The York Groundsel twinned with BoxDock & BinDock

Just like recycling boxes and wheelie bins, the beautiful Black Lark, Wood White butterfly (L. reali) and York Groundsel are new arrivals to this country. The Front Yard Company hopes we can create an environment that is enjoyable for both them and us.

York Groundsel is the first new species to have been naturally created in Britain for more than 50 years. Discovered by Dr. Richard Abbot in a car park in York, it is a natural hybrid between the common groundsel and the Oxford ragwort, a plant that was introduced to Britain from Sicily 300 years ago.

Dr Abbott said "It is important for it to build up its numbers rapidly, or it could get rubbed out which would be sad. The biggest threat to the new species is the weedkillers from the council."
The latin name given to the new species is Senecio eboracensis, after Eboracum, the Roman name for York.