Alder Buckthorn Frangula alnus |
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Small bushy tree, grows to 4 or 5m. It has no thorns. Branches grow at a narrow angle to the main upright shoot. Yellow-green leaves turn bright yellow in the Autumn. Tiny white flowers just 3-4mm appear in clusters at the ends of the branches. Berries ripen from green to cherry-red. Likes damp acid soils. Absent from Scotland. Alder Buckthorn is the food plant of the Brimstone butterfly. | ||||||||||||
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