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Blue bonnet Lupin Lupinus polyphyllus sketchbook study page.  Includes information on  habit, cross section of flower, seed pods, and leaf venation.

Persian Hogweed Heracelum persicum and Giant Hogweed Heracelum mantegazzianum comparison with info on flower shape, umbel shape, and leaf differences

Milkweed Asclepias syriaca sketchbook study page with written notes and info on seed pods, flowers, roots, and seeds

Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica and Himalayan balsam Impatiens grandiflora seedling comparison

Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica seedling showing rounded leaves and pink stem

Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa sketchbook study page and habit sketch

Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa graphite leaflet showing shiny leaflets and dentition on margin

Rosehip cross section sketchbook study showing seeds and remnants of sepals

Skunk Cabbage Lysichiton americanus sketchbook study page showing detail of flower and plant

Skunk Cabbage habit drawing showing a clump of plants with distinctive yellow spathes

Skunk Cabbage Lysichiton maericanus graphite drawing leaf with person to show scale

Tree of Heaven Allanthus alitissima  comparing bark of mature tree (on left) with young tree (on right)

Tree of Heaven AIlanthus alitissima bark of old tree showing grey colour and deep fissures

Tree of Heaven AIlanthus alitissima bark of young tree showing heart shaped leaf scar

Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum habit drawing

Japanese Hop Humulus japonicus sketchbook study page.  Showing hops, seedling, stems detail, comparisons with the European common Hop, and male and female flowers

Persian Hogweed Heracleum persicum sketchbook study showing rounded curve of flowering head, and convex toothed leaf lobes.

Virginia spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana sketchbook study

Yarrow Achillea millefolium sketchbook study with flower and leaf in coolour

Woodstock water meadow view with wildlife pond in foreground; seen with otter, kingfisher, and Peacock butterfly

Wood sorrel Oxalis acetosela pen and ink illustration

Wintercress pen and ink line drawing with detail of an individual flower

Winter purslane Claytonia perfoliata pen and ink illustration

Wild marjoram Origanum vulgare pen and ink botanical illustration