native-plants

That pretty pink-flowered plant spreading along your local riverbank or woodland edge could be qu...

If you watch for the first spring wildflowers pushing up through forest leaf litter each year, yo...

The wildflowers you're encouraging along your fence line or garden edge may already be carrying p...

That weedy hedgerow or wildflower strip at the edge of a farm field isn't just pretty—it's quietl...

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

Every bee that disappears from a sprayed orchard is one fewer visitor to the wildflowers and vege...

Invasive shrubs lining your local woodland trail are quietly stealing autumn sunlight from native...

Milkweed growing along your fence line or in a sunny corner of your yard is the only plant monarc...

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

Common milkweed blooming in your yard right now is monarch butterfly habitat, and every patch you...

Invasive plants showing up earlier each spring in your garden or local nature trail aren't just a...

If you track the first blooms of spring wildflowers on your regular hikes, you may already be wit...

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

Every time you pull a native plant from a restoration bed only to watch an invasive refill the ga...

The weedy exotic plants taking over your native garden bed may be winning not just by growing fas...

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

Planting the right leafy shrubs and perennials in your yard could directly support leafcutter bee...

The wild blueberries, heathers, and rhododendrons in your garden or the bogs near you depend on a...

The wildflowers blooming earlier each spring in your local meadow aren't just reacting to warmer ...

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...

The wild bees visiting your garden flowers are also delivering yeasts and bacteria that alter the...

If you've ever scattered native wildflower seeds across a dry, compacted patch and watched nothin...

The bumble bees visiting your garden flowers may be one season away from colony collapse if they'...

The katsura tree lining your local botanical garden or arboretum blooms in a narrow window each s...

Beech forests across Europe are still raining down nuts even through brutal droughts, which means...

That rotting log you've been meaning to haul out of your yard corner may be quietly seeding your ...

Every garlic mustard plant you pull from your woodland edge before it sets seed stops hundreds of...

The meadow grasses and wildflowers in nature reserves near you depend on birds arriving at exactl...

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...

If wavyleaf basketgrass has reached a trail or woodland edge near you, the soil beneath it may al...

Species that vanished from your region in the last few centuries — the wildflowers, native shrubs...

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

Native plant restorations often fail quietly in the first few seasons — and this research suggest...

Weevils — those small, snout-nosed beetles most gardeners curse — turn out to be secret pollinati...

As summers get hotter and droughts more frequent, the wildflowers and native plants in your backy...

Dozens of the wild flowers locals in Guangxi have eaten for generations—gathered from roadsides a...

Male and female buffalograss plants in a native lawn are running completely different drought-sur...

Fumeworts are increasingly coveted spring ephemerals for shade gardens, and cracking their germin...

If you grow mustard greens, arugula, or any brassica that you let go to seed, the small native be...

The lilac blooming two weeks earlier than your grandparents noted, the autumn leaves holding on l...

Every wildflower you leave standing at the edge of your garden is a vote for the gut health of na...

That overgrown lot down the street — full of weeds and cracked concrete — is quietly losing its n...

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...

Berry patches you stumble across in open, scrubby terrain aren't accidental — generations of Indi...

Next spring when saucer magnolias explode into bloom, those outsized flowers are running a sophis...

Dame's rocket blooming along your neighborhood trail right now looks just like native phlox — kno...

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...

If you've ever tried direct-seeding oaks in a restoration planting or food forest only to find th...

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...

Next time you spot a hummingbird hovering at a tubular red flower in a mountain garden, you're wa...

Even a small patch of marsh grass you help restore can pull in pollinators that turbocharge the w...

Wildflower-rich rewilded land hosts 56% more rare invertebrate species and a third more pollinato...

Every flower in your garden that sets fruit or seed depends on pollinators whose populations are ...

Fruit-bearing trees in grasslands and savannahs worldwide may quietly stop reproducing long befor...

Every invasive plant spreading through a local nature preserve is running a gauntlet of native co...

If you've hiked through the wide-open sagebrush country of the West, the fate of that landscape —...

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 ...

Every weed you've ever pulled without a second thought, every shrub you've walked past a hundred ...

Watching which shrubs cluster together in wild landscapes isn't just aesthetics — this study show...

Next time you spot a wildflower changing color as you hike uphill, you're watching millions of ye...

Lead and cadmium from contaminated soil can move through pollen and nectar into the bees visiting...

If geese or deer are trampling the native plantings at your local park or nature preserve, target...

That eucalyptus grove or pine plantation at the edge of your local nature reserve may be quietly ...

If you grow crape myrtles and wonder why big bumblebee-sized carpenter bees seem to 'fit' the flo...

That sassafras thicket at the edge of the woods you walk past — the one that smells like root bee...

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...

Orchids growing shoulder-to-shoulder in a meadow can stay distinct species for millions of years ...

Old sunflower landraces grown by farmers for generations may hold the drought tolerance or diseas...

Desert wildflower displays you might drive out to see in the Coachella Valley — from spring annua...

Seeds you collect from a restored prairie or replanted woodland may carry a reshuffled microbial ...

A plant you might find listed as endangered in a botanical garden catalog could be the same speci...

Every third bite of food you eat exists because a bee visited a flower — and the models here show...

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...

The bumblebees visiting your garden aren't interchangeable — some handle heat waves better, some ...

Orchid bees are the sole pollinators of many tropical orchid species, so the forest patches and b...

Wildflower meadows along California's rocky outcrops are quietly reshuffling their bloom windows ...

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

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...

Turmeric, galangal, cardamom, and ginger all belong to the same plant family — and this study rev...

Wild chokecherries lining the trails and roadsides near you may be hosting a pathogen that's quie...

The wild bergamot blooming in your pollinator garden isn't just pretty - when it peaks relative t...

Every third bite of food you eat depends on a pollinator, and the bumblebees doing much of that w...

Every new road, rail line, or trail cut through natural land quietly rewires the soil biology und...

Planting legumes in a bare or depleted patch of ground doesn't just add nitrogen the way a fertil...

Palm swamps like the Veredas of central Brazil anchor the dry-season water table that feeds strea...

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 ...

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...

Next time you spot a bumblebee hovering at the base of a tubular flower instead of its mouth, you...

The bees and birds that visit your garden aren't interchangeable; lose even one specialist specie...

If you've ever hiked a Hawaiian rainforest trail canopied by 'ōhi'a lehua blossoms — the scarlet ...

Cornflower and Chamomile — plants your grandparents likely knew by name from roadsides and field ...

If you're seeding native grasses into a restoration patch or fire-adapted meadow, waiting at leas...

Riparian forests along flood-prone rivers are among the hardest native ecosystems to restore — kn...

The mosaic of dead logs, open patches, and scorched ground that forest managers create mirrors th...

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...

Every acorn you see forming on an oak this summer may actually be the result of a pollination eve...

Witchweed and broomrape, the vampires of the plant world, already devastate staple crops across A...

If you're planting oaks for urban restoration or windbreaks in areas with road salt or alkaline s...

If you've ever grown a rare island plant or visited botanical gardens showcasing Macaronesian flo...

Abandoned quarries near your region could be quietly becoming some of the best wildlife habitat a...

Cork oak forests covering Portugal's rolling hillsides — the source of every natural wine cork — ...

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...

Invasive plants spreading into natural areas near you may be dragging along foreign fungi that di...

The powdery mildew you spot on your garden plants isn't just a leaf problem — it's quietly reshap...

Desert wildflower blooms you might drive hours to see — those explosions of color after a good wi...

The delicate alpine gentians you might spot on a mountain hike aren't just pretty faces — they're...

The weedy mix of plants you leave growing around your garden beds may be quietly shielding your p...

If you've ever tried to restore a weedy pond edge or replant a disturbed shoreline, this research...

Restoring a patch of degraded rainforest is less like planting a garden and more like rebuilding ...

If you've watched hummingbirds work a garden and wondered which wild plants depend on them most d...

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 ...

If you've ever tried to grow an orchid and watched it sulk, knowing it evolved in a distinct clim...

Those weedy sedges and coarse grasses taking over neglected lots near busy roads aren't just eyes...

Native shrubs you plant to save water in a dry climate may quietly lose their drought-tolerance w...

The wildflower meadows and pastures that once bordered mountain villages across Central Europe ar...

A tree you might plant for shade or timber could simultaneously be vanishing from its homeland — ...

Mimosa shrubs you might spot along roadsides or in dry gardens — those feathery-leaved plants tha...

Watch a patch of partridge peas closely enough and you'll catch individual plants flipping which ...

Rare tropical plants that can't be frozen or seed-banked — the ones quietly holding rainforest ec...

Mexican Giant Hyssop's confirmed presence in suburban DFW means you can likely grow this drought-...

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...

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

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

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

Yaupon Holly is the only caffeine-containing plant native to North America, and spotting it thriv...

The towering conifers anchoring your nearest mountain forest or state park are evolutionary survi...

The pond, marsh, or stream near your favorite walking trail depends on aquatic plants to stay cle...

Every bizarre flower shape, carnivorous trap, or prickly stem you've ever marveled at in a botani...

Carpenter bees tunneling through the dead wood in your garden fence or log pile may carry gut bac...

That weedy, orange-flowered plant carpeting the shady corners of urban parks and woodland edges m...

That patch of wildflowers at the edge of a sun-baked driveway or south-facing slope may already b...

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...

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

Desert plants thriving in nearly lifeless soil without fertilizer are doing it by cultivating pre...

The prairie remnant or native grass meadow near you is quietly negotiating with invisible bacteri...

Roadsides and construction scars near your neighborhood could become functioning green corridors ...

Coastal wetlands restored with native mangroves are the living seawalls that buffer the shoreline...

Bare, crusted desert soils you might see on a hiking trail are actually alive with tiny organisms...

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

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

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

Red campion's hot-pink flowers blooming along roadsides and hedgerows near your home are quietly ...

That scraggly morning glory vine climbing your fence with the unusual lobed leaves isn't just pre...

Those lumpy growths you notice on shrubs along roadsides and trails are actually the result of an...

Every leaf you press from your garden, every fern frond you spot on a woodland walk, carries a ve...

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...

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

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

When bees and other pollinators disappear from your neighborhood, the wildflowers left behind don...

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 ...

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

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

Princess tree can take over a disturbed hillside or woodland edge in just a few growing seasons, ...

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

Dry limestone meadows that look like scrubby, unproductive land to developers are the last refuge...

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

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

Alder trees lining the creek in your local park are quietly building soil fertility from scratch,...

The burrowing animals that once turned over soil across Australia did for insects what a garden f...

Bluebeard shrubs, beloved in late-summer gardens for their blue flower spikes and drought toleran...

Tea's wild relatives, tucked into the same family as your morning cup, are quietly disappearing f...

Endemic plants clinging to a single mountainside are the canaries in the coal mine for climate ti...

Native wildflowers in California's hills bloom on rain's schedule, not the calendar's, and this s...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Watch the wildflowers in a dry August meadow and you're watching evolution in real time: the same...

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

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

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...

Every wildflower, tree, and shrub in your local nature reserve only gets legal protection, seed-b...

Weedy roadside plants you walk past every day — like black-jack and fleabane — may be quietly pul...

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

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

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

Wild flax flowers blooming in dry Mediterranean scrub have quietly evolved two different strategi...

Next time you spot a crossbill working through a pine cone in a mountain forest, you're watching ...

Wild senna plants blooming along roadsides and meadow edges are running a daily floral shell game...

The black alder trees lining your nearest contaminated creek or roadside detention pond may alrea...

Rocky hillsides being reforested after overgrazing or erosion have a tipping point where soil deg...

Degraded salt flats and coastal marshes — the kind slowly swallowing low-lying shorelines — may b...

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...

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...

Every time a gardener notices that bees have stopped visiting a plant that once buzzed with them,...

When you plant a sparse native wildflower patch, the slow-growing, drought-thrifty species in the...

The oaks, maples, and hickories in your local woodland aren't equally tough in a dry summer—some ...

Invasive plants spreading along roadsides don't stay there — they hitchhike on vehicles, boots, a...

Floating plant rafts planted with cattails are being used to clean up chromium-contaminated water...

The wild black cottonwood trees lining Pacific Northwest rivers and riparian trails are silently ...

Alders are one of the few trees that can colonize a gravel pit or eroded streambank and actually ...

The weedy, sun-baked stretch of riverbank you walk past every day could be a mapped restoration h...

If you've ever replanted a disturbed patch of your yard and wondered why native wildflowers refus...

Native Chilean trees like the ulmo and quillay — whose pollen this dataset captures in unpreceden...

If you've ever hiked the mountains of southern Spain, the ghost-blue spires of Spanish fir are pa...

Ferns carpeting the forest floor or colonizing a sunny roadside bank are running completely diffe...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hundreds of tropical fruits, medicines, and ornamentals that stock nurseries worldwide still lack...

Brownfield lots, old rail corridors, and mine-adjacent land near your town may look barren, but n...

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

Fruit-bearing trees in dry forests depend on butterflies to signal ecosystem health — when canopy...

The wild grasses growing along roadsides and field edges aren't just weeds — they harbor a dynami...

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...

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

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...

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

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

Those velvety green mosses carpeting the rocks and logs in shaded ravines or ancient woodlands ar...

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

Clasping coneflower is a striking native wildflower that thrives in disturbed roadsides and open ...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

That rain-filled cavity in your old oak tree or the pooled water cupped in a backyard bromeliad i...

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...

Berchemia vines, relatives of buckthorn, thread through forests across Asia and Africa, and under...

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...

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

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 ...

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

Stripped quarry land can be coaxed back to life using the same principles behind successful nativ...

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

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

Every tomato, apple, and wildflower in your garden depends on pollen carrying just the right surf...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

Roughleaf dogwood is a tough, drought-tolerant native shrub that supports local wildlife with its...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

Eastern Skunk Cabbage is one of the first plants to emerge each late winter, and spotting it in y...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Knowing where native wildflowers like Celandine Poppy are naturally growing helps gardeners and c...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Mayapple patches in Midwest woodlands and shaded gardens signal a healthy, intact forest understo...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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