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Resurrection fern Polypodium polypodioides pen and ink completed for Montserrat National Trust

Resurrection fern Pleopeltis or Polypodium polypodioides completed for Montserrat National Trust

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

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

Moonwort Botrychium lunaria with sporangia, spore producing stems.

Fern spore of an Ophioglossum species, showing the distinctive tri-partite shape and textured spore surface.

Adder’s-tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum showing spore bearing “tongue”

Common Cord Grass Spartina anglica showing grass, flowering spike, rhizome, and characteristic growth pattern

Rough meadow grass Poa trivialis botanical illustration

Sweet vernal grass Anthoxum odoratum botanical illustration with details of spikelet and ligule

Soft brome Bromus hordeaceus grass showing growth habit and botanical details of spikelet and ligule

Botanical illustration of the Common couch Elymus repens

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

Yellow Flag Iris pseudoacorus in flower

Yellow Flag Iris pseudoacorus in flower, pencil drawing

Wood millet Milium effusum with ligule, lemma and spikelet detail

Wood Melick Melica uniflora plant with ligule, lemma, and spikelet details

White helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium

Wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa with ligule, spikelet, and lemma detail

Vivaparous grass Festuca vivipara

Upright brome Bromus erectus with ligule spikelet and lemma

Tufted hair grass Deschampsia caespitosa with ligule, spikelet, lemma, and leaf cross section showing how each blade is rolled up

Tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum with ligule, spikelet, and lemma detail

Tall fescue Festuca arundinaceae with ligule spikelet and lemma details