A NEW THIN STRIP OF WOODLAND FORMS GRADUALLY AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!
Nature in this climate wants to make forest. This was once, not all that long ago, just a strip of grass by a stone wall. Of course; this can be seen on a much wider scale on any long disused piece of land or all around the edges and valleys of Dartmoor. But here; it just captures it nicely, in one little space.
Here, right next to where I broke down on the edge of the moor yesterday, is a small section of hedge, which shows many of the stages of early forest regeneration; Herbaceous plants and grasses still line the edges, small shrubby plants can be seen in profusion, mainly Gorse and Bramble and the through them the first trees emerge. Here small Hawthorn, Rowan and Blackthorn are beginning to get quite big. If I were to note the vegetation here in say 20 years time, I wonder if Birch, Oak and Hazel would have got here by then.
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