What 'Vine' is Muin? - Autumn Prompt 1 - Part two

One of 20 modules of 'Ogham Prompts' (formerly ‘Journaling Nature Folklore’)

Purging Buckthorn is somewhere between being a bush and a tree. It can grow up to 30 ft, and look like a tree, which is how Common Buckthorn is often seen in lime rich soils of the Midlands of Ireland, especially in Offaly and Laois counties, and over Clare’s Burren too.

Elsewhere, perhaps common within counties Longford and Westmeath, the Purging Buckt…