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Two birch trees stand among densely packed, red-brown bracken in Autumn in a woodland, with the sun close to the horizon.

Monoculture

Location Petts Wood, England

Where bracken grows, little else can. It ruthlessly outcompetes other plants, and some studies have also shown that when it dies back, the rain leaches toxins from it which inhibits other plant growth.

More details
  • Location Petts Wood, England
  • Date taken 25th October, 2015
  • Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  • Lens EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM at 16.0mm
  • Exposure details 0.6s at f/11, ISO 100
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