Plant Profile: Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)
Karen Red mulberry is a deciduous small to medium sized tree native the open woods, clearings, and roadsides from Massachusetts to Michigan, south to Florida and Texas. It is a member…
Plant Profile: Heath Aster (Aster ericoides AKA Symphyotrichum ericoides)
Heath aster is a herbaceous perennial native to central and eastern US where it grows in open areas including roadways and railroads. It is a member of the Asteraceae family…
Plant Profile: Sitka Mountain Ash (Sorbus sitchensis)
Sitka mountain ash is a deciduous shrub or small tree endemic to areas in the Pacific Northwest from Alaska and Yukon south to Montana and California, where it grows in…
Plant Profile: Two-Winged Silverbell (Halesia diptera var. magniflora)
Two-winged silverbell is a deciduous small tree or large shrub native to southeastern US where it grows in moist woodland edges, streamside’s, and swales from South Carolina and Tennessee south…
Plant Profile: American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
Also called musclewood, this small to medium sized deciduous tree is native to Eastern US from Maine to Florida, west to Minnesota and Texas where it grows as an understory…
Plant Profile: Alpine Aster (Aster alpinus)
Alpine aster is a shot-lived herbaceous perennial native to Canada, US, and the mountains of Europe including the Alps and the Pyrenees. It is a member of the Asteraceae family…
Collecting Seed: Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Orange coneflower is a perennial in the Asteraceae family and is native to North America. It grows one to three feet tall and has flowerheads two to three inches across…
Plant Profile: Silky Stewartia (Stewartia malacodendron)
Silky stewartia is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree native to the southeastern coast from Virginia to Florida and west to Louisiana where it grows in woodlands, woodland edges, and…
Plant Profile: Wandflower (Galax urceolata)
Also called beetleweed, this evergreen herbaceous perennial is native to southeastern US from where it grows in the forests of the southern Appalachian Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. It is…
Plant Profile: Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
Showy milkweed is a herbaceous perennial native to Northwest and north central US where it can be found in sunny moist to dry sites including savannas, prairies, roadsides, abandon fields,…