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Sharp rush Juncus acutus with leaf tip and nutlet detail

Sharp rush Juncus acutus with nutlet and inflorescence

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

Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris showing stoloniferous growth

Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica showing low growing parasitic plant with root

Bog Rosemary Andromeda polifolia showing distinctive bell-like flowers

Heath Milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia showing sprawling habit and calyx and seed detail

Changing forget-me-not Myosotis discolor showing yellow and pink and blue flowers

Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum for identification chart

Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia with detail.  Carnivorous plant growing in upland and boggy habitats.  

Habit sketch of Heath Star-moss Campylopus introflexus growing on limestone boulder.

Heath Star-moss Campylopus introflexus illustrations showing wet moss with white apical hairs.

Heath Star-moss study showing the moss in wet and dry states, and botanical details

Heath Star-moss study with notes showing the moss in dry and wet form and with botanical details

Brass Buttons or Buttonweed  Cotula coronopifolia with habit sketch, detail of flowering head, and amplexicaul leaf details.  Seeds and seed distribution, along with the variety of leaf forms are also shown.

Heather Calluna vulgaris pen and ink line drawing with details of the shoot and individual flower

Screech beetle Hygrobia tarda dorsal view, floating in the water with a sprig on water weed behind

Vaccinium oxycoccus Cranberry showing lateral growth habit flowers and berries

Star sedge Carex echinata plant with two stigmas, ligule, fruit, female glume and leaf tip

Soft rush Juncus effusus pecil drawing

Royal fern Osmunda regalis with both frond types

Ragged robin Lychnis flos cuculi with flowers, buds and leaves

Purple Moor Grass Molinia caerulea

Red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium tuft, shoot, clump pf shoots, fasicle, stem leaf and branch leaf