## Exmoor: 'Stunning' bluebells hint at a wooded past - BBC News
Source URL:: <https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-61583521>
"Planting began last winter with 8,000 trees already in the ground, including a special grove of 70 locally-grown sessile oaks planted by volunteers to commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee."
" It has been an open hilltop for centuries, but park officers believe the sudden emergence of bluebells there suggests the site may once have been covered in trees."
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> Planting began last winter with 8,000 trees already in the ground, including a special grove of 70 locally-grown sessile oaks planted by volunteers to commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
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>It has been an open hilltop for centuries, but park officers believe the sudden emergence of bluebells there suggests the site may once have been covered in trees.