Through Handlens and Binoculars

When most of my friends and family hear that I've gone botanizing for the day, they probably have images of me strolling lazily along a...

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...

Okay, so maybe saying that orchids are weeds is a bit of a dramatic exaggeration.  However, while mowing the trails on our St. Joseph Count...

If you follow this blog, you know that I am a big fan of the milkweeds ( Asclepias spp. ), not only for their unique flower morphology but...

Late May is a spectacular time on the gravel hill prairie.  The gravel provides a low-nutrient substrate that keeps vegetation competition ...

In early April I made a trip down to extreme southern Indiana with Mike Homoya and Roger Hedge to see a unique spring ephemeral native must...

Over the past several years I've dedicated a couple of posts to a unique and functionally important group of plants, the milkweeds ( Asc...

Recently, I visited Schulenberg Prairie on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum in preparation for a workshop I will be leading there on ...

While taking the photograph below of a Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) plant in one of our native landscaping gardens, a skipper flew int...

    Round-leaved Orchid ( Amerorchis rotundifolia ) Oh yeah, this is Michigan! More to come from a recent trip to the Kewee...