Branched Bur-reed or sparganium erectum
Branched Bur-reed is a perennial of shallow waters such as canals, ponds and lakes.
Flowering between June and August, it can grow up to a height of 1.5m. It has distinct male and female flower heads ...
Broad-leaved Pondweed or potamogeton natans
Broad-leaved Pondweed is a perennial of ponds, lakes, rivers, canals and other areas of shallow water.
Flowering between May and September, its stem can grow up to 1m in length.
This example was ...
Broom, or Cytisus scoparius ssp. scoparius
This shrub inhabits heathy places, gravel pits and railway embankments.
Flowering between May and June, it can grow up to 2 metres in height.
This example was found growing at Oakamoor in Staffordshire, ...
Bugle or Ajuga reptans
Bugle is a common perennial of damp woods and meadows. It spreads by means of creeping, rooting stems.
Flowering between May and July, it can grow to a height of 30cm.
This example was found growing ...
Bulrush or typha latifolia
Bulrush is a perennial of reed swamps around lakes and ponds. It s also known as Great Reedmace.
Flowering between June and July, it can grow to a height of 2.5m.
This example was found growing ...
Butterbur or Petasites hybridus
Butterbur is a perennial that forms in patches around wet places, especially riversides. This plant is abundant in Manifold Valley. Its flowers develop before its leaves.
Flowering between March and ...
Cheddleton Church. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of St. Edward's Church, Cheddleton, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Cheddleton, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Village view taken at Cheddleton, Staffordshire.
Including the Leek Road bridge and Caldon Canal.
Churnet Valley at Glenwood, Consall. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of the Churnet Valley at Glenwood, Consall, Staffordshire.
Cloud End, near Rushton Spencer
Landscape with a view of Cloud End, near Rushton Spencer. The Cloud overlooks Congleton and markes the border between Cheshire and Staffordshire. The large railway viaduct that crosses the River Dane ...
Cockster Brook Bridge, Longton.
Cockster Brook flows into Chitlings Brook, which is a tributary of the River Trent.
Colt's-foot or Tussilago farfara
Colt's-foot is a common perennial of waste ground and derelict areas. Its flowers develop before its leaves do.
Flowering between March and April, it can grow to a height of 25cm.
This example was ...
Common Centaury or centaurium erythaea
Common Centaury is an annual that frequents dry banks, wood clearings, gravel pits and other open places on sandstone heaths.
Flowering between June and October, it can grow to a height of 15cm.
This ...
Common Cottongrass or eriophorum angustifolium
Common Cottongrass is a perennnial abundant in wet places on the moors. It differs from the hare's-tail cottongrass by having more than one flowering head.
Flowering between May and June, and fruiting ...
Cookshill Mill, Caverswall
A view of the River Blithe and Cookshill Mill at Caverswall. The fields at the rear of the mill were known as 'The Honesty Fields' as they were full of the the plant Lunaria Annua. The chimneys of the ...
Cookshill, Caverswall. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Cookshill, Caverswall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Coombes Valley, near Cheddleton
A north Staffordshire landscape photographed by William Blake of Longton. It is believed to show Coombes Brook flowing through Coombes Valley, near Cheddleton. The site is now a Royal Society for the ...
Cotton Dell. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a stream and flowers. Taken at Cotton Dell, Staffordshire.