Get Your Botany On!

Ever seen a blue thistle? Neither have I! This one got my attention as I wandered the backroads on a beautiful summer day. It's unusual ...

Good call, A.L., it is Carex frankii , Bristly Cattail Sedge. The perigynia bodies are strongly obconic and the awns of the pistillate scale...

As we moved across the playa wetlands where the Parish Phacelia was growing, we came to an emergent wetland community. Aquilegia formosa w...

Here are some of the common plants that we would see in Spring Valley. Of course there is a lot of Sagebrush and Greasewood. Some Saltbrus...

I have had the opportunity to spend some time out in eastern Nevada this spring. It was quite a crash course in new plants, but I wanted to...

Having photographed all but one of Indiana's 41 native orchid taxa with known populations I have moved on to locating and photographing ...

The final day of our trip to the Palmetto State started out with a trip to Shealy's Pond Heritage Preserve in the sandhills province. T...

Although Day 1 of our trip was excellent, Day 2 was even better. We only visited two sites on the second day of our excursion, but the first...

Many of you know that Justin Thomas and I went to South Carolina on our annual botany excursion this spring. I will try to do justice to som...