One tree that's certainly doing well this year is the Holly (Ilex aquifolium), many are brimming with bight red berries, clearly visible across the landscape as beacons of colour in a fading forest. In a year that's seen failed, or at least feeble, wild harvests, the Holly's berries will be an invaluable source of food for the forest's birds and smaller mammals; whilst it's tenderer leaves are always sought by the deer and pony communities through the lean months. All hail the Holly King.
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