Millook there is increasing amounts of sycamore with a mixture of blackthorn ("Prunus spinosa") and hawthorn ("Crataegus monogyna") on clayey loam, and at the top invading bracken ("Pteridium aquilinum"), bramble ("Rubus fruticosus") and gorse ("Ulex europaeus"). The surrounding area is mainly agricultural. Other tree species found are alder ("Alnus glutinosa") in the wetter areas and a few small areas of wild cherry ("Prunus avium") and wild service ("Sorbus torminalis"). Aspen ("Populus tremula") and beech ("Fagus sylvatica") on old boundary hedges are presumed to be planted. Millook Millook is a deep coastal valley and hamlet in the parish of Poundstock, on the
Prunus tangutica fruit are green when unripe and purplishred when ripe. The fruits' mesocarps (fleshy exterior) splits when ripe, which led to it being classified as an almond for over a century, with the exception of Kovalev & Kostina in 1935, who assigned it to "Persica". Prunus tangutica Prunus tangutica () is a species of wild peach native to China. Based on its fruit traits it had been considered a wild almond, but genetic and morphological studies have shown that it is more closely related to "Prunus persica", the cultivated peach, with its closest relative being "Prunus mongolica". It is a very