Pink
Campion.
Campion can be found both along woodland edges
and hedgerows and in the midst of a meadow. This
plant grows up to a meter tall and flowers from
April through July.
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Bluebell
Now a rare and protected plant the English
Bluebell has lost out as its woodland habitats
have been lost and the rise in garden escaped
Spanish Bluebells led to hybridised mixed plants.
Do not remove this plant it is a National
Biodiversity Species. The blue bell grows and
flowers before the trees flush their leaves to get
as much light before the canopy closes. Flowers
May and June.
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Snowdrop
One of the first plants to break through the
frozen ground. The snowdrop similarly to the
Bluebell risks growing at this time to get as much
light before the tree canopy closes.
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Foxglove
Tall spikes of purple flowers in woodland glades
the foxglove likes broken ground growing along the
high points of ditches fallen tree roots and Fox
earths. The flower is a favourite of bees with
nectar protected deep within the flower. Flowers
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Lesser
CelandineCelandine This Yellow flower grows
as a ground hugging blanket. Again this plant gets
its flowering over early from January to May.
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Wood
Violet
The wood Violet is a low growing plant of the
woodland floor.
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Hedge
Garlick
Also known as "Jack by the Edge" this plant
usually grows to about a meter along the edges of
woodland and hedgerows. It has other names such as
“poor mans Garlic” in reference to the strong
garlicky smell its bruised leaves give off. It can
be used in salads but should be well washed before
eating.
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Ramsons
Also known as Wild Garlic this plant is often
smelt before it is seen.
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Wood
Anemone
Common in old woodland, the wild anemone often
carpets the ground.
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Hedge
WoundwortLooking like a nettle with purple
flowers this hedgerow plant has been used in
remedies for years. It has been used as a plaster
for cuts the hairy leaves helping blood to clot.
The bruised leaves also give of a strong aroma.
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Herb
Robert
A member of the Cranesbill family whose flowers
leave a long stalk when the petals have fallen.
Herb Robert flowers from April to October.
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Pendulous
Sedge
Looking like tussocks of grass this woodland
plants grows in wet woodland. It is not a grass as
its leaves grow out in
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Hedge
Parsley
This tall plant has delicate leaves and stems and
umbels of flowers looking like lace umbrellas
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Hog
Weed
This more robust plant has umbels and is the
little relation of the dangerous giant hogweed. In
full bloom the flowers smell like sweaty pigs.
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Wood
AvensThe seed-heads are hooked, like small
burrs, so that they can be transported on the
coats of passing animals |