Herefordshire,^220 Buckinghamshire,^221 Essex,^222 Suffolk,^223 Norfolk,^224 Cam-
bridgeshire^225 ) despite the tree’s general distribution through much of the
British Isles. The sole non-English record for that ailment is from Denbigh-
shire.^226
The strong astringency of the berries and inner bark has also made the
plant an alternative to tormentil (Potentilla erecta) or blackberry (Rubus fru-
152 Prunus spinosa
Prunus spinosa, blackthorn (Fuchs 1543, fig. 227)