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Oxalis acetosella Oxalidaceae Wood-sorrel
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Oxalis acetosella
© Paul Hackney
Oxalis acetosella
© Paul Hackney
Oxalis acetosella
Map updated: March 2008
Species Description:
Wood-sorrel is one of the characteristic early spring-flowering plants of the woodland floor, along with wood anemone, bluebell and ramsons. It is characteristic of old woodland, native oakwood, demesne plantations and shaded hedgebanks.
All names: Oxalis acetosella L.

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