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'Shipping Roots' at Inverleith House
by M J Richardson
for square NT2475
A poster for an exhibition of work by Keg de Souza Link .... ( more)
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Japanese knotweed control at Invergarry
by Tiger
geograph for square NH2901
A rampant infestation of the invasive alien has been treated with strong... (more)
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Swamp Lantern (Lysichiton americanus)
by Anne Burgess
for square NJ2859
There's a spectacular patch of this, also known as American Skunk Cabbage,... (more)
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The Rogues Gallery Garden, Breezy Knees Gardens
by Rich Tea
geograph for square SE6756
The theme of this garden is invasive but attractive plants, which tend to swamp... (more)
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Track on Lower Hyde Heath
by Nigel Mykura
geograph for square SY8791
This shows three of the dominant plants on the heath, gorse or furze,... (more)
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Collapsing boathouses, Alloch Dam
by Alan O'Dowd
geograph for square NS6477
These seem to have been associated with fishing on this pond, but are now in an... (more)
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Floating pennywort, west bank, River Weaver
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ6574
An invasive plant introduced in the UK in the 1980s. It grows very rapidly in... (more)
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Foxhole Cove from High Tor
by Colin Cheesman
geograph for square SS5586
The coast of the Gower Area of Outstanding natural Beauty is both dramatic and... (more)
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Colourful plants on the Lizard coastline, but …
by Robin Drayton
for square SW6911
These are the pink and yellow flowers of Hottentot-fig (Carpobrotus edulis), but... (more)
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Himalayan balsam
by Pauline E
for square SE3244
Impatiens glandulifera.
Seen here growing in the shade of Wall Side Plantation.... (more)
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Giant hogweed
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT2972
Cow parsley's big evil cousin - a plant infamous for causing blistering... (more)
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Controlling the bad guys, Cockington Meadows
by Derek Harper
for square SX8963
In fact I'm sure the invasive culprit is hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe... (more)
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Overgrown Track
by valenta
geograph for square NJ1662
Like so many country estates in Scotland, they are gradually being invaded by... (more)
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Houses in Castleside
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NZ0848
The housing estate as seen across rough grazing land from Drover Road. The... (more)
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Clearing buckthorn
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT4984
Removing the invasive plant from West Links.
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Track on Lower Hyde Heath
by Nigel Mykura
geograph for square SY8891
This track was very unusual in that it had very high rhododendron bushes lining... (more)
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Clearing buckthorn, West Links
by Richard Webb
for square NT4984
Digging the stuff up. Afterwards chemicals are used to stop regeneration. There... (more)
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Longhill Burn
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NJ2664
Most watercourses in the low lying land behind the dunes have been turned into... (more)
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Narrowboat heading downstream, Weaver Navigation
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SJ6574
South of Anderton Nature Park.
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Sea buckthorn, Ravensheugh Sands
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT6281
If the local paper is anything to go by, this plant is very popular. Sadly it... (more)
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Himalayan Balsam
by Des Blenkinsopp
for square SU4792
This beautiful plant with its seductive flowers and exotic perfume is high on... (more)
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Controlling Japanese knotweed at Tryfan Junction
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SH5059
Opposite the station building. The sign reads 'Cadwch allan / Japanese... (more)
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Caution-Pirri-Pirri Bur
by Des Blenkinsopp
geograph for square NU1243
The entrance gate into the nature reserve has this warning about a rogue plant... (more)
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Blane Valley Railway
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NS5381
The trackbed looks very different here from the other side of the road to... (more)
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Japanese knotweed / Glùineach bhiorach (Fallopia japonica)
by Tiger
for square NG2149
Category: Weeds
The pernicious intruder growing on the shore of Loch Dunvegan.
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Japanese knotweed infestation, Rowardennan
by Richard Webb
for square NS3599
Between the West Highland Way road and the youth hostel driveway. It gets everywhere.
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Keep to the path
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT6380
Deviation from the straight and narrow is discouraged by the rampant... (more)
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N13, Trimagh
by Richard Webb
geograph for square C2111
A nasty Japanese Knotweed infestation beside the dual carriageway.
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Hogweed infestation
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT3271
Rather a lot of giant hogweed growing off Whitehill Road.
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Ochtertyre Moss Wood
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NS7496
A Scots pine wood which is somewhat choked in Rhododendron ponticum.
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Policy woodland, Castleton
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NS9899
As is common with woods around big houses, there is a rhododendron infestation.
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Ivy growing on a wall, Omagh
by Kenneth Allen
for square H4572
Pictured on the brick wall of County Hall, facing Mountjoy Road
It kept on... (more)
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Rhododendron, Carlo
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NS0240
Dense rhododendron infestation above the raised beach.
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Path, Gullane Bents
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT4883
A path through buckthorn beside the Muirfield golf course.
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West Links
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT4984
Poor old dunes; if the golfers don't get them, the buckthorn will. Sea... (more)
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Buckthorn clearance, Gullane Bents
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT4883
Another small clearing won from the ever present buckthorn.
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Gullane Bents
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT4783
An area of dunes which has been cleared of buckthorn. Almost all the dunes here... (more)
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Footpath off the Berwick bypass
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT9853
Blocked by giant hogweed.
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The Cambuslang bank of the Clyde
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NS6461
View from the Clydeford Road Bridge. The Clyde is infested with giant hogweed.
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Suburban line
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT2871
A former local railway serving southern Edinburgh, now a freight only bypass of... (more)
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Woodland by the Moor Loch
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NS9488
Tulliallan Wood has suffered from Rhododendron ponticum infestation. There has... (more)
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Head of Loch Uisg
by Richard Webb
for square NM6525
To the east, just past the church is the saltwater Loch Spelve.
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Head of Loch Uisg
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NM6525
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Crags above Loch Uisg
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NM6425
Gabbro crags at the foot of Creach Bheinn. Loch Uisge is plagued by Rhododendron ponticum.
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Road to Blair Mains
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NS9686
As is usual in Devilla Forest, there are a lot of rhododendrons growing.
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Tulliallan Wood, the front line
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NS9488
Rhododendron clearance in Tulliallan Wood. The foreground area has been cleared... (more)
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Hannah's Wood
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NU0820
Oak wood on the slopes of Harehope Hill (I had been running up there earlier in... (more)
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Hannah's Wood
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NU0920
Oak wood on the slopes of Harehope Hill (I had been running up there earlier in... (more)
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Wartime gateway, Scoughall
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT6183
Path off the beach and gap in the tank trap blocks which would have been guarded.
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Dune erosion, Scoughall
by Richard Webb
geograph for square NT6282
The buckthorn is tumbling into the sea at the mouth of the Peffer Burn.
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