mountains

Stag’s-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum showing horizontal growth pattern and spore bearing cones

Wolf Canis lupus hunting Elk Cervus canadensis in Yellowstone Park. 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

Rowan Sorbus aucuparia sprig with berries and blossom

West Himalayan Spruce Picea smithiana cone and pine needles

West Himalalyan spruce Picea smithiana tree showing typical growth form

Wild thyme Thymus praecox showing low growth habit and with details of the square stem and a single leaf

Twinflower Linnaea borealis pencil drawing

Scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis plant, individual frond, and spore detail

Mountain avans Dryas octopetala plant with flowrs and detail of a lone seed head

Mountain everlasting flower Antennaria dioica with flowers growing from a basal rosette and a second basal rosette growing from the main plant by adventitious growth

Gentian gentiana acaulis individual flower and basal rosette of leaves

Deergrass Scirpus cespitosus flowering clump with individual leaflet and stem cross section, glume, and spikelet detail

Ring ouzel Turdus torquatus perched on a branch looking surly