nature

Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus with detail of flower calyx and seed

Water fern Azolla filiculoides shown floating with water repelling properties

Water figwort Scrophularia auriculata with detail of flower stem and seed

Water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpiodes showing growth habit

Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper or Polygonum hydropiper

Water-violet Hottonia palustris showing submerged leaves

Amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium floating form in flower

Brooklime Veronica beccabunga in flower showing red stem

Common butter-bur Petasites hybridus with male flowers inflorescence

Celery-leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus showing whole plant and roots

Common duckweed Lemna minor showing plant growing and close up of flower

Great yellow-cress Rorippa amphibia with detail of seed and flower

Ivy-leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus hederaceus showing sprawling habit

Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata showing distinctive blue flowers

Water soldier Stratiotes aloides showing emergent leaves

Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa with details of one modified disc floret and a bract, showing the distinctive brown margin, and hairs.

Reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiformis showing spots of algae growing on the grey branches

Early Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp coccinea showing distinctive red flowers and stocky low habit

Close up of one flower showing reflexed sides of labellum and red colour

Orchid diagram with hand written labels. line drawing with colour wash

Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica with flower fruit seed and leaf underside

Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis with details of pappas types on two different achenes

With stem detail showing swollen red bases of stem hairs

With spikelet detail, showing how the upper leaf looks like a continuation of the stem