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Pink lady's slippers growing in your local woods take 10–15 years to flower for the first time an...

Butterfly milkweed blooming in your yard or on a roadside verge is one of the clearest signs that...

The staggered bloom schedule that feeds Arctic insects, nesting shorebirds, and grazing caribou a...

If you grow mango, jackfruit, or tamarind, or just track when the neighborhood fruit trees bloom,...

The spotted trout lilies carpeting your spring woodland floor are wearing camouflage refined by d...

Milkweed patches in your yard or neighborhood are the single non-negotiable requirement for monar...

Every milkweed plant spotted and logged right now is a data point helping track whether monarch b...

Every bee photo you snap and upload to a nature app could soon be automatically identified by AI,...

Common milkweed blooming in your yard or along a nearby roadside right now is the single most imp...

Butterfly milkweed blooming in your yard right now is one of the few native flowers that can sing...

If you walk any eastern woodland trail this month, you have a real chance of spotting one of Nort...

Milkweed in your yard or neighborhood right now is the only plant monarch butterfly caterpillars ...

Pink lady's slippers growing in your local woods take 10–15 years to first bloom and can't surviv...

Large white trillium blooms for only a few fleeting weeks each spring in eastern woodlands — and ...

Wild strawberry patches threading through your lawn or meadow edge aren't weeds — they're a groun...

Pink lady's slippers blooming near your local trails take 10–17 years to flower from seed and wil...

If you forage lowbush blueberries or watch birds and other wildlife feed on them, the window for ...

Wild geranium blooming along your woodland trail edge right now is a reliable nectar stop for que...

The hooded bloom emerging in your local forest right now is a marvel of deception: it mimics a fu...

If you walk any eastern hardwood forest this week, you're in the middle of peak trillium season —...

Chokecherry thickets along roadsides and forest edges are ripening right now, and the dark astrin...

Solomon's plume arching through a shaded woodland edge tells you the understory is intact — and p...

Chokecherry thickets lining roadsides and forest edges right now are loaded with clusters of tart...

Those tall, fragrant purple-and-white flower clusters lining roadsides and woodland edges right n...

Virginia strawberry is fruiting in yards, meadows, and trail edges right now — and the tiny red b...

Black ash trees woven into the soggy edges of northern swamps and river corridors are disappearin...

Yarrow blooming in your yard or along your fence line is a free pollinator buffet — its flat-topp...

Multiflora rose forms impenetrable thickets that crowd out the native shrubs and wildflowers your...

Those showy purple clusters lining roadsides and garden edges in June are dame's rocket, not nati...

Poison ivy is actively leafing out right now along the trail edges, fence lines, and woodland bor...

Canada mayflower carpeting the forest floor beneath your feet is a reliable sign that your woodla...

Wild sarsaparilla carpeting the forest floor right now is one of the clearest phenological marker...

Chokecherry thickets along your local trail edges are producing clusters of dark red fruit right ...

Solomon's plume is one of the easiest native woodland plants to establish in a shady corner, and ...

Dwarf pawpaw is one of the few native fruit-bearing shrubs adapted to Florida's harsh, sandy scru...

If this vine reaches the edge of your yard or a nearby trail, it can blanket native shrubs and wi...

Yarrow spreading along roadsides and meadow edges near you is one of the easiest native plants to...

Foxglove beardtongue blooming in your yard or along a roadside right now is prime habitat for nat...

Knowing what poison ivy looks like right now — shiny, three-leafed, and often climbing fences or ...

Canada anemone spreading through a moist garden corner or streambank edge is doing real ecologica...

Canadian bunchberry carpeting the forest floor of a boreal trail is one of the clearest signs tha...

If you've noticed fragrant purple flower clusters lining roadsides or spilling into woodland edge...

Yarrow blooming in roadside ditches and meadows right now is one of the best indicators that your...

Black-eyed Susans blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now are feeding native bees and ...

That pink-and-white flowering vine carpeting the highway median and creeping into trail edges nea...

Canadian bunchberry carpeting the forest floor beneath your local conifers is a reliable sign of ...

Canada anemone spreading through a rain garden or wet meadow edge is doing double duty — its dens...

Bloodroot is one of the first wildflowers to emerge each spring, making its bloom a living calend...

Black-eyed Susans blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now are prime nectar stops for n...

Yarrow blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now is a reliable nectar source for native ...

Common selfheal is almost certainly already growing in your lawn or a nearby path edge — it's one...

Tufted vetch scrambling through your hedgerows or meadow edges is actively fixing nitrogen into t...

Canada anemone spreading a white-flowered carpet along stream banks and wet meadow edges right no...

Those cheerful yellow nodding flowers carpeting your local woodland floor in April are yellow tro...

Tufted vetch scrambling through your meadow or roadside verge is quietly pulling nitrogen from th...

Canadian bunchberry carpets the floor of boreal and montane forests across North America, and its...

Garlic mustard is likely already colonizing the edges of your local park or garden right now — an...

Selfheal is almost certainly already growing in your lawn or garden path and most people pull it ...

Yarrow blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now is a reliable signal that summer pollin...

Black-eyed Susans blooming in your yard or along a roadside right now are feeding the specialist ...

New Jersey tea fixes its own nitrogen through root nodules, meaning it feeds the soil around it w...

Oxeye daisy spreads aggressively into meadows and roadsides, crowding out the native wildflowers ...

Wild bergamot blooming in your neighborhood right now is one of the best plants you can add to a ...

Common selfheal grows in almost every lawn, meadow, and trailside you pass through in summer, and...

Black-eyed Susan blooming at this scale signals that your local meadow or sunny border is enterin...

That flat white umbel bobbing along the roadside or field edge is wild carrot, the direct ancesto...

Common yarrow growing along your fence line or in a neglected corner of your yard is actively bei...

St. John's Wort blooming along roadsides and meadow edges right now is one of summer's most relia...

The shrub with dark berries and leaves that stay green after your maple and ash have turned is pr...

Garlic mustard is probably already creeping into a park, trail, or shaded garden bed near you rig...

Netted pawpaw is a Florida-endemic shrub that supports native zebra swallowtail and Pawpaw sphinx...

Knowing what poison ivy looks like in its current spring growth form — before leaves fully unfurl...

Dame's rocket lines roadsides and woodland edges every May looking nearly identical to native phl...

Red trillium blooming in your local forest is one of spring's most precise ecological clocks — if...

Yellow trout lily carpets forest floors for just a few weeks each spring before vanishing entirel...

Pink lady's slippers take up to 15 years to bloom from seed and can only germinate with the help ...

Tuckeroo has established itself in South Florida natural areas like The Hammocks, where it can ou...

Wild geranium blooming in your local woodland right now is a reliable phenology signal that sprin...

Poison ivy is hitting peak urushiol potency right now — the same week crowds are heading onto tra...

Red trillium blooming in your local woods is one of spring's most reliable phenological clocks — ...

Jack-in-the-Pulpit unfurling in your local woods right now marks one of spring's most reliable ph...

Solomon's plume arching over the shaded corners of your yard or local trail right now is a reliab...

Poison ivy is actively leafing out right now along trail edges, fence lines, and woodland borders...

Yarrow blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now is one of the most reliable signals tha...

Chokecherry thickets along roadsides and woodland edges are prime spots to watch for tiger swallo...

Wild sarsaparilla carpets the same shaded forest floors you walk through in spring — learning to ...

The next time you snap a photo of a bee on your coneflowers and jot a comment about it, that offh...

The microscopic worms tunneling through your garden soil include both plant helpers and plant des...

Dakota mock vervain's clusters of bright purple blooms are one of the best low-water natives you ...

Nodding trilliums bloom for only a few weeks each spring in rich, shaded hardwood forests — spott...

American basketflower draws native bees and butterflies to North Texas roadsides and meadows — sp...

White baneberry's striking white berries on red stalks are a late-summer highlight in shaded nati...

Yellow trout lily carpets forest floors in early spring before trees leaf out, and right now is y...

Redstem Stork's-bill is one of the most common weeds invading lawns, gardens, and parks across No...

Common reed can aggressively take over wetlands, riverbanks, and even roadside ditches near your ...

Dakota mock vervain blooming in a Fort Worth yard or vacant lot is a signal that your local polli...

Lantana growing in a park you might walk through this weekend can crowd out native wildflowers an...

American bladdernut is a native understory shrub that produces rattling, papery seed pods perfect...

Wild bergamot is one of the best native plants you can add to a sunny garden border — it blooms m...

Oxeye daisy carpets roadsides and meadows right now — and knowing it helps you spot whether your ...

Common blue violet is a native wildflower that supports early-season pollinators and serves as th...

Lesser celandine is quietly taking over lawns, stream banks, and woodland gardens across the east...

Tracking when and where salmonberry blooms and fruits each year helps gardeners, foragers, and co...

Lesser celandine spreads aggressively in shaded, moist areas like park trails and stream banks, c...

Beargrass blooms are a classic sign of healthy Pacific Northwest forests — spotting one and loggi...

Oxeye daisy carpeting roadsides and meadows right now is quietly outcompeting native wildflowers ...

Virginia Springbeauty is one of the first wildflowers to feed hungry bees and pollinators emergin...

Common blue violet is likely blooming right now in your backyard, local park, or lawn edge — and ...

Cut-leaved toothwort is one of the first wildflowers to bloom each spring, making it a key indica...

Surge in mayapple sightings is a real-time signal that spring has arrived in eastern North Americ...

Tracking when and where wildflowers like giant white fawn lily bloom each year helps scientists s...

The common blue violet blooming in your lawn or garden right now is feeding fritillary butterfly ...

Osoberry is a bellwether of spring — if you live in the Pacific Northwest, seeing it bloom means ...

Western skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to emerge each spring — often pushing through sn...

Tracking when and where salmonberry blooms and fruits each year helps gardeners, foragers, and co...

Surge in sightings tells gardeners and nature lovers that spring ephemerals are peaking right now...

Surge in violet sightings signals that spring has arrived in neighborhoods and parks near you, an...

Mayapple's spring bloom is a reliable sign that your local forest is waking up, and tracking its ...

Yellow trout lily is a bellwether of spring in eastern forests — if you walk in a woodland park r...

Tracking bloom observations like these helps gardeners and conservationists understand whether sp...

Burst of community sightings helps scientists track exactly when and where salmonberry is floweri...

Western skunk cabbage is a key early-spring indicator species — if you walk near wetlands or stre...

Tracking how many people are seeing Pacific trillium in bloom each year helps scientists detect w...

If you walk the La Jolla Coastal Trail, the tall shrub with tubular yellow flowers you pass may b...

Orange hawkweed spreads aggressively through underground runners and airborne seeds, and once it ...

Thimbleberry is one of the easiest native shrubs to establish in a shady Pacific Northwest garden...

Wild bergamot growing in Tennessee roadsides and meadows is a magnet for native bees, hummingbird...

Oxeye daisy blankets roadsides and meadows right now — knowing it helps you spot whether your loc...

Those cheerful purple 'weeds' spreading through your lawn are actually a critical early-spring fo...

Mayapple is likely carpeting the forest floor of any wooded park or trail near you right now — an...

Those small pink-striped flowers carpeting your local woodland floor right now are a critical fir...

Bloodroot carpets forest floors in early spring before trees leaf out, and tracking its peak bloo...

Colt's-foot is often one of the first flowers to push through bare ground in late winter, so spot...

Salmonberries ripen earlier than almost any other wild berry in spring, and tracking when and whe...

If you walk wooded trails in Oregon, Washington, or British Columbia in spring, these striking wh...

Skunk cabbage is one of the first wildflowers to appear each spring in Pacific Northwest wetlands...

Those pretty blue ground-cover flowers carpeting lawns and woodland edges right now may be Siberi...

Every unlabeled wildflower photo you've taken on a hike could one day be identified by an AI trai...

Scarlet Beebalm is one of the few native perennials that draws hummingbirds, bumblebees, and swal...

Downy rattlesnake plantain is one of the few native orchids you might actually stumble across on ...

The mayapple carpeting the forest floor of your local woods right now is one of spring's most rel...

Common blue violets blooming in your lawn or garden are one of the only early-spring food sources...

Poison ivy is probably already growing along the edges of your yard, local trails, or park — and ...

Yellow trout lily carpets woodland floors in early spring before tree canopies close, and if you ...

Bloodroot's brief early-spring bloom is a key signal that your woodland garden's native wildflowe...

Those bright yellow daisy-like flowers pushing up through bare soil in early spring — often mista...

Those brilliant blue carpets appearing under trees in parks and yards right now are Siberian squi...

Red osier dogwood thrives in wet, soggy corners of yards where most shrubs struggle — planting on...

Creeping Bellflower's deep, brittle root system makes it nearly impossible to pull cleanly from g...

Garlic mustard is actively spreading through the woods and parks near you right now, outcompeting...

Poison ivy is actively spreading into backyards, trail edges, and parks right now — knowing what ...

Mayapple carpets the forest floor of nearly every eastern North American woodland in spring, and ...

The dense purple flower clusters of tufted vetch attract bumblebees specifically, and spotting it...

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

Those cheerful yellow flowers appearing in bare patches along roadsides and disturbed ground righ...

Bloodroot is one of the earliest spring ephemerals to bloom in eastern woodlands, and tracking it...

The purple-rayed asters lining roadsides and meadows this week are a late-season nectar stop for ...

Jack-in-the-Pulpit popping up in your local woodland trail or shaded garden right now means sprin...

Wild geranium is blooming right now in woodland gardens and forest edges near you — spotting one ...

Mayapple carpets the forest floor of parks and woodlands you may already walk through each spring...

Poison ivy is probably already growing along the edges of your yard, favorite hiking trail, or ne...

Yellow trout lily carpeting a woodland floor in April is one of the earliest signs that spring po...

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

Bloodroot carpets forest floors in early spring before trees leaf out, and tracking its bloom tim...

Wild sarsaparilla carpeting a shaded woodland floor is a reliable sign you're walking through a h...

Eastern Skunk Cabbage is one of the first plants to push through frozen ground each spring — if y...

Next time you walk the trails at McKinney Falls, the gnarled little trees with papery charcoal-gr...

Florida Indian Plantain is a native wildflower that supports specialist native bees and belongs i...

If you've hiked a burned-over hillside or a recent clear-cut this summer, that tall spike of pink...

Eastern redbud is one of the earliest native trees to bloom each spring, offering a burst of mage...

Red columbine's distinctive red-and-yellow nodding flowers are one of the earliest spring nectar ...

Mapleleaf viburnum is one of the few native shrubs that thrives in deep shade under mature trees,...

The frothy white flowers lighting up your shady woodland edges this week are white snakeroot, a l...

The golden plumes lining roadsides and meadows right now are a late-season buffet for native bees...

The small white asters lining roadsides and meadow edges this week are frost aster, one of the la...

The small white asters lighting up woodland edges and shady garden corners right now are calico a...

The trilliums blooming right now in forests near you are an early-warning signal for spring timin...

The dark red clusters ripening on chokecherry shrubs along trails and fencerows right now are edi...

The dandelion-lookalike popping up along your trail edges and disturbed soil is actually colt's-f...

Foxglove beardtongue is one of the easiest native perennials to establish in a sunny border, and ...

Sacred Datura's large, white trumpet flowers open at dusk and are pollinated almost exclusively b...

If you're hiking dry meadows or roadsides this week, pearly everlasting's papery white flower clu...

Spikes in citizen science observations help track whether beloved spring wildflowers are blooming...

That white, fluffy wildflower blooming in the shady edges of your local woods or park right now c...

Poison ivy grows along trails, woodland edges, and park borders you may already walk through, and...

This palm grows almost nowhere else on Earth, so every verified wild sighting helps conservationi...

If you walk wooded trails or pastures this time of year, those clusters of fuzzy white fall flowe...

Black-eyed Susans blooming along roadsides in the DFW area are a cue that your summer pollinator ...

Violet woodsorrel thriving in Kentucky meadows and open woodlands signals healthy native ground c...

Sweet scabious blooming along a North Texas nature trail signals this drought-tolerant Mediterran...

If you've got shady patches at the edge of your yard or a nearby woodland trail, those clusters o...

If you've noticed a shrub with glossy oval leaves and small black berries crowding out native pla...

Blackroot thrives in the fire-maintained flatwoods and sandhills of Florida — spotting it in Hobe...

If you walk wooded trails or pastures this month, those clusters of small white fall flowers alon...

If you've noticed clusters of small blue-purple daisies lighting up shady woodland edges this wee...

Every soil sample you or your neighbors submit to a community microbiome project shapes the basel...

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

Spreading dogbane is one of the few native plants that monarch butterflies and hummingbird moths ...

American pokeweed's large, striking form and toxic berries make it a plant every backyard natural...

White Sweetclover growing in your local park is quietly crowding out the native wildflowers that ...

Blue vervain growing near residential streets signals healthy pollinator corridors in your commun...

Licorice fern grows on mossy rocks and tree trunks in forests and parks many people walk through ...

Sideoats grama is one of the toughest native grasses you can plant for a low-water lawn alternati...

Bird's-foot trefoil creeping into Wauwatosa lawns and roadsides can outcompete native clovers and...

Common selfheal growing in a lawn or sidewalk strip is one of the easiest medicinal wildflowers t...

Next time you walk through a Florida park, look for the bright blue two-petaled flowers of whitem...

Marginal wood fern is one of the most shade-tolerant evergreen ferns for Canadian gardens — spott...

Interrupted fern is a reliable indicator of healthy, undisturbed woodland — spotting it on a trai...

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

Wild potato vine's deep, starchy taproot — sometimes reaching 30 pounds — means it can survive dr...

Bird's-foot trefoil spreads quietly through lawns and golf courses, fixing nitrogen in the soil a...

Roundleaf greenbrier's dense, thorny thickets in conservation areas like this one create the exac...

Marsh calla is one of the few native aquatic aroids you can grow at the edge of a backyard pond —...

Common bracken spreading through a woodland edge or disturbed trail corridor can crowd out native...

Brazos rain-lilies bloom almost magically within days of a summer rainstorm — knowing they're est...

Foxtail Barley's silky, fox-tail seed heads look stunning in late summer but can work their way i...

Tufted vetch is quietly colonizing Edmonton's roadsides and vacant lots — and while it looks pret...

Lesser celandine spreads aggressively in early spring before native wildflowers emerge, and once ...

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

Lesser celandine spreads aggressively through stream corridors and can take over your local park ...

Alfalfa is a cornerstone of both agriculture and backyard ecosystems — it feeds livestock, fixes ...

Fireweed is one of the first plants to colonize disturbed ground — if you're restoring a bare pat...

Twinberry honeysuckle's paired black berries on bright red bracts are one of the most distinctive...

Oxeye daisy spreading into Ontario roadsides and meadows can quietly crowd out native wildflowers...

Sulphur cinquefoil spreading into roadsides and meadows near you is an early warning sign for a p...

Peppervine's bird-dispersed berries make it a quiet but effective native food source woven into t...

White Sweetclover spreads aggressively along roadsides and disturbed areas near native meadows, c...

Netted pawpaw produces small edible fruits related to the common pawpaw, and knowing where it sur...

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

Fireweed is one of the fastest colonizers of disturbed ground you'll ever see, and spotting it in...

Creeping juniper is one of the toughest native groundcovers for cold, rocky, or sandy slopes wher...

Common jewelweed growing near Toronto's shaded, wet edges is worth knowing: its sap is a traditio...

Chicory growing along roadsides and open fields near you is edible root-to-leaf: the young leaves...

Red osier dogwood is one of the best native shrubs for wet, low-lying spots in your yard where li...

Persian silk tree spreads readily from roadsides and yards into disturbed areas along streams and...

Prairie woundwort is a native perennial that attracts bumblebees and supports wild pollinator pop...

Common evening-primrose growing along roadsides and disturbed ground near you is a powerful polli...

Virginia creeper climbing your fence or brick wall is a powerhouse for local wildlife — its dark ...

Prickly cucumber can scramble over shrubs and garden edges with surprising speed in a single seas...

Bellflowers are among the easiest native wildflowers to establish in a garden border, and communi...

Bifid Hemp-nettle spreads quickly into disturbed soils and garden edges, so spotting it early nea...

Virginia creeper is climbing the fence in your backyard right now — and knowing it from poison iv...

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

Pokeweed pushing up in a Conroe yard is a signal that disturbed soil nearby is recovering — it's ...

Silk trees lining Atlanta's streets and parks are blooming proof that a tree originally from Iran...

Field madder creeps through lawns and garden edges so inconspicuously that most people never lear...

If Marvel of Peru is naturalizing in the Permian Basin's harsh alkaline soils, it could be a surp...

Pigeonberry's small coral-red berries light up shaded native gardens and are a magnet for songbir...

Greater celandine spreads aggressively along disturbed edges and fence lines — if you spot its de...

Box elder is one of the few native trees that colonizes disturbed urban edges and floodplains whe...

Upright prairie coneflower thrives in the dry, rocky soils most gardeners curse — spotting it nat...

Lilac chaste tree thrives in hot, dry conditions and produces long lavender flower spikes that dr...

Sweet Woodruff spreading through Kitchener's green spaces is worth knowing if you're planting a s...

Carolina rose is a tough, drought-tolerant native shrub that supports pollinators and wildlife — ...

Fireweed is one of the first plants to reclaim burned or disturbed ground in Alaska's national pa...

Tide-pooling or beachcombing near Lahaina, you may spot this vivid green seaweed clinging to rock...

Blue vervain's purple flower spikes feed native bees and butterflies, and it grows happily in dam...

The sticky-budded gumweed blooming in Portland's urban edges is a tough native that feeds late-se...

If you hike Northern California's foggy coastal bluffs, you might be walking past a globally rare...

If you walk through a city park in Southern California and spot a leathery, taco-folded leaf shru...

If you've noticed clouds of small white daisy-like flowers taking over unmowed edges and meadows ...

Monarch butterflies depend entirely on milkweed to lay their eggs, so every verified sighting lik...

Northern Comandra steals water and nutrients straight from spruce roots underground, so spotting ...

American sweetgum's spiky seed balls litter yards all winter, but those same balls are gathered b...

Surge in documented sightings helps scientists track where this iconic fern is thriving — or pote...

Mock strawberry creeping through your lawn or garden bed is easy to overlook as a weed — but its ...

White clover growing in your lawn is quietly fixing nitrogen from the air into the soil — a free ...

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

Greater celandine spreads readily into garden edges, roadsides, and woodland paths near homes, an...

Yellow trout lily is a key early-spring wildflower that supports native pollinators emerging from...

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

Coral honeysuckle is a native alternative to the invasive Japanese honeysuckle, and knowing where...

Bristle thistle is a native wildflower that supports specialist bees, goldfinches, and monarch bu...

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

Tracking where native wildflowers like Dakota mock vervain are actually growing helps gardeners, ...

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

Purple Phacelia is a valuable native wildflower that attracts early-season pollinators like nativ...

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

Every confirmed sighting of a native wildflower like bloodroot helps scientists and gardeners tra...

Stiff Dogwood is a Florida-native shrub that supports local wildlife with its berry clusters, mak...

Virginia bluebells are a beloved native spring wildflower that supports early pollinators like bu...

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

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...

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

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

Arrowleaf balsamroot is a keystone native plant that supports pollinators like native bees and bu...

Common toadflax thrives in disturbed urban soils and sidewalk cracks — spotting it in your neighb...

Wild carrot growing along a coastal marsh causeway is a reminder that the ancestor of every groce...

Pinxter Flower is a native wild azalea that supports early pollinators like queen bumblebees just...

Lesser celandine can carpet your yard, garden beds, and nearby stream corridors every spring befo...

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

Shepherd's-needle can quietly establish itself in garden beds, lawns, and sidewalk cracks near yo...

American beech trees anchor forest ecosystems you hike through by producing beechnuts that feed d...

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

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

Golden Alexanders is one of the earliest spring bloomers for native bees and is a host plant for ...

Camphor trees spreading through Louisiana neighborhoods can quietly crowd out native species whil...

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

Great mullein growing along a trail you hike is easy to spot and harvest for its long history as ...

Tall meadow-rue growing near a playground means a native Vermont wildflower is holding ground in ...

Common milkweed is the only plant monarch butterflies can lay their eggs on, so knowing where it ...

Garlic mustard growing near your yard or local forest preserve releases chemicals into the soil t...

Common blue violets popping up along Raleigh streets are a sign that native wildflowers can persi...

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

Mountain laurel puts on one of the most spectacular late-spring flower shows of any native shrub ...

Heath speedwell creeping through a lawn or forest edge is easy to overlook, but spotting and logg...

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...

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

Herb Robert is quietly spreading through Pacific Northwest gardens and forest edges, and once est...

Joshua Trees near Desert Center mark the southern edge of a shrinking range — knowing exactly whe...

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

Western skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to bloom each spring in Pacific Northwest wetlan...

White clover spreading through your lawn is quietly fixing nitrogen from the air into the soil, d...

Ribwort plantain growing along roadsides and lawns in Brookfield is one of the most underapprecia...

The bushy red seaweed you spot on a Honolulu reef walk is likely gorilla ogo, an introduced speci...

If you snorkel, tidepool, or walk the reef flats around Oahu, the spiny red tufts you see are lik...

Sideoats grama is a tough, drought-tolerant Texas native with dangling oat-like seeds, and seeing...

California buckwheat is one of the best native shrubs for a dry, sunny Bay Area yard, feeding bee...

The shrub that makes desert air smell like wet pavement after a monsoon storm is growing in Phoen...

The Chinaberry with clusters of yellow berries and lilac spring flowers may look like a handsome ...

The silver-gray shrub with sunny yellow flowers along a Sonoran Desert walkway is a brittlebush, ...

Research-grade iNaturalist observations like this one collectively help scientists track whether ...

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...

Northern spicebush is a keystone native shrub that supports spicebush swallowtail butterflies and...

Eastern redcedar is a resilient native evergreen that's increasingly common in yards and roadside...

Field madder is a creeping weed that can quietly invade lawns, gardens, and roadsides near you — ...

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 ...

The weedy, overgrown edges of nature reserves that look like neglected grass are exactly the kind...

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

Oakleaf fleabane is a pollinator-friendly native wildflower that can thrive in your yard or garde...

Mosses like this one form the living crust on garden walls, forest floors, and rocky outcrops tha...

Carolina Vetch quietly enriches the soil in yards and wild edges near you by fixing nitrogen — ac...

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

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

Madagascar Periwinkle, a common garden plant in Florida, is also the source of vincristine and vi...

Florida Hedgenettle can quietly spread into your garden beds and lawn edges, so knowing it's esta...

Mayapple patches like this one can quietly spread through your shaded garden beds each spring, of...

American pokeweed can sprout uninvited in your backyard or garden beds, and every part of it is t...

Carolina snailseed is a tough, native vine that can fill a shady corner of your yard with lush fo...

Black locust spreads aggressively along roadsides and woodland edges near homes, outcompeting nat...

Nuttall's Thistle attracts native bees, butterflies, and goldfinches to Florida yards and roadsid...

Virginia pepperweed is quietly spreading through parks and gardens in Hawaii, and spotting it ear...

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

Flowering dogwood is a beloved backyard tree whose spring bloom times are shifting with warming t...

If you're trying to grow a low-water, deer-resistant cactus in a rocky yard, this hardy pricklype...

If you're ever hiking the Mojave or Sonoran desert fringe, this is the barrel-shaped, spine-cover...

That feathery-leafed plant popping up in sidewalk cracks and parking strips isn't just weedy fill...

Every verified sighting of tough tundra plants like this one helps scientists track how Arctic ec...

Slender vetch is a native wildflower that fixes nitrogen in the soil, meaning its presence in urb...

American pokeweed is a striking but highly toxic native plant that can appear in backyards, parks...

If you tide-pool along the California coast, this spiky red seaweed is one of the easiest algae t...

Sea grape is one of the toughest salt-tolerant shrubs you can grow near the beach, and confirmed ...

Eastern redbuds are one of the first trees to bloom each spring, and tracking where and when they...

Fireweed is one of the first plants to recolonize burned or disturbed ground, so spotting it on a...

Red Clover growing near Jasper, TN feeds local pollinators like bumblebees and fixes nitrogen in ...

Crimson clover fixes nitrogen in the soil, so spotting it growing in your region confirms it thri...

Mealy Blue Sage is a drought-tolerant native perennial that pollinators love, making it a smart, ...

Willow oaks lining Raleigh streets provide dense summer shade and drop small acorns that feed bir...

Fragrant sumac is a tough, deer-resistant native shrub that gardeners can plant along foundations...

Chinkapin oaks are excellent drought-tolerant shade trees for Texas gardens, and knowing they gro...

American tuliptrees are some of the tallest native trees in eastern North America and provide cri...

White clover in your lawn or local park is a living fertilizer — its roots host bacteria that pul...

The feathery-leaved tree with pale puffball flowers along your Oahu roadside is haole koa, a prol...

Wild radish can take over disturbed roadsides, farm edges, and open spaces in your neighborhood, ...

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

If you're restoring a soggy corner of your yard or a streambank near you, Rose Spirea is the kind...

Every verified trail sighting like this one helps land managers track where native wildflowers ac...

If you're planting a native pollinator garden, this low, shade-tolerant shrub is a real alternati...

If you're planning a drought-tolerant native bed, this coneflower's confirmed presence in Central...

If you hike or garden in the BC interior, spotting fuzzy-leaved Hooker's Pussytoes means you're l...

Spotting this delicate white-flowered plant thriving on a windswept military outpost shows how ci...

If you hike wetland edges or stream banks in the Upper Midwest this time of year, great blue lobe...

Every confirmed sighting like this helps land managers track where native wildflowers are actuall...

If you're hiking in the Cypress Hills region, this tall native plant with its umbrella-shaped whi...

If you're restoring a native Florida yard or just hiking coastal scrub, this sighting confirms sa...

Every confirmed sighting like this helps map where native wildflowers still hang on in wild, unde...

If you've ever wondered why certain yards keep bright red berries all winter while everything els...

If you walk near a creek or drainage channel in Southern California, white alder is likely one of...

If you garden in the Pacific Northwest, this evergreen fern already thriving on a Victoria street...

Every confirmed sighting like this one helps botanists track where great burnet actually grows ve...

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

Common groundsel is a prolific weed that can quickly take over garden beds and is toxic to livest...

Mock strawberry quietly spreads through lawns, gardens, and parks near you — and knowing where it...

Great mullein is a prolific colonizer of disturbed soils — roadsides, fields, and garden edges — ...

Catchweed bedstraw spreads aggressively through gardens and natural areas, clinging to clothes, p...

Red deadnettle is one of the earliest spring bloomers to appear in gardens and lawns, meaning its...