Get Your Botany On!

Gotta read these to believe it... http://today.duke.edu/2012/10/gagafern http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2012/10/2012-fern-gaga-monstrapa...

I recently posted the following as a plant quiz...   -------------------- I've taken a lot of photos this year, and I hope at som...

This attractive grass is frequent in dry sand throughout much of Indiana. At maturity the panicles break free of the plant and tumble their ...

This extremely attractive native grass, Aristida purpurascens , is occasional in dry, sandy places that are not too disturbed.  Photogra...

Hamamelis virginiana is a common shrub or small tree on the forested slopes of the dune country in Indiana . It also occurs away from th...

A few weeks ago  Parnassia glauca  was flowering at a calcareous fen in northern Indiana. The plants were showing drought stress on a slope...

I recently posted the following plant quiz...   -------------------- It's been a busy year.  I'm behind on publishing blog po...

The scratchy-scabrous leaves of this sand-loving plant have a very unusual feel. Photographed at Ober Savanna Nature Preserve in Starke Cou...

Aster azureus contributes to the ineffable beauty of September and October days when flat-bottomed clouds line up across the brilliant blu...

Photographed in a wet meadow in northern Indiana. What's not to love about this striking plant?!

This common orchid is flowering abundantly in wet sandy meadows in northern Indiana. The identification of this one is assumed - I didn'...

The rare and inspiring Gentiana saponaria is occasional in sand prairie remnants in northern Indiana. It is interesting and fun to watch a ...

Lobelia siphilitica  is common in wet meadows and sometimes roadside ditches in northern Indiana. Photographed in a wet meadow between the C...

Impatiens capensis  is a common native that can grow densely in wet areas. A member of the Balsaminaceae (Touch-Me-Not Family), it is annual...

Liatris aspera is just one of those plants that's hard to pass up when carrying camera gear. These were photographed in a dry oak savann...

This small, native bean can be frequent in sand prairie remnants. It is unusual in that the pinnate leaves are mildly sensitive, and when to...

This attractive composite is very common in Black Oak savannas that are not too shady from fire suppression. It is colonial by elongate rhiz...

Also known as "Poor Joe," this little plant in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) can be quite common in dry sandy sites that are open ...

A common native in prairie remnants, Coreopsis tripteris often towers above the surrounding vegetation.  The leaves appear to be compound ...

Presenting GYBO post number 500! In celebration, here are my top 10 favorite photos. Probably all of them were posted sometime earlier. Than...