Bashing and Using

Those who enjoy bashing with a stick at the plentiful vegetation alongside paths often dish out the punishment on nettles, bracken, willow herb or even hogweed or bramble. There are plenty of all of these and they know how to spread.

The local deer have their own uses for bracken as a refuge from people and also perhaps dogs.

Goose grass is a resourceful plant with tiny white flowers. Its stickiness is valued by children but its real purpose is to allow it to grab a hold of these vigorous and robust weeds. Hitching a ride like this means it can reach the light without putting in the arduous effort of growing its own erect stems.