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Watts, May Theilgaard

Growth of Pond: Emergent Plant Stage


Identifier
3.19494
Format
airbrush, watercolor, 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
1940 – 1950
Description
Part of a series of illustrations about the stages of pond growth. This material includes an aerial view of a pond with some plants showing at the surface of its edges and its bays, 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
  • CROSS-SECTION of MARGIN [divided into 3 sections]:
    • Emergent Plant Zone
      • cat-tails
      • arrowhead
      • bur reed
      • pickerel weed
      • bullrush
    • Floating Plant Zone
      • white water lily
      • cow lily
    • Submerged Plant Zone
      • pondweed
      • eel grass
      • water milfoil
      • etc.
Related Collections
Artwork
Language
English