he sycamore is a tall tree of hedgerows, parklands and woodlands. It came to Britain from Europe, in the 1 5th or 16th century, and has become naturalised since, as familiar as the oak and the horse chestnut. Its winged seeds – children think of them as helicopters, but botanists know them as samaras
The felling of the Sycamore Gap tree is symbolic of Britain’s wider malaise
Oct 06, 2023
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