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Elder can spring up with astonishing speed on disturbed ground. It is one of the first trees to shoot new leaves in winter. The bark on older trees...
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is brown and deeply furrowed, young branches are smooth with well marked pores. It has oval pinnate leaves 2 or 3 pairs per stem. Its flowers are very small are held in flat topped clusters. It flowers in June, the fruits ripen in summer and by late August/September it produces the edible black elder berries. It is often found near rabbit burrows as they dislike the taste. Picture taken late January 2006, near Old Warden - Bedfordshire.
Subjects: Biology, Science
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