Viburnum Opulus in Tonge Mill Countryside Park
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Viburnum Opulus in Tonge Mill Countryside Park
Image: © David Anstiss Taken: 31 Oct 2009
The leaves of this small shrub, sometimes called the Snowball tree, are like those of the maple. Bright green in the spring, they mellow to rich orange and russet in autumn, setting off the translucent scarlet berries. These, for all their ripe beauty, are bitter, but birds eat them. The guelder rose grows in all parts of the British Isles. It is a plant of moist hedgerows and the edges of woodland, and grows to between 6 feet and 15 feet tall.
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Image Location
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51.336332
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0.775356