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Prairie Smoke ( Geum triflorum ), that is. I'd say that smelling Prairie Smoke would be much more pleasant than smelling Old Man's W...

On May 18, Tony and I were at the Clark and Pine East Nature Preserve, more commonly known as "Bonji." The Bonji site is now an In...

Well, I could say that this is a plant quiz, but I really am just confused. I would appreciate any help. This is from a mitigation wetland...

The National Park Service and National Geographic Society joined forces this past weekend to hold a 24-hour BioBlitz at the Indiana Dunes Na...

Chain-O-Lakes State Park. Must be worth some luck! Even the floral parts are in fours.

Myosurus minimus - Mousetail Sclerochloa dura - Fairground Grass, Hard Grass Glechoma hederacea - Creeping Charlie, Gill-Over-The-Ground Lam...

Also spelled Botrychium matricariaefolium. This peculiar little fern grows in several places in northern Indiana - more abundantly and wides...

Fringed Polygala is known from just one area in Indiana. One of the earliest reports came from Marcus W. Lyon of South Bend, who showed it t...

Blue Cohosh growing in a woodlot in Kosciusko County.

Below is a link to an article that affects us as botanists. I would be interested in people's thoughts on the subject. http://www.nytim...

Hydrastis canadensis On the edge of a nice forested wetland in Kosciusko County. Scott had posted a picture of the fruit, so here are the f...

My mnemonic device for this plant is something like "a dried up, black prune", to remember that it is upland, that the common name...

In honor of my old friend Deesie Daisy, who always does this, I set one free! Before.... After!

As many of you know, last week, Justin Thomas and I embarked on a trip known as Trillium Tromp 2009. We spent time in Tennessee, Alabama, an...

Nice story on the contributions of citizen scientists: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/04/citizen.science.climate.change/index.html?...

Some of the nicest plant discoveries happen when a person is not even botanizing. A few years ago I was walking a farm field in Starke Count...

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...