This is the last in a short series of pictures from the churchyard of the Church of St.John the Evangelist, Wortley
This picture shows one of a number of name posts scattered around the churchyard enabling visitors to identify the various trees, shrubs etc that are growing here.
This post in front of a tall, old tree reads..
Ash
fraxinus excelsior
Common native tree easily identified in Winter
by its very dark buds. Mature trees are a favourite
habitat for bats.
This tree appears to date back to 1856 judging by the nearby gravestone!
I did not add the last line, but I could well have done so.
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Nice idea to give info like this. I went on an arranged walk through York cemetery with a tree expert recently. Really interesting to hear a mixture of fact and folklore about some of trees present.
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