Briar thickets or patches, such as this one on the southern shore, consisting of Rubus and Rosa and wild grasses, contain blackberries and provide seeds and forage for wildlife. Blackberries provide a great source of high-sugar food for nesting mammals and birds, and also provide excellent shelter for birds, small mammals and other thicket-loving wildlife.
These thickets are far away from most ramblers are have the benefit of being quiet habitats for wildlife.
Tradition says that the Pooks or devil spits or urinates on them after Halloween.