Went for a bimble in some local woods today, and came across a couple of things I couldn't identify.
First is a tree with very obvious and striking horizontal bands on its bark. It was a mature tree, and the leaves were far too high for me to see properly, but their silhouette was sort of beech-like. This wood has common english trees, mainly beech, birch, sycamore, and larch, together with holly and hawthorn. But this was nothing like any of them.
Then I spotted some berries close to the ground. There were two separate 'stalks', one on either side of a small hawthorn. They were growing out of the soil, and were surrounded by ivy:
Any ideas?
G
First is a tree with very obvious and striking horizontal bands on its bark. It was a mature tree, and the leaves were far too high for me to see properly, but their silhouette was sort of beech-like. This wood has common english trees, mainly beech, birch, sycamore, and larch, together with holly and hawthorn. But this was nothing like any of them.
![IMG_0985.jpg](http://www.lodgegate-wood.org.uk/Gallery/Bushcraft/Misc/IMG_0985.jpg)
![IMG_0988.jpg](http://www.lodgegate-wood.org.uk/Gallery/Bushcraft/Misc/IMG_0988.jpg)
![IMG_0989.jpg](http://www.lodgegate-wood.org.uk/Gallery/Bushcraft/Misc/IMG_0989.jpg)
![IMG_0990.jpg](http://www.lodgegate-wood.org.uk/Gallery/Bushcraft/Misc/IMG_0990.jpg)
Then I spotted some berries close to the ground. There were two separate 'stalks', one on either side of a small hawthorn. They were growing out of the soil, and were surrounded by ivy:
![IMG_0993.jpg](http://www.lodgegate-wood.org.uk/Gallery/Bushcraft/Misc/IMG_0993.jpg)
![IMG_0994.jpg](http://www.lodgegate-wood.org.uk/Gallery/Bushcraft/Misc/IMG_0994.jpg)
Any ideas?
G