Get Your Botany On!

At the dedication of Ambler Flatwoods Nature Preserve in 2006, I was invited to speak briefly about the plant study conducted there. In tryi...

This neat little plant in the Fumariaceae is abundant in the riparian forests that follow the Yellow River through Starke County, Indiana. E...

Last weekend I went hill climbing in search of Epigaea repens and found it upon the Earth lying down, just like the name says. The fragrance...

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...

Saturday I had the chance to visit some fens in Wayne County, IN at Nicholson Preserve with Dr. Ruch and Dr. Torke from Ball State. Spring ...

Another good Warren Woods plant is Luzula acuminata in the Juncaceae. It is often found near the summit of steep ravine slopes, and is far l...

The other day I woke up with an acre in my side, so I went to see the famous Dr. Warren Woods in Michigan for a Hepatica treatment. I emerge...

Happy Earth Day one day early! I live in town but my yard doesn't look like suburbia so much. All landscaping materials were scavenged, ...

This was a new flower for me to learn this weekend. It was growing on drier hillsides at the Red River Gorge, KY.

Photo Quiz Answer showing the old flower stalk Scott and Keith both got the answer. Habitat was a little funny. The site was in east centr...

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...

The National Geographic/National Park Service 24-hour BioBlitz at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore will be held on May 15-16, 2009. Publ...

Unlike most snakes that I encounter while botanizing, this Northern Water Snake did not chase me down and start biting. Its calm demeanor wa...

This time of year can be challenging for me, as people bring in a grass seedling or a basal rosette and ask me for an ID. This plant looked...

What's not to love about a forest floor with little umbrellas here and there? It brings to mind mushrooms dancing to the sound of Tchaik...

Ever wonder why you wallow around in natural areas trying to get nice photos of some plant that's just about impossible to photograph? W...

I sometimes feel like someone pulled a Jedi mind trick on me when I first started learning wildflowers. They told me that Rue Anemone and F...

While my nieces were searching for the Easter eggs I hid around our yard this afternoon, I noticed that the diminutive white flowers of Drab...

I've been itching to get out and botanize lately, but I have just been too busy. Saturday was too beautiful to be anywhere but outside,...

I was up and on the road before any birds had started singing and while the frogs were still going at it on Friday morning... but with good ...