Monday 18 October 2010

Camouflage


Hedge woundwort
These plants have leaves which closely resemble those of stinging nettles.

Until they flower they are almost undetectable.

A clever ruse to keep the herbivores off.

Both of these pictures are of plants embedded in a large patch of stingers!

The photos were taken on the footpath between the bypass and the open field.

White dead-nettle

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Where do I Walk?

Mainly in a fairly compact area on the north-east side of Steyning in West Sussex, UK.

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