CORNISH HEDGES - HEATH HEDGE FLORA
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 is one of the common flowers of hedges built on land that was originally heathland.)
 is a prime indicator of a heathland origin to a Cornish hedge.)
, affectionately known by children as policeman%27s buttons or blue buttons, once grew abundantly on dry heathland hedges in Cornwall but is now becoming scarcer due to enrichment of the soil by the flail type of hedge-trimmer.)
 is a sure indicator that the hedge was built on what used to be heath or moorland. Heather does not like being flailed hard and many once heathery hedges now show only a few lingering clumps.)
 like bell heather, grows on heathland hedges and likewise disappears after much flailing. It can be distinguished at first sight from bell heather by the paler colour of the flowers and the narrower and more pointed shape of the flower spike.)
 is another heath plant which is seriously diminished in flailed hedges.)
 is a tough plant which persists in heathland hedges surprisingly well despite damage from flailing.)
 is nowadays not as common in Cornish hedges as its name suggests, another plant of the dry sunny heathland hedge which is vulnerable to flailing.)
 has disappeared from many hedges as flail-enrichment threatens it by smothering and overgrowing from stronger plants.)
 is a typical plant of the sunny heathland Cornish hedge.)
 was once grown by cottagers for its herbal properties and still persists in some dry sunny hedges where there has once been a dwelling, perhaps long-demolished.)
, like its cousin Common Sorrel, is more resistant to flailing than many flowering plants and now may cover patches of hedge side where once were other, more delicate flowering heathland species.)
 grows at the foot of dry heathland hedges, along with related plants such as Spotted Medick and Lesser Yellow Trefoil.)
