Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) A common tree in our area, the Eastern Red Cedar (really a Juniper), Juniperus virginiana- grows in sporadic pockets...
Northern Blue Flag Iris Northern Blue Flag Iris Northern Blue Flag Iris A Lone Northern Blue Flag Iris Blossom Caught My Eye Was walking the dog just now and caught a single flower catching some light as the sun set. It stood out at the wetland border but, but still up on some dry ground. Just a great flower, no matter how...
Horsetail Horsetail The Scouring Rush, and other horsetails in the Equisetum genus, are living fossils. They are at least under some schemes considered a “fern ally,” and their main clade is related to some primitive ferns (at least as I remember right at this moment). Solid evidence show that they were large,...
Lycopodiums, Old and New Growth Lycopodium sp. New Growth Cone-Like, Spore Producing Strobolus Strobolus, of Another Species? Full Grown Lycopodium Species The Lycopodiums, also referred to as the “club-mosses,” are a group of plants that can trace their lineage back some 350+ million years. They are sometimes incorrectly...
categories: Lycopodiums (Club-Mosses), PLANTS
Virginia Creeper Holdfasts- Stuck on Life Virginia Creeper Holdfasts- Stuck on Life A Marvel of Plant Morphology, a Creeper Holdfast Does its Thing Sticky and Twisted Art Because of the burnt red color that Virginia Creeper leaves (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) turn in autumn, they caught my eye as a young boy. I identified...
Zingiberaceae, an Ornamental Ginger Ginger Plantlets Can Arise from the Flower Ginger root is well known as a flavoring, and is even sugared and eaten whole candied. Its also a staple, in a pickled form along side sushi, a must as it sits with wasabi in a little pile waiting to hit the palate with the unique smooth, flowery...
Jewel Orchid Jewel Orchid Jewel Orchid Jewel Orchid Its not the MOST common houseplant, that’s for sure. The Jewel Orchid, is a true orchid that one might pass by in a plant store and mistake for just another potted vine. I see it only once in a great while in big box stores. But a local specialty grower will know...
Pink Lady Slipper Orchids Pink Lady Slipper Orchids Pink Lady Slipper Orchid Took these shots 2 Springs ago on a hike up a dune ledge in Moreau, NY, where a large sandy swath of inland barrens abuts a rich mixed forest of beech, white pine, hemlock and blueberry. At this edge was good population of the pink lady slipper orchids,...
Revived Landscape Juniper Wish I had a before shot of this Juniper sp. before I went at it. Purchased by the original homeowner in the early 80′s, it had never been pruned. The outer branches had rooted into the soil at their apexes. Half of the shrub was dead wood. And then Kenny “pruner-hands” did...
Milkweed Pods in Orchid Pose Common milkweed pods, open to the wind, struck a pose that reminded me of a tropical orchid. Love this simple shot with simple browns and tans. Seeds still stuck in one pod, wait for the next stiff wind to send them adrift. This Asclepidaceae member may be one of the most familiar plants to...
categories: Herbs
