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Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Blackthorn is a prickly shrub that grows beautiful white flowers in spring. It produces small, dark fruits called sloes that many animals love to eat!

Lebensraum: Woodlands

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The Blackthorn is a dense, thorny shrub with dark, almost black bark and small, oval leaves. It boasts a spectacular display of tiny, white five-petaled flowers that emerge profusely on bare branches before its leaves appear in early spring, often giving it a snowy appearance.

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Blackthorn

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Blackthorn's name comes from its incredibly dark bark and sharp, black-tipped thorns.

Its super-hard wood was traditionally used to make shillelaghs, strong Irish walking sticks!

People have used its tiny, sharp thorns as pins or even for ancient tattooing!

The fruits, called sloes, are incredibly sour until a hard frost sweetens them up!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Spring Pioneer

Blackthorn can bloom incredibly early in spring, giving its white flowers a head start to attract the first sleepy insects.

Fähigkeit

Frosty Fruit Power

Blackthorn fruits, called sloes, get sweeter after a hard frost, making them perfect for birds to eat and spread its seeds!

Fähigkeit

Underground Network

Blackthorn can spread by sending up new shoots from its roots, forming dense, protective thickets where birds can hide.

Maße und Details

Höhe
100-500 cm
Ausbreitung
100-400 cm
Blütengröße
1-1.5 cm
Blütezeit
Early spring
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Brown Hairstreak butterfly

Thecla betulae

larvae feed on its leaves

pollinates

European Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

visits early spring flowers for nectar

shelters

Whitethroat

Sylvia communis

nests securely within its thorny thickets

eaten by

Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris

eats ripe sloes in winter for energy

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Blackthorn BushSloe

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Be careful of the sharp thorns on the Blackthorn bush!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Blackthorn?

100-500 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Blackthorn?

100-400 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Blackthorn?

1-1.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Blackthorn?

Early spring

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Blackthorn?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Blackthorn?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Blackthorn?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Blackthorn?

Insekten

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