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Banded demoiselle Calyopteryx splendens male perched on a reed

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

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of these similar invasive aquatic plant species, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of the invasive vs the native aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook illustration showing plant, habit and details.  Also known as Swamp stonecrop, this plant is an invasive aquatic species in many areas.

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

White waterlily Nymphaea alba shown floating on water with lily pads

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

Skunk Cabbage Lysichiton americanus sketchbook study page showing detail of flower and plant

Skunk Cabbage habit drawing showing a clump of plants with distinctive yellow spathes

Skunk Cabbage Lysichiton maericanus graphite drawing leaf with person to show scale

Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea male cut to white

Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens male resting on vegetation cut to white

Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa male cut to white

Common darter Sympetrum striolatum male cut to white male

Broad bodied chaser Libellula depressa male resting on a reed leaf with a pond view and suggestion of landscape behind

Lesser diving beetle Acilius sulcatus pointing downwards with water weed behind, hind legs outstretched to show how they resemble oars