Downy birch Betula pubescens
Downy birch Betula pubescens showing flowers, catkins, leaves, fruiting scale, fruit, male catkin scale, and male catkin flower. Elements are combined into one layout with annotations. Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)
Black spruce Picea mariana cones flowers needles
Black spruce Picea mariana cones flowers needles layout with text Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)
Blossom of Rowan Sorbus acuparia
Blossom of Rowan Sorbus acuparia. Close up illustration of a cluster of flowers.
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia leaves and blossom
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia sprig showing opposite leaves and blossom.
Dahurian Larch Larix gmelinii tree
Dahurian Larch Larix gmelinii tree showing krummholz symptoms due to arctic conditions Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)
White Spruce Picea glauca tree
White Spruce Picea glauca tree showing bushy growth Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)
Black spruce Picea marinara
Black Spruce Picea marinara tree showing krummholz symptoms due to arctic conditions Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)
Downy Birch Betula pubescens tree
Downy Birch Betula pubescens tree showing krummholz symptoms due to arctic conditions Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)
Crack willow tree Salix fragilis
Crack willow tree Salix fragilis showing it’s bushy habit Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)
Jack Pine Pinus banksia tree
Jack Pine Pinus banksia tree showing straggly lower branches Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Ralence (publ. Jan 2022)
Siberian larch Larix sibirica tree
Siberian larch Larix sibirica tree Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Ralence (publ. Jan 2022)
Balsam poplar Populus balsamifera tree
Balsam poplar Populus balsamifera tree showing thinner branches due to the krummholz effect on northern trees pen & ink botanical illustration Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Ralence (publ. Jan 2022)
Variegated geranium leaf
Variegated geranium leaf, Geranium Mrs Pollock, showing Zonal colouration and pigment variegation, including area of red anthocyanin.
Lungwort Pulmonaria officianalis
Lungwort Pulmonaria officianalis showing distinctive spotted leaves
Willow anthracnose
Willow anthracnose Drepanopeziza sphaerioides on Weeping willow foliage Saliz babalonica
Small-leaved Lime Tilia cordata sketch
Small-leaved or Small leaved Lime Tilia cordata sketchbook page
Silver birch Betula pendula sketch
Silver birch Betula pendula sketchbook page with a focus on the leaves
Pear sprig Pyrus communis
Pear sprig with blossom, leaves and fruit Pyrus communis
Oak sudden death Phytophthora ramorum fungi
Oak sudden death Phytophthora ramorum fungi and algae pest on Oak tree Quercus
Oak spangle and silk button galls
Oak spangle galls from wasp Tilia platyphyllos and Silk button galls from wasp Neuroterus numismalis on Oak leaf Quercus robu
Oak Quercus robur sketchbook page
Oak Quercus robur sketchbook page including flowers and young leaves
Magnolia sprig Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia sprig Magnolia grandiflora in flower with leaves not yet out
Lime leaf nail galls Lime Tilia europaea
Lime leaf nail galls Lime Tilia europaea caused by the mite Eriophyes tiliae
Bay Sucker Lauritrioza alacris psyllid
Bay sucker Lauritrioza alacris psyllid on Bay Laurus nobilis