The fact that hedges were usually made ofhawthorn, a form of organic barbed wire, takes on an added significance here.
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In my view, to replace an oak or a beech with ahawthornor a conifer would degrade the landscape to an unacceptable degree.
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However, it is clearly more expensive to plant such a hedge than a straightforwardhawthornhedge.
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In large parts of countryside, traditional hedges are growing out to form a line of stragglyhawthorntrees.
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Among the many indigenous species to be planted will be oak, ash, field maple,hawthornand blackthorn.
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Of the deciduous species, it looks as ifhawthornwill be suitable.
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Thehawthornhedge stood on an extremely dangerous corner and in a bottleneck—and the railings are going up in exactly the same place.
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What is happening is that a thickhawthornhedge has been removed and iron railings put up in its place.
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It will be years before some of thehawthornhedges ever give shelter for cattle again.
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The woodland contains a mixture of species such as oak, ash, hazel, birch, blackthorn andhawthorn.
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Some of the shrub species found here are holly, hazel,hawthorn, blackthorn and dogrose.
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The larvae feed on the leaves of apple, birch, cherry, hazel,hawthorn, maple, mountain-ash, pear, plum and serviceberry.
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Hawthornwas disqualified for bump starting his stalled car downhill in the opposite direction, on the way to a second place finish.
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It may also survive on wild plum,hawthorn, and crabapple.
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Thishawthornis considered a beautiful tree for ornamental use, bearing a rich glossy foliage, sometimes retained during winter months (semi-evergreen), and with heavy fruiting.
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