Through Handlens and Binoculars

On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 2:00 EST at ETHOS Science Center in Elkhart, Indiana, I will be presenting "Dumb Luck: The Stories Behi...

It's not everyday that I get to see a sedge ( Carex ) species that I haven't seen before.  Imagine my surprise and excitement, then...

For the past couple of years, Bruce Behan has been trying to get me to join him on a trip to upstate New York to check out the flora in his ...

That's a question I hear fairly often, at least from the somewhat more botanically advanced people who join me in the field. To most, th...

You could say I'm a bit of a sedgeaholic. I've seen a lot of sedges in my time. I've gone out of my way to see certain sedges o...

This afternoon I wound up in an interesting seep/forested fen while doing some sedgin' at Potato Creek State Park in North Liberty, Indi...

Last September, I sampled transects through our 11-acre property so that I can track changes to the plant community over time. During my sa...

Boy, was it cold here yesterday; my car thermometer read 6 degrees Farenheit Saturday morning! The only way for me to get through cold snaps...

"Sedges have Edges." That's the saying that all budding botanists learn in their first college botany course to help them reme...

This past Friday and Saturday, I attended my third bioblitz of the year, this time at Loblolly Marsh in Jay County, Indiana. As recently as ...