biodiversity-monitoring

Red trillium blooming in your local woodland right now is one of the clearest signals that spring...

Spotting trilliums in your local woods is a sign of old-growth forest health — these flowers take...

Confirmed sightings of rare native plants like Curlyheads help conservationists and local gardene...

Crane-fly orchids are a sign of healthy, undisturbed forest floor habitat, so spotting one near y...

River cane is one of the few bamboos native to North America and was once a cornerstone of Indige...

Finding a Douglas-fir in an Arizona canyon hints at how these iconic timber trees may cling to is...

Garlic mustard quietly poisons the soil fungi that native wildflowers and tree seedlings depend o...

Fairy-slippers are one of the most delicate wild orchids in North America, and finding one in Ska...

Carnivorous bog plants like the purple pitcher plant are sensitive indicators of wetland health, ...

Red trillium blooms in the same shady forest understory patches where you might hike or hunt more...

Partridgeberry carpets shaded woodland floors and its bright red berries feed birds and small mam...

Green false hellebore is highly toxic to humans and livestock, so knowing it grows in North Lawre...

Tracking where native wildflowers like bloodroot still grow helps gardeners, conservationists, an...

Canadian wild ginger growing in Cincinnati neighborhoods signals that patches of healthy, shaded ...

Tracking where native wildflowers like Virginia bluebells are blooming helps gardeners and conser...

Citizen science observations like this help track where native woodland plants like partridgeberr...

Community-recorded sightings like this help scientists and conservationists track where native wi...

Finding a native woodland plant like mayapple thriving in a busy city park shows that urban green...

Tracking where native wildflowers like Little Sweet Betsy still grow helps conservationists and g...

Common ivy can quietly take over your garden beds and nearby woodlands, smothering native wildflo...

Research-grade community sightings like this help build a real-time map of where native wildflowe...

Coast live oaks are keystone trees that support hundreds of species of birds, insects, and wildli...

Giant white fawn lilies are native wildflowers that support early-season pollinators, and knowing...

Knowing exactly where giant white fawn lilies grow helps protect the shaded forest edges and mois...

Confirmed sightings like this help scientists track whether ferns and other shade-loving plants a...

Mayapple carpets woodland floors and produces a fruit edible when fully ripe — spotting it thrivi...

Partridgeberry is a charming native groundcover that thrives in shady woodland gardens, stays gre...

Red-flowering Currant is a beloved native shrub you can grow in your own Pacific Northwest garden...

Bluebead lily is a reliable indicator of healthy, undisturbed forest understory — spotting it in ...

Milk thistle spreads aggressively in disturbed soils and roadsides near your neighborhood, and if...

Sweetbay magnolia is a beautiful native tree you can actually grow in your own yard — it tolerate...

Jack-in-the-Pulpit growing along the Grand River means native woodland wildflowers are holding on...

Woodland stonecrop thrives in the shaded, rocky spots many gardeners overlook, making it a low-ma...

Azure bluet carpets meadows and lawns with tiny sky-blue flowers each spring, and community sight...

Mayapple is a native woodland wildflower that can signal the health of local ecosystems — spottin...

Tracking where native wildflowers like twoleaf miterwort grow helps gardeners and conservationist...

Tracking where native woodland plants like white baneberry are thriving helps conservationists an...

Virginia sweetspire is a tough, deer-resistant native shrub with fragrant summer blooms and brill...

Citizen-science sightings like this one build the long-term dataset that helps gardeners and cons...

Community observations like this one help scientists track where native wildflowers are thriving ...

Vanilla leaf carpets shaded forest floors in the Pacific Northwest and its presence signals a hea...

Black cherry is a native tree that produces fruit eaten by dozens of bird species and supports hu...

Jack-in-the-Pulpit thrives in the shaded, moist woodland edges many gardeners overlook, making it...

The tiny algae living in ponds and streams near your neighborhood are early-warning indicators of...