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_MICRO BOTANICS

_ A SELECTION OF VEGETATION PHOTOGRAPHED ON 19/03/17 (WINTER/SPRING) AT BANK WELL, SILVERDALE

_ Fagus sylvatica (Beech), Taxus bacata (Yew)

_ Thick trunks of mature Beech contrast with rich evergreens of Yew

_ Fagus sylvatica (Beech), Taxus bacata (Yew), Ilex aquifolium (Holly)

_ Mixed woodland understorey, notice only evergreen foliage present 

_ Fagus sylvatica (Beech), 

_ Last of the copper foliage still present

_ Fagus sylvatica (Beech), Coryllus avellana (Hazel)

_ Young understorey emerging, little or no foliage present

_ Coryllus avellana (Hazel)

_ Coppice still without foliage

_ Tilia cordata (Lime)

_ Bud break

_ Asplenium scolopendrium (Hearts tongue fern)

_ An evergreen fern forming a rosette of arching, rich green, strap-shaped fronds 

_ Syngonium podophyllum (Broadleaf arrowhead) emerging from the mass of detritus on the floor

_ Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop)

_ Snowdrop coming into flower

_ Various woodland ground cover beginning to come into flower 

_ Primulus vulgara (Primrose)

_ Primrose in full flower

_ Hyacynthoides non scripta (Blue bell)

_ Blue coming into flower

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