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Growing on the floodplain of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River with the Bluebells.

Coltsfoot These flowers were growing in a gravel bar along Rock Creek in Tennessee. The genus gets its name from tussis, which means a coug...

Pennywort Here is another I flower I encountered while backpacking in TN with which I was unfamiliar. I love etymology; obolos was a small ...

Allegheny Spurge I went backpacking in Tennessee this past weekend and had a great time seeing wildflowers blooming. I learned a new plant,...

One of the most beloved trees of wet forests - Red Maple - is also one of the nicest yard trees we can have, even in uplands. Here are photo...

How rare and wonderful when two days of warm, peaceful weather occur on a weekend in March! First, here’s a more cheery look at Erigenia bul...

Any thoughts on what this is? One of our wildlife staff took a photo of this tree and called it one thing but one of our plant ecologists d...

Tony Troche, Lindsay, and I were in Missouri last week to spend some time in the herbarium at the Missouri Botanical Garden with Dana and Ju...

Warm rays of the sun worked their charm on the drab brown of the forest floor, and the delightful little Harbinger of Spring unfurled itself...

I'm guessing we aren't playing the family game this year, but I hope that all of you will continue to post what you're seeing th...

Yesterday's failed search for signs of spring was a chilly one, but there was beauty in the forest, even so. This is good old Christmas ...

The 2009 Ohio Botanical Symposium will be held in Columbus on April 3. Jim McCormac has a great write-up about the event here . A link to th...

With the botany sharks that circle this site, it is difficult for a quiz to last long. Scott is correct. This is Selaginella eclipes. Evide...

Here is a quick plant quiz. This was growing on a patch of raised ground in an acid seep in Iron County, Missouri.

Since from the weather reports I've been reading it doesn't seem like spring is coming any time soon to the Midwest, I thought I...

That's right, Keith... Erodium cicutarium, of the Geraniaceae! The genus name of this cute little weed from Europe comes from the Greek...

I am so tired of seeing that photo of me at the top of the page every time I visit Get Your Botany On! that I'm posting a plant quiz jus...

By the way, Lindsay and I were at the Wild Things conference in Chicago yesterday. I briefly talked to Jerry Wilhelm (who asked me to pass h...

In checking the news from northwest Indiana (nwi.com) today I couldn't help but notice the familiar face on the actor in the top hat. Is...

I'm not one to complain about the snow. I love the snow. I love the winter. But even I have to say that spring can't come quickly en...