Lewis And Clark Plants Drawings
The plant s common names include elkhorn ragged robin pink fairy and deerhorn.
Lewis and clark plants drawings. These images are courtesy of the american philosophical society library. President jefferson instructed meriwether lewis to collect information on the soil face of the country its growth vegetable productions the animals of the country generally especially those not of the u s in fulfilling these instructions members of the expedition were the first to describe for science 178 plants. Choose your favorite lewis and clark drawings from millions of available designs. The site contains images of museum specimens scientific drawings and field photos of the plant and animal species observed and described by lewis and clark along with journal excerpts historical notes and references for many of these examples as well as the date and location of observation.
They include such plants as indian tobacco a species not native to the northern great plains curly top gumweed and three species of sagebrush. 37 fir leaf douglas fir pseudotsuga taxifolia february 9 1806 codex j p. Large convolvalist leaf convolvulus sepium l hedge bindweed july 17 1804 codex r p. Permission to reproduce is required.