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Explore Plant Adaptations in Your Community!
Take a walk through your neighborhood, local park, or anywhere else where plants grow. What adaptations do you observe?
![A field of orange lilies.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-10/a_lilies.jpg.webp?itok=ikLQ77C7)
Lily
Use the elements of art to guide you as you look closely at lilies and explore how different artists have been inspired by lilies.
![Plant with bright green leaves growing close to the ground.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-10/IMG_1178.jpg.webp?itok=XkNR4PO_)
Fern
Use the elements of art to guide you as you look closely at ferns, and explore how different artists have been inspired by ferns.
![Color illustration of a plant with narrow palmate green leaves. Some of the leaves have holes in the center or rips near at the margin. The plant has a moth resting on a leaf and a moth flying near the stem. The plant has a larva resting on a stem and a cocoon attached to a stem. A large black yellow and red larva rests on a leaf. A cocoon rests on the stem and on a swollen root. A moth flies near the plant. A snake coils around the plant.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2022-06/RB145365_opp_p5.jpg.webp?itok=F39vskgP)
Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname
Merian discovered and shared new scientific information about insects, changing the way Europeans thought about entomology and ecology
![Color illustration of a plant with large green leaves and small flowers. Above the plant is a close up of a brown cylinder.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2022-06/p15150coll3_7933_full.jpg.webp?itok=6K1HNZ8E)
A Curious Herbal
In creating and publishing her scientific illustrations, Blackwell made important contributions to the medical field.
![A pink lotus flower with fish swimming in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-10/Lotus%20and%20koi%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=hH5AFdsL)
Lotus
Use the elements of art to guide you as you look closely at lotuses and explore how different artists have been inspired by lotuses.
Nature as Artistic Inspiration
How are artists inspired by nature? How do artists combine observation and imagination to create artwork?
Nature as Art and Artist
Does art need to be made by humans to be considered art? Is nature art? Can natural processes create art?