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Woodland flowers Wild garlic

Wild garlic carpets woodland
floors in spring. It is also commonly
With so many trees, woods known as ramson. The plant has
a strong smell of garlic and
are mostly dark. When all its parts can be eaten.
the trees shed their leaves,
however, plants get enough The flowers are
light to flower. The plants star-shaped and
flower in spring and try The buds at the have six petals.
top of the stem
to make the most of the open last. Leafless
light before the trees flower stalk.
bear leaves again. Each flower has

a bright pattern Closing time
to attract Wood sorrel grows in woods and
bumblebees. on shady banks. Its leaves have
Going up three parts, called leaflets. The
leaflets close up at night. They
The foxglove grows in woodland look a bit like folded umbrellas.
clearings. It has dozens of flowers that
sprout from its tall stem. If you look
closely, you can often see bumblebees Leaflet
clambering around inside the flowers.

Spring flowers
Scented lily Bluebells flower in
Lily of the valley the middle of spring,
has tiny, bell-shaped just as the trees
flowers that give off around them begin
a rich scent. In the to sprout their leaves.
wild, it grows in
dry woodlands.

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