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Watts, May Theilgaard

Emergent Plant Series: #3, Emergent-Plant Stage


Identifier
3.19487
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 showing some plants at the surface of its edges and its bays with trees and hills in background, and a cross-section view of aquatic plants attached to pond bottom, with leaves and flowers of shallower plants extended up to and above the water's surface.

Header: EMERGENT-PLANT STAGE / PLANTS UPRIGHT / only roots and base under water

Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
  • pond and surrounding landscape
  • cross-section [divided into 6 sections]:
    • EMERGENT ZONE
      • cat-tails
      • arrowhead
      • bur reed
      • pickerel weed
      • bullrush
    • FLOATING-LEAF ZONE
    • SUBMERGED-PLANT ZONE
    • SUBMERGED-PLANT ZONE
    • FLOATING-LEAF ZONE
    • EMERGENT ZONE
Related Collections
Artwork
Language
English