Sagebrush Flora and Fauna

Poser Landscape posted on Feb 03, 2017
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Description


The American sage-steppe ecosystem to the casual eye, is an arid and monotonous expanse of sagebrush that early European settlers could not wait to traverse on westward journeys. Yet, this “flyover country”, which may appear devoid of life and thus immune to human impact, is in fact the most widespread ecosystem type in the United States, one that teems with wildlife. It is also an iconic symbol of the America West which is fast disappearing due to urban expansion and natural resource exploitation. The moths pictured are Mariamne's Giant Flag Moth (Dysschema mariamne). This moth has a wingspan of 76 mm (3 inches). There are two populations of this species; one ranging from the southwestern United States to northwestern Mexico and the other, from eastern Mexico to Panama. The sexes of this species are dimorphic with males having white hind wings and females yellowish hind wings. This moth feeds usually on Bickellia, Eupatorium, Senecio and Vernonia. The lizard (barely visible on the left rock) is the Western Fence Lizard. (Sceloporus occidentalis) It is a medium-sized lizard, 21 cm (8.3 inches) long and is found in the western United States and Mexico (Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Northern Mexico). It is found in grassland, broken chaparral, sagebrush, woodland, coniferous forest, and farmland. It occupies elevations from sea level to 3,291 m (10,800 ft.). They generally avoid the harsh desert. The ventral abdomen of an adult is characteristically blue, giving this lizard the second common name of “blue-belly”. The flock of birds in the background are American crows and the plants depicted in this image are common to the steppe-sage habitat; Great Basin Sagebrush ( Artemisia tridentata), Gray Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) and Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracilis). Rendered in Poser Superfly. All models are by Ken Gilliland and include Songbird ReMix Flock Formations and from his "Nature's Wonders" line; Sagebrush Habitat, Habitat Extender, Giant Moths (base set), Moths of the World Volume 3, and Lizards (base set).

Comments (8)


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cwrw

12:58PM | Fri, 03 February 2017

Beautiful Ken! I am SO enjoying working with your Sagebrush Habitat!

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mazzam

5:49PM | Fri, 03 February 2017

Nice composition but with the low contrast I find it hard to see what is there. Maybe that was intentional?

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mtdana

1:04AM | Sat, 04 February 2017

Found the little lizard 😄 Great vignette showing life undisturbed in this ecosystem!!!

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adorety

2:24PM | Mon, 06 February 2017

Very nice! I like the almost hidden details.

Ken _Gilliland

9:11AM | Fri, 10 February 2017

thanks... that's the cool thing about looking at nature, if you wait long enough in one spot, all sorts of life seems to magically appear

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DukeNukem2005

11:09AM | Mon, 13 February 2017

It's very-very good!

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flavia49

12:47PM | Sun, 19 February 2017

wonderful

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baz35

1:46AM | Tue, 21 February 2017

Beautiful creation

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Cyve

4:28PM | Thu, 06 April 2017

fantastic creation my friend... I love it a lot !!!


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