California Ecosystems - Wet Mountain Meadow (original) monarchs In some places

In some places

This original illustration of Chickens is from my series "Birds We Love to Hate"

and features my "Foxes at the Meadow's Edge" design - printed in deep orange ink

6 blank cards featuring the Monarch butterfly life cycle

California Ecosystems - Wet Mountain Meadow (original) monarchs In some placesComing 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.