Deciduous Collection (#99)

Spindle (Euonymus europaeus)
Spindle bush (Euonymus europaeus) in fruit near Malancrav, Saxon villages, Transylvania, Romania. Photographed in the autumn

Rowan foliage (Sorbus aucuparia)
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), also known as Mountain Ash. Showing foliage in the autumn. Photographed in Dorset in the United Kingdom

Peach blossom (Prunus persica). Photographed in Cyprus

Knopper gall on acorn. Close-up of two acorns from an Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur) tree. The lower one has been infected by the parasitic larva of a gall wasp (Andricus quercuscalicis)

Scilla bifolia
Scilla flower (Scilla bifolia) in leaf litter. Photographed in Sicily, Italy

Artichoke Galls on Pedunculate Oak (Quercus rubus). Flower buds infected by the gall wasp Andricus fecundator. In spring the female gall wasp lays single eggs in buds of the Pedunculate oak

Wild aspen (Populus tremula) with its branches covered in hoar frost. Hoar frost forms when air saturated with water vapour cools rapidly

Downy birch (Betula pubescens) trees covered in hoar frost. Hoar frost forms when air saturated with water vapour cools rapidly and the vapour precipitates out directly onto a freezing surface

Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) tree

Lakeside plants. Common dogwood bushes (Cornus sanguinea, orange) and silver birch trees (Betula pendula, white) seen across a lake

Hazel catkins (Corylus)
Hazel (Corylus) catkins in February. This plant uses wind pollination to reproduce. Photographed in Dorset in the United Kingdom

Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba) foliage in the autumn. Photographed in Dorset in the United Kingdom

Solanum rantonnetii
Paraguay Nightshade (Solanum rantonnetii), also known as Blue Potato Bush in flower. Photographed in the summer

Forest Pansy (Cercis canadensis)
Autumnal foliage of Forest Pansy (Cercis canadensis.)

Beech (Fagus) woodland in snow
Beech (Fagus) woodland in winter snow. Snow has also stuck to the tree trunks after windy weather. Photographed in the United Kingdom

Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree with autumnal foliage. Photographed in Cranborne in Dorset

Snowdrops (Galanthus) in woodland
Snowdrops (Galanthus) in a deciduous wood in Dorset in the United Kingdom. Usually found near human habitation, this non-native plant gradually spreads out into the surrounding woodland

Hydrangea macrophylla Rosita in flower in summer

Hazel (Corylus avellana) showing autumn foliage and catkins. Photographed in Dorset in the United Kingdom

Wild Clematis (Clematis vitalba), also known as Old Mans Beard. Showing autumn foliage and seedheads. Photographed in Dorset in the United Kingdom

White Willow (Salix alba)
Male catkins and foliage of White Willow (Salix alba) in the spring

Prunus cerasifera Nigra
Spring blossom of Purple Leaf Flowering Plum (Prunus cerasifera Nigra )

Leaf abscission layer, light micrograph
Leaf abscission layer. Light micrograph of a longitudinal section through a dicotyledon stem that has undergone leaf-fall. Part of the abscission layer (orange) is at centre

Beech woodland (Fagus sp. )
Aerial view of woodland Beech trees (Fagus sp.) in the spring

Beech (Fagus)
Branches and foliage of Beech (Fagus) in the spring

Abscission layer, light micrograph
Abscission layer. Light micrograph of a longitudinal section through a stem from the flame nettle (Solenostemon scutellarioides), showing a developing abscission layer (purple, left)

Beech (Fagus sp. )
Male flowers and new foliage of Beech (Fagus sp.) emerging in the spring

Rose of Provence (Rosa gallica)
A single flowers of Rose of Provence (Rosa gallica), also known as Gallic Rose or Red Rose of Lancaster, amongst mixed foliage. Photographed in Romania

Beech (Fagus)
Spring foliage on Beech trees (Fagus)

Bare tree. Photographed in Norfolk, UK

Lacecap Hydrangea flowers. The larger flowers are sterile while the smaller flowers are fertile

Oak Marble galls caused by the Andricus kollari gall wasp on a Pedunculare Oak (Quercus robur). They are green at first, turning brown and woody when mature

Lime (Tilia cordata) trees. These trees produce huge numbers of scented flowers during June. The flowers hang down from bracts, which later become wings that help to disperse the seeds as they fall

Bird Cherry (Prunus padus) flowers

Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) catkins. Two types of flowers are produced. First are a great number of staminate catkins (male only)

Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp. )
Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.) berries in the Autumn

Rose (Rosa Rhapsody in Blue )
Roses (Rosa Rhapsody in Blue ) in the Summer

Cherry Plum (Prunus ceracifera)
Cherry Plum blossom (Prunus ceracifera) flowering in the Spring

Rose (Rosa) flower in the Summer

Giant rhubarb leaf (Gunnera manicata). Photographed in Columbia

Japanese barberry (Berberis Aurea )
Japanese barberry foliage (Berberis thunbergii Aurea )

Indian bean tree (Catalpa bigonoides)
Indian bean tree (Catalpa bignoniodes) leaves

Japanese spirea (Spirea Gold Flame )
Japanese spirea foliage (Spirea japonica Gold Flame )

Cherry tree (Prunus avium) next to a shed. Photographed in the Italian Maritime Alps, in autumn

Tree in winter
Leafless tree in a snow-covered winter landscape

Leaf on moss
Fallen leaf on moss. Photographed in winter

Autumnal vine leaf. Computer enhanced close-up of a vine leaf (Vitis sp.) showing autumn colour

Tree in autumn

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