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Hedgerow types photographs

Green Lanes

Old green lane with windswept ash and flowering balckthorn at Hartland, north Devon coast.

Green lane

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Green lane bordered by mature hawhtorn and other trees at Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire

Green lane

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Remnant or relict hedges

A moribund blackthorn barely survives in a hedgerow that has been repeatedly cut at the same height for many years without any other management. Note mop-headed growth form.

Remnant hedge

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Mature ash stools in Devon hedge where the bank has been completely eroded away by stock and weather, near Northlew, west Devon. Horizontal branches reveal that hedge was once layed.

Relict hedge

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Few surviving oaks in a Devon hedge where the bank has been completed eroded away, near Hatherleigh, Devon. Horizontal branches reveal that hedge was once layed.

Relict hedge

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Devon and Cornish hedges

Stone-faced Cornish hedge (bank) without any shrubs except a little blakchtorn and gorse, at Port Isaac, north Cornwall coast

Cornish hedge

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Stone-faced Cornish hedge (bank) without any shrubs except some gorse, at Port Isaac, north Cornwall coast

Cornish hedge

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Old, fenced, cornish hedge with flowering thrift and no woody shrubs near Crackington Haven, North Cornwall coast

Cornish hedge

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Ancient Devon hedge with granite stone face on one side and sloping earth bank on other (Cornditch), with mature rowan trees on top, at Scorhill, Dartmoor

Devon hedge

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Typical Devon hedge, with massive bank, West Devon. Note flowering gorse where the growth on the far side had not been cut the previous winter.

Devon hedge

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Stone-faced bank restored by Kevin Clarke using massive granite boulders, at Thorne Farm, near Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor

Dartmoor hedge

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Stone-faced bank restored by Kevin Clarke using massive granite boulders, at Thorne Farm, near Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor

Dartmoor hedge

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Devon hedgebank with hedgerow trees, Tree Council Image Bank

Hedgerow trees

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Cornish hedge with thrift, Crackington, Rob Wolton

Cornish Hedge

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Tall hedges

Devon hedge that has developed into line of spindly oaks with no shrub layer reflecting lack of management for many years and grazing by livestock and deer, west Devon

Tall hedge

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Hedge that has been allowed to develop into a line of trees (oak and ash) with rich shrubby base, west Devon

Tall hedge

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Species-rich Devon hedge that has been allowed to increase gradually in size over the years. This hedge, at Ashridge Farm in mid-Devon, has been cut on a three year rotation for some 30 years. It currently shows on year's worth of new growth.

Tall hedge

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Tall mature unmanaged hedge which has developed gaps, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Mature hedge

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Tall hedge developing into lines of trees and showing signs of collapse, Nigel Adams

Tall hedge

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Tall hedge, Nigel Adams

Tall hedge

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Classic shrubby hedges

A field margin established adjacent to a hedge, Emily Ledder, Natural England

Field margin

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Trimmed hawthorn hedge, showing evidence of previous management by laying, Nigel Adams

Shrubby hedge

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Shrubby hedge with hedgerow tree and margin, Nigel Adams

Shrubby hedge

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Single species hawthorn hedge in blossom, Nigel Adams

Shrubby hedge

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Mature hedge with hedgerow trees, Nigel Adams

Mature hedge

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Gappy hedges

Hawthorn hedge with gap between ground and canopy caused by sheep grazing

Vertical gaps

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Hedge with gaps along its length, probably formed with repeated cutting at same height with flail mower for many years

Horizontal gaps

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Tall mature hedge which has developed gaps, Nigel Adams

Gappy hedge

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Single species hedges

This hedge contains mature hawhtorn bushges that were cut back to a height of 150 cm some 6 years before the photogrpah was takne, and not cut since, as part of research at Monks Woods, Cambridgeshire

Hawthorn hedge

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Short beech hedge on stone-face bank, with gap, near Lyford, Dartmoor, Devon

Beech hedge

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Species-rich hedges

Species-rich hedge in the spring, with May blossom (hawthorn), oak, hazel and blackthorn, at Locks Park Farm, west Devon

Species-rich hedge

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