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Watts, May Theilgaard

Emergent Plant Series: #1, Submerged Plant Stage


Identifier
3.19485
Format
airbrush, colored pencil, pen and ink on cream board
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
71.3 cm W x 56 cm H (Item)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
1950s
Description
Part of a series of numbered illustrations about the stages of pond growth. This material includes an aerial view of a pond with trees and hills in background, and a cross-section view of five types of submerged aquatic plants attached to pond bottom.

Header: SUBMERGED PLANT STAGE / PLANTS ATTACHED TO BOTTOM / only their flowers reach the surface

Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
  • pond and surrounding landscape
  • cross-section:
    • WATER WEED--Elodea canadensis
    • EEL GRASS--Vallisneria spiralis
    • PONDWEED--Potamogeton crispus
    • HORNWORT--Ceratophyllum demersum
    • WATER MILFOIL--Myriophyllum spicatum
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Language
English