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_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)

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