StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: new leaves

I think that this is a sycamore twig [Acer pseudoplatanus] with the newly opened leaves still heavily crinkled as they expand from within the buds. Not strictly speaking "native" but rather "naturalised" in the British Isles, sycamores can, and do, grow like weeds un many areas. They are problematical as the seeds contain a substance that is a cumulative poison to sheep, cattle and horses. The trees grow very quickly, are difficult to eradicate completely and seed very profusely once mature.

Looking towards the wildwood, across a redcurrant bush that's making a bid for world dominance ! Various trees and bushes are sporting their newly opening leaves. Spring leaves are a beautiful shade of green, and that redcurrant has a real buzz ton it, as the bumble bees work.

Some freshly opened oak leaves, down by the riverside in Haltwhistle. . A few of these would flavour a type of home-brew much liked by the Norse / Danes aka non-raiding Vikings, according to a winery up near Dundee I visited a few years ago. You need to pick only a few from each tree, and do it too late and your brew will be very bitter from the tannins present in the older leaves.

Red currant flowers and new leaves. [Hope mrs bumble bee found these !]

New leaves opening on the rugosas ...