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Dogwood Cornus sanguinea Completed for FSC “Discover Trees” fold out identification guide

Dogwood Cornus sanguinea with red twig, black berries, and flower detail Completed for FSC “Discover Trees” fold out identification guide  

Sprig of Alder showing several leaves and three ripe cones

Ash Fraxinus excelsior keys in autumn, having turned brown

Silver birch seeds with detail of one individual seed

Leaf and prickly seed case along with one chestnut

Scots pine Pinus sylvestris cones, one mature and one less ripe

Horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum conkers both in, and out of, their seed case

Small-leaved Lime leaf and seeds Tilia cordata with bract

Wych Elm Ulmus glabra leaf and seeds with close up of one seed

Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus winged seeds showing ripe and unripe paired seeds

Guelder rose Viburnum opulus leaf and fruit showing shiny red berries

Spindle Euonymus europaeus bright coloured autumn leaf and berries

Norway spruce Picea abies cone and individual seed

London plane Platanus × acerifolia leaf and seeds, with details of individual seeds

Hornbeam Carpinus betulus mature dry seed with bracts

Field maple Acer campestre sprig showing leaves and developing seeds and close up of mature seeds

Wood melick Melica uniflora with detail of ligule and individual floret

Scots pine Pinus sylvestris cone and needles.  Pen and ink illustration with top colour.

Downy birch Betula pubescens pen and ink illustration with watercolour top wash.

Sessile Oak tree Quercus petraea showing habit and twisted branches

Balsam poplar Populus balsamifera catkins fruit and leaves with annotations within a border Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)

Bluebell flower Hyancinthoides non-scripta, single blossom

White Oak Quercus alba with schematic and simplified root structure