Plant Profile: Mormon Tea (Ephedra viridis)
Karen Also known as Indian tea and green ephedra, this evergreen coniferous shrub is native to western US from the Arizona deserts to California, east of the Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin…
Book Review: Meat-Eating Plants
Karen Meyers Mari Schuh’s book, Meat-Eating Plants, introduces young readers to 6 plants that obtain their food from insects or small animals. Written for children 6-9 years old in grades 2-3, the…
Wildflowers: Iris Native to the Pacific Coast
Iris is a genus of 310 species and is in the plant family Iridaceae that also included gladiolus, crocus and freesia. The plants are all perennial and grow from rhizomes…
Plant Profile: Tall Anemone (Anemone virginiana)
This rhizomatous herbaceous perennial is also known as timbleweed (along with several other plants) and is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes delphinium, clematis, and hellebore.…