Alton. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of the formal gardens and buildings at Alton, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Originally home to the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers has been developed ...
Arrowhead or sagittaria sagittifolia
Arrowhead is a perennial found chiefly in canals but also in shallow ponds, ditches and slow-flowing rivers. Its name derives from the shape of the leaves.
Flowering between July and August, it can ...
Bilberry, or Vaccinium myrtillus
A common shrub of heath, moors and woods on acid soil.
The bilberry can grow up to 30cm in height.
This example was found growing at Penkridge Bank, Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire, by local naturalist ...
Bird Vetch, or Vicia cracca
This perennial grows in hayfields, wet meadows, hedgerows and wood borders.
It boasts a set of tendrils that cling to other vegetation.
Flowering between June and August, its can grow to a length ...
Bittersweet or Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet, also known as Woody Nightshade is a perennial sprawling plant found in hedges and woods.
Flowering between June and September, its stem can grow up to 1.75m in length.
This example ...
Bog Asphodel or narthecium ossifragum
Bog Asphodel is a locally found perennial in the acid moorland bogs.
Flowering between July and September, it can grow to height of 30cm.
This example was found growing at Quarnford by Eric Edees.
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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 ...
Chell from Fir Tree Farm, Ball Green, Stoke-on-Trent
This is a view east from Fir Tree Farm over the Ford Green Brook valley towards Chell Heath. Fir Tree Farm is just off Whitfield Road in Ball Green. Running towards the top of the photograph is Cornhill ...
Church Walk, Moddershall. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Church Walk, Moddershall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
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 ...
Cowberry, or Vaccinium vitisidaea
You can spot this evergreen shrub on acid heaths and moors.
Flowering in pink or white between May and August, it can grow up to 30cm in height.
This example was found growing at Camp Hills near ...