Botany
Much of the information and photographs presented in this section about trees, flowers and other plants found in Linn Park has kindly been provided by the "Hatted Botanist". Thanks also to Aileen Milne - a regular contributor.
The Hatted Botanist also contributes to a website, Flowers of Lanarkshire which has pictures of most of the wild flowers in Linn Park. The website covers the Vice County of Lanarkshire which includes only a corner of the park; most of the Park is in the Vice County of Renfrewshire. The "vice county" system is a mapping system for biological recording which ignores the vagaries of local government boundary changes.
If you have any pictures of plants and trees from Linn Park that you would him to try and identify please email him and he'll have a try. Especially ones which aren't described here ...
The very first thing is to quote the Hatted Botanist: " you can always eat anything, but it maybe only once ! ". So be careful, and remember that poison can stick to your fingers, and then if you lick them ... say no more.
Apparently, there are some 15,000 types of fungi which grow in Britain, so there are probably lots more to be found in Linn Park !
Clover
Clovers are a ubiquitous flower of the grass bank and heath, recognisable in white, pink blush, deeper red through to mauve. There are over 20 different clovers in the UK but the main ones we see in Linn are the white and red clover.
Snowdrop - Galanthus Nivali
The first sign that winter is coming to an end for me is when the snowdrops appear. Thirty-two years ago I was told that the snow always falls on the snowdrops and it’s held true since and again this year [2015] [But not in 2022 !].
Foxgloves
There are number growing in the south west corner of the top wood.
This page is based on the work of Bob Gray who walked the park and made an amazing list of the trees that he saw at each spot, marking the spots on a map.
The first [left] tab shows the List of Trees [67 species] and the Points where they are to be found. The map on the middle tab shows the location of the points. The last [right] tab shows the points in order along the route that Bob followed.
This list has ben created from the resources on this web site. It is a comparison of:
- What we had [1960's] - taken from the Linn Park Nature Trail Guide Book [showing post no] and,
- What we have now [2010 +] - simply a listing of the plants from the three pages of photographs [indicating the photographer], namely: