring coming earlier? We then take a closer look at earthworms with Senior Curator of Annelids at the Natural History Museum, Dr Emma Sherlock. Finishing the episode, a favourite grass, Molinia caerulea or Purple Moor Grass, is our native plant of the week.
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Sightings
Plants looking good
Phenology
Plants in the UK flower a month earlier under recent warming (royalsocietypublishing.org)
mo-phenology-supplement-v4.pdf (metoffice.gov.uk)
Dr Emma Sherlock
Emma Sherlock Natural History Museum
Grasses ID
Classes for Grasses Episode 1 – Grass Structure and Anatomy – YouTube
Classes for Grasses – Episode 2 The Usual Suspects – YouTube
Purple Moor Grass
Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench (wiley.com)
Molinia caerulea | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)
Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science
Chequered Skipper | Butterfly Conservation (butterfly-conservation.org)
Scotch Argus | Butterfly Conservation (butterfly-conservation.org)
Grow your own Purple Moor Grass
Molinia caerulea (Purple Moor Grass) – BBC Gardeners World Magazine
Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea ‘Moorhexe’|purple moor-grass ‘Moorhexe’/RHS Gardening
Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea ‘Poul Petersen’|purple moor-grass ‘Poul Petersen’/RHS Gardening
Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea ‘Variegata’ (v)|variegated purple moor-grass/RHS Gardening
Molinia Windspiel – Knoll Gardens | Ornamental Grasses and Flowering Perennials
Molinia Karl Foerster – Knoll Gardens | Ornamental Grasses and Flowering Perennials