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Hedgerow bedstraw Galium mollugo showing the plant’s sprawling habit.  With detail of one leaf.

Juniper Juniperus communis sketchbook study with details of dried and fresh berries

Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre with basal rosette of leaves and erect stem with tight cluster of thistle flowers

Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum flowering spike or candle

Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum twig and conker with fruit peeping out from the spiky seed cover

Dwarf Gorse Ulex minor with details of individual flower and leaves on stem