Artist Marian Ellis Rowan depicts herself with botanist Alice Lounsberry collaborated to produce several botanical guidebooks. Their three guides are illustrated with pen and ink illustrations as well as full color paintings. Intended to make botanical study accessible for a popular audience, they take an ecological approach by organizing species according to where they habitually grow, from aquatic environments to dry sandy soils.
Artist Marian Ellis Rowan depicts herself with botanist Alice Lounsberry collaborated to produce several botanical guidebooks. Their three guides are illustrated with pen and ink illustrations as well as full color paintings. Intended to make botanical study accessible for a popular audience, they take an ecological approach by organizing species according to where they habitually grow, from aquatic environments to dry sandy soils.