11" x 14" print - Wet Mountain Meadow cards Monarchs depend on milkweed as

Monarchs depend on milkweed as a host plant for their larvae

This original illustration of a Herring Gull is from my series "Birds We Love to Hate"

San Francisco Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) and California Red-legged Frogs(Rana draytonii) are two endangered species that call the Bay Area home

they are most impacted by the decline of suitable habitat in a heavily developed region

11" x 14" print - Wet Mountain Meadow cards Monarchs depend on milkweed asComing upon a wet meadow in the dry forests of the Western U. S. is similar to finding an oasis in the desert. A unique communtiy of plants and animals depends on the year round water there. Leopard Lillies (Lilim pardalinum) and Shooting Stars (Primula jeffreyi) both require wet places to grow. Sierra Nevada Blue Butterfly caterpillars (Plebejus podarce) eat Shooting Stars and Hunt's Bumblebee (Bombus huntii) pollinates many different flowers.