Alex Hyde / Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior) growing in a field. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

Tim Fitzharris / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) and other wildflowers growing on hillside in spring, Tehachapi Mountains, California

Konrad Wothe / Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) flowers blooming in snow, Germany

Tim Fitzharris / Mexican Golden Poppy (Eschscholzia glyptosperma), New Mexico

Ashley Cooper / Farmers field with grass cut for hay. Climate change has resulted in a longer growing season for grass, allowing farmers to crop it more often. Kendal, Cumbria, UK, June 2009.

Ashley Cooper / A combine harvester in Weybourne in Norfolk UK

Ashley Cooper / Orchids (Dactylorhiza sp) growing on a roadside verge in Cumbria, England, UK, July.

Francois Savigny / Field of Tsamma / water melons {Citrullus lanatus} growing in the Namib desert after the flood of 1997, Sossusvlei, Namibia

Francois Savigny / Field of Tsamma / water melons {Citrullus lanatus} growing in the Namib desert after the flood of 1997, Sossusvlei, Namibia

Adrian Davies / Wood hedgehog (Hydnum repandum) fungi growing in woodland, Surrey, England, UK, September. Edible

Adrian Davies / Spotted toughshank (Collybia maculata) growing in a ring, Surrey, England, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Spotted toughshank (Collybia maculata) growing in a ring, Surrey, England, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Slime mould (Fuligo candida) growing on a tree stump, Surrey, England, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Giant polypore (Meripilus giganteus) growing form the base of a Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), Surrey, England, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Giant polypore (Meripilus giganteus) growing form the base of a Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), Surrey, England, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Freckled dapperling (Lepiota aspersa) growing in woodland, Surrey, England, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Ear-pick fungus (Auriscalpium vulgare) growing from a buried pine cone, excavated for photograph, Surrey, England, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Bay bolete (Boletus badius) growing in woodland, Surrey, England, UK, September.

Adrian Davies / Bay bolete (Boletus badius) growing in woodland, Surrey, England, UK, September.

Tui De Roy / Passionflower (Passiflora colinvauxi) growing in moist Scalesia forest during cold season. Highlands, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos. Endemic species.

Nick Upton / Low angle view of White dead nettles (Lamium album) growing on a roadside bank, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Low angle view of White dead nettles (Lamium album) growing on a roadside bank, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) growing on mudflats on the Severn estuary, Somerset, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior) growing in a field. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

Alex Hyde / Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior) growing in a field. Peak DIstrict National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

Alex Hyde / Cowslips (Primula veris) growing on abandoned lead mine, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May 2013.

Alex Hyde / Leadwort (Minuartia verna) growing on spoil heap next to lead mine. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Leadwort (Minuartia verna) growing on spoil heap next to lead mine. Magpie Mine, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis perennis) growing on deciduous woodland floor, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower on woodland floor, low angle fish eye view, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Clematis (Clematis montana) in flower growing over archway in walled garden, Norfolk, England, UK, June.

Bert Willaert / Shallow river and vegetation growing between volcanic rocks, Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, India.

Eric Baccega / Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria) growing on forest floor, Alsace, France, October.

Eric Baccega / Group of Fly agaric fungi (Amanita muscaria) growing on forest floor, Alsace, France, October.

Eric Baccega / Four Fly agaric fungi (Amanita muscaria) growing on forest floor, Alsace, France, October.

Eric Baccega / Cep (Boletus edulis) growing on forest floor, Alsace, France, October.

Eric Baccega / Man using a knife to harvest a Cep (Boletus edulis) growing on forest floor, Alsace, France, October.

Eric Baccega / Cep (Boletus edulis) growing on forest floor, Alsace, France, October.

Eric Baccega / Cep (Boletus edulis) growing on forest floor, Alsace, France, October.

Ernie Janes / Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) and Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in flower, UK, May

Pal Hermansen / Tree growing from inside abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, December

Willem Kolvoort / Podostemaceae river weed (Mourera fluviatilis) flower spikes above water, growing from a river-bed attachment. The flowering happens in the wet season. Gran Dan, Gran Rio, Suriname, September.

Jabruson / 'Boda' fungi growing on forest floor, the Ba'Aka name for a non-edible, unidentified species of fungi found throughout the forest just after the start of the rainy season. Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki Nati...

Scott Leslie / Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) seedling growing beneath old-growth Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), Nova Scotia, Canada

Edwin Giesbers / Succulent plant species growing on dried ground, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Pine (Pinus sp) spring growth, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Pine (Pinus sp) spring growth, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Jouan & Rius / Desert vegetation growing in dry lake, South Australia, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) in autumn colors in the Alps growing in rock crack, Austria

Ingo Arndt / Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) growing along road in spring forest, Germany

Scott Leslie / Unfurling springtime ferns, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Unfurling springtime fern, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jouan & Rius / Young plant growing on a dried lake after the rainy season, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Flowers growing in the sand during the rainy season, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Plant with flowers, growing on sand during the rainy season, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Jouan & Rius / Flowers growing on dried lake after rainy season, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Jouan & Rius / Plants with flowers growing on the sand during the rainy season, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Jouan & Rius / Young Tsamma melon (Citrullus lanatus) growing between cracks on dried out lake after the rainy season, Namib desert, Namibia

Richard Du Toit / Tsamma / water melons {Citrullus lanatus} growing in the Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Tsamma / water melons {Citrullus lanatus} growing in the Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

Christian Ziegler / Light-demanding pioneer species colonize a gap soon after it opens in rainforest, Panama, sequence 3 of 3. Gap created April 2000. Image take on year later, April 2001.

Christian Ziegler / Light-demanding pioneer species colonize a gap soon after it opens in rainforest, Panama, sequence 2 of 3. Gap created April 2000. Image taken October 2000.

Christian Ziegler / Light-demanding pioneer species colonize a gap soon after it opens in rainforest, Panama, sequence 1 of 3. Gap created April 2000. Image created June 2000.

Tim Fitzharris / Wildflowers growing in field, Nicomekl River, British Columbia, Canada

Bernard Castelein / Flooded woodland with grass and moss growing at foot of tree, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium

Jean E. Roche / Wildflowers growing in the dried riverbed of River Tarn, St Chely, France

Tim Fitzharris / Reeds growing through frozen surface of June Lake, eastern Sierra Nevada, California

Tim Fitzharris / Reeds growing through frozen surface of June Lake, eastern Sierra Nevada, California

Jim Brandenburg / Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla sp) group growing on prairie at sunset in June, Minnesota

Duncan Usher / Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) close up of new leaves budding, Europe

Jan Vermeer / Gill Mushroom (Pholiota sp) group growing among leaf-litter in autumn woods, Europe

Tim Fitzharris / Fremont Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) tree single tree in desert, White Sands National Park, Chihuahuan Desert New Mexico

Sumio Harada / Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) field in bloom, Rocky Mountains, North America

Sumio Harada / Glacier Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) emerging from snow, Rocky Mountains, North America

Tim Fitzharris / Azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) growing along Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees in fall color, view looking up from forest floor, Yukon, Canada

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Mixed hardwood forest in autumn, Vermont

Gerry Ellis / Bean (Phaseolus hybrid) seedling emerging from soil, cultivated worldwide

Gerry Ellis / Bean (Phaseolus hybrid) seedling emerging

Konrad Wothe / Winter Aspen canopy, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Tui De Roy / Terraced fields growing barley, potatoes, and other crops for 1,400 years at harvest time during the dry season, Colca Canyon, Southern Andes, Peru

Tui De Roy / Terraced fields growing barley, potatoes, and other crops for 1,400 years, are lush after the rainy season, Colca Canyon, Southern Andes, Peru

Michio Hoshino / Tundra flowers growing through melting snow, arctic Alaska

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Sprouting grass, Shiga, Japan

Michael Quinton / Fungus growing on forest floor in the summer, Alaska

Konrad Wothe / European Larch (Larix decidua) sprout, Germany

Jeff Foott / Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower (Mimulus nanus) flowering in lava field in spring, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho

Jeff Foott / Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower (Mimulus nanus) flowering in lava field in spring, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho

Matthias Breiter / Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) new growth, Kenora, Ontario, Canada

Jan Vermeer / Bengal Match Lichen (Cladonia floerkeana) in snow, Europe

Larry Minden / Sprouting annuals in mud, Mexico