Prunus spinosa

Prunus spinosa

Blackthorn

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Anthophyta
Flowering plants
Rose family
Rosaceae
Photographer: John Crellin
Burren, slopes of Abbey Hill.
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An unusual sight which turns out to be Blackthorn attacked by some sort of gall.

Dr E Charles Nelson writes "don't ask me to identify the galls but it looks as if they have attacked the developing fruits".

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04 June 2005
Section: Wild Plants and Fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: native
Nikon D70
Exposure Mode: Shutter Priority
Metering: Multi-Pattern
Focussing: Manual
1/125 sec - F/20
Lens: 60mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 500
Prunus spinosa

Blackthorn
Sloe

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Anthophyta
Flowering plants
Rose family
Rosaceae
Photographer: John Crellin
Fry's Hill
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30 September 2004
Section: Wild Plants and Fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: native
Nikon D70
Exposure Mode: Shutter Priority
Metering: Multi-Pattern
Focussing: Manual
1/100 sec - F/18
Lens: 60mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 500