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Photo: G. Bradley
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UK
Safari Tip:
Need help identifying trees? Try the colourful fold out chart called
"Tree Name Trail" from the Nature Shop - click
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Latin name: Crataegus monogyna
Size: Grows up to 11m high.
Distribution: Found throughout most of the UK.
Flowering months: May to June.
Special features: Used for centuries as a hedgerow plant. Once established, a hawthorn hedge, with its sharp spiky thorns, can create a very secure barrier. In fact the word hawthorn literally means
hedgethorn.
The flowers which appear in May have a heavy scent. The red berries which develop in September are a popular winter food for wild birds.
UK Safari Tree Section
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