toothwort
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Nature Notes
Cherry Dew. The scent of cherry laurel in the keepered woods is a sensory mnemonic: it triggers a search. The bluebells are emerging where the canopy is native and open and, near the badger sett, I go looking for toothwort and find it. A ghostly wildflower that lacks chlorophyll and springs from tree roots, it […]
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Nature Notes
Shiners. It is cold down at the badger sett; too cold, perhaps, for the cubs to come out. I can hear them bumping about in the earth beneath me. The nettles on the earthworks are freckled with the last of the cherry blossom and have flushed with growth brought on by recent rain. Soon, they’ll […]