line drawing

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  

Rocky shore line ecosystem zonation of species.  Some of the animals and pants featured include whelks, mussels, bladderwrack, star fish, top shells, periwinkles, crabs, branacles, and anenomes.  Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Oyster mushrooms Pleurotus ostreatus growing from a shared base.  Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, an extinct marsupial mammal. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Wolf Canis lupus hunting Elk Cervus canadensis in Yellowstone Park. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with nettles, log pile, fungi, and butterfly. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Wonky vegetables and fruit including potatoes, onions, carrots, and apples. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Beavers Castor canadensis with beaver dam.  Illustration based in Tierra del Fuego, where introduced beavers have damaged the closed ecosystem. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Oak tree Quercus robur in full leaf. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli