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Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus showing berries and flowers

Red huckleberry botanical illustration showing berries and flowers

Juniper Juniperus communis with detail of male and female flowers

Cannock chase berry Vaccinium x inermedium V. myrtillus x V. vitis-idaea

English Scurvygrass Cochlearia anglica botanical watercolour illustration showing details of flower with elongate petals, and the distinctive neck of the fruit

Oregon Grape Mahonia aquifolium sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Himalayan Knotweed Persicaria polystachum sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Pung coolie or Bitter melon Momordica charantia showing fruit split to reveal red seeds

Pung coolie or Bitter melon Momordica charantia showing fruti split to reveal seeds

Common glasswort Salicornia europaea plant for Field Studies Council

Oyster mushrooms Pleurotus ostreatus growing from a shared base.  Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Bracken Pteridium aquilinum showing leaf fronds, roots, and inrolled leaf margins with sori

European lobster Homarus gammarus with eye detail showing curved lens Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books)

European lobster Homarus gammarus Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books)  

Blue mussels Mytilus edulis with byssal threads on wooden piling.  Illustration includes barnacles and limpets, and some bladder wrack seaweed.  Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Medlar Mespilus germanica tree pen and ink with colour wash.  Illustration shows tree with fruit.

Medlar Mespilus germanica tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows tree in fruit

Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa sketchbook study.  Illustration shows comparison with the cultivated parsnip plant, Pastinaca sativa sativa.  It also includes details on the petiole, flower, umbel, seed head, seeds, and root.

Medlar Mepsilus germanica with edible fruit, and detail of one blossom

Silverberrry Autumn olive Oleaster Elaeagnus umbellata sketchbook study

Rowan Sorbus aucuparia sprig with berries and blossom

Strawberry tree Arbutus unedo sketchbook study with detail of fruit and half fruit

Sedum Ice plant Stonecrop Hylotelephium spectabile sketchbook study

Small Balsam Impatiens parviflora sketchbook study showing cross section of flower and details of seeds and exploded seed case.