UNITED KINGDOM - NATURE
Bluebell Wood, North Dorset Downs, England
A bluebell wood is a woodland
that in springtime has a carpet of flowering bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
underneath a newly forming leaf canopy. The thicker
the summer canopy, the more the competitive ground-cover is suppressed,
encouraging a dense carpet of bluebells, whose leaves mature and die down by
early summer.
Bluebell woods may be found in all parts of Great Britain
and Ireland, as well as elsewhere in
Europe. Bluebells are a common indicator species for ancient
woodlands, so bluebell woods
are likely to date back to at least 1600.
A nice stamp.
Received from: jools2
A bluebell wood is a woodland
that in springtime has a carpet of flowering bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
underneath a newly forming leaf canopy. The thicker
the summer canopy, the more the competitive ground-cover is suppressed,
encouraging a dense carpet of bluebells, whose leaves mature and die down by
early summer.
Bluebell woods may be found in all parts of Great Britain
and Ireland, as well as elsewhere in
Europe. Bluebells are a common indicator species for ancient
woodlands, so bluebell woods
are likely to date back to at least 1600.
A nice stamp.
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