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Most likely culpit is the bracken - has been known to have this sort of reaction on skin. Quite a nasty thing is bracken....

The plant (as far as possible to tell from the photos) is Cow Parsley - Anthriscus sylvestris. A very common plant. It usually flowers from may till June. I can see you posted this at the end of June/beginning of July, and that you appear to be in a shaded, wooded area. Therefore, the timing...

Cracking tree it sure is! One of my favorites :)

You may be right, but it is unlikely that this tree would be planted in car parks. If the trees were only young it is unlikely that the bark and trunk would look like that of mature trees. With Taxodium distichum the leaflets on the leaves more often than not NOT opposite,whereas with...

Hello Tantalus, try and searching google for "Metasequoia glyptostroboides" see what you think. Myo.

Might be of interest to some... Apparently there is also a link to another website on here too about helping folk learn about trees. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/23287949

Tutsan is native - particularly to the south and west of the UK. But yes you are correct in saying that it is likely spread by birds.

You unknown is not Rose of Sharon but Tutsan. Another Hypericum species - Hypericum androsaemum. An easy way of checking is that Rose of Sharon has flowers that are solitary, Tutsan does not. You found lots of nice common spotted orchids too. :). Also you are correct your other plant is Hairy St...

If you click the little 'postcard' on the bottom right you'll get a basic translated subtitle. Good enough for me....

+1 +1, although in some ways I'm glad :D.

Haha Harvestman I did take a while to come to this conclusion and as you'll know doing such with tricky species from photographs is never definitive! :) So maybe all we can really settle for is Dactylorhiza sp. ? Yes, whilst in many cases Heath spotted has very reduced middle petal it can...

Yes this is Giant Hogweed. Ian, this plant does often grow by riversides etc, but can also be found (as in this case) in wasteland.

Well the transverse spotting on the leaves rule out Early-Purple Orchid leading to the genus Dactylorhiza which is made up of the Marsh Orchids and the Spotted Orchids. Looking at the flower leads me to the two species previously discussed - Common Spotted and Heath Spotted Orchids. Deciding...

Oh haha. Sorry, it is late and I didn't notice that was his name! Apologies.

Toilet Digger?:confused: