Ploughman Wood. April 2024. Tree-burr

What are burrs?
You may have noticed trees with a strange knobbly growth or two on their trunk. They're easy to spot once you start looking!
This abnormal growth is called a burr.
The growth is a mass of shoot and bud tissue that grows manically and forms a distinctive growth on the trunk.
Burrs are thought to be a response to stress, but the stressor can be difficult to identify. The growths usually form over a wound which heals over during the period of irregular growth, protecting the tree from further damage at that site. Burrs don’t cause any harm to the tree.

*Source: www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/
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:: Historic Ploughman Wood ::
Historic Ploughman Wood, is a 32 hectares Nature Reserve in the good hands of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. It's between between Lambley and Woodborough in the Nottinghamshire countryside. One of the county's few remaining ancient woodlands. The wood is shown on the medieval Sherwood Forest map circa 1400 below as just Howrley; but later recorded as Hoeverly Woode on the 1609 Sherwood Forest Map. Ploughman Wood was donated to the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust by the Home Office in 1996. It was formerly the garden of a period property next door and still has many original 1930s features.

This wood was once part of a much larger area of woodland that dates back to the 13th century. It is mainly ash/oak woodland with some other species and this mix provides an excellent range of habitats for wildlife. The presence of substantial quantities of dead wood provide an excellent habitat for a wide range of flora and fauna. Over 280 species of invertebrates have so far been recorded.
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Taken in: UK / England / Gedling District / Woodborough (show map)

Taken on: April 17, 2024

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