Tag: bracken
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Snow, bracken and bluebells
Beneath the wet, dirty snow, beneath last year’s carpet of dead bracken, the bluebells remind us that spring is on its way. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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Winter sun on Roseberry Common
The middle slopes of Roseberry Topping might appear natural but it is sensitively managed. if left to nature’s own devices succession would occur leading to an expansion of the mature acidic oaks of Newton Wood. A semi-open woodland is an essential habitat for several species of birds, whinchat and tree pipits, ring ouzels have been…
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The Bluebell Meadow, Newton Wood
Not very blue in Autumn. Compare with a photo I took almost from the same spot a year and six months ago. The blues of May have been replaced by the golden hues of Autumn. Meanwhile we drift into the month of November. The wordĀ has a Latin root, novem or nine,Ā for in the calendar of…
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The best thing about Pteridium aquilinum …
… is when it’s dying off. Bracken, carcinogenic, toxic to livestock,Ā invasiveĀ andĀ dominating, smothering the growth of other plants. At the height of the summer it forms anĀ impenetrable undergrowth. YetĀ the autumn bracken changes to rich yellow hues. Super even on a drizzly morning.
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Eston Bank
Eston Bank has been plagued by arsonists this Spring. In one reportĀ the fire service were trying to extinguish a fire in one area, at the same time theĀ arsonists would be lighting another one elsewhere. Almost taunting the fire service. But nature is quick to restore. Bracken rhizomesĀ go too deep into the earth to be killed…