Stamp: Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 2019)

Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 2019)

01 January (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland ) within release Post & Go Winter Greenery goes into circulation Stamp Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) face value 1st No Face Value

Stamp Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) in catalogues
Stanley Gibbons: Sg: GB FS193 IV TIIA R19Y

Stamp is horizontal format.

Service code (at bottom) TIIA. Date code (embedded in the background print) is R19Y.

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Stamp Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) in digits
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Date: 2019-01-01
Paper: 2 phosphor bands.
Print: Photogravure and Thermographic Relief
Size: 55 x 24.5
Perforation: Die Cut 14 x 14½
Emission: ATM Labels
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 1st No Face Value

Stamp Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) it reflects the thematic directions:

In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a drupe (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary. Berries so defined include grapes, currants, and tomatoes, as well as cucumbers, eggplants (aubergines), persimmons and bananas, but exclude certain fruits that meet the culinary definition of berries, such as strawberries and raspberries. The berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit in which the entire outer layer of the ovary wall ripens into a potentially edible "pericarp". Berries may be formed from one or more carpels from the same flower (i.e. from a simple or a compound ovary).: 291 The seeds are usually embedded in the fleshy interior of the ovary, but there are some non-fleshy exceptions, such as Capsicum species, with air rather than pulp around their seeds.

Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animal life is fauna. Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms gut flora or skin flora.

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are usable as lumber or plants above a specified height. Trees are not a taxonomic group but include a variety of plant species that have independently evolved a woody trunk and branches as a way to tower above other plants to compete for sunlight. In looser senses, the taller palms, the tree ferns, bananas and bamboos are also trees. Trees tend to be long-lived, some reaching several thousand years old. The tallest known tree, a coast redwood named Hyperion, stands 115.6 m (379 ft) high. Trees have been in existence for 370 million years. It is estimated that there are just over 3 trillion mature trees in the world. A tree typically has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground by the trunk. This trunk typically contains woody tissue for strength, and vascular tissue to carry materials from one part of the tree to another. For most trees it is surrounded by a layer of bark which serves as a protective barrier. Below the ground, the roots branch and spread out widely; they serve to anchor the tree and extract moisture and nutrients from the soil. Above ground, the branches divide into smaller branches and shoots. The shoots typically bear leaves, which capture light energy and convert it into sugars by photosynthesis, providing the food for the tree's growth and development. Flowers and fruit may also be present, but some trees, such as conifers, instead have pollen cones and seed cones; others, such as tree ferns, produce spores instead. Trees play a significant role in reducing erosion and moderating the climate. They remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store large quantities of carbon in their tissues. Trees and forests provide a habitat for many species of animals and plants. Tropical rainforests are one of the most biodiverse habitats in the world. Trees provide shade and shelter, timber for construction, fuel for cooking and heating, and fruit for food as well as having many other uses. In parts of the world, forests are shrinking as trees are cleared to increase the amount of land available for agriculture. Because of their longevity and usefulness, trees have always been revered, with sacred groves in various cultures, and they play a role in many of the world's mythologies.

Stamp, Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus), United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland,  , Fruits and Berries, Plants (Flora), Trees