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Oak tree Quercus robur in full leaf. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

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

Yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus carrying an egg across the dirt

Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus

Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus plant with lemma, ligule, and spikelet detail

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

White campion Silene latifolia with hairy leaves

Pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus with detail of individual flower

Meadow with wild flowers and insects and lark in the sky above, showing fertilized grassland without any other species then a gradual increase in flowers and other species until, in unimproved grassland, you have lots of wild flowers and associated insects, snails, and loveliness

Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria in flower

Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria pencil drawing

Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria flowers and one leaflet

Meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris with flowers, fruit, bud, large leaves and roots

Meadow cranesbill Geranium pratense with bud, seed pods and one beautiful purple blue flower

Italian Rye grass Lolium multiflorum and individual spikelet

Few flowered Spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora with stem and individual flower detail; root information included

Devils bit scabious Succisa pratensis flower with leaves and roots

Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens with rooting nodes, flowers, fruit, and the leaves shown

Common Chickweed Stellaria media sprig with flowrs and buds growing in all directions