![OLogy Challenge! Hall of Fame](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/ology-challenge/draw-a-plant/hof-banner-draw-a-plant/5313473-1-eng-US/hof-banner-draw-a-plant_full_495.png 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/ology-challenge/draw-a-plant/hof-banner-draw-a-plant/5313473-1-eng-US/hof-banner-draw-a-plant_full_990.png 990w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/ology-challenge/draw-a-plant/hof-banner-draw-a-plant/5313473-1-eng-US/hof-banner-draw-a-plant_full_1468.png 1468w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/ology-challenge/draw-a-plant/hof-banner-draw-a-plant/5313473-1-eng-US/hof-banner-draw-a-plant_full_1980.png 1980w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/ology-challenge/draw-a-plant/hof-banner-draw-a-plant/5313473-1-eng-US/hof-banner-draw-a-plant_full_2475.png 2475w)
Challenge #16: Draw a Plant
APRIL 2021 • CHALLENGE CLOSED
Splendiferous! We are so impressed with everyone's artwork.
![Scientist Donald McClelland holding plant specimens that he collected](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/ology-challenge/draw-a-plant/scientist-don-mcclelland/5269084-1-eng-US/scientist-don-mcclelland_full_495.jpg 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/ology-challenge/draw-a-plant/scientist-don-mcclelland/5269084-1-eng-US/scientist-don-mcclelland_full_990.jpg 900w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/ology-challenge/draw-a-plant/scientist-don-mcclelland/5269084-1-eng-US/scientist-don-mcclelland_full_1468.jpg 900w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/ology-challenge/draw-a-plant/scientist-don-mcclelland/5269084-1-eng-US/scientist-don-mcclelland_full_1980.jpg 900w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/ology-challenge/draw-a-plant/scientist-don-mcclelland/5269084-1-eng-US/scientist-don-mcclelland_full_2475.jpg 900w)
In this picture, Donald McClelland is collecting a fern on the island of Montserrat in the West Indies. He will prepare the fern carefully and add it to a scientific collection of dried specimens called an herbarium. His research helps reveal the biodiversity of plants on the island.
Our special guest judge for this challenge is scientist Donald McClelland.
Donald is a botanist, a biologist who studies plants. He researches the evolution of plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), including naming new species. And he studies the biodiversity of plants on the tropical island of Montserrat in the West Indies.
Hall of Fame Gallery
This Challenge was to draw and label parts of a plant, and to share why it is important. Here are our judge's top picks!
Honorable Mention Gallery
Here are more drawings that inspired us!