Andres M. Dominguez / Hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna) in Poplar woodland (Populus) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain. October.

Ingo Arndt / Fakahatchee grass (Tripsacum dactyloides), Everglades, Florida, USA. January.

Inaki Relanzon / Neptune grass bed (Posidonia oceanica), Mediterranean Sea.

Edwin Giesbers / Agave (Agave felgeri) leaves, close up. Endemic plant to Mexico. Meise National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Belgium, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Orchid (Bulbophyllum sp) on white background, Botanic Garden Leiden, Netherlands, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Close up of bark of Himalayan birch (Betula jacquemontii). Occurs in the Himalayas. TU Delft Botanical Garden, Netherlands, August

Edwin Giesbers / Close up of Calathea bachemiana leaf. Occurs in Brazil. TU Delft Botanical Garden, Netherlands, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Prayer plant (Calathea plowmanii) close up of leaf, TU Delft Botanical Garden, Netherlands, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Cappadocian navelwort (Omphalodes cappadocica) native to Turkey and the Caucasus. Utrecht University Botanic Garden, the Netherlands, May.

Colin Varndell / Ivy (Hedera helix) covered tree trunks in Knight Wood, Hampshire, UK, October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sun rays over Birch trees (Betula pendula) and mountain landscape, Loch Leven, Glencoe, Highlands of Scotland, UK, January 2016., UK, March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest in evening light, Abernethy, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK,June.