Monday 17 April 2017

Wood Sorrel

Wood sorrel is a lovely flower of early Spring, it's an indicator of ancient woodland. Ancient woodland is defined as land that has been continuously wooded since 1600 or earlier (in England. Wales and Northern Ireland) or since at least 1750 in Scotland.
 


These plants are growing on a mossy wall in Colinton Dell, along the Water of Leith which is an area of ancient woodland. This area isn't entirely natural ancient woodland as some of the trees (particularly the hornbeams) were planted for use in the construction of the mills that used to line these riverbanks and other trees were planted as ornamentals by the country estates that also used to own much of these lands.

6 comments:

martine said...

My ex wanted to name our daughter Sorrel, lovely delicate flower, but I'm glad we didn't:-)

Simon Douglas Thompson said...

WE had a kitten called Sorrel years ago, until we realised it was a little girl and she became Rosie. To go with her brother Fennel!

eileeninmd said...

Hello, it is a pretty flower. Lovely images. Happy Tuesday, enjoy your day!

Lowcarb team member said...

Such a lovely flower, love your pictures.

All the best Jan

Sandy said...

This is a pretty plant. It reminds me of shamrocks.

Lynn said...

A delicate little flower. Lovely!