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  • Reflection of St Helen's church spire and Saint Helen's Wharf on the River Thames at Dusk in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Hybrid between Eastern and Western Balsam-poplars Populus trichocarpa x balsamifera, often referred to as  Populus 'Balsam Spire' HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Conical to slightly spreading tree with numerous ascending<br />
branches arising from a tapering bole; base of bole is often surrounded by suckers. BARK is grey and smooth at first, becoming fissured with age. SHOOTS Young shoots (and 2.5cm-long buds) are covered with shiny resin. LEAVES To 10cm long, rounded and dark shiny green above, paler and downy below. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Female catkins only. Widely planted in parks and plantations.
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  • Dawn over the water meadows of Lechlade looking towards Halfpenny Bridge and St Lawrence Church spire, Gloucestershire, Uk
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  • Panoramic of Merton College and the Oxford skyline across Merton College playing field, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Panoramic of Merton College and the Oxford skyline across Merton College playing field, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • The Thames village of Clifton Hampden with a view of the Post Office and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • The Thames village of Clifton Hampden with a view of the Post Office and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • The Thames village of Clifton Hampden with a view of the Post Office and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Traditional thatched cottages in the Thames village of Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Looking up the steps to the church of St Michael and All Angels in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Spring dawn on the River Thames in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Spring dawn on the River Thames in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Panoramic image of Hambleden Village in the Thames Valley close to Henley, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Marlow and Marlow Bridge from the River Thames on the upstream side, Buckinghamshire, Uk
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  • Snakeshead Fritillaries in full bloom in North Meadow Nature Reserve, Cricklade, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • Saint Helen's Wharf on the River Thames at Dusk in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Spring on the River Thames in Abingdon town centre, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Looking up the steps to the church of St Michael and All Angels in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Looking up the steps to the church of St Michael and All Angels in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • The River Thames at Castle Eaton, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire
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  • All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire
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  • Laver Spire Shell - Hydrobia ulvae
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  • Mercuria similis<br />
Swollen spire shell
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  • laver spire shell<br />
Hydrobia ulvae
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  • laver spire shell
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  • POPULUS BALSAM SPIRE
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  • LESSER BULRUSH Typha angustifolia (Typhaceae). Height to 2m. Similar to Bulrush (aka Lesser Reedmace). Grows in freshwater margins. Flowers in spikes, comprising a brown, sausage-like array of female flowers separated by a gap from a narrow, terminal spire of male flowers (June-Aug). Fruits with cottony down. Leaves dark green, long, 3-6mm wide. Status locally common.
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  • Hybrid Cherry leaf. Many hybrid cherry cultivars have been developed. Many are favoured in municipal gardens and as street trees. The following are particularly popular cultivars: Prunus ‘Umineko’ with upright to spreading branches, ovate leaves that are toothed and long-tipped, and white flowers that appear just as the leaves are bursting; Prunus ‘Pandora’ with upright and spreading branches, oval and toothed leaves and dull pink flowers; Prunus ‘Spire’ with an extremely erect habit, broadly oval leaves with a slender tip and toothed margins, and dull pink flowers; Prunus ‘Accolade’ with a densely spreading habit, oval to elliptical leaves with toothed margins, and bright pink flowers.
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  • BULRUSH Typha latifolia (Typhaceae) Height to 2m. <br />
Sedge-like plant (aka Great Reedmace). Grows in freshwater margins. FLOWERS are borne in spikes and comprise a brown, sausage-like array of female flowers and a narrow, terminal spire of male flowers, the two contiguous (Jun-Aug). FRUITS have cottony down. LEAVES are grey-green, long and 1-2cm wide. STATUS-Widespread and common.
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  • Large sitka spruce in Glen Affric, Scottish Highlands, Uk. Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 52m. Large conical evergreen tapering to a spire-like crown. Trunk is stout and buttressed in large specimens. BARK Greyish-brown, becoming purplish and scaly in older specimens. BRANCHES Ascending with slightly pendent, hairless side-shoots. LEAVES Needles, to 3cm long, stiff and flattened with a distinct keel, bright green above with 2 pale-blue bands below; appear crowded on upper surface of shoot, with lower surface more exposed. General impression is of tough, sharply spined, blue-green foliage on a sturdy tree. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Female cones are yellowish and small at first, growing to about 9cm, becoming cylin¬drical and shiny pale brown, covered with papery toothed scales. STATUS AND DISTRIBTION Native of high-rainfall areas on W coast of North America. The largest spruce species and some specimens, guarded in National Parks, have reached heights of 80m. Introduced to our region and widely planted for commercial forestry and sometimes for ornament.
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  • Western Hemlock-spruce Tsuga heterophylla (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 45m.  Large, narrowly conical evergreen with dense foliage; crown spire-like with drooping leading shoot. LEAVES Needles, dark glossy green above with 2 pale bands below, in 2 flattened rows on either side of shoot. Note, 2 leaf sizes (hence heterophylla): some 6mm long, others to 2cm long, both with rounded tips and toothed margins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male flowers reddish at first, but yellowing with pollen. Female cones solitary, ovoid and pendent, to 3cm long; scales blunt. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of W North America. Widely planted here and reaches a great size.
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  • Western Hemlock-spruce Tsuga heterophylla (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 45m.  Large, narrowly conical evergreen with dense foliage; crown spire-like with drooping leading shoot. LEAVES Needles, dark glossy green above with 2 pale bands below, in 2 flattened rows on either side of shoot. Note, 2 leaf sizes (hence heterophylla): some 6mm long, others to 2cm long, both with rounded tips and toothed margins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male flowers reddish at first, but yellowing with pollen. Female cones solitary, ovoid and pendent, to 3cm long; scales blunt. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of W North America. Widely planted here and reaches a great size.
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  • Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis Pinaceae Height to 52m<br />
Conical evergreen with spire-like crown and buttressed trunk. Bark Greyish-brown, scaly. Branches Ascending with pendent side-shoots. Needles To 3cm long, keeled, bright green above with 2 pale-blue bands below. Reproductive parts Female cones yellowish at first, becoming cylin¬drical and shiny pale brown. Status Native of W North America. Planted here for its lightweight, strong timber.
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  • Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis Pinaceae Height to 52m<br />
Conical evergreen with spire-like crown and buttressed trunk. Bark Greyish-brown, scaly. Branches Ascending with pendent side-shoots. Needles To 3cm long, keeled, bright green above with 2 pale-blue bands below. Reproductive parts Female cones yellowish at first, becoming cylin¬drical and shiny pale brown. Status Native of W North America. Planted here for its lightweight, strong timber.
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  • Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis Pinaceae Height to 52m<br />
Conical evergreen with spire-like crown and buttressed trunk. Bark Greyish-brown, scaly. Branches Ascending with pendent side-shoots. Needles To 3cm long, keeled, bright green above with 2 pale-blue bands below. Reproductive parts Female cones yellowish at first, becoming cylin¬drical and shiny pale brown. Status Native of W North America. Planted here for its lightweight, strong timber.
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  • Western Hemlock-spruce Tsuga heterophylla (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 45m.  Large, narrowly conical evergreen with dense foliage; crown spire-like with drooping leading shoot. LEAVES Needles, dark glossy green above with 2 pale bands below, in 2 flattened rows on either side of shoot. Note, 2 leaf sizes (hence heterophylla): some 6mm long, others to 2cm long, both with rounded tips and toothed margins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male flowers reddish at first, but yellowing with pollen. Female cones solitary, ovoid and pendent, to 3cm long; scales blunt. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of W North America. Widely planted here and reaches a great size.
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  • Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis Pinaceae Height to 52m<br />
Conical evergreen with spire-like crown and buttressed trunk. Bark Greyish-brown, scaly. Branches Ascending with pendent side-shoots. Needles To 3cm long, keeled, bright green above with 2 pale-blue bands below. Reproductive parts Female cones yellowish at first, becoming cylin¬drical and shiny pale brown. Status Native of W North America. Planted here for its lightweight, strong timber.
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  • Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis Pinaceae Height to 52m<br />
Conical evergreen with spire-like crown and buttressed trunk. Bark Greyish-brown, scaly. Branches Ascending with pendent side-shoots. Needles To 3cm long, keeled, bright green above with 2 pale-blue bands below. Reproductive parts Female cones yellowish at first, becoming cylin¬drical and shiny pale brown. Status Native of W North America. Planted here for its lightweight, strong timber.
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  • Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis Pinaceae Height to 52m<br />
Conical evergreen with spire-like crown and buttressed trunk. Bark Greyish-brown, scaly. Branches Ascending with pendent side-shoots. Needles To 3cm long, keeled, bright green above with 2 pale-blue bands below. Reproductive parts Female cones yellowish at first, becoming cylin¬drical and shiny pale brown. Status Native of W North America. Planted here for its lightweight, strong timber.
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  • Western Hemlock-spruce Tsuga heterophylla (Pinaceae) HEIGHT to 45m.  Large, narrowly conical evergreen with dense foliage; crown spire-like with drooping leading shoot. LEAVES Needles, dark glossy green above with 2 pale bands below, in 2 flattened rows on either side of shoot. Note, 2 leaf sizes (hence heterophylla): some 6mm long, others to 2cm long, both with rounded tips and toothed margins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male flowers reddish at first, but yellowing with pollen. Female cones solitary, ovoid and pendent, to 3cm long; scales blunt. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of W North America. Widely planted here and reaches a great size.
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