This independent group was set up at the end of 1996, though the first field meetings were in 1997, so the tenth anniversary picnic was in 2007.

It was formed with the aim of surveying and monitoring the rarer plants of Somerset, and producing a Somerset Rare Plant Register. We also aim to concentrate expertise and continue the long tradition of botanical recording in the county. But, more important than any of these, we aim to take an active part in conserving vascular plants.

If you share any of these aims, why not think about joining us?

If you have plant records which could be of interest, you can download an

Occasional Records Form