Get Your Botany On!

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...

The elongated spurs of our beloved Dutchman’s Breeches sometimes carry a pinkish tinge, as shown below. Fernald mentioned a forma “purpuriti...

I recently posted the following photo as a plant quiz... Some of the guesses included Boehmeria cylindrica , Urtica dioica (or maybe Laport...

Location - Southeastway Park, Indianapolis, IN, mesic woodland. Growing with dog-tooth violets, harbinger-of-spring, spring beauties, and bl...

I am working at getting a handle on the plants I am seeing at work. Sometimes, the desire, effort, or time is lacking while I am working, b...

Upon returning home to northern Indiana from sunny and green Florida, I was hopeful that spring had arrived in my absence. Not the case, but...

It is fun to see things blooming again. I am sure there will be more pictures as I get a chance to process things. Bidens alba - Romerillo ...

Spring Peepers are going gang-busters. Last weekend I saw Thlaspi perfoliata in bloom and yesterday Lamium amplexicaule. The Phoebes that ...

I recently posted about Aquilegia barnebyi , a species endemic to the Green River Drainage in Utah and Colorado, on Through Handlens and Bi...

After over a month of freezing temperatures, snow, ice and drab depressing skiery, a glimmer of spring has graced the stage of the new year....

Vic Riemenschneider recently sent me an email with a link to ChloroFilms. Check it out... http://www.chlorofilms.org/index.php This link con...

I recently posted the following photograph from Round Lake in Starke County, Indiana as a plant quiz and asked for identification of as many...

I recently added a new post on Through Handlens and Binoculars about several species of Castilleja that we encountered on our trip to Color...

Of course, working on tree bud and bark identification this time of year is fun and all, but it still makes me want a little green. So I de...

I recently posted the following photograph as a plant quiz... Here is the uncropped image of this plant... This is Solidago uliginosa (Bog ...