Michel Roggo / Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) with some stems supporting clusters of Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. Highly commended in the Plants category of the Wildlife Pho...

Robert Thompson / Scarlet elf cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea) amongst Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium). Clare Glen, Tandragee, County Armagh. March.

Dong Lei / Purple bergenia (Bergenia purpurascens) in flower, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common peony (Paeonia officinalis) close up of stamens and stigma, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) feeding on White currants (Ribes rubrum), Finland. August.

Linda Pitkin / Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) in flower, naturalised in woodland. Hutchinson's Bank Nature Reserve, Surrey, England. April.

Linda Pitkin / Flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) in flower, naturalised in woodland, Hutchinson's Bank Nature Reserve, Surrey, England. April.

Konrad Wothe / Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) flower detail with dewdrops, Bavaria, Germany, Europe. September.

Konrad Wothe / Marsh grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) flower covered with dew, Bavaria, Germany, Europe. September.

Konrad Wothe / Cobweb houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum) in flower, Grisons, Switzerland, Europe. July.

Konrad Wothe / White stonecrop (Sedum album) flowering, Grisons, Switzerland, Europe. July.

Konrad Wothe / Paeony (Paeonia officinalis) flowering, Mount Baldo Natural Park, Mount Baldo, Italy, Europe. June.

Konrad Wothe / Paeony (Paeonia officinalis) flowering, Mount Baldo Natural Park, Mount Baldo, Italy, Europe. June.

Konrad Wothe / Paeony (Paeonia officinalis) flowering in woodland, Mount Baldo Natural Park, Mount Baldo, Italy, Europe. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Red Apennine saxifrage (Saxifraga porophylla), endemic to the central Apennines, in flower, Gran Sasso, Abruzzo, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Red stonecrop (Sedum rubens) in flower, Lazio, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Reflexed stonecrop (Sedum rupestre) in flower, Lazio, Italy, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Limestone saxifrage (Saxifraga callosa) in flower, Lazio, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Bulbous saxifrage (Saxifraga bulbifera) in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Ugo Mellone / Andean milfoil (Myriophyllum quitense) on lake surface, Strobel plateau, Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina.

Ugo Mellone / Hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) pair on lake, interchanging Andean milfoil (Myriophyllum quitense) during courtship, Patagonia National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina. Cropped.

Ugo Mellone / Hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) pair on lake, interchanging Andean milfoil (Myriophyllum quitense) during courtship, Patagonia National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina. Cropped.

Chris Mattison / Cobweb houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum) growing on rocks, Valgrisenche, Italian Alps, Italy.

Chris Mattison / Mountain houseleek (Sempervivum montanum) growing out of lichen covered rocks. Valgrisenche, Italian Alps, Italy.

Chris Mattison / Mountain houseleek, (Sempervivum montanum), Gran Paradiso National Park, Italian Alps, Italy.

Edwin Giesbers / Money tree / Jade plant (Crassula ovata) Tenerife, Canary Islands, Europe.

Edwin Giesbers / Succulent (Aeonium pseudourbicum) and Narrow leaved cistus (Cistus monspeliensis) Tenerife, Canary Islands, Europe.

Edwin Giesbers / Succulent (Aeonium pseudourbicum) endemic to Tenerife, Canary Islands

Edwin Giesbers / Succulent (Aeonium pseudourbicum) close up covered in dew, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Europe.

Edwin Giesbers / Pinwheel / Haworths aeonium (Aeonium haworthii) Tenerife, Canary Islands

David Pike / English stonecrop (Sedum anglicum) Emsworthy, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK, July.

David Pike / English stonecrop (Sedum anglicum) Emsworthy, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK, July.

David Pike / English stonecrop (Sedum anglicum) Emsworthy, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK, July.

Franco Banfi / Tench (Tinca tinca) during spawning period amongst European watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Sion, Valais canton, southwestern Switzerland

Franco Banfi / Tench (Tinca tinca) during spawning period amongst European watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Sion, Valais canton, southwestern Switzerland

Franco Banfi / Northern pike (Esox lucius) amongst Europe Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Sion, Valais canton, southwestern Switzerland

Franco Banfi / Tench (Tinca tinca) during spawning period amongst European watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Sion, Valais canton, southwestern Switzerland

Franco Banfi / Northern pike (Esox lucius) amongst Europe Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Sion, Valais canton, southwestern Switzerland

Franco Banfi / Tench (Tinca tinca) amongst European watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Sion, Valais canton, southwestern Switzerland

Franco Banfi / European watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), Sion, Valais canton, southwestern Switzerland

Nigel Cattlin / Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) edible fruit berries on racemes among the leaves on a currant bush, Berkshire, England, June

Nigel Cattlin / Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum) edible fruit berries on racemes among the leaves on a currant bush, Berkshire, England, June

Olga Kamenskaya / Peony (Paeonia anomala) in landscape, Altai Republic, Russia

Alex Hyde / English stonecrop (Sedum anglicum) flowering in rock fissure. Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK.

Alex Hyde / English stonecrop (Sedum anglicum) flowering in rock fissure. Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK.

Claudio Contreras / Guadalupe dudleya (Dudleya guadalupensis), Zapato Islet, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April

Claudio Contreras / Guadalupe dudleya (Dudleya guadalupensis), Zapato Islet, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April

Nick Upton / Spiked water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) in garden pond. Wiltshire, England, UK. June.