MYN / Niall Benvie / Hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium), August meetyourneighbours.net project

Stephen Downer / John Downer P / Vine snakes (Dryophis nasuta) imitate curled tendrils of foliage to conceal themselves in the rainforest (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Olga Kamenskaya / Wallflower (Erysimum flavum) Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, Russia, May.

Chris Mattison / Fork-leaved sundew (Drosera bipinata) leaves unfurling. Cultivated species, occurs in Australia and New Zealand.

Gary K. Smith / White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) flowers and tendrils, Norfolk, UK, July

Nature Production / Tendril of Bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus) clinging to other plant stems, Japan

Juergen Freund / Tendrils and roots of The Curtain fig tree (Ficus virens) in Atherton tablelands, Queensland, Australia, composite image

Patricio Robles Gil / Close up of vine tendril coiling round plant in cloudforest, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April

Mark Bowler / Cat's Claw {Uncaria tomentosa} growing in Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Peru, used for its medicinal value

Mark Bowler / Cat's Claw {Uncaria tomentosa} growing in Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Peru, used for its medicinal value

MYN / Niall Benvie / Common vetch {Vicia sativa} with tendril, Scotland, UK meetyourneighbours.net project

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} tendril of vine growing around vertical stem, Japan, sequence 1/7