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Eudicot plant variety.  Plants illustrated are: , Ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea,  Hawkweed  Hieracium, Meadow saxifrage  Saxifraga granulata, Globe flower Trollius europaeus, Wood Bitter-vetch Vicia orobus, and the Welsh Poppy Meconopsis cambrica.

Sweet vernal grass sketch Anthoxanthum odoratum showing plant with flowering spike

Monocot plant variety with seedling.  Plants shown are: Soft-leaved or Mountain sedge Carex montan, Meadow saffron Colchium autumnale, Fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsed, Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Wood rush Luzula sylvatica, and Sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum

Monocot plant variety featuring numerous monocots such as rush, grass, bluebell, sedge, and crocus.

Meadow saxifrage sketch Saxifraga granulata with white flowers and basal rosette of rounded leaves.

Eudicot plant variety with eudicot seedling. Plants illustrated are: Ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea, Hawkweed Hieracium, Meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulata, Globe flower Trollius europaeus, Wood Bitter-vetch Vicia orobus, and Welsh Poppy Meconopsis cambrica.

Cuckooflower or Lady’s-smock Cardamine pratensis showing basal rosette, flowers, and young silique seed pods.

Crested Dog’s-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus with written name

Crested Dog’s-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus 2 botanical illustration

Cock’s-foot grass Dactylis glomerata with written name

Cock’s-foot grass Dactylis glomerata 2 showing grass with shoots in full flower.

Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus grass with written name in hand painted watercolour text

Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus grass with annotations and name.  Parts include culm, inforescence or panicle, leaf blade, nodes, and internode.

Yorkshire Fog grass Holcus lanatus 2 with striped pink culms and soft green grass blades

Named Grasses with annotation of grass anatomy: False Oat, Crested Dogs-tail, Cocks-foot, and Yorkshire Fog

Grasses: False Oat Arrhenatherum elatius, Crested Dogs-tail Cynosurus cristatus, Cocks-foot Dactylis glomerata, and Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus.

False Oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius with written name botanical illustration

False Oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius botanical illustration  

Jersey orchid Anacamptis laxiflora close up showing the top of the flowering spike, with three flowers.

Hawthorn tree showing typical growth form and habit

Sweet vernal grass Anthoxum odoratum botanical illustration with details of spikelet and ligule

Pignut Conopodium majus with details of flower, root, and shoot

Dark Green Fritillary butterfly Argynnis aglaja with wings folded so you can see the green and species specific dark green colours on the underside, cut to white

Common wasp Vespa vulgaris feeding on a ripe pear; sketch in colour