wet woodland

Skunk cabbage Lysichiton americanus showing the glossy leaves and yellow lily like flowers.

Water avens Geum rivale plant with root

Soft rush Juncus effusus pecil drawing

Cross leaved heather Erica tetralix with close up of flower, distinctive stame, and individual leaf with red gland at the base

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa Cones and catkins pencil study with outline of the leaf behind

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa roots showing their distinctive growth habit

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa tree, pen and ink study of a tree in full leaf

Alder buckthorn Rhamnus frangula sprig with close up of berry and flower, berries red and purple

Pollarded Alder Alnusglutinosa tree in leaf

Forget me not Myosotis sketchbook study concentrating on the blue flowers and details of how these are carried in relation to the seed pods, an accompanying sprig is shown in detailed pencil

Snipe flying across a ride clearing in woodland with forestry behind showing how to manage and harvest trees and related prodcuts such as charcoal, coppicing and timber; a distant pool and alder carr gives way to clear fell forestry on distant hills and patchy clearings; in the foreground wild flowers and butterflies are shown growing […]