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Magnolia flower Magnolia grandiflora, single flower.

Yew Taxus baccata sprig from tree showing red berries

Water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile with strobili shown emerging from fresh water.

Stag’s-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum showing horizontal growth pattern and spore bearing cones

Marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre with strobili growing in shallow water or marshland.

Field horsetail Equisetum arvense, with background.

Horsetails: Calamophytes Field horsetail Equisetum arvense, Marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre, & Water or River horsetail Equisetum fluviatile

Great White shark Carcharodon carcharias showing denticles and skin, and the Sharklet anti-bacterial material that is has inspired. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books)

Ammonite Dactylioceras commune fossil similar to those collected by David Attenborough as a child

Magnolia sprig Magnolia grandiflora in flower with leaves not yet out

Magnolia tree Magnolia grandiflora tree pen and ink with colour wash.  Illustration shows the tree in flower, before the leaves appear.

Magnolia Magnolifia gradiflora tree, showing the tree in full flower, before the leaves appear.

Oak  acorn and lobed leaves with long acorn stalk

Oak tree showing typical growth habit of an old tree

Branch with flowers and Baobab fruit

Ancient baobab tree showing its distinctive shape

Stonefly larva Plecoptera cut to white

Stonefly larva on dand and pebbles river or pond or stream substrate, with drop shadow

American Cockroach periplanta america with long antennae cut to white

Cockroach Blattodea prototype with one wng extended to show body underneath, cut to white

Horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus wayercolour showing dorsal view of top of shell, cut to white

Yew Taxus baccata sprig and detail of lone berry

Wood horsetail Equisetum sylvestris plant, stem detail, and flowering spike

Water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile pencil illustration showing flower and leaf