Author Description

Barbara Nicholson combined her artistic skills and her broad botanical knowledge to produce these botanical illustrations that are both scientifically accurate and visually compelling. Originally created as ecology wall charts for the British Museum of Natural History, each lush and beautifully detailed picture represents a particular habitat and the relationships of its plants both with each other and to their environment. Plants are shown in intricate detail, with fruits, flowers, leaves, and the whole plant all displayed to facilitate recognition and identification.