Jeff Foott / Mexican giant cardon cactus (Pachycereus pringlei) and Boojum tree (Fouquieria columnaris) in Sonoran Desert, rainbow in background. Catavina, Valle de los Cirios Reserve, Baja California, Mexico.
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Nick Upton / Cornish heath (Erica vagans) clump flowering on montane pastureland, above the Lakes of Covadonga, at 1300m, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, August.
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Bernard Castelein / Oak (Quercus robur) in Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at sunrise, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium
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Bernard Castelein / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at dawn, with distant trees, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium
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Bernard Castelein / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at dawn, with distant trees, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium
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Bernard Castelein / Waterviolet / featherfoil (Hottonia palustris) at sunset, Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium
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Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus) at dawn among Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium
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Steve Downer / Timelapse of Primrose (Primula vulgaris) flowers opening, UK. March. Controlled conditions.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) amongst Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, August.
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Floris van Breugel / Barrel cacti (Ferocactus pilosus) and Ocotillo overlook Palm oasis at sunrise, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March
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Floris van Breugel / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in morning sun, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA February
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Floris van Breugel / Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca) bark detail, San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA February
Pete Oxford / Tea picker, collecting Tea leaves (Camelia sinensis) wearing large straw hat, Assam, North East India, October 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Woman with basket on her head picking tea (Camellia sinensis), Assam, North East India, October 2014.
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Juan Manuel Borrero / Argan tree (Argania spinosa) fruits, cultivated plant, endemic to Morocco.
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Alex Hyde / Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) female wide angle view showing heather moorland habitat. Peak District National Park, UK. April.
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Dong Lei / Primula (Primula serratifolia) in habitat, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China.
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Sandra Bartocha / Silver birch (Betula pendula) with Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in full bloom, Reicherskreuzer Heide, Nature Reserve Schlaubetal, Germany, August.
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Ben Hall,Ben Hall / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) sitting in flowering heather, Peak District, UK, September
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine Snowbell (Soldanella alpina) in flower, above Madoona di Campiglio, Brenta Dolomites, Italy, June 2010
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jequitiba rosa tree (Cariniana legalis) Tableland Atlantic Rainforest of Vale Natural Reserve, municipality of Linhares, Esparito Santo State, Eastern Brazil, January 2012.
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John Abbott / Yellow / Pale pitcher plant / trumpet (Sarracenia alata) growing in bog, Louisiana, USA, April
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David Tipling / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) running through Cowslips (Primula veris) in spring, Norfolk, UK. April.
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Bernard Castelein / Oak (Querqus robur) trees surrounded by Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), at sunrise, Klein Schietveld Nature Reserve, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Four spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) on Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), Klein Schietveld Nature Reserve, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Four spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) on Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), Klein Schietveld Nature Reserve, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Four spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) on Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), Klein Schietveld Nature Reserve, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Chickweed-wintergreen (Trientalis europaea) in flower, Finland. June.
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Robert Thompson / Yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) close up of stamens, County Down, Northern Ireland. July.
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Linda Pitkin / Common primrose (Primula vulgaris) in flower, Surrey, England. March.
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Linda Pitkin / Orange balsam (Impatiens capensis) in flower, Kew, London, England. August.
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Konrad Wothe / Primrose (Primula latifolia) flowering, Alps, Grisons, Switzerland, Europe. July.
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Konrad Wothe / Jacob's ladder (Polemonium caeruleum) flowering, Swiss National Park, Engadine, Switzerland, Europe. September.
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Konrad Wothe / Hairy alpine rose (Rhododendron hirsutum) flowering, Karwendel Mountains, Alps, Austria, Europe. July.
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Nick Upton / Small sandpit mining bee (Andrena argentata), nationally scarce species, nectaring from Bell heather (Erica cinerea) flower on heathland, Dorset, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Heather mining bee (Andrena fuscipes) piercing the base of Bell heather (Erica cinerea) flower to steal nectar from it, Dorset heathland, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Completed clay nest built by Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus), sealed, attached to Ling heather bush (Calluna vulgaris), Devon, UK. September.
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Nick Upton / Completed clay nest built by Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus), sealed, attached to Ling heather bush (Calluna vulgaris), Devon, UK. September.
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Nick Upton / Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker nectaring from Bell heather (Erica cinerea) flower on heathland, Dorset, UK. August.
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Nick Upton / Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker nectaring from Bell heather (Erica cinerea) flower on heathland, Dorset, UK. August.
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Nick Upton / Male Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii), one of most endangered UK invertebrates, grasping female as she cuts open base of Bell heather flower (Erica cinerea) to feed on nectar, Dorset heathl...
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Nick Upton / Male Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii), one of most endangered UK invertebrates, grasping female as she cuts open base of Bell heather flower (Erica cinerea) to feed on nectar, Dorset heathl...
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Nick Upton / Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii), one of most endangered UK invertebrates, cutting open base of Bell heather flower (Erica cinerea) to feed on nectar, Dorset heathland, UK. June.
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Brian Bevan / Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) caterpillar feeding on heather, Befordshire. September.
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Bruce Thomson / Yellow honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavus) perching in freshwater mangrove (Barringtonia sp.), Cape York, Queensland, Australia.
Paul Harcourt Davies / Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo), an evergreen shrub or small tree, well known for its fruit that bear some resemblance to the strawberry, Umbria, Italy. November.
