Euphorbia amygdaloides Wood Spurge

A robust, tall, perennial, rhizomatous spurge which grows in ancient woodlands and hedgebanks. Among woodland plants it is quite light demanding and it benefits from thinning and coppicing which stimulates the germination of its buried seeds. It has a rather southern distribution in  Britain where it is most common in the south and east of England. It is less common in Wales and in West Glamorgan it is largely restricted to the south Gower Ash woodlands. It is also cultivated as a garden plant, so some records outside Gower may be garden escapes (see description of Euphorbia amygdaloides ssp. robbiae)

Native