Spindle #trees

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Trees, Spindle, June 2016

 

Euonymus europaeus. (more…)

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‘… it seems the wood was sunk in sunlit dream’ #nature

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Trees, general, June 2016

 

From ‘In the Wood’ by Boris Pasternak . (more…)

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Anglo-Saxon for ‘kindle’ #plants

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Trees, Elder, June 2014

 

Elder, probably named from ‘aeld‘ as the tree was used as kindling or the hollow stems as bellows. (more…)

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Source of syrup #plants

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Trees, Field Maple, June 2016

 

Field Maple sap can be made into maple syrup, says the Woodland Trust. (more…)

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Mayflower #plants

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Trees, Hawthorn, May 2016

 

Crataegus monogyna. (more…)

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A summer wood #nature

Posted by on May 30, 2016 in 2016, May, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, May 2016

 

The Cuckoo’s still calling but pretty much all traces of Spring have gone, no Primroses or Bluebells and everywhere a deep green. (more…)

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Oak #plants

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Trees, Oak, May 2016

 

Quercus robur in leaf. (more…)

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Crab Apple #plants

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Trees, Crab Apple, May 2016

 

Crab Apple, Malus sylvestris. (more…)

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‘Food and habitat for more than 300 insect species’ #plants

Posted by on May 11, 2016 in 2016, Birch, May, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

Trees, Silver Birch, May 2016

 

Silver Birch, Betula pendula, see here. (more…)

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The greening #plants

Posted by on May 8, 2016 in 2016, General, May, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, general, May 2016

 

Early May and the Cuckoo is still calling and the Bluebells blooming. The understorey has burst into life too. (more…)

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‘By whose immovable stem I stand and seem … #plants

Posted by on Apr 30, 2016 in 2016, April, Oak, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, April 2016

 

‘Almost annihilated …’ From A Forest Hymn by William Cullen Bryant. (more…)

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Round, then square, then round again … #plants

Posted by on Apr 24, 2016 in 2016, April, Spindle, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, April 2016

 

New Spindle shoots change as they expand and mature, says the Woodland Trust. (more…)

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