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The plants of Dollar Glen
Following my feature on the Trees of Dollar Glen, I'm taking a look at its lovely array of wild plants (and a couple of show-stealing insects!)
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Bird’s foot trefoil
Affectionately called 'hen and chickens' or 'bacon and eggs', the flowers of bird's foot trefoil light up sand dunes, heathland and rocky shores
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In a nutshell: the daisy or ‘day’s eye’
Known as the 'day's eye', because the flowers open only in full sunlight and close up again at dusk. Perhaps we should feel guilty about mowing their heads off!
by Jo Woolf
