citizen-science-observation

Flowering-rush crowds out the native cattails and sedges that waterfowl nest in and that filter r...

Large white trillium is Ontario's provincial flower and a reliable signal of old-growth forest he...

Green dragon growing along a Chicago street corridor signals that native woodland understory plan...

Red trillium emerging in the boreal-transition forests of northern Ontario signals the brief wind...

Clasping milkweed is one of the rarer native milkweeds — spotting it in an Atlanta neighborhood m...

Common reed can take over the wet edges of trails, ponds, and storm ditches near your neighborhoo...

White oaks in your region support over 500 species of caterpillars and moths, making a single mat...

Common milkweed growing in Chatmoss means monarch butterflies have a potential breeding and necta...

Purple crownvetch spreads aggressively along roadsides and into natural areas, crowding out the n...

Red columbine's spurred flowers are perfectly shaped for ruby-throated hummingbirds, so spotting ...

Heavenly bamboo berries are toxic to birds and have been spreading from yards into Georgia's nati...

Large white trillium takes over a decade to bloom from seed, so spotting one in a local nature ce...

Black raspberries ripen weeks before cultivated varieties, so spotting one in the wild tells you ...

Purple crownvetch spreading along roadsides and into natural areas can outcompete native wildflow...

American hophornbeam is one of the toughest native understory trees you can plant — its hop-like ...

Foxglove beardtongue is one of the most reliable native perennials for attracting long-tongued be...

Common columbine's distinctive spurred flowers are among the first to feed emerging hummingbirds ...

American trumpet vine's hummingbird-red blooms are a magnet for ruby-throated hummingbirds in lat...

Tuliptree flowers open high in the canopy where most people never see them — a fallen bloom at yo...