Another ancient woodland indicator, Dog's Mercury spreads principally by underground runners or rhizomes.
It will survive in a hedgerow but can't compete with vigorous grasses and so is mostly a woodland plant.
These are male plants and I haven't found any female plants locally so that's why they don't spread by seed.
Strictly these are not plants but all the same plant connected underground.
So where are all the female Dog's Mercury (Bitch Mercury?) gathering?
ReplyDeleteIf I find some I'll let you know. Instead of the male 'catkin' they have two little spherical ovaries on top, a bit like the seed capsules of goose grass.
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