Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Field Maple (Acer campestre), also known in traditional folklore as the Common Maple or Hedge Maple, is a charming, medium-sized deciduous hardwood tree belonging to the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. As the only maple species truly native to the...
Fungi > Bracket Fungi
OverviewThe Blushing Bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa) is a widespread, tough, annual to biennial polypore bracket fungus native to the damp broadleaf woodlands and riparian river corridors of the Northern Hemisphere. Belonging to the family Polyporaceae, this...
Invertebrates > Insects
OverviewThe Great Green Bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) is one of the largest, loudest, and most imposing insects in the European countryside, representing the undisputed giant of the katydid family Tettigoniidae. Reaching lengths of over five centimeters with...
Invertebrates > Insects
OverviewThe Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) is a large, heavily built, flightless leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that wanders slowly through the sunlit chalk downlands and coastal grasslands of Europe. Measuring up to two centimeters in...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa), known in Britain as the Black Alder, is a keystone deciduous wetland tree belonging to the birch family Betulaceae that reigns supreme along the watercourses, flooded marshes, and river valleys of Europe. Uniquely adapted to...
