Plants | An English Wood

Opposite -leaved Golden-Saxifrage

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 3, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, March, Opposite-leaved Golden-Saxifrage, Spring | 0 comments

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. (more…)

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Primrose (detail)

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 1, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 1 comment

Primula vulgaris. (more…)

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Male in flower

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 31, 2015 in 2015, Dog's Mercury, Flowers, March, Spring | 0 comments

The flowers of the male Dog’s Mercury, Mercurialis perennis, are on spikes. (more…)

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Downed

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 28, 2015 in 2015, Birch, General, Spring, Spruce, Trees | 0 comments

Fallen Silver Birch, Betula Pendula, and Spruce, Picea abies. (more…)

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A bud bursts open

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 25, 2015 in 2015, Hawthorn, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

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Young and old

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 20, 2015 in 2015, Ash, Birch, General, March, Spring | 0 comments

The young broadleaves, planted March 2014 to replace conifers, grow surrounded by Silver Birch, Betula Pendula and Ash, Fraxinus excelsior. (more…)

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North, east and west

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 17, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, March, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

Primroses are now open on the north, east and west rides. (more…)

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Border country

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 13, 2015 in 2015, General, March, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Looking south-east from the south of the wood. (more…)

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Named for skewers and spindles

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 12, 2015 in 2015, March, Spindle, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Spindle, Euonymus europaeus, from the Anglo-Saxon ‘spinel’ meaning pin, from an early use of the wood. (more…)

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Spring has sprung

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 11, 2015 in 2015, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, March, Spring | 1 comment

Real feeling of Spring in the wood with buzzard, roe deer, pheasant all spotted along with Brimstone and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies and … (more…)