Bentley Priory Nature Trail
Post 7: Not many plants can grow in the dry, shady environment of the forest floor in high summer. Two that can, Enchanters Nightshade Circaea lutetiana and Wood Avens Geum urbanum, grow to the left of the path here. Enchanters Nightshade bears a spike of delicate little white flowers (see illustration below) while Wood Avens bears simple yellow flowers like a buttercup, and later characteristic balls of seeds each with a hook to catch onto the fur of passing animals (see illustration below).


Image: Enchanters Nightshade


Image: Seed head of Wood Avens

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