Can you name this?

[LeeOulton]

Hi all,

 

I work in Delamere Forest (not for F.C) and this plant is everywhere, about 2 foot high in some places but mostly about 1 foot high. Spotted it last year but this year it looks alot more dense.

 

Any ideas folks?

[Pat Ferrett]

Mares tail ?

[RobArb]

thats not mares tail, but what it is i don't know..... yet:thumbup:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

bilberry?

[Pat Ferrett]

bilberry?

 

No need to be like that, it was only an idea

[porky]

Looks like bilberry, may have black edible berries on it, but probably long gone by now.

[armchairarborist]

its not bilberry, i have seen that stuff, theres a wood full of it near me, it doesn't get leaves on it and you get soaked walking through it when its wet. dunno what it is tho..

Edited March 4, 2011 by armchairarborist
obviously asleep when posting

[LeeOulton]

Yeah you are right, it never gets leaves. Has buds on them in a "zig zag" pattern,

Been looking and asking about this for over a year now and still no definate answer, even the guys at the forestry commission office do not know...

 

If you ever find yourself in Delamere Forest (Cheshire) walk past the GoApe site and there you go: BANG, its everywhere.

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Well its definitely bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. It will have leaves in the summer and berries hopefully.

 

If its not I'll eat my pot of bilberry jam!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well its definitely bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. It will have leaves in the summer and berries hopefully.

 

If its not I'll eat my pot of bilberry jam!