Get Your Botany On!

Impressive displays of these two natives are occurring in the dunes region and the Kankakee sand country of northern Indiana. These photos w...

Good call, Scott! It is Viola pedata , Birdfoot Violet, a denizen of the dry country. It's especially at home in dry sand among a thin g...

I've been so busy this spring that I haven't had much time to get out and botanize. This past Tuesday evening, I visited property of...

I had the opportunity to spend the last week in Superior, Wisconsin, working on a boreal forest and black spruce-tamarack swamp restoration ...

Here are just a few of the many violets that grow in northern Indiana. Identification and nomenclature are debated at every turn, so please ...

I have heard that this violet really is not separate from the regular common violet, even so, it is still fun to see. This was growing on t...

Like Keith, I was lucky enough to have time to get out and enjoy the weather on Saturday. I will be longing for the warm temperatures and cl...