_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