Plant Profile: Saltwort (c)
Karen Also known as beachwort, turtleweed, barilla and camphire, this evergreen succulent shrub is a halophyte. It is native to tropical and subtropical coasts of the Americas from California to Peru…
Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to New England
Karen Meyers Actea is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes anemone, monkshood, and delphinium. They are native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe,…
Plant Profile: Salt Grass (Distichlis spicata)
This perennial grass is known by many names including marsh spikegrass, alkali saltgrass, seashore saltgrass, desert saltgrass, inland saltgrass, and spikegrass. It is native and widespread in the Americas where…
Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to New England
Also known as wolfbanes, leopard’s bane, devil’s helmet, or blue rocket, these herbaceous perennials are native to the mountainous parts of the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia,…
Plant Profile: California Wax Myrtle (Myrica californica aka Morella californica)
Also known as Pacific wax myrtle or California bayberry, this evergreen shrub or small tree is native to the West coast from Los Angeles to British Columbia where it grows…
Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Southeast
Actea is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes anemone, monkshood, and delphinium. They are native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe,…
Plant Profile: Swamp Tupelo (Nyssa biflora)
Also known as water gum and swamp black gum, this deciduous tree is native to coastal plains from Delaware, eastern Maryland, and southeastern Virginia, south to southern Florida and west…
Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to the Pacific Coast
Also known as wolfbanes, leopard’s bane, devil’s helmet, or blue rocket, these herbaceous perennials are native to the mountainous parts of the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia,…
Plant Profile: Bay Cedar (Suriana maritima)
Native to tropical coasts in most regions of the world including southern Florida, this evergreen shrub is a member of a small plant family, Surianaceae, that consists of only 8…
Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Mid-Atlantic
Actea is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes anemone, monkshood, and delphinium. They are native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe,…