Gary K. Smith / Woodland floor with purple fungi Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina), and fallen seed cases and fruit of Sweet Chestnut tree (Castanea savita) Norfolk, UK, October

Sven Zacek / March Marigolds (Caltha palustris) in flower in wetland woodland floor. Estonia, Europe, May.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010. Photographer quote: 'Driving home for the dentist I saw the most amazing display of wood anemones. It w...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglet in woodland undergrowth, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Photographer quote: "Getting down and dirty with this wild boar piglet meant that I had to eat the fo...

Edwin Giesbers / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion scriptum) flowering in beech wood, Hallerbos, Belgium, April, low angle shot

Edwin Giesbers / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion scriptum) flowering in Beech wood, Hallerbos, Belgium, April

Edwin Giesbers / Deep blue carpet of Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion scriptum) flowering in Beech wood with Sycamore sapling, Hallerbos, Belgium, April

Laurent Geslin / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) foraging on floor of woodland, in autumn, France.

Alan Watson / Moss-covered Oak trees (Quercus petraea) and boulders, Tomies Wood, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Alan Watson / Heart-shaped patch of lungwort (Lobaria virens) on the moss-covered trunk of Oak tree (Quercus petraea) and Holly trees (Ilex aquifolium) temperate forest, Tomies Wood, Killarney National Park, County...

Alan Watson / Heart-shaped patch of lungwort (Lobaria virens) on the moss-covered trunk of Oak tree (Quercus petraea) and Holly trees (Ilex aquifolium) temperate forest, Tomies Wood, Killarney National Park, County...

Neil Lucas / Strangler fig tree (Ficus sp) in Danham Valley, Sabah, Borneo, September 2008

David Tipling / Child looking out from behind tree trunk in woodland with a Bluebell cover, Norfolk, UK, May, model released

Michael Hutchinson / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) carpeting floor of deciduous woodland with fern in foreground, North Somerset, UK

Konrad Wothe / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) baby rolling on forest floor, Virunga National Park, Congo

Gerry Ellis / Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) highly poisonous mushrooms growing on forest floor, North America

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) standing on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) standing on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Edible Snail (Helix pomatia) crossing moss on floor of deciduous forest, Germany

Gerry Ellis / Cecropia (Cecropia sp) leaf atop lobster claw petals on tropical rainforest floor, Mexico

Mitsuaki Iwago / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) male crossing the forest floor, Kangaroo Island, Australia

Nick Upton / Scarlet hood fungus/ waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea) in deciduous woodland, Somerset, UK, November.

Piotr Naskrecki / Parasitic Plant (Helosis cayennensis) pair in rainforest, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Crested Forest Toad (Bufo margaritifer)on rainforest floor, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Clusia (Clusia grandiflora) flowers on forest floor, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Clusia (Clusia grandiflora) flowers on forest floor, Suriname

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) flowering on woodland floor, Snowdrop Valley, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England, UK, January.

Gary K. Smith / Sweet Chestnut tree (Castanea savita) fruit in spiny cases and leaves on woodland floor, Norfolk UK, November

Adrian Davies / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus) growing on woodland floor, Surrey, England, UK, October.

Adrian Davies / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus) growing on woodland floor, Surrey, England, UK, October.

Adrian Davies / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus) growing on woodland floor, Surrey, England, UK, October

Alex Hyde / Mottled Umber moth (Erannis defoliaria) male, camouflaged on woodland floor, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire UK. October.

Alex Hyde / Dog Vomit / Scrambled Egg Slime Mould (Fuligo septica var. septica), a species of plasmodial slime mould (Myxomycetes class). Found on deciduous woodland floor. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...

Alex Hyde / Dog Vomit / Scrambled Egg Slime Mould (Fuligo septica var. septica), a species of plasmodial slime mould (Myxomycetes class). Found on deciduous woodland floor. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...

Scott Leslie / Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) group on forest floor, Canada

Alan Williams / Stock Dove (Columba oenas) on woodland floor Cheshire, UK

Alan Williams / Stock Dove (Columba oenas) on woodland floor Cheshire, UK, February

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) group resting on forest floor, western Uganda

Hiroya Minakuchi / Termite (Hospitalitermes sp) column marching across rainforest floor, Danum Valley, Malaysia

Hiroya Minakuchi / Vegetation on rainforest floor, Danum Valley, Malaysia

Konrad Wothe / Ilomba (Pycnanthus angolensis) fruit on rainforest floor, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Laurie Campbell / Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) on woodland floor, Berwickshire, Scotland, April

Laurie Campbell / Jelly baby fungi (Leotia lubrica) growing on woodland floor, Argyll, Scotland, August

Chien Lee / Resurrection Lily (Kaempferia rotunda) flowers emerging from forest floor late in the dry season, Uthai Thani, Thailand

Kerstin Hinze / Tail of a Fat / Edible dormouse (Glis glis), found detached on woodland floor after being caught by a predator, Lower Saxony, Germany,

Christian Ziegler / Seedlings on forest floor, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Roots along forest floor to get nutrients released by decaying litter rather than underground, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Forest floor at the end of rainy season, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Sequence 2 of 2

Christian Ziegler / Forest floor at the end of dry season, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Sequence 1 of 2

Ross Hoddinott / Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) flowering on woodland floor. Snowdrop Valley, near Wheddon Cross, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK, February.

Ernie Janes / Sweet chestnuts (Castanea sativa) on woodland floor, Europe, November

Grzegorz Lesniewski / Centaurea (Centurea mollis) on woodland floor. Bieszczady National Park, the Carpathians, Poland, June.

Klaus Echle / Lynx (Lynx lynx) sitting sphynx-line in softly lit woodland floor. Hanau, Germany, September. Captive

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010. Did you know? The wood anemone takes its name from the Ancient Greeks, who believed it was a gift from...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowers growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010May

Piotr Naskrecki / Amphipod crustacean on mossy, damp forest floor, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Stinkhorn (Aseroe sp) mushroom on forest floor, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Clubmoss (Dendrolycopodium dendroideum) growing on forest floor, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Termites collecting dry leaves on the forest floor, Ghana

David Woodfall / Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea) leaf on frosty woodland floor. Gilfach Farm SSSI, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Wales, November.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Boreal forest with thick moss and lichens on forest floor, British Columbia, Canada

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Mixed woodland with dead wood lying on the woodland floor, The National Forest, Yoxall, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Mixed woodland with dead wood lying on the woodland floor, The National Forest, Yoxall, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Roots of Beech tree {Fagus sylvatica} exposed on woodland floor, autumn, Beacon Hill Country Park, The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK, October 2010.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Roots of Beech tree {Fagus sylvatica} exposed on woodland floor, autumn, Beacon Hill Country Park, The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK, October 2010.

Edwin Giesbers / Pine Marten (Martes martes) on fallen leaves on a woodland floor. The Netherlands, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Woodland floor with mountain stream in the Kouprova Valley. Western Tatras, Slovakia, June.

Chien Lee / Climbing Gourd (Alsomitra macrocarpa) seeds on the forest floor, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Kapur (Dryobalanops lanceolata) seeds carpeting rainforest floor, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / True Toad (Pelophryne signata) lives amongst leaf litter on the lowland rainforest floor, Similajau National Park, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Mango (Mangifera pajang) seedling that has just germinated on the forest floor and will only survive to maturity if a gap opens in the canopy above, Gunung Braang, Padawan, Malaysia

Adrian Davies / Cauliflower Fungus (Sparassis crispa) close-up, growing on woodland floor, UK, September

Adrian Davies / Cauliflower Fungus (Sparassis crispa) close-up, growing on woodland floor, UK, September

Adrian Davies / Cauliflower Fungus (Sparassis crispa) close-up, growing on woodland floor, UK, September

Adrian Davies / Cep / Penny Bun Fungus (Boletus edulis) Young specimen, growing on woodland floor, Sussex, England, UK, September

Adrian Davies / Cauliflower Fungus (Sparassis crispa) close-up, growing on woodland floor, UK, September

Adrian Davies / False Deathcap fungus (Amanita citrina var alba) growing on woodland floor, UK, September