Bush Telegraph

Wild Edible Of The Week 50 "Vetch"

Botanical name: Vicia sativa Common name: Vetch, Poor Man's Peas, Bush Vetch, Common Vetch Physical appearance: Small slender leaves, which grow in opposing pairs on a stem which ends with fine cu...

Wild Edible Of The Week 51 "Plantain"

Botanical name: Plantago major, Plantago lanceolata Common name: Plantain, Broad Leaf Plantain, White Man's Foot, Greater Plantain, Cart Track Plant, Ribwort Physical appearance: A low growing, s...

Wild Edible Of The Week 46 "Wood Sorrel"

Botanical name : Oxalis acetosella Common name : Wood Sorrel, Fairy Bell, Wood Sour, Cuckoo's Meat  Physical appearance : These are the only plants in the UK to have three-heart shaped leaf...

Wild Edible Of The Week 47 "Milk Thistle"

Botanical name: Silybum marianum Common name: Milk Thistle, Mary Thistle, Cardus Marianus, Scotch Thistle, Mediterranean Milk Thistle, Veriegated Thistle Physical appearance: These are quite easy t...

Wild Edible Of The Week 48 "Burdock"

Botanical name: Arctium lappa Common name: Burdock, Beggar's Buttons, Happy Major, Clotbur Physical appearance: There are two prevalent species that grow in the UK. As the Arctium lappa is the larg...

Tree Top Guide -Elm

The mighty Elm - a useful tree throughout history!

Tree Top Guide - Willow

Botanical name : Salix (?) There are over 400 species including Salix purpea, fragilis, babylonica, alba, nigra... Common names : Willow, Weeping Willow (actually a hybrid), Osier, Sallow. Physical...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 44 " Kelp"

Botanical Name : Laminaria digitata Common names : Kelp, Oarweed Physical appearance : The average Kelp consists of a long stem (called a stipe) growing up to between 2 - 3 metres in height. The s...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 33 "Rowan"

Botanical Name : Sorbus aucuparia Common names : Rowan, Mountain-Ash, Amur mountain ash, European mountain ash, quick beam, rowan berry. Physical appearance : A relatively small tree, growing up t...

Wild Edible Of The Week - Week 43 "Japanese Knot Weed"

Botanical Name : Fallopia japonica Common names : Japanese Knotweed, Donkey Rhubarb, Asian Knotweed, fleeceflower, Himalayan fleece vine, monkey weed, monkey fungus, Hancock's Curse, elephant ears,...