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Downy birch Betula pubescens pen and ink illustration with watercolour top wash.

Pen and ink illustration for title on Poetry anthology

Balsam poplar Populus balsamifera catkins fruit and leaves with annotations within a border Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)

West Indian stinging nettle or Zouti laportea aestuans pen and ink line drawing

Trumpet bush Cecropia peltata pen and ink line drawing

Pung coolie or Bitter melon Momordica charantia showing fruti split to reveal seeds

Prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica pen and ink line drawing

Milk thistle Silybum marianum pen and ink line drawing

Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus ink line drawing

Leaf of life Bryophyylum pinnatum or Kalanchoe pinnata pen and ink line drawing

Klip dagga Leonotis nepetifolia with detail of individual flower

Juk juk or Culantro Eryngium foetidum pen and ink line drawing

Gumbo-limbo or copperwood Bursera simaruba line drawing

Davis root or David’s milkberry Chiocacca alba pen and ink line drawing

Cattle tongue or Cough bush Pluchea carolinensis pen and ink line drawing

Bush tea or Quickstick Gliricidia sepium line drawing

Blue vervain or Blue porterweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis pen and ink line illustration

Aloe vera pen and ink line drawing showing the plant in flower  

Rowan Sorbus acuparia groenlandica flowers berries leaves, annotated in a layout Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)

Dahurian larch Larix gmelinii cones flowers and needles in layout with text Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)

Yew Taxus baccata Female and male flowers and berries on branch with text and layout Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)

Scots pine Pinus sylvestris Female strobile male flowers cone and sprig layout with text Illustration from “The Treeline: The last forest and the future of the planet” by Ben Rawlence (publ. Jan 2022)  

White spruce Picea glauca 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)

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)