Conifers in Erlestoke Woods, Wiltshire (by Philip Reed)
Dear Readers, Mike from Alittlebitoutoffocus and Fran and Bobby Freelove both got a perfect 15 out of 15 this week, an evergreen collection of readers if ever I saw one. Thank you for playing, and I’m getting into a festive mood, so let’s see what we have for tomorrow…..
Photos
1) F) Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) Photo By Chris Eilbeck / Scots pine, Crow Wood.
2) B) Juniper (Juniperus communis) Photo by Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
3) N) Heather (Calluna vulgaris) Photo by Mick Garratt
4) I) Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo) Photo by Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
5) C) Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani) Photo by Christine Matthews / Cedar of Lebanon, Forty Hall, Enfield
6) E) Norway Spruce (Picea abies) Photo by James St John at Picea abies (Norway spruce) 8 | Picea abies (Linnaeus, 1753)… | Flickr
7) M) Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum) Photo by Colin Smith at Rhododendron Hedge © Colin Smith cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland
8) H) Box (Buxux sempervirens) Photo by Derek Harper / Box hedges, Greenway
9) O) Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) Photo by By Jonas Bergsten – Photo taken by Jonas Bergsten using a Canon PowerShot G3., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1233144
10) G) Holly (Ilex aquifolium) Photo by Me haridas, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
11) A) Yew (Taxus baccata) Photo by David Skinner at Totteridge Yew | At around 2000 years, it’s said to be the o… | Flickr
12) D) Lawson Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) Photo by Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
13) J) Ivy (Hedera helix) Photo by Evelyn Simak at Ivy (Hedera helix) © Evelyn Simak :: Geograph Britain and Ireland
14) L) Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) Photo by Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
15) K) Gorse (Ulex europaeus) Photo by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Another interesting quiz, well done Mike ( must be the Welsh air 😁), look forward to tomorrow’s.
Well, I am genuinely surprised as I thought I was sure to have got at least 2 the wrong way around. Well done to Fran and Bobby. 😊