bracken
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Large areas of hillside have also been observed turning green again as grasses, bracken and blaeberry begin to make a comeback.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
It has been doing that through grazing cattle, which eat the vegetation, while in other areas land managers have used machines to cut and mulch the grass, gorse, bracken and heather.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Traditionally bracken was used as animal bedding, but less and less people use it now they can get straw," says Richard Smith, who has been with Paul since the start, in 1993.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Only decades ago many of the cottages in Scotland’s Highlands were roofed in heather, bracken and marram grass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
I could smell the bracken in the woods, the wet moss, and the dead azalea petals.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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The Hobbit
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"Birches" by Robert Frost
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