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Black locust or False acacia Robinia pseudoacacia study sheet

Notes & illustration of False acacia or Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia with details of flower and pods

False acacia or Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia with flower and seed pod detail

Bellyache bush Bodycutter Jatropha gossypiifolia completed for Montserrat National Trust

Bellyache bush Bodycutter Jatropha gossypiifolia completed for Montserrat National Trust

Soursop Annona muricata pen and ink completed for Montserrat National Trust

Soursop Annona muricata watercolour botanical illustration completed for Montserrat National Trust

Sensitive or Shame plant Mimosa pudica pen and ink completed for Montserrat National Trust

Sensitive or Shame plant Mimosa pudica completed for Montserrat National Trust

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with log-pile, bracket and other fungi, nettles, and a small tortoiseshell butterfly.

Rocky shore line ecosystem zonation of species.  Some of the animals and pants featured include whelks, mussels, bladderwrack, star fish, top shells, periwinkles, crabs, branacles, and anenomes.  Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Spine cross section from a hedgehog Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

European Hedgehog Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa pen and ink illustration with watercolour wash.  Illustration shows detail of blossom, an opened spiny seed case, and a and lone chestnut.

Sloes on spiny branch

Shrub showing habit and growth form

Acacia Acacia nilotica tree showing typical flattened profile

Acacia sprig Acacia nilotica showing spines and paired leaflets and flower

Mile a minute weed Asiatic tearthumb Polygonum perfoliatum showing the distinctive blue berries and the pale green leaves.  Stems have sharp spines.

Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis showing ripe and unripe fruit along with the decorative bright pink blossoms.  Illustration also shows the clear link between this plant and other Rubus species such as Raspberry and Blackberry

Piri Piri bur Acaena novae-zelandiae with individual detail of flower and seed

Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa pen and ink line drawing with details of nut and prickly seed case

Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa sketchbook study with colour details of an individual chestnut,  seed case, and leaf

Horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum in pen and ink with detail of conker and flowering spike