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Butterbur, going over

3 May 2015 by David

Butterbur, going over

The Paddocks in the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve are covered in flowering butterburs in the early spring. This plant, and the many more between it and the hedge-line, were going over and beginning to set seed.

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