‘Acorns were good until bread was found’ #plants

Posted by on Oct 3, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Oak, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, September 2015

 

Quercus robur and a quote attributed to Sir Francis Bacon. (more…)

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Colours of a woodland floor #plants #fungi

Posted by on Oct 2, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fungi, Moss, September, Turkeytail, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Turkeytail, Moss, unidentified, September 2015

 

Turkeytail, Trametes versicolor, and possibly the moss Mnium hornum. (more…)

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‘It is old, but the trees are young …’ #plants

Posted by on Oct 1, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, General, Rides, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

General, East Ride, September 2015

 

From ‘The Green Roads’ by Edward Thomas. (more…)

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The tree of fire #plants

Posted by on Sep 30, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Elder, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Elder, September 2015

 

The name ‘Elder’ may come from the Anglo-Saxon ‘aeld’, meaning fire, because the hollow stems were used as bellows to blow air into the centre of a fire, says the Woodland Trust. (more…)

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Pendulous Sedge #plants

Posted by on Sep 29, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Pendulous Sedge, Sedge, September | 0 comments

 

 

Sedge, Pendulous, September 2015

 

Carex pendula on the wet east ride. (more…)

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Yggdrasil and blue #plants

Posted by on Sep 28, 2015 in 2015, Ash, Autumn, September, Trees | 0 comments

  Trees, Ash, September 2015

 

Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, the tree of life in Norse mytholody. (more…)

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Autumn foreshadowed #plants

Posted by on Sep 27, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Birch, Oak, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Oak, Birch, September 2015

 

The leaves of an Oak, Quercus robur, lay on logs of Silver Birch, Betula pendula. (more…)

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The tendrils wrap and climb … #plants

Posted by on Sep 26, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Flowers, Ivy, September | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ivy, September 2015

 

Ivy, Hedera helix. (more…)

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Fruit of the Spindle tree #plants

Posted by on Sep 25, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, September, Spindle, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, Spindle, September 2015

 

Euonymus europaea. (more…)

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Clustered Bonnet #fungi

Posted by on Sep 24, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Clustered Bonnet, Fungi, September | 0 comments

 

 

Fungi, Clustered Bonnet, provisional identification, September 2015

 

Mycena inclinata. Provisional identification. (more…)

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From ‘scrobb’ to ‘crab’ #plants

Posted by on Sep 23, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Crab Apple, September, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Tree, Crab Apple, September 2015

 

The ‘crab’ in Crab Apple derives from ‘scrobb’, the Anglo-Saxon for shrub, suggests Stevens. (more…)

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Out of its usual habitat? #molluscs

Posted by on Sep 22, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Common Garden Slug, Mollusc, Provisional identification, September, Slug | 0 comments

 

 

Mollusc, Slug, September 2015

 

Usually found in gardens and parks, this appears to be Arion distinctus, a Common Garden Slug. (more…)

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