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Rum or Black Cherry Prunus serotina sketchbook study.  The page includes two bark studies (from an old and young tree), the habit of tree, and berry details.  The bud, individual flower, blossoming raceme, vein detail and petiole gland details are also depicted.

Common Blue-sow thistle Cicerbita macrophylla sketchbook page compared to Alpine Sow-thistle Cicerbita alpina. Details of leaf venation, habit sketch, individual ray florets, seed information, and associated comparative details of the Alpine Sow-thistle

Hares-foot clover Trifolium arvense with detail of one flower and calyx

Partial sketch of a Zinnia flower done to accompany a step-by-step youtube video:

Yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata showing basal rosette, individual seed, and distinctive pale green glaucous leaves

Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica with disc floret seed with pappas and ray floret detail

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

Pollinators bee ant hoverfly on Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica

Ground elder Aegopodium podagraria with detail of flower and seed

Greater plantain Plantago major showing basal rosette with individual detail of one flower

Greater plantain Plantago major pen and ink illustration line drawing with flower detail

Fat hen Chenopodium album pen and ink illustration with detail of one flower

Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare with detail of flower, showing spreading habit

Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica Sketchbook study

Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica root crown with cross section of root and detail of pink growing tips

Common mouse ear Cerastium holosteoides botanical illustration

Botanical illustration of the Common couch Elymus repens

Pen and ink illustration of Cleavers Galium aparine

Dandelion Taxacum officinale with details of seed and root

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

Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum plant in flower showing limited caterpillar damage and Hornworm Manduca sexta on leaf, cut to white, and egg, pupa, and adult Carolina sphinx moth

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

Rye grass Lolium perenne and individual spikelet