Plant of the Day
Saturday 28 September 2019
A large specimen of Carpinus betulus (common hornbeam) was covered in hop-like fruit. This deciduous broadleaf tree is native to the south of the UK and the timber is extremely hard and strong. It was traditional used for ox-yokes (a wooden beam fitted across the shoulders of an ox to enable it to pull a cart), butchers' chopping blocks and cogs for windmills and water mills.
Jill Raggett













