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Stream water-crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans

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.

Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum cones and leaf sprays

Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum tree showing habit and growth

Brazilian Giant rhubarb Gunnera manicata showing a flowering spike in front of one of the plant’s gigantic leaves

Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera with details of flower, seed and seed pods, stem, roots, and growth habit.

Giant rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria showing one enormous leaf and a crimson tinged flowering spike

Giant hogweed Heracleum sphondylium showing white corymbs of flowers, different shaped leaves, and cross section of the hollow stem

Tupelo Nyssa ogeche with single flower botanical illustration

Mayfly Ephemera vulgata adult side view showing wing venation with markings, green body, and lack of mouth parts Perched on a stem, cut to white

Otter Lutra lutra in profile in a reed bed

Otter Lutra lutra perched on a boulder with a fish it’s just caught, ferns mud and a little folaige behind

Otter Lutra lutra tracks footprints in pen and ink

Otter Lutra lutra watercolour sketch

Otter Lutra lutra eating a brown trout, fur wet, in profile, cut to white