PEC 2001 t-shirt design


Pacific North American Wildlife

Original size: 12 X 14 in; Ink on paper

This design appeared on the Pacific Ecology Conference 2001 conference proceedings cover and t-shirt. The illustration depicts 37 species from British Columbia and the Pacific North American states of California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. See the legend below for their names.


PEC 2001 Legend

Surrounding the silhouette of a 1 coastal douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii menziesii) are a 2 paddle-tailed darner (Aeshna palmata), 3 northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrina), 4 long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis), 5 cougar (Felis concolor), 6 bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephala), 7 blotched tiger salamander (Amblystoma tigrinum melanostictum), 8 blunt-nosed six-gilled shark (Hexanchus griseus), 9 California king snake (Lampropeltis getulus californiae), 10 Pacific barracuda (Sphyraena argentea) and 11 ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus).

The marine series to the right of the starfish consists of an 12 aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima), 13 mossy chiton (Moparia muscosa), 14 sea vases (Ciona intestinalis), 15 frilled anemone (Metridium senile), 16 Monterey flatworm (Pseudoceros montereyensis), 17 opalescent squid (Loligo opalescens), 18 pelagic clam worm (Nereis pelagica), 19 purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), 20 purple shore crab (Hemigrapsus nudus), 21 corded Neptune (Neptunea lyrata), 22 red tube worm (Serpula vermicularis), 23 Gurney's sea pens (Ptilosarcus gurneyi) and 24 giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).

The terrestrial series to the left of the starfish consists of a 25 common ice plant flower (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), 26 giant sequoia cone (Sequoiadendron giganteum), 27 peat moss (Sphagnum papillosum), 28 millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana), the 29 moss Dendroalsia abietina, 30 banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus), 31 dog lichen (Peltigera canina), 32 funnelweb spider (Hexura fulva), 33 morel (Morchella deliciosa), 34 Pacific tree frog (Hyla regilla), 35 brownish chroogomphus (Chroogomphus rutilus), 36 leathery polypody fern (Polypodium scouleri) and 37 Pacific willow (Salix lasiandra).




Artwork copyright: Julius Csotonyi