Image Bay Leaves Stop 4 Here is a picture of bay leaves from a bay tree.
(The leaves are widely used in cooking).
Bay trees grow all over Glenbower wood although they are not usually found growing in the wild.
Detail Oak Tree Stop 5 Facing you is an oak tree which is interesting for two reasons. Firstly, there is a stone embedded in the trunk, and secondly, a young Holly bush has managed to take root and thrive in the trunk of the oak. Holly, a native species, often forms the understory in deciduous woodlands.
Image Beech Tree detail Stop 6 This is another Common Beech with four main branches. One of the branches was obviously badly damaged in the past. Trees cannot grow without the cambium layer, which is a bright green tissue beneath the bark. If the cambium is exposed a "wound" results and trees may be deformed or die due to disease entering through the wound. Please do not damage trees in the wood by carving names in the bark! Image Wooden Hut
This is a picture of one of the Wooden Huts you will find in the woods.They provide shelter from showers and of course a place to eat your sandwiches!

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