Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara). Detail of leaves and fruit. Pencil and watercolor painting.

Martin Gabriel / Woody / Monkey ladder vine (Bauhinia glabra) Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica

Martin Gabriel / Woody / Monkey ladder vine (Bauhinia glabra) Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica

Wild Wonders of Europe / Tønning / Woody cranesbill (Geranium sylvaticum) in flower, Oesling, Ardennes, Luxembourg, May 2009

Bernard Castelein / Bitter nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July

Heather Angel / Red mucronata (Balanophora harlandii), a parasite on woody roots with flowers resembling fungi. Wild Elephant Valley, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Bittersweet / woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), Büchelberg, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Theo Bosboom / Sunrise at nature area the Hatertse Vennen, the Netherlands, June 2012

Philippe Clement / Woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) in flower, La Brenne, France

Martin Gabriel / Bittersweet / Woody Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) berries, Goldberg, Kelheim county, Bavaria, Germany

David Welling / Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis) male perched on woody stem, and calling, Angelina National Forest, Jasper County, Texas, USA, June

David Welling / Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis) male perched on woody stem, and calling, Angelina National Forest, Jasper County, Texas, USA, June