Rare Arable Flowers [Android]

A new app aims to help farmers, agronomists and conservationists to identify and record the UK’s most threatened plant species. The Rare Arable Flowers app also provides practical advice on the best way to manage land for these species. Cornfield flowers were once a common sight in our countryside. However, intensive agriculture means they are now among the rarest and most threatened plants in Britain. The new app contains detailed descriptions for more than 120 rare arable flower species, each with photos and illustrations, distribution maps and advice on their conservation. It has been produced by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology’s mobile apps development team in collaboration with Plantlife, Natural England and the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/mobile-technology-helps-save-rare-flowers

Thanks to Markus Wagner, Karolis Kazlauskis, Tom August and Paulette Burns for their efforts in recording and producing footage for the video, and to Earth Trust for permission to film on their land.

Rare Arable Flowers in the UK - recording and conserving the UK's most threatened plant species