Ramsons in Stock Park, Ambleside, Cumbria
N 54° 25.917 W 002° 57.186
30U E 503042 N 6031583
Ramsons, Allium Ursinum, carpeting the woodland floor in Stock Park, beside Stock Ghyll waterfall, in Ambleside. Ramsons growing before leaves block sunlight. Also known as buckrams, wild garlic, wood garlic or bear's garlic.
Waymark Code: WM1FT7
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/29/2007
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"For the preservation of this locality, collection or picking is prohibited."
Ramsons smells like garlic, especially when leaves are rubbed, because it is a wild relative of chives. On one side of the path are Ramsons, and on the other side bluebells. Both looking wonderful in the spring sunshine. Both plants growing only where th sunlight can reach the woodland floor. Stock Park is public access woodland since Victorian times.
The specific name derives from the fact that brown bears like to eat the bulbs of the plant and dig up the ground to get at them, as do wild boar. (wikipedia) (
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Parking
Weekends at top of road in Kelsick old grammar school (waymark) Car park.
At entrance to park for one hour, with parking disc (free) coords below.