Common knapweed
The tightly packed, thistle-like purple flower heads of common knapweed bloom on all kinds of grasslands. Also regularly called 'black knapweed, this plant attracts clouds of butterflies.
The tightly packed, thistle-like purple flower heads of common knapweed bloom on all kinds of grasslands. Also regularly called 'black knapweed, this plant attracts clouds of butterflies.
The ragged-edged, purple flower heads of Greater knapweed bloom on sunny chalk grasslands and clifftops, and along woodland rides. They attract clouds of butterflies.
This year a new project has been gathering pace in Bedfordshire, the Rare Species Guardians. The project aims to monitor and protect the rarest fauna and flora across the whole of Bedfordshire.…
Introduced from Japan in the 19th century, Japanese knotweed is now an invasive non-native plant of many riverbanks, waste grounds and roadside verges, where it prevents native species from…
Whether you call it a species or a subspecies, good conservation helps take care of both
We are working hard to protect our native species from invasive non-native species including Himalayan balsam and American mink