The Yorkshire Moors Sheep On The Purple Heather Pillow

The Yorkshire Moors Sheep On The Purple Heather A lone tree and the marked sheep feed between the heather plants on the Yorkshire Moors in England. It takes a special kind of plant to thrive in moorland areas, where the weather is often cold, wet and windy. Heather – an evergreen shrub with twiggy stems – covers our open moorland. Usually lots of heather plants grow together, forming a thick, bushy carpet, sometimes up to half a metre tall. This helps the plant to survive strong winds. Heather also has tiny, narrow leaves shaped like the needles on a Christmas tree, which stop the plant from losing too much water as the winds blow across the moors. Nectar from heather flowers makes excellent honey, and local beekeepers often br...