_MICRO BOTANICS
_ A SELECTION OF VEGETATION PHOTOGRAPHED ON 15/05/17 (SPRING) AT EAVES WOOD, SILVERDALE
_ Taxus bacata (Yew)
_ Displaying new growth and bud break through light green foliage
_ Fagus sylvatica (Beech)
_ Displaying spring foliage breaking from the spiky buds
_ Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam)
_ Displaying new growth and bud break through light green foliage and hairy stems
_ Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore)
_ Young emerging sycamore with spring foliage
_ Quercus rober (Common oak)
_ Bright green foliage of blossoming Oak
_ Coryllus avallena (Hazel)
_ Hazel coppice now displaying spring foliage
_ Filipendula ulmaria (Meadow sweet)
_ Fresh pinatley shaped leaves
_ Meconopsis cambrica (Welsh poppy, orange)
_ Vibrant orange of the Welsh poppy in full flower
_ Asplenium scolopendrium (Hearts tongue fern)
_ An evergreen fern forming a rosette of arching, rich green, strap-shaped fronds
_ Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)
_ White flowers appearing on short stalks, blackthorn in full flower
_ Coryllus avallena (Hazel)
_ Bud break and fresh spring foliage emerging
_ Allium ursinum (Ramsons, Wild garlic)
_ A sea of Ramsons in full white flower
_ Hyacynthoides non scripta (Blue bell)
_ Blue coming into flower
_ Taraxacum (Dandelion)