The freshest unfurling foliage of Fagus sylvatica (Green Beech). Probably the last tree species to make it into the UK when the land bridge between us and continental Europe was lost a little over 10,000 years ago. This is the defining quality, which determines whether a plant is native, non-native or naturalised in the UK. Anything arriving and establishing in the UK landscape after the land bridge (which disappeared after the last Ice Age) is said to be a naturalised non-native plant. #lifesrichtapestry #fagus #beech #tree #downy #foliage #fresh #leaves #trees #garden #landscape #nature #wildflower #uknative #nativeplants #countryside (at Crowborough, East Sussex) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_41NzKAQZF/?igshid=7s6uriyqi92