Hemingbrough Hagg Lane Green

Conservation, Heritage & Educational Project

Calendar—What to look out for in October & November

Autumn is here.  The scarlet berries of black bryony string the hedges and red berries of wild roses glow in the damp wood.  Other colours provided by late flowers include the yellow of ragwort and the soft purple of water mint.  Fungi are at their best, so look under the birch trees for the distinctive fly agaric with its red cap and white spots, and the red, purple and yellow russulas.  Mosses of all finds can be found in the wood and hedgrows; their velvety evergreen tufts and cushions stand out among the bare wood.  Many plants produce beautiful seedheads, such as hogweed and teasel, which are valuable as food for birds, but also as stems in which insects can over winter.

Moss

Hogweed Seed Head

Black Bryony

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Hedgehog

Water Mint

Russulas