Friday, 21 September 2007

Beech with a Mission

What fate awaits this young beech tree amid the bracken?

All around are dead, poisoned birch, punished with the ultimate deterrent because they dared to live where previously grouse moor vegetation had ruled.

Beech is one of the most effective trees at shading out bracken. In fact very little can grow beneath its canopy apart from an interesting variety of fungi.

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