nature

Chrysanthemum flower Pom-pom, a single flower with golden petal colour.

Bluebell flower Hyancinthoides non-scripta, single blossom

Dry stone wall with Maidenhair spleenwort, Wall rue, and Soft Shield fern growing; all of which are Leptosporangiate ferns.  Polypoidy ferns growing on a distant tree behind.

Yellow waterlily Nuphar luteum floating on water with developing “brandy bottle” seed flask

Yew Taxus baccata sprig from tree showing red berries

Wood rush sketch Luzula sylvatica in flower and seed, showing the distinctive long hairs on the leaves

Wood or Upright Bitter-vetch sketch Vicia orobus with pinnate paired leaves and pale mauve flowers.

White waterlily Nymphaea alba shown floating on water with lily pads

White & Yellow waterlily Nymphaea alba & Nuphar luteum comparison, shown in water.

Welsh poppy sketch Meconopsis cambrica showing bud and yellow flower in bloom

Water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile with strobili shown emerging from fresh water.

Sweet vernal grass sketch Anthoxanthum odoratum showing plant with flowering spike

Stag’s-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum showing horizontal growth pattern and spore bearing cones

Mountain or soft leaved sedge sketch Carex montana showing the plant in bloom

Moonwort Botrychium lunaria with sporangia, spore producing stems.

Monocot seedling showing seed, emergent leaves, and root

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.

Marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre with strobili growing in shallow water or marshland.

Ivy-leaved Bellflower sketch Wahlenbergia hederacea showing sprawling habit

Hawkweed sketch Hieracium showing basal rosette and dandelion-like flowers

Globe flower sketch Trollius europaeus showing characteristic closed flower shape.

Fragrant orchid sketch Gymnadenia conopsea showing flowers and leaves