| Tall, thorny shrub, with lots of branches and black or dark brown twigs ending in a sharp spike. Leaves small, oval and toothed. Flowers white, single but in dense clusters, appearing before the leaves; March-May. Fruit a bluish-black berry, known as the sloe. One found so far, deep in woods. Spotters' score: 8 ref: p.122/1 |
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