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 / Lengthwise cut Bamboo cane (Bambusa sp.) inside showing hollow woody stem cavities, internodes and rhizome roots.

Adrian Davies / Group of Sandhill snails (Theba pisana) resting on woody plant stem, Portugal. June.

Will Watson / Woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) flower, Wye Valley, England, UK. August. Focus stacked.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Napoleon spider (Synema globosum) resting on woody stem, Umbria, Italy. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Trailing or creeping rosemary (Rosmarinus officinaris prostratus) blue flower on prostrate herb attractive to bees and other invertebrates, Berkshire, England, UK, April.

Nigel Cattlin / Trailing or creeping rosemary (Rosmarinus officinaris prostratus) blue flower on prostrate herb attractive to bees and other invertebrates, April

Marie Lochman / This was a severely burnt Jarrah tree (Eucalyptus marginata) resprouting from lignotuber ( a woody swelling of the root crown) shortly after bushfire. Darling Range, Western Australia - April 2003.

Nigel Cattlin / Cuckoo spit, frothy bubbles, exuded by common froghopper (Philaenus spumarius) nymph on rosemary plant, Berkshire, England, UK, June.