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UK Native Plants: The Norman Conquest

The Royal Forest and the Rise of the Anchored Soul

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Chris Bell
Apr 02, 2026
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This blog post is part of a series on the native plants of modern Britain. Much of the native flora in the UK has been introduced over many hundreds of years during the great migrations in British history. Archeobotany has unearthed evidence to prove that this migration of people affected the migration of plants.

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