native-plants
Native plants are species that have evolved naturally within a specific region or ecosystem without human introduction, forming integral ecological relationships with local soils, climate, and wildlife over thousands of years. In plant science, studying native species provides critical insights into evolutionary adaptation, plant-soil microbiome interactions, and ecological resilience. Understanding native plant biology also informs conservation strategies, habitat restoration, and the development of sustainable horticultural practices suited to regional environments.
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Rapid disruption of pollination function by the invasive plant Impa...
That pretty pink-flowered plant spreading along your local riverbank or woodland edge could be qu...
Site-specific variation in flowering phenology of a spring ephemera...
If you watch for the first spring wildflowers pushing up through forest leaf litter each year, yo...
High temporal resolution pollen analysis: New insights into current...
The wildflowers you're encouraging along your fence line or garden edge may already be carrying p...
Perennial vegetative strips promote spillover of beneficial soil mi...
That weedy hedgerow or wildflower strip at the edge of a farm field isn't just pretty—it's quietl...
Trending: pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) — 335 observatio...
Pink lady's slippers growing in your local woods take 10–15 years to flower for the first time an...
Pesticide-induced ecological traps and insect pollinator foraging n...
Every bee that disappears from a sprayed orchard is one fewer visitor to the wildflowers and vege...
Trending: butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) — 1105 observatio...
Butterfly milkweed blooming in your yard or on a roadside verge is one of the clearest signs that...
Milkweed is blooming now and monarchs are counting on every patch
Common milkweed blooming in your yard right now is monarch butterfly habitat, and every patch you...
Climate mediates phenological and phylogenetic differentiation in p...
Invasive plants showing up earlier each spring in your garden or local nature trail aren't just a...
Phenological shifts keep pace with climate change but are slowing d...
If you track the first blooms of spring wildflowers on your regular hikes, you may already be wit...
Native shrubs senesce earlier and faster than non-native shrubs in ...
Invasive shrubs lining your local woodland trail are quietly stealing autumn sunlight from native...
Trending: common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) — 2095 observations this week
Milkweed growing along your fence line or in a sunny corner of your yard is the only plant monarc...
Camouflage via leaf mottling among North American Erythronium speci...
The spotted trout lilies carpeting your spring woodland floor are wearing camouflage refined by d...
Invasive plants have stronger root recognition capabilities than na...
Every time you pull a native plant from a restoration bed only to watch an invasive refill the ga...
Drought eliminates soil microbially mediated indirect competitive a...
The weedy exotic plants taking over your native garden bed may be winning not just by growing fas...
Trending: common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) — 940 observations this week
Milkweed patches in your yard or neighborhood are the single non-negotiable requirement for monar...
Leafcutter bees and their leaf resources: ecology, behavior, and co...
Planting the right leafy shrubs and perennials in your yard could directly support leafcutter bee...
Two decades of resurrection studies: What have we learned about con...
The wildflowers blooming earlier each spring in your local meadow aren't just reacting to warmer ...
Trending: common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) — 1071 observations this week
Every milkweed plant spotted and logged right now is a data point helping track whether monarch b...
Automating pollinator identification using artificial intelligence ...
Every bee photo you snap and upload to a nature app could soon be automatically identified by AI,...
Trending: pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) — 370 observatio...
If you walk any eastern woodland trail this month, you have a real chance of spotting one of Nort...
Trending: butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) — 996 observation...
Butterfly milkweed blooming in your yard right now is one of the few native flowers that can sing...
Trending: common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) — 1668 observations this week
Common milkweed blooming in your yard or along a nearby roadside right now is the single most imp...
Small soil pits and charcoal help native plants take hold in dry grasslands
If you've ever scattered native wildflower seeds across a dry, compacted patch and watched nothin...
Herbaria unlock tripartite pollination responses to anthropogenic change.
The wild bees visiting your garden flowers are also delivering yeasts and bacteria that alter the...
Summer heat forces bumble bees to fan nests instead of gather food
The bumble bees visiting your garden flowers may be one season away from colony collapse if they'...
Warming springs push female katsura trees to sync with males
The katsura tree lining your local botanical garden or arboretum blooms in a narrow window each s...
Global distribution and biogeography of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi.
The wild blueberries, heathers, and rhododendrons in your garden or the bogs near you depend on a...
Beech trees keep seeding through Europe's worst recorded droughts
Beech forests across Europe are still raining down nuts even through brutal droughts, which means...
Wavyleaf basketgrass (Oplismenus undulatifolius) invasion is associ...
If wavyleaf basketgrass has reached a trail or woodland edge near you, the soil beneath it may al...
Amazon's useful plants face steeper climate losses than their wild cousins
One-third of all Amazon plant species feed, heal, or shelter the people who live among them, and ...
Common milkweed blooming across eastern North America in record numbers
Milkweed in your yard or neighborhood right now is the only plant monarch butterfly caterpillars ...
Dead bees trapped in milkweed flowers drive away other pollinators
The milkweed you plant for monarchs depends on pollinators to set seed, and trapped dead honey be...
Neighborhood deadwood and yard rewilding modulate commensal microbi...
That rotting log you've been meaning to haul out of your yard corner may be quietly seeding your ...
Trending: garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) — 1021 observations this week
Every garlic mustard plant you pull from your woodland edge before it sets seed stops hundreds of...
Phenological mismatches between larks and grasshoppers induced by c...
The meadow grasses and wildflowers in nature reserves near you depend on birds arriving at exactl...
Trending: pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) — 880 observatio...
Pink lady's slippers growing in your local woods take 10–15 years to first bloom and can't surviv...
Trending: large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) — 685 observ...
Large white trillium blooms for only a few fleeting weeks each spring in eastern woodlands — and ...
Trending: Virginia strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) — 441 observati...
Wild strawberry patches threading through your lawn or meadow edge aren't weeds — they're a groun...
Plant Species Extinction and Opportunities for De-extinction.
Species that vanished from your region in the last few centuries — the wildflowers, native shrubs...
Trending: pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) — 876 observatio...
Pink lady's slippers blooming near your local trails take 10–17 years to flower from seed and wil...
For colonization success, should hosts and microbes travel alone, t...
Native plant restorations often fail quietly in the first few seasons — and this research suggest...
A novel nursery pollination mutualism between a water primrose and ...
Weevils — those small, snout-nosed beetles most gardeners curse — turn out to be secret pollinati...
Climate warming and drought modify galling effects on tall goldenrod.
As summers get hotter and droughts more frequent, the wildflowers and native plants in your backy...
Wild blueberries now ripen a week earlier than a century ago
If you forage lowbush blueberries or watch birds and other wildlife feed on them, the window for ...
Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Roles of Edible Flowers in Lo...
Dozens of the wild flowers locals in Guangxi have eaten for generations—gathered from roadsides a...
Sex-specific adaptive strategies and rhizosphere microbiome respons...
Male and female buffalograss plants in a native lawn are running completely different drought-sur...
Seed dormancy and germination of three Corydalis species, disjunct ...
Fumeworts are increasingly coveted spring ephemerals for shade gardens, and cracking their germin...
Flower visitors and pollinator interactions on mustard (Brassica ju...
If you grow mustard greens, arugula, or any brassica that you let go to seed, the small native be...
Pressed museum plants reveal how flowering seasons have shifted ove...
The lilac blooming two weeks earlier than your grandparents noted, the autumn leaves holding on l...
"Pollen diets influence gut microbiota composition and colony devel...
Every wildflower you leave standing at the edge of your garden is a vote for the gut health of na...
Trait-mediated responses of native plant diversity to combined urba...
That overgrown lot down the street — full of weeds and cracked concrete — is quietly losing its n...
Trending: wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) — 1274 observations this week
Wild geranium blooming along your woodland trail edge right now is a reliable nectar stop for que...
Trending: Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) — 1141 observati...
The hooded bloom emerging in your local forest right now is a marvel of deception: it mimics a fu...
Trending: large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) — 766 observ...
If you walk any eastern hardwood forest this week, you're in the middle of peak trillium season —...
Trending: chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) — 345 observations this week
Chokecherry thickets along roadsides and forest edges are ripening right now, and the dark astrin...
Mish, Bogs, and Berries: The Significance of Boreal Heathlands as I...
Berry patches you stumble across in open, scrubby terrain aren't accidental — generations of Indi...
Large flowers enhance pollination success and nutrient resorption i...
Next spring when saucer magnolias explode into bloom, those outsized flowers are running a sophis...
High acorn predation limits assisted regeneration in Mediterranean ...
If you've ever tried direct-seeding oaks in a restoration planting or food forest only to find th...
Trending: dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis) — 1154 observations this week
Dame's rocket blooming along your neighborhood trail right now looks just like native phlox — kno...
Trending: chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) — 481 observations this week
Chokecherry thickets lining roadsides and forest edges right now are loaded with clusters of tart...
Trending: Solomon's plume (Maianthemum racemosum) — 876 observation...
Solomon's plume arching through a shaded woodland edge tells you the understory is intact — and p...
Trending: dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis) — 1256 observations this week
Those tall, fragrant purple-and-white flower clusters lining roadsides and woodland edges right n...
Trending: Virginia strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) — 374 observati...
Virginia strawberry is fruiting in yards, meadows, and trail edges right now — and the tiny red b...
Trending: black ash (Fraxinus nigra) — 294 observations this week
Black ash trees woven into the soggy edges of northern swamps and river corridors are disappearin...
Pollinator efficiency, rather than bee decline, explains a shift to...
Next time you spot a hummingbird hovering at a tubular red flower in a mountain garden, you're wa...
Simulating ecosystem resilience: Tipping point evasion driven by ad...
Even a small patch of marsh grass you help restore can pull in pollinators that turbocharge the w...
Potential to fund arable rewilding in England with biodiversity credits.
Wildflower-rich rewilded land hosts 56% more rare invertebrate species and a third more pollinato...
Trait Dataset for 3,000 European Wild Bee and Hoverfly Species.
Every flower in your garden that sets fruit or seed depends on pollinators whose populations are ...
Contrasting responses of pollen and fruit to whole-tree heating in ...
Fruit-bearing trees in grasslands and savannahs worldwide may quietly stop reproducing long befor...
Dynamics of biotic resistance to plant invasions.
Every invasive plant spreading through a local nature preserve is running a gauntlet of native co...
Fire effects in sagebrush communities - the good, the bad, and the ...
If you've hiked through the wide-open sagebrush country of the West, the fate of that landscape —...
Trending: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — 1044 observations ...
Yarrow blooming in your yard or along your fence line is a free pollinator buffet — its flat-topp...
Trending: multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) — 1008 observations this week
Multiflora rose forms impenetrable thickets that crowd out the native shrubs and wildflowers your...
Trending: dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis) — 932 observations this week
Those showy purple clusters lining roadsides and garden edges in June are dame's rocket, not nati...
Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 843 observa...
Poison ivy is actively leafing out right now along the trail edges, fence lines, and woodland bor...
Trending: Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) — 465 observatio...
Canada mayflower carpeting the forest floor beneath your feet is a reliable sign that your woodla...
Trending: wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) — 411 observations ...
Wild sarsaparilla carpeting the forest floor right now is one of the clearest phenological marker...
Trending: chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) — 393 observations this week
Chokecherry thickets along your local trail edges are producing clusters of dark red fruit right ...
Trending: Solomon's plume (Maianthemum racemosum) — 335 observation...
Solomon's plume is one of the easiest native woodland plants to establish in a shady corner, and ...
Salt-loving grass genome reveals how it beats drought and salt
The salt-crusted patches at the edge of your local marsh or coastal lawn where nothing seems to g...
Philosophical foundations of plant awareness for sustainability.
Every weed you've ever pulled without a second thought, every shrub you've walked past a hundred ...
Invasive honeybees are starving bat-pollinated trees of fruit
If you've ever planted a tree hoping for fruit, this shows how a well-meaning backyard beehive ca...
Differential pollinator importance contributes to flower colour var...
Next time you spot a wildflower changing color as you hike uphill, you're watching millions of ye...
Biases and blind spots in the global research agenda on metallic po...
Lead and cadmium from contaminated soil can move through pollen and nectar into the bees visiting...
Adaptive management of geese in a restored tidal freshwater wetland.
If geese or deer are trampling the native plantings at your local park or nature preserve, target...
Non-native plantations: Plant invasion hotspots to multispecies bri...
That eucalyptus grove or pine plantation at the edge of your local nature reserve may be quietly ...
Morphological and phenological matching shape functional heteranthery.
If you grow crape myrtles and wonder why big bumblebee-sized carpenter bees seem to 'fit' the flo...
Long-term demography and spatial genetic structure reveal mechanism...
That sassafras thicket at the edge of the woods you walk past — the one that smells like root bee...
Dwarf pawpaw (Asimina pygmaea) observed in Cedar Key Scrub State Re...
Dwarf pawpaw is one of the few native fruit-bearing shrubs adapted to Florida's harsh, sandy scru...
mile-a-minute weed (Persicaria perfoliata) observed in Rowley Rd, C...
If this vine reaches the edge of your yard or a nearby trail, it can blanket native shrubs and wi...
Trending: foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) — 804 observat...
Foxglove beardtongue blooming in your yard or along a roadside right now is prime habitat for nat...
Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 697 observa...
Knowing what poison ivy looks like right now — shiny, three-leafed, and often climbing fences or ...
Trending: Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) — 375 observation...
Canada anemone spreading through a moist garden corner or streambank edge is doing real ecologica...
Trending: Canadian bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) — 356 observation...
Canadian bunchberry carpeting the forest floor of a boreal trail is one of the clearest signs tha...
Trending: dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis) — 330 observations this week
If you've noticed fragrant purple flower clusters lining roadsides or spilling into woodland edge...
Trending: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — 1094 observations ...
Yarrow spreading along roadsides and meadow edges near you is one of the easiest native plants to...
Pollination by long-proboscid horseflies and its implications for r...
Orchids growing shoulder-to-shoulder in a meadow can stay distinct species for millions of years ...
Phenotypic Evaluation of Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus L.) Landraces...
Old sunflower landraces grown by farmers for generations may hold the drought tolerance or diseas...
Seeds remember past warmth more than the warmth they sprout in
If you're growing alpine or rock-garden species from seed, this explains why identical sowing con...
Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert pla...
Desert wildflower displays you might drive out to see in the Coachella Valley — from spring annua...
Host Species Mediate Distinct Seed Microbiome Responses to Restoration.
Seeds you collect from a restored prairie or replanted woodland may carry a reshuffled microbial ...
The rarest invaders: systematic global evidence for the conservatio...
A plant you might find listed as endangered in a botanical garden catalog could be the same speci...
Machine Learning and Geospatial Modeling of Climate Change Impacts ...
Every third bite of food you eat exists because a bee visited a flower — and the models here show...
Replanting grasses builds soil carbon mainly through fungal leftovers
If you've ever wondered why a restored meadow feels richer underfoot than an abandoned field left...
Trending: purple crownvetch (Securigera varia) — 925 observations this week
That pink-and-white flowering vine carpeting the highway median and creeping into trail edges nea...
Trending: Canadian bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) — 428 observation...
Canadian bunchberry carpeting the forest floor beneath your local conifers is a reliable sign of ...
Trending: Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) — 405 observation...
Canada anemone spreading through a rain garden or wet meadow edge is doing double duty — its dens...
Trending: black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) — 1028 observations this week
Black-eyed Susans blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now are feeding native bees and ...
Bright flowers energize you, pale ones calm you down
Picking flower colours for your beds isn't just about looks; it's a way to actually tune the mood...
From individuals to networks: The role of variation in plant-pollin...
The bumblebees visiting your garden aren't interchangeable — some handle heat waves better, some ...
Orchid bee diversity responds positively to forest cover and landsc...
Orchid bees are the sole pollinators of many tropical orchid species, so the forest patches and b...
Leafy park trees cool streets far better than street-canyon trees
If you're picking a shade tree for a yard or noticing which park bench feels cooler in August, th...
Trending: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — 1271 observations ...
Yarrow blooming in roadside ditches and meadows right now is one of the best indicators that your...
Trending: tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) — 367 observations this week
Tufted vetch scrambling through your hedgerows or meadow edges is actively fixing nitrogen into t...
Trending: Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) — 334 observation...
Canada anemone spreading a white-flowered carpet along stream banks and wet meadow edges right no...
Trending: common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) — 1179 observations this week
Common selfheal is almost certainly already growing in your lawn or a nearby path edge — it's one...
Diversity and Ethnobotany of the Family Zingiberaceae in Lop Buri P...
Turmeric, galangal, cardamom, and ginger all belong to the same plant family — and this study rev...
BEYOND THE GROVE: UNVEILING THE ECOLOGY AND DIVERSITY OF X-DISEASE,...
Wild chokecherries lining the trails and roadsides near you may be hosting a pathogen that's quie...
Bloom timing shapes how a bumblebee gut parasite spreads between flowers
The wild bergamot blooming in your pollinator garden isn't just pretty - when it peaks relative t...
Wild bumblebees in Turkey carry the same viruses decimating honeybe...
Every third bite of food you eat depends on a pollinator, and the bumblebees doing much of that w...
Railways reshape soil fungi, opening the door to invasive plants
Every new road, rail line, or trail cut through natural land quietly rewires the soil biology und...
Legumes rebuild soil's living nitrogen engine, not just its nitrogen supply
Planting legumes in a bare or depleted patch of ground doesn't just add nitrogen the way a fertil...
Invasive shrubs drain Brazil's palm swamps dry during drought
Palm swamps like the Veredas of central Brazil anchor the dry-season water table that feeds strea...
Facilitative Effects of Alnus viridis ssp. fruticosa on Betula nana...
Watching which shrubs cluster together in wild landscapes isn't just aesthetics — this study show...
The "weed" in your lawn is quietly feeding thousands of bumblebees
Selfheal is almost certainly already growing in your lawn or garden path and most people pull it ...
Yarrow's 1,100 sightings this week mark peak pollinator season
Yarrow blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now is a reliable signal that summer pollin...
Black-eyed Susans are at peak bloom and feeding pollinators now
Black-eyed Susans blooming in your yard or along a roadside right now are feeding the specialist ...
This drought-tolerant native shrub feeds bees and enriches soil for free
New Jersey tea fixes its own nitrogen through root nodules, meaning it feeds the soil around it w...
Oxeye daisy topped iNaturalist this week and it quietly crowds out ...
Oxeye daisy spreads aggressively into meadows and roadsides, crowding out the native wildflowers ...
Tufted vetch fixes free nitrogen from air wherever it scrambles
Tufted vetch scrambling through your meadow or roadside verge is quietly pulling nitrogen from th...
Hundreds spotted Canadian bunchberry this week, signaling healthy f...
Canadian bunchberry carpets the floor of boreal and montane forests across North America, and its...
Coexistence mechanisms for herbaceous plants in arid ecosystems.
Desert wildflower blooms you might drive hours to see — those explosions of color after a good wi...
Genome sequence of <i>Ceratocystis huliohia</i>, a fung...
If you've ever hiked a Hawaiian rainforest trail canopied by 'ōhi'a lehua blossoms — the scarlet ...
Nectar-stealing bees drain tubular flowers but leave seed productio...
Next time you spot a bumblebee hovering at the base of a tubular flower instead of its mouth, you...
Losing specialist pollinators reshuffles who visits which plants ac...
The bees and birds that visit your garden aren't interchangeable; lose even one specialist specie...
Partial mycoheterotrophy in the arbuscular mycorrhizal Gentiana squ...
The delicate alpine gentians you might spot on a mountain hike aren't just pretty faces — they're...
Wild bittersweet nightshade keeps the same root microbes across wil...
Native plants in your neighborhood may be carrying their own stable communities of beneficial mic...
Silphium wildflowers get their genomes decoded, speeding up crop do...
The rosinweeds growing in native prairies and roadside restorations near you are candidates for t...
Clay coating helps native tree seedlings survive harsh sun during r...
If you've ever tried to establish a native tree seedling in a bare, sunny patch of yard only to w...
Wild bergamot blooming across North America draws record observer attention
Wild bergamot blooming in your neighborhood right now is one of the best plants you can add to a ...
Citizen scientists spot common selfheal blooming across the landscape
Common selfheal grows in almost every lawn, meadow, and trailside you pass through in summer, and...
Black-eyed Susan peaks with 1,000 sightings logged in one week
Black-eyed Susan blooming at this scale signals that your local meadow or sunny border is enterin...
Yarrow blooms draw hundreds of citizen scientists into the field
Common yarrow growing along your fence line or in a neglected corner of your yard is actively bei...
St. John's Wort blooming peak draws hundreds of naturalist sightings
St. John's Wort blooming along roadsides and meadow edges right now is one of summer's most relia...
Ethiopia's tree-planting drive is really working to store carbon
If you've ever wondered whether mass tree-planting campaigns actually do anything, this study mea...
Night beetles are secret star pollinators of this Banksia shrub
If you grow banksias or walk through Australian bushland at night, the flowers you assumed were p...
Young adults in eastern Germany know dandelion and sparrows but few...
Cornflower and Chamomile — plants your grandparents likely knew by name from roadsides and field ...
How early do Cerrado grasses become fire-resilient? Insights from a...
If you're seeding native grasses into a restoration patch or fire-adapted meadow, waiting at leas...
Adaptive strategies in young Inga vera subsp. affinis plants under ...
Riparian forests along flood-prone rivers are among the hardest native ecosystems to restore — kn...
Effects of restoration practices on biodiversity in temperate and b...
The mosaic of dead logs, open patches, and scorched ground that forest managers create mirrors th...
netted pawpaw (Asimina reticulata) observed in Jupiter Inlet Colony...
Netted pawpaw is a Florida-endemic shrub that supports native zebra swallowtail and Pawpaw sphinx...
Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 1019 observ...
Knowing what poison ivy looks like in its current spring growth form — before leaves fully unfurl...
Trending: dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis) — 967 observations this week
Dame's rocket lines roadsides and woodland edges every May looking nearly identical to native phl...
Trending: red trillium (Trillium erectum) — 546 observations this week
Red trillium blooming in your local forest is one of spring's most precise ecological clocks — if...
Trending: yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — 431 observat...
Yellow trout lily carpets forest floors for just a few weeks each spring before vanishing entirel...
Evolutionary Origin of Prolonged Delayed Fertilization in the Fagaceae.
Every acorn you see forming on an oak this summer may actually be the result of a pollination eve...
Progress and prospects of parasitic plant biodiversity genomics.
Witchweed and broomrape, the vampires of the plant world, already devastate staple crops across A...
Wild bees stick to the same pollen diet every year
The mix of flowers you plant determines which bees can actually get the protein and fat they need...
Stem sodium sequestration and photosynthetic maintenance correlated...
If you're planting oaks for urban restoration or windbreaks in areas with road salt or alkaline s...
Red listing the flora of the Green Islands reveals high extinction ...
If you've ever grown a rare island plant or visited botanical gardens showcasing Macaronesian flo...
Evaluating biodiversity and ecosystem services offered by spontaneo...
Abandoned quarries near your region could be quietly becoming some of the best wildlife habitat a...
Effects of Climate and Water Limitation on Reproductive Traits and ...
Wildflower meadows along California's rocky outcrops are quietly reshuffling their bloom windows ...
Biochar as an integrated management tool against Phytophthora cinna...
Cork oak forests covering Portugal's rolling hillsides — the source of every natural wine cork — ...
Flowering-rush (Butomus umbellatus) observed in Saint Boniface, Win...
Flowering-rush crowds out the native cattails and sedges that waterfowl nest in and that filter r...
pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) observed in Chepachet
Pink lady's slippers take up to 15 years to bloom from seed and can only germinate with the help ...
Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides) observed in The Hammocks, FL, USA
Tuckeroo has established itself in South Florida natural areas like The Hammocks, where it can ou...
Trending: wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) — 1140 observations this week
Wild geranium blooming in your local woodland right now is a reliable phenology signal that sprin...
Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 923 observa...
Poison ivy is hitting peak urushiol potency right now — the same week crowds are heading onto tra...
Trending: Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) — 342 observatio...
Jack-in-the-Pulpit unfurling in your local woods right now marks one of spring's most reliable ph...
Trending: red trillium (Trillium erectum) — 381 observations this week
Red trillium blooming in your local woods is one of spring's most reliable phenological clocks — ...
Linked plant-fungal invasions: an introduction to a Virtual Issue.
Invasive plants spreading into natural areas near you may be dragging along foreign fungi that di...
This solo bee could help orchards outlast the honeybee crisis
If you grow fruit trees, the small blue-black bees nesting in hollow stems near your yard each sp...
Foliar pathogens and drought drive plant-soil feedback between two ...
The powdery mildew you spot on your garden plants isn't just a leaf problem — it's quietly reshap...
Trending: black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) — 1378 observations this week
Black-eyed Susans blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now are prime nectar stops for n...
Trending: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — 1285 observations ...
Yarrow blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now is a reliable nectar source for native ...
Most wild American grapevine species need urgent conservation help
The wine grapes and table grapes we eat today rely on wild grapevine cousins growing right now in...
Seasonality, land use and plant community diversity shape microbiom...
The weedy mix of plants you leave growing around your garden beds may be quietly shielding your p...
Response of soil phosphorus fractions and bioavailability to native...
If you've ever tried to restore a weedy pond edge or replant a disturbed shoreline, this research...
Can Phosphate-Solubilizing Microorganisms Unlock the Path to Sustai...
Restoring a patch of degraded rainforest is less like planting a garden and more like rebuilding ...
Old Lineage, New Insights: Phenology, pollination and reproductive ...
If you've watched hummingbirds work a garden and wondered which wild plants depend on them most d...
Trending: Solomon's plume (Maianthemum racemosum) — 957 observation...
Solomon's plume arching over the shaded corners of your yard or local trail right now is a reliab...
Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 899 observa...
Poison ivy is actively leafing out right now along trail edges, fence lines, and woodland borders...
Trending: common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) — 891 observations this week
Yarrow blooming in your yard or along roadsides right now is one of the most reliable signals tha...
Trending: chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) — 506 observations this week
Chokecherry thickets along roadsides and woodland edges are prime spots to watch for tiger swallo...
Trending: wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) — 308 observations ...
Wild sarsaparilla carpets the same shaded forest floors you walk through in spring — learning to ...
A global bioregionalisation for orchids.
If you've ever tried to grow an orchid and watched it sulk, knowing it evolved in a distinct clim...
Eco-restorative plant-microbe-biostimulant system for nitro-PAHs de...
Those weedy sedges and coarse grasses taking over neglected lots near busy roads aren't just eyes...
Night shift pollinators make plant networks tougher than we thought
The moths and other night visitors working your garden after dark aren't a separate cast of chara...
Cowslip flower types diverge in germination rates and stress tolerance
Which cowslip flower type you collect seed from affects how well those seeds sprout, and because ...
Common pesticides quietly stress stingless bees without killing them
The stingless bees pollinating tomatoes, peppers, and native flowering plants in tropical and sub...
Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Variation in Semi-Arid Woody Pla...
Native shrubs you plant to save water in a dry climate may quietly lose their drought-tolerance w...
Hazelnut shrubs boost soil life more than any other pine understory plant
The hazelnut or rowan you might plant near a pine tree in your yard isn't just adding variety abo...
How some plants survive drying out completely, then bounce back
The mosses and lichens crusting your garden path or a shady rock wall aren't dead when they turn ...
Nursery-grown marsh grass genetically differs from wild local plants
If you've ever donated to or volunteered with a coastal marsh restoration project, this explains ...
That sneezing spike? Ragweed is blooming everywhere right now
If your allergies flare every August, the weedy plant crowding your sidewalk cracks and vacant lo...
Passionflower's citrus perfume vanishes 90% by mid-morning
If you've ever wondered why some flowers smell strongest at certain times of day, this passionflo...
Cities with anti-light-pollution laws are protecting tree seasonal cycles
If you've noticed a street tree near a bright parking lot or streetlight holding its leaves weeks...
Warmer springs make some trees end their growing season sooner
If you've noticed the maples or lindens on your street coloring up earlier some years, this resea...
Ghost-white forest plant is popping up everywhere this week
If you spot a cluster of waxy white stalks in the deep shade of your local woods, it's not a fung...
Rare alpine flowers survive by sharing pollinators with common look-alikes
That uncommon wildflower you spot on a mountain hike may only persist because it evolved flowers ...
Butterflies pick flower color and shape over nectar volume
If you grow Ixora shrubs for butterflies, this shows that swapping to the species with tubular fl...
Where flowers grow shapes which pollinators find them
The scattered layout of flowers in your garden, not just the flower type, influences which bees a...
Impact of land use changes on ecosystem services provision in grass...
The wildflower meadows and pastures that once bordered mountain villages across Central Europe ar...
Differences in characteristics between naturalized threatened plant...
A tree you might plant for shade or timber could simultaneously be vanishing from its homeland — ...
Evolutionary and environmental drivers of dry-season deciduousness ...
Mimosa shrubs you might spot along roadsides or in dry gardens — those feathery-leaved plants tha...
Flowering phenology in species of Chamaecrista (L.) Moench: tempora...
Watch a patch of partridge peas closely enough and you'll catch individual plants flipping which ...
Inter situ collections as a strategy to conserve an exceptional pla...
Rare tropical plants that can't be frozen or seed-banked — the ones quietly holding rainforest ec...
Mexican Giant Hyssop (Agastache mexicana) observed in Keller Spring...
Mexican Giant Hyssop's confirmed presence in suburban DFW means you can likely grow this drought-...
Restoring dead mine soil means feeding its invisible workforce first
If you've ever tried to grow anything in scraped-bare construction fill or a dead patch of yard, ...
nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) observed in Dingwall, NS B0C 1G...
Nodding trilliums bloom for only a few weeks each spring in rich, shaded hardwood forests — spott...
American basketflower (Plectocephalus americanus) observed in Kelle...
American basketflower draws native bees and butterflies to North Texas roadsides and meadows — sp...
red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) observed in Markham, ON L6B 1A...
Red columbine's spurred flowers are perfectly shaped for ruby-throated hummingbirds, so spotting ...
white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) observed in Mississauga
White baneberry's striking white berries on red stalks are a late-summer highlight in shaded nati...
Heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica) observed in Oak Park Dr, Suwane...
Heavenly bamboo berries are toxic to birds and have been spreading from yards into Georgia's nati...
Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) observed in James Island County Park,...
Yaupon Holly is the only caffeine-containing plant native to North America, and spotting it thriv...
Drones collect insect DNA from crops to track farm biodiversity
The hedgerow or wildflower strip bordering a farm field you pass on a walk may be doing more for ...
Africa's rainforest fungi remain mostly undiscovered and boost tree growth
Forest restoration projects across the tropics often fail because they plant trees without the un...
Wild mountain plants sort into metal-trapping and metal-pulling specialists
If you've ever wondered whether the scrappy weeds growing on an old mine site or industrial lot c...
Gymnosperms.
The towering conifers anchoring your nearest mountain forest or state park are evolutionary survi...
Aquatic plants.
The pond, marsh, or stream near your favorite walking trail depends on aquatic plants to stay cle...
Gene co-option across scales shapes plant diversity.
Every bizarre flower shape, carnivorous trap, or prickly stem you've ever marveled at in a botani...
This invasive purple wetland plant is blooming everywhere right now
If you live near a marsh, pond edge, or ditch, that tall spike of magenta flowers crowding out ca...
That waxy white plant in your woods is trending on iNaturalist
If you've ever spotted a ghostly white stalk poking up through dark forest leaf litter and wonder...
Gut microbiome composition and cellulolytic bacteria associated wit...
Carpenter bees tunneling through the dead wood in your garden fence or log pile may carry gut bac...
Shifts in Rhizosphere Bacterial Community Composition and Predicted...
That weedy, orange-flowered plant carpeting the shady corners of urban parks and woodland edges m...
Trees make their own bug-alarm scent when caterpillars attack
The next time you spot chewed leaves on a tree in the park, the plant may already be broadcasting...
Wetland plant grows stronger in oily soil, breaks down pollution
If you've ever wondered how nature bounces back after an oil spill in a marsh, this plant shows t...
This common wetland plant sucks up 'forever chemicals' best
If you've got a rain garden or pond edge, knowing that umbrella plant, soft rush, canna, and iris...
Disease-resistant elms host different microbes and DNA chemistry
If you've watched a stately elm die from Dutch elm disease in your neighborhood, this research po...
Wild rice talks to helpful bacteria better than farmed rice
Every time a crop gets bred for higher yield or easier harvest, it can lose quieter traits like t...
Small-scale adaptation to geothermal soil heating in a perennial he...
That patch of wildflowers at the edge of a sun-baked driveway or south-facing slope may already b...
Dakota mock vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida) observed in Fort Wo...
Dakota mock vervain blooming in a Fort Worth yard or vacant lot is a signal that your local polli...
Lantana (Lantana strigocamara) observed in Shamrock Park and Nature...
Lantana growing in a park you might walk through this weekend can crowd out native wildflowers an...
American bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia) observed in Frankfort @ Ke...
American bladdernut is a native understory shrub that produces rattling, papery seed pods perfect...
wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) observed in Franklin County, KY, USA
Wild bergamot is one of the best native plants you can add to a sunny garden border — it blooms m...
Trending: oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) — 878 observations this week
Oxeye daisy carpets roadsides and meadows right now — and knowing it helps you spot whether your ...
Trending: common blue violet (Viola sororia) — 1091 observations this week
Common blue violet is a native wildflower that supports early-season pollinators and serves as th...
Trending: Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) — 113 observations this week
Tracking when and where salmonberry blooms and fruits each year helps gardeners, foragers, and co...
Invasive purple loosestrife is blooming and spreading everywhere this week
If you live near a marsh, pond, or ditch, this tall pink-flowered plant can quietly take over the...
Stage-specific rhizosphere microbial succession is associated with ...
Desert plants thriving in nearly lifeless soil without fertilizer are doing it by cultivating pre...
Forest communities in India rely on 119 plants for medicine
The garlic and black pepper in your kitchen spice rack are the same plants that healers in Chitra...
Leaf- and root-associated bacterial communities differ in their res...
The prairie remnant or native grass meadow near you is quietly negotiating with invisible bacteri...
Cattails thrive in flooded mine waste while cleaning up pollutants
If you've ever noticed cattails colonizing a ditch or retention pond, this shows why they're a go...
Restoration of alkaline spoil deposits at a highway construction si...
Roadsides and construction scars near your neighborhood could become functioning green corridors ...
Kandelia obovata afforestation enhances coastal soil quality over S...
Coastal wetlands restored with native mangroves are the living seawalls that buffer the shoreline...
Assessing the implementation of crustivoltaics in trans for the res...
Bare, crusted desert soils you might see on a hiking trail are actually alive with tiny organisms...
common beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) observed in Oregon City, OR 97045, USA
Beargrass blooms are a classic sign of healthy Pacific Northwest forests — spotting one and loggi...
Trending: Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis) — 135 observations this week
Osoberry is a bellwether of spring — if you live in the Pacific Northwest, seeing it bloom means ...
Delhi's older urban forests store triple the carbon of new ones
The mature trees shading a decades-old city park are doing measurably more climate work than the ...
Trending: oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) — 377 observations this week
Oxeye daisy carpeting roadsides and meadows right now is quietly outcompeting native wildflowers ...
Local genetic neighbourhoods but resilient gene flow across anthrop...
Red campion's hot-pink flowers blooming along roadsides and hedgerows near your home are quietly ...
Newly arisen indel governs a leaf shape polymorphism in the Ivy Lea...
That scraggly morning glory vine climbing your fence with the unusual lobed leaves isn't just pre...
Invasive purple loosestrife is blooming and spotters are noticing
If you spot a tall spike of magenta flowers along a ditch or pond edge this week, reporting it he...
Rapid ecological speciation in gall inducers.
Those lumpy growths you notice on shrubs along roadsides and trails are actually the result of an...
Origin and diversity of leaf vein patterns.
Every leaf you press from your garden, every fern frond you spot on a woodland walk, carries a ve...
Cold mountain trees may stop growing due to hormones, not hunger
Next time you hike above the treeline and see stunted, wind-bent trees, you're looking at a plant...
Dakota mock vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida) observed in Lake Sh...
Dakota mock vervain's clusters of bright purple blooms are one of the best low-water natives you ...
Trending: Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) — 123 observations this week
Tracking when and where salmonberry blooms and fruits each year helps gardeners, foragers, and co...
Invasive weed outperforms native plant under combined soil pollution
If you've noticed aggressive weeds like beggar-ticks taking over disturbed lots near farmland or ...
Trending: Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica) — 1628 observ...
Surge in sightings tells gardeners and nature lovers that spring ephemerals are peaking right now...
Trending: mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) — 1427 observations this week
Mayapple's spring bloom is a reliable sign that your local forest is waking up, and tracking its ...
Trending: Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) — 199 observations this week
Burst of community sightings helps scientists track exactly when and where salmonberry is floweri...
Evolutionary Footprint: A Systemic Indicator in Evolution, Ecology ...
When bees and other pollinators disappear from your neighborhood, the wildflowers left behind don...
Invasive buckthorn shrub is spiking in nature sightings this week
That dense thicket of dark green shrubs crowding the edge of your local woods or trail might be c...
Trending: oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) — 390 observations this week
Oxeye daisy blankets roadsides and meadows right now — knowing it helps you spot whether your loc...
Fruit tree netting blocks pests but also drives away pollinators
The netted apple, cherry, or nut orchard you pass on a drive through farm country is quietly cutt...
Why this self-pollinating plant's flowers shrink at the edges of its range
If you've ever noticed that the same wildflower species looks different from one hillside to the ...
Gastrosporium simplex: Ein pannonischer Steppenpilz aus dem Nordtir...
Dry limestone meadows that look like scrubby, unproductive land to developers are the last refuge...
Trending: mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) — 1802 observations this week
Mayapple is likely carpeting the forest floor of any wooded park or trail near you right now — an...
Trending: Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) — 170 observations this week
Salmonberries ripen earlier than almost any other wild berry in spring, and tracking when and whe...
Overlooked tree-root partnerships quietly maintain nitrogen in whol...
Alder trees lining the creek in your local park are quietly building soil fertility from scratch,...
Returning burrowing mammals to reserves reshapes which insects surv...
The burrowing animals that once turned over soil across Australia did for insects what a garden f...
Climate change will push bluebeard shrubs northeast but fragment th...
Bluebeard shrubs, beloved in late-summer gardens for their blue flower spikes and drought toleran...
Wild tea relatives in Northeast India are running out of room to survive
Tea's wild relatives, tucked into the same family as your morning cup, are quietly disappearing f...
Rare Canary Islands shrub proves fragile against drought and frost
Endemic plants clinging to a single mountainside are the canaries in the coal mine for climate ti...
Rain timing, not warmth, drives California wildflower bloom cycles
Native wildflowers in California's hills bloom on rain's schedule, not the calendar's, and this s...
orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca) observed in Kodiak Island Co...
Orange hawkweed spreads aggressively through underground runners and airborne seeds, and once it ...
Scarlet Beebalm confirmed thriving in Ohio, welcoming hummingbirds and bees
Scarlet Beebalm is one of the few native perennials that draws hummingbirds, bumblebees, and swal...
Invasive crownvetch spotted spreading in a Sharonville park
Purple crownvetch spreads aggressively along roadsides and into natural areas, crowding out the n...
Native orchid with painted leaves spotted in Durham's old-growth forest
Downy rattlesnake plantain is one of the few native orchids you might actually stumble across on ...
Invasive plants change soil life through their traits, not their numbers
If you're battling an invasive vine or weed in your yard, this suggests the real threat to your s...
wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) observed in Tennessee, US
Wild bergamot growing in Tennessee roadsides and meadows is a magnet for native bees, hummingbird...
Trending: yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — 619 observat...
Yellow trout lily carpets woodland floors in early spring before tree canopies close, and if you ...
Trending: common blue violet (Viola sororia) — 2069 observations this week
Common blue violets blooming in your lawn or garden are one of the only early-spring food sources...
Trending: red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea) — 248 observations this week
Red osier dogwood thrives in wet, soggy corners of yards where most shrubs struggle — planting on...
Equipping the next generation of plant taxonomists: Insights and re...
Every wildflower, tree, and shrub in your local nature reserve only gets legal protection, seed-b...
Considerable variation in embolism resistance in a temperate forest...
The oaks, maples, and hickories in your local woodland aren't equally tough in a dry summer—some ...
Spatial patterns and policy implications of invasive flora in the H...
Invasive plants spreading along roadsides don't stay there — they hitchhike on vehicles, boots, a...
Ferns at a polluted mine shape their own soil microbes to manage to...
Contaminated brownfields and mine-scarred landscapes near hiking trails or green spaces could one...
Heat and scarce pollinators together shorten how long flowers stay open
Watch the wildflowers in a dry August meadow and you're watching evolution in real time: the same...
Farm diversity, not wildland alone, keeps savannah birds from vanishing
The mixed hedgerows, crop fields, and wetland edges you see patchworking a rural landscape are ea...
Counting soil species misses recovery; nematode networks tell the r...
The compost in your garden bin and the fungi threading through your lawn are regulated by microsc...
Native grasses hold alpine meadows together when grazing and fertil...
Meadow restoration projects that add fertilizer to boost grass yields may quietly undermine the n...
Creeping Bellflower confirmed spreading in Emily community area
Creeping Bellflower's deep, brittle root system makes it nearly impossible to pull cleanly from g...
Purple crownvetch spotted spreading through Portland neighborhood streets
Purple crownvetch can quietly take over a garden bed or roadside verge within a single season, cr...
Invasive creeping Jenny spotted in Ottawa-area provincial park
Creeping Jenny can carpet the forest floor of parks you walk through, crowding out native wildflo...
Common milkweed confirmed growing near Ottawa's Lac des Chats
Milkweed is the only plant monarch caterpillars can eat, so knowing where it grows naturally poin...
Tufted vetch blooms draw hundreds of citizen-science observers this week
The dense purple flower clusters of tufted vetch attract bumblebees specifically, and spotting it...
Trending: mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) — 2390 observations this week
Mayapple carpets the forest floor of nearly every eastern North American woodland in spring, and ...
Flowers' built-in symmetry keeps cross-pollination on track across ...
Native shrubs in pollinator-friendly gardens can maintain healthy reproduction even as bee commun...
Trending: bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) — 626 observations this week
Bloodroot is one of the earliest spring ephemerals to bloom in eastern woodlands, and tracking it...
This tree soaks up toxic mercury from old gold mine soil
If you've ever wondered whether trees can undo industrial damage to soil, this study shows a fast...
Some city trees quietly soak up heavy metal pollution from soil
That scraggly street tree outside your window might be doing double duty as a pollution gauge, si...
Trending: wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) — 1212 observations this week
Wild geranium is blooming right now in woodland gardens and forest edges near you — spotting one ...
Trending: mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) — 1049 observations this week
Mayapple carpets the forest floor of parks and woodlands you may already walk through each spring...
Wild bergamot is blooming everywhere and pollinators are noticing
If you've got a patch of dry, sunny ground you don't know what to do with, wild bergamot fills it...
Ghost pipe sightings are surging in forests across the country
That waxy white stalk poking through the leaf litter on your next forest walk isn't a fungus or a...
Milkweed sightings are spiking as bloom season peaks
The milkweed patch you've been letting grow wild in the back corner of your yard is exactly what ...
This flower blasts citrus scent only at dawn for bees
If you've ever wondered why some flowers in your garden seem fragrant one moment and scentless th...
Chewed-up flowers still smell fine enough to attract pollinators
The flowers in your garden that get nibbled by beetles or caterpillars are likely still calling i...
Soil-plant interactions and metal uptake efficiency of native speci...
Weedy roadside plants you walk past every day — like black-jack and fleabane — may be quietly pul...
Legume root bacteria mix and match genes to fit their plant partner
The peas, beans, and clover thriving in your garden without added fertilizer owe that trick to un...
wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) observed in Hamilton, ON, CA
Wild sarsaparilla carpeting a shaded woodland floor is a reliable sign you're walking through a h...
clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) observed in Lenox Rd NE...
Clasping milkweed is one of the rarer native milkweeds — spotting it in an Atlanta neighborhood m...
Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) observed in Hamilton, ON, CA
Eastern Skunk Cabbage is one of the first plants to push through frozen ground each spring — if y...
Legitimate pollen transfer in one- and three-dimensional heterostyl...
Wild flax flowers blooming in dry Mediterranean scrub have quietly evolved two different strategi...
Black pine cone crop size, cone structure and pollination failure a...
Next time you spot a crossbill working through a pine cone in a mountain forest, you're watching ...
Flowering phenology in species of Chamaecrista (L.) Moench: tempora...
Wild senna plants blooming along roadsides and meadow edges are running a daily floral shell game...
Regrowing tropical forests naturally push out non-native trees over time
If you've ever watched a weedy, fast-growing tree take over a cleared lot only to see it thin out...
Genotype-dependent sulfur depletion is linked to antioxidant dysfun...
The black alder trees lining your nearest contaminated creek or roadside detention pond may alrea...
Baby kelp hides inside red seaweed, aiding forest recovery
The tide pools and reefs you might explore on a coastal trip rely on unassuming red seaweeds that...
Wild bergamot is blooming everywhere right now, and people are noticing
If you've got bees, hummingbirds, or swallowtails visiting your yard this week, wild bergamot's l...
Early physiological response of Pinus yunnanensis Franch. seedlings...
Rocky hillsides being reforested after overgrazing or erosion have a tipping point where soil deg...
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi modulate the adaptation of aeluropus l...
Degraded salt flats and coastal marshes — the kind slowly swallowing low-lying shorelines — may b...
large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) observed in Leeds and ...
Large white trillium is Ontario's provincial flower and a reliable signal of old-growth forest he...
green dragon (Arisaema dracontium) observed in N Forest Glen Ave, C...
Green dragon growing along a Chicago street corridor signals that native woodland understory plan...
red trillium (Trillium erectum) observed in Alban, ON P0M 1A0, Canada
Red trillium emerging in the boreal-transition forests of northern Ontario signals the brief wind...
Texas Persimmon (Diospyros texana) observed in McKinney Falls State...
Next time you walk the trails at McKinney Falls, the gnarled little trees with papery charcoal-gr...
Florida Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum floridanum) observed in Gainesville
Florida Indian Plantain is a native wildflower that supports specialist native bees and belongs i...
tree tobacco (Nicotiana glauca) observed in La Jolla Coastal Trail,...
If you walk the La Jolla Coastal Trail, the tall shrub with tubular yellow flowers you pass may b...
Ecological change may be a common initiator of evolutionary pollina...
Every time a gardener notices that bees have stopped visiting a plant that once buzzed with them,...
30-year thistle experiment shows seeds can rebuild rare populations
If you've ever donated to or volunteered with a native plant restoration, this study is proof tha...
Bees that cut leaves for nests need better plant menus
If you've ever spotted neat, circular holes punched into your rose or redbud leaves, that's a lea...
Trait-mediated interactions drive local diversity.
When you plant a sparse native wildflower patch, the slow-growing, drought-thrifty species in the...
Beech trees can adjust leaf timing but not frost tolerance
The beech trees shading your local forest trail are genetically flexible about when they leaf out...
Bee-loved native wildflower is popping up everywhere right now
If you've got a patch of purple, shaggy-flowered blooms buzzing with bees and hummingbird moths a...
Fireweed sightings are surging across the country right now
If you've hiked a burned-over hillside or a recent clear-cut this summer, that tall spike of pink...
princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa) observed in Maynardville, TN 37807, USA
Princess tree can take over a disturbed hillside or woodland edge in just a few growing seasons, ...
thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) observed in Greater Vancouver, CA-BC, CA
Thimbleberry is one of the easiest native shrubs to establish in a shady Pacific Northwest garden...
Effects of Chromium Species on Root Morphometry of Typha domingensi...
Floating plant rafts planted with cattails are being used to clean up chromium-contaminated water...
Yeast species interactions and composition modulate leaf rust sever...
The wild black cottonwood trees lining Pacific Northwest rivers and riparian trails are silently ...
A longitudinal roadside study of the New Hampshire alder root nodul...
Alders are one of the few trees that can colonize a gravel pit or eroded streambank and actually ...
Prioritizing restoration hotspots in riparian corridors using integ...
The weedy, sun-baked stretch of riverbank you walk past every day could be a mapped restoration h...
Age-matched benchmark comparisons show region-dependent forest reco...
If you've ever replanted a disturbed patch of your yard and wondered why native wildflowers refus...
A High-Resolution Multifocal RGB Pollen Grain Image Dataset for Dee...
Native Chilean trees like the ulmo and quillay — whose pollen this dataset captures in unpreceden...
Monitoring the pollination of the endangered species Abiespinsapo B...
If you've ever hiked the mountains of southern Spain, the ghost-blue spires of Spanish fir are pa...
Contrasting whole-plant hydraulic strategies between light-demandin...
Ferns carpeting the forest floor or colonizing a sunny roadside bank are running completely diffe...
common reed (Phragmites australis) observed in Mulmur, ON, CA
Common reed can take over the wet edges of trails, ponds, and storm ditches near your neighborhoo...
eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) observed in Westover Rd, Shippen...
Eastern redbud is one of the earliest native trees to bloom each spring, offering a burst of mage...
white oak (Quercus alba) observed in Loves Park, IL, US
White oaks in your region support over 500 species of caterpillars and moths, making a single mat...
red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) observed in Indian Trail, Davi...
Red columbine's distinctive red-and-yellow nodding flowers are one of the earliest spring nectar ...
common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) observed in Chatmoss, VA, USA
Common milkweed growing in Chatmoss means monarch butterflies have a potential breeding and necta...
mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) observed in Tolland Count...
Mapleleaf viburnum is one of the few native shrubs that thrives in deep shade under mature trees,...
Weeds struggle most when they resemble their crop competitor
The broadleaf weeds choking out your soybean patch aren't losing by accident: they're being crowd...
Operationalizing tropical plant genomics in Brazil.
Hundreds of tropical fruits, medicines, and ornamentals that stock nurseries worldwide still lack...
Gardeners are spotting monarch-friendly milkweed everywhere this week
If you've got a patch of common milkweed in your yard or spot its pink flower clusters on a walk,...
This wetland grass traps toxic nickel safely in its roots
If you've ever wondered how contaminated land near old mines or industrial sites could be cleaned...
Rare disease-resistant white pines found deep in Mexico's forests
If you've ever admired a high-elevation pine forest, this research maps out which wild trees carr...
Fungal pest-control product harms stingless bee gut and movement
If you rely on native bees to pollinate garden crops or wild plants nearby, this study is a remin...
Why some Himalayan trees can't grow any higher up the mountain
If you've ever wondered why the alpine tree line on a mountain hike forms such a sharp edge, this...
Invasive plant diseases frequently attack unexpected new host plants
The fungal disease killing an unusual plant in your garden may be a foreign pathogen that never t...
Ordinary weeds near mines can pull toxic metals from soil
The unassuming grasses and mints growing along a roadside or old industrial lot might be quietly ...
Fungal soil boosts help some native grasses, hurt others
If you're restoring a native prairie patch or meadow, dumping the same mycorrhizal inoculant on e...
This native vine's edible tubers are having a moment
The tangled vine climbing fence lines near wetlands and stream banks this time of year might be A...
180-year-old oak trees rewrite their DNA marks with the seasons
The oak dropping acorns in your neighborhood park is quietly reprogramming which genes turn on an...
Nearby pavement quietly thins out plant life in city forests
The pocket of trees behind your neighborhood or office isn't just shrinking when it gets fragment...
This white wildflower is blooming everywhere right now
If you spot clusters of small white daisy-like flowers along woodland edges or damp meadows this ...
Dry forest shrublands respond very differently to rain shortages
If you garden with drought-tolerant natives, this shows that even closely related shrubland types...
This yellow-flowered herb is everywhere on nature apps right now
If you've noticed clusters of small yellow flowers with black-dotted petals along roadsides or in...
Rarest ginger flower color isn't the reproductive winner, common one is
If you've ever assumed the showiest flower in your garden must be the most successful at reproduc...
Bee pollen stores hold hidden microbes shaped by habitat diversity
The wildflower patches and diverse plantings in your yard aren't just feeding bees directly, they...
Vetiver grass and tree spinach lock radioactive cesium in roots
If you've ever grown vetiver grass as a border planting or chaya as an edible hedge, you're looki...
This ghostly white plant is popping up in forests everywhere right now
If you've ever spotted a waxy white stalk pushing up through dead leaves in a shady forest and as...
Gardeners are spotting monarch's favorite plant everywhere this week
If you've got milkweed in your yard or spot it on a walk, you're looking at the only plant monarc...
Solitary bees absorb far more metal pollution than honey bees do
If you grow apples or plant flowers to support pollinators, the fungicides and soil particles tho...
Angolan vines found hoarding huge amounts of metal in leaves
Decades-old pressed plant specimens sitting in museum drawers just revealed a living toolkit for ...
New open database captures seed traits from tropical forests worldwide
If you've ever wondered why a rainforest seedling behaves so differently from an oak sapling, thi...
This invasive purple wetland plant is spreading fast right now
If you walk near a marsh, pond edge, or ditch this month, you're likely to spot tall spikes of ma...
Responses of bacterial communities along 50 years chronosequence su...
Brownfield lots, old rail corridors, and mine-adjacent land near your town may look barren, but n...
Trending: large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) — 613 observ...
The trilliums blooming right now in forests near you are an early-warning signal for spring timin...
Vertical stratification and seasonality of fruit-feeding butterfly ...
Fruit-bearing trees in dry forests depend on butterflies to signal ecosystem health — when canopy...
Host-specific fungal plant pathogens exhibit distinct interactions ...
The wild grasses growing along roadsides and field edges aren't just weeds — they harbor a dynami...
Africa's tiny stingless bees remain a scientific mystery worth solving
If you keep bees or garden for pollinators, these stingless species quietly pollinate crops and w...
DNA fingerprints now identify UAE's medicinal plants with near-perf...
The herbal supplement on your shelf claiming to contain a specific desert plant can now be checke...
This fern eats arsenic, and scientists finally know how
If you've ever wondered whether that vacant industrial lot near your neighborhood could ever be r...
Mountain willow disabled half its stress-defense enzymes to survive
The willow shrubs you might spot clinging to a rocky alpine slope have quietly sacrificed some co...
Recovering mined forests can out-produce old growth in food for wildlife
If you've ever wondered whether a replanted woodlot or reclaimed lot can really support birds and...
Wild rice seeds need months of drying before they'll sprout
If you save seeds from your garden, this is a reminder that dormancy isn't laziness: some seeds a...
Jewelweed sightings are surging across nature apps this week
The orange, spurred flowers popping up along your creek or shady trail edge right now are jewelwe...
Pokeweed sightings are spiking across the country this week
That tall plant with the dark purple berries popping up along fences and disturbed soil in your n...
Ragweed sightings are spiking, and so is pollen season
That itchy-eyed, sneezy feeling on your evening walk is probably ragweed, and this surge in sight...
Fireweed sightings are spiking on nature apps this week
The tall pink spikes popping up along trails, roadsides, and recently burned or disturbed ground ...
Chokecherry sightings spike as this native shrub fruits nationwide
The dark red clusters ripening on chokecherry shrubs along trails and fencerows right now are edi...
Thai villagers use 129 plants to treat fevers naturally
Roots from wild trees growing near rural Thai villages, brewed into decoctions, represent generat...
Plant family trees reveal ancient climate's fingerprint on pollinators
The bumblebees buzzing your garden squash and the moths visiting your evening primrose evolved th...
Ocotillo's lab-grown cells follow a strict, orderly growth blueprint
The desert ocotillo you've seen fencing off yards across the Southwest turns out to grow new tiss...
Ethiopian communities rely on wild plants to survive food shortages
The weeds and wild fruits growing along field edges and forest patches often carry generations of...
Africa's savanna grasses evolved in two distinct waves, not one
The grass-tree balance in savannas and prairies today is a legacy of ancient climate tipping poin...
Iranian shrublands are set to spread fast as climate warms
If you garden in a dry climate or hike arid landscapes, this shows exactly how shrinking rainfall...
Wild mustard relatives ranked for their crop-breeding potential
The wild radish or wild mustard growing along a roadside or field edge might carry drought or pes...
Congo swamp forests host fewer moths, with a backwards rainy season
The palms and hardwoods in your own garden shed leaves and grow on a seasonal rhythm shaped by wa...
Jewelweed sightings are spiking across nature apps right now
The orange, spotted flowers popping up along your local creek or shady trail edge right now are j...
Pokeweed sightings surge as foragers and naturalists take notice
That towering plant with the magenta stems and dark berries showing up along your fence line or r...
This wetland fern is popping up everywhere right now
If you've got a damp, shady corner of the yard that nothing else will grow in, sensitive fern is ...
This pink wildflower is blooming and popping up everywhere right now
If you've got a damp corner of the yard or live near a wetland, this is your cue that spotted Joe...
Remembering the botanist who redefined how plants and insects evolv...
The idea that butterflies and the plants they eat shaped each other over millions of years, an id...
Popular garden shrubs Weigela and Diervilla have tangled, hybrid fa...
That Weigela shrub blooming pink and white in your front yard is almost certainly a genetic mashu...
Salt-loving plants clean fish farm water and grow food too
If you've ever grown sea purslane or other edible succulents in a coastal garden, this shows the ...
Different olive varieties host different underground fungal partners
If you grow olives, tomatoes, or nearly any garden plant, a hidden network of root fungi is quiet...
foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) observed in Windber, PA, US
Foxglove beardtongue is one of the easiest native perennials to establish in a sunny border, and ...
Women know pollinators best but rarely lead conservation efforts
The person who notices exactly when a squash blossom opens or when bees are working a hedgerow is...
Friendly soil bacteria let tree seedlings thrive with less fertilizer
Restoration nurseries growing native trees for reforestation projects can cut fertilizer use and ...
Winter moths don't genetically tune themselves to specific oak trees
The oak in your yard and its resident caterpillars might not be as finely matched as nature docum...
Jewelweed sightings surge as this wetland wildflower hits peak bloom
If you've got a damp shady corner of your yard or walk near a creek, jewelweed's orange trumpet f...
Pokeweed sightings surge as its berries ripen this week
The towering plant with magenta stalks and drooping purple-black berries popping up along your fe...
Cardinal flower sightings surge as its red blooms peak
If you've got a damp, part-shady spot near a stream, pond edge, or rain garden, this tall red wil...
This vivid blue wildflower is blooming and getting noticed nationwide
If you've got a damp spot along a stream, pond edge, or low garden corner, this native perennial ...
Fireweed sightings are surging on nature-tracking apps right now
If you spot tall spikes of pink-purple flowers along a recently disturbed trail, roadside, or old...
This fuzzy white wildflower is popping up everywhere right now
If you're hiking dry meadows or roadsides this week, pearly everlasting's papery white flower clu...
Computer models map where healing plants will grow next
If you grow or forage medicinal herbs, the same climate shifts reshuffling their wild ranges will...
Bare soil hurts beneficial fungi more than drought does
If you've ever wondered why a bare, mulch-free garden bed struggles compared to one with living g...
Desert shrub rewires its chemistry hour by hour to survive
Understanding how this tough desert shrub shifts its metabolism between scorching afternoons and ...
Grassland grasses use opposite strategies to cope with low phosphorus
If you're restoring a native prairie or meadow, picking grass species that actually match your so...
Thin scraping, thick spreading: the topsoil trick for regrowing forests
If you've ever moved topsoil to start a new garden bed, this shows that how thin you scrape it up...
After 51 years, some mine-site plants soak up cadmium, not vanadium
If you've ever wondered whether tough, drought-hardy plants like sisal or hopbush could help clea...
Turkish city districts scored for urban plant biodiversity health
The mix of native and non-native trees planted along your street corners and city parks directly ...
Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii) observed in Mount Rainier Ct, Pleas...
Sacred Datura's large, white trumpet flowers open at dusk and are pollinated almost exclusively b...
This weed hides most of itself underground to survive
If you've ever tried to pull a stubborn weed only to have it return weeks later, this plant's str...
Even rainforests without dry seasons run on a yearly clock
If you've ever assumed tropical forests just do their own thing year-round with no rhyme or reaso...
Jewelweed is having a big week in the wild
The orange, spotted flowers dangling along shady creek edges and roadside ditches right now are j...
Pokeweed sightings surge on nature-tracking app this week
That towering purple-stemmed plant with the dark berries popping up along fences and disturbed so...
A toxic native wildflower is surging in nature sightings
That white, fluffy wildflower blooming in the shady edges of your local woods or park right now c...
This striking blue wildflower is blooming everywhere right now
If you've got a damp spot in your yard where nothing else thrives, this native perennial blooms e...
Invasive wetland plant is surging in citizen science sightings
If you walk past a marsh, pond edge, or ditch this month, those tall spikes of purple flowers you...
This fuzzy white wildflower is popping up everywhere right now
If you spot papery white flower clusters with yellow centers along a dry trail or roadside this w...
Himalayan juniper populations are genetically isolated and losing g...
The juniper berries that flavor gin and traditional remedies come from a slow-growing mountain sh...
Balkan mountain plants hold untapped medicinal chemical potential
Many of the plants growing wild on Balkan hillsides and rocky slopes carry the same iridoid compo...
Wildflowers shorten their bloom time when pollinators visit more often
If you've noticed some blooms in your garden fade fast while others linger for days, pollinator v...
Wild black raspberry spotted along Vermont forest edges in Richford
Black raspberries ripen weeks before cultivated varieties, so spotting one in the wild tells you ...
Western poison ivy confirmed in Emily through community observation
Poison ivy grows along trails, woodland edges, and park borders you may already walk through, and...
Ants, beetles and snails help scatter seeds too
The ants and beetles crawling through your garden mulch might be carrying seeds in their gut to a...
Plant roots and shoots may fight drought separately, not together
If you've ever wondered why two drought-tolerant plants in your yard have wildly different root s...
First complete genome mapped for a rare endangered rhododendron
The showy rhododendrons you might grow in a shade garden belong to the same genus as this newly m...
Certain trees can pull radioactive thorium out of soil
Old mining sites and industrial land often carry radioactive contamination, and this research poi...
This purple lawn weed is popping up in nature logs everywhere
That low, purple-flowered plant creeping through your lawn or the edge of the trail isn't just a ...
Black-eyed Susans are blooming everywhere right now, data shows
If you've noticed bright yellow daisy-like flowers popping up along trails and roadsides lately, ...
Gardeners are spotting this feathery-leaved wildflower everywhere right now
That fern-like plant with flat white flower clusters growing in your lawn edges or roadside ditch...
Fireweed's pink blooms are lighting up nature apps right now
If you spot a tall spike of magenta flowers blooming from the bottom up along a trail, roadside, ...
Pollen's tiny textures reveal which flowers bees really visit
The wildflowers and weeds you let grow at the edge of your yard could be exactly what's feeding l...
A non-working root partner still helps alders survive copper pollution
The alder trees lining creek banks and reclaimed mine sites near you may owe their toughness to a...
Certain grasses can clean toxic mine soil during droughts
The scrappy grasses growing along old mining roads or abandoned lots may double as pollution clea...
Sea buckthorn's genome reveals secrets of extreme mountain survival
Sea buckthorn berries show up in health food stores and herbal teas, and this shrub's genetic too...
Mirror-image flowers are evolving toward self-pollination in some p...
If you've ever wondered why some wildflower patches produce fewer seeds or less genetic variety t...
This wild tree's seeds shrug off both heat and darkness
If you're restoring native habitat or saving seed from wild trees, knowing a species tolerates a ...
Many green plants may secretly steal carbon from fungi
The fungal threads lacing through your garden soil might be quietly feeding some of your green pl...
black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) observed in N Bowman Springs Rd,...
Black-eyed Susans blooming along roadsides in the DFW area are a cue that your summer pollinator ...
violet woodsorrel (Oxalis violacea) observed in Kentucky, US
Violet woodsorrel thriving in Kentucky meadows and open woodlands signals healthy native ground c...
Sweet scabious (Sixalix atropurpurea) observed in Arbor Hills Trail...
Sweet scabious blooming along a North Texas nature trail signals this drought-tolerant Mediterran...
large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) observed in Melva Lind...
Large white trillium takes over a decade to bloom from seed, so spotting one in a local nature ce...
Birch bark hosts hidden microbe communities shaped by sun and pollution
Next time you walk past a birch tree, run your hand over the bark on its north side versus south ...
Wild carrot's lacy white blooms are everywhere right now
Those umbrella-shaped white flower clusters popping up in vacant lots and roadside ditches this w...
This tiny purple flower is popping up in yards everywhere
That low, purple-flowered plant sneaking into your lawn between mowings isn't a weed to spray, it...
This towering purple-berried native plant is having its moment
That waist-high plant with magenta stems and dark berries popping up along your fence line or in ...
Fireweed sightings are spiking on nature-tracking apps this week
If you spot tall spikes of magenta flowers along a trail or in a recently cleared area right now,...
Common milkweed sightings surge as monarch season peaks
The tall, pink-flowered weed you might have yanked from a garden bed is the only plant monarch ca...
Newly found wild onion in Iran is already critically endangered
A plant this rare, found in only one small pocket of Iran and already facing extinction risk, is ...
Mixing in one native tree species revives tired plantation soil
If you've ever noticed a tired, compacted patch under a stand of same-age conifers in a managed f...
The gene that builds flowers is older than flowers themselves
Every bloom in your garden owes its structure to a genetic switch that's been quietly repurposed ...
Giant conifer's genome reveals ancient tree family secrets
The tall, straight-trunked conifer prized for centuries in Chinese timber and landscaping turns o...
This butterfly picks the wrong host plant on purpose
If you've ever wondered why a butterfly ignores the lush, perfect host plant in your garden and l...
Birch trees on old farmland absorb metals without stunting their growth
If you're converting an old field or pasture into a woodlot, this study suggests birch can tolera...
blackroot (Pterocaulon pycnostachyum) observed in Hobe Sound
Blackroot thrives in the fire-maintained flatwoods and sandhills of Florida — spotting it in Hobe...
Asian bumblebees turn out to be a genetically distinct group
The bumblebee bumbling through your tomato blossoms belongs to a species whose Asian relatives ca...
Rare Himalayan wild goats avoid competition by eating different plants
Knowing which of the 208 plant species each threatened animal depends on, and in which season, te...
This purple lawn weed is popping up everywhere right now
That low-growing patch of purple flowers dotting your lawn or the trail edge isn't just a weed to...
This towering purple-berried weed is having a moment outdoors
The tall, magenta-stemmed plant with clusters of dark berries showing up in your alley, fence lin...
Chokecherry sightings surge as its dark fruit ripens now
That scraggly shrub along the fence line or trail edge is chokecherry, and its clusters of dark r...
Amber-trapped bee reveals ancient pollen-carrying trick and a hitchhiker
The leaf-cutter bees nesting in your garden's bee hotel today carry pollen the same dry, compacte...
City botanical gardens act as bird sanctuaries in Ethiopia
The layering of trees, shrubs, and flowering plants in a garden determines whether you'll spot in...
Forest-disturbed soil fungi stay diverse, aiding tree restoration efforts
Restoration projects trying to bring back native forest often overlook the soil itself, and this ...
Wild mustard plants rewrite their gene activity by elevation and season
The seedy little weed sprouting in sidewalk cracks each spring is running a genetic program tuned...
Stressed plants make their own leaves and flowers less uniform
The next time you spot leaves of wildly different sizes on the same shaded, drought-stressed plan...
Wild carrot sightings spike as naturalists log it everywhere
That lacy white flower cluster growing in the ditch by your driveway is wild carrot, the ancestor...
That ghostly white plant in the woods is having a moment
If you've ever spotted a waxy, all-white stalk poking through leaf litter and assumed it was a fu...
Jewelweed sightings are spiking across nature apps this week
If you've got a damp, shady patch of yard or walk near a creek, this is peak season to spot jewel...
This towering purple-berried plant is popping up everywhere right now
That tall plant with magenta stems and dark purple berry clusters at the edge of your yard or the...
Fireweed sightings are spiking on nature-tracking apps right now
If you've hiked through a recently burned or logged area this summer, the tall spikes of magenta ...
Chokecherry sightings surge as its fruit ripens this week
If you spot clusters of dark red-to-black berries on a shrubby tree along a trail or fence line t...
Why are so few island bryophytes endemic?
Those velvety green mosses carpeting the rocks and logs in shaded ravines or ancient woodlands ar...
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) observed in Ferguson Rd, H...
American pokeweed's large, striking form and toxic berries make it a plant every backyard natural...
clasping coneflower (Rudbeckia amplexicaulis) observed in Keller Sp...
Clasping coneflower is a striking native wildflower that thrives in disturbed roadsides and open ...
American trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) observed in S Arlington Ri...
American trumpet vine's hummingbird-red blooms are a magnet for ruby-throated hummingbirds in lat...
Trending: licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza) — 59 observations ...
Licorice fern grows on mossy rocks and tree trunks in forests and parks many people walk through ...
American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) observed in Ravines Ct, Sa...
American hophornbeam is one of the toughest native understory trees you can plant — its hop-like ...
sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) observed in Nineveh Townshi...
Sideoats grama is one of the toughest native grasses you can plant for a low-water lawn alternati...
common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) observed in N Oakwood Ave, Ocon...
Common selfheal growing in a lawn or sidewalk strip is one of the easiest medicinal wildflowers t...
whitemouth dayflower (Commelina erecta) observed in Shamrock Park a...
Next time you walk through a Florida park, look for the bright blue two-petaled flowers of whitem...
marginal wood fern (Dryopteris marginalis) observed in Wolf Grove R...
Marginal wood fern is one of the most shade-tolerant evergreen ferns for Canadian gardens — spott...
interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana) observed in SR-102, Bar Harb...
Interrupted fern is a reliable indicator of healthy, undisturbed woodland — spotting it on a trai...
Curlyheads (Clematis ochroleuca) observed in Warrenton
Confirmed sightings of rare native plants like Curlyheads help conservationists and local gardene...
purple crownvetch (Securigera varia) observed in W North Ave, Lomba...
Purple crownvetch spreading along roadsides and into natural areas can outcompete native wildflow...
wild potato vine (Ipomoea pandurata) observed in Cary
Wild potato vine's deep, starchy taproot — sometimes reaching 30 pounds — means it can survive dr...
bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) observed in Fresh Pond Gol...
Bird's-foot trefoil spreads quietly through lawns and golf courses, fixing nitrogen in the soil a...
roundleaf greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) observed in Marie Strese...
Roundleaf greenbrier's dense, thorny thickets in conservation areas like this one create the exac...
marsh calla (Calla palustris) observed in South Bristol, ME, US
Marsh calla is one of the few native aquatic aroids you can grow at the edge of a backyard pond —...
common bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) observed in Oregon City, OR 97045, USA
Common bracken spreading through a woodland edge or disturbed trail corridor can crowd out native...
Brazos rain-lily (Zephyranthes chlorosolen) observed in FM-833, Fai...
Brazos rain-lilies bloom almost magically within days of a summer rainstorm — knowing they're est...
river cane (Arundinaria gigantea) observed in Rue Brooklyn, Lake Ch...
River cane is one of the few bamboos native to North America and was once a cornerstone of Indige...
Natural microcosms in ecology: fulfilling the promise of model systems?
That rain-filled cavity in your old oak tree or the pooled water cupped in a backyard bromeliad i...
tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) observed in Clareview-Station Dr NW, Ed...
Tufted vetch is quietly colonizing Edmonton's roadsides and vacant lots — and while it looks pret...
fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) observed in Glace Bay, NS B1A...
Fireweed is one of the first plants to colonize disturbed ground — if you're restoring a bare pat...
netted pawpaw (Asimina reticulata) observed in Gainesville
Netted pawpaw produces small edible fruits related to the common pawpaw, and knowing where it sur...
Slow-ripening fruits drove some Berchemia vines to abandon seed-mak...
Berchemia vines, relatives of buckthorn, thread through forests across Asia and Africa, and under...
Fireweed spotted in San Francisco, a wildfire colonizer reaching urban soil
Fireweed is one of the fastest colonizers of disturbed ground you'll ever see, and spotting it in...
Creeping juniper spotted thriving wild on a rocky Michigan shoreline
Creeping juniper is one of the toughest native groundcovers for cold, rocky, or sandy slopes wher...
Toronto's native jewelweed found thriving in shaded, wet woodland edges
Common jewelweed growing near Toronto's shaded, wet edges is worth knowing: its sap is a traditio...
Red osier dogwood spotted and verified in Prince Edward County
Red osier dogwood is one of the best native shrubs for wet, low-lying spots in your yard where li...
Prairie woundwort spotted along rural Ontario roadsides supporting ...
Prairie woundwort is a native perennial that attracts bumblebees and supports wild pollinator pop...
Evening-primrose spotted in Ashfield draws sphinx moths and native bees
Common evening-primrose growing along roadsides and disturbed ground near you is a powerful polli...
Trending: Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) — 1496 obs...
Virginia creeper climbing your fence or brick wall is a powerhouse for local wildlife — its dark ...
Land plants' algal relatives evolved complexity in surprising loops...
Every moss cushion on a shaded rock and every fern unfurling in spring is the product of evolutio...
Buttonbush spotted thriving in Charlottesville's Greenbrier neighborhood
Buttonbush is one of the best native shrubs you can plant near a wet spot or rain garden — its gl...
Prickly cucumber vine spotted and confirmed in Portland, Maine
Prickly cucumber can scramble over shrubs and garden edges with surprising speed in a single seas...
Intermediate bellflower spotted and verified in Emily township
Bellflowers are among the easiest native wildflowers to establish in a garden border, and communi...
Spreading dogbane spotted and verified in coastal Maine community
Spreading dogbane is one of the few native plants that monarch butterflies and hummingbird moths ...
Invasive White Sweetclover spotted spreading in a Wisconsin lakeside park
White Sweetclover growing in your local park is quietly crowding out the native wildflowers that ...
Blue vervain spotted and verified in Kaukauna, Wisconsin neighborhood
Blue vervain growing near residential streets signals healthy pollinator corridors in your commun...
Trending: Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) — 2505 obs...
Virginia creeper is climbing the fence in your backyard right now — and knowing it from poison iv...
Synergistic backfilling and revegetation approaches for ecological ...
Stripped quarry land can be coaxed back to life using the same principles behind successful nativ...
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) observed in Stoltje Dr, Co...
Pokeweed pushing up in a Conroe yard is a signal that disturbed soil nearby is recovering — it's ...
Field madder (Sherardia arvensis) observed in Pullen Mill Rd, Culle...
Field madder creeps through lawns and garden edges so inconspicuously that most people never lear...
The abundance of pollen coat small signaling proteins shows limited...
Every tomato, apple, and wildflower in your garden depends on pollen carrying just the right surf...
pigeonberry (Rivina humilis) observed in County Road 65A, Taft, TX, US
Pigeonberry's small coral-red berries light up shaded native gardens and are a magnet for songbir...
box elder (Acer negundo) observed in Western Ave, Green Bay, WI, US
Box elder is one of the few native trees that colonizes disturbed urban edges and floodplains whe...
upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) observed in Tusco...
Upright prairie coneflower thrives in the dry, rocky soils most gardeners curse — spotting it nat...
twinberry honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata) observed in 140th Ave ...
Twinberry honeysuckle's paired black berries on bright red bracts are one of the most distinctive...
oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) observed in Rainy River, Unorgan...
Oxeye daisy spreading into Ontario roadsides and meadows can quietly crowd out native wildflowers...
sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) observed in Solon, NY, USA
Sulphur cinquefoil spreading into roadsides and meadows near you is an early warning sign for a p...
peppervine (Nekemias arborea) observed in Marsh Cswy, Knotts Island, NC, US
Peppervine's bird-dispersed berries make it a quiet but effective native food source woven into t...
White Sweetclover (Melilotus albus) observed in Ulster County, US-NY, US
White Sweetclover spreads aggressively along roadsides and disturbed areas near native meadows, c...
foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) observed in Jackson Town...
Foxglove beardtongue is one of the most reliable native perennials for attracting long-tongued be...
common columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) observed in Coniston Rd, Bost...
Common columbine's distinctive spurred flowers are among the first to feed emerging hummingbirds ...
Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) observed in Upton Cemetery Ln, Upton, KY, US
Carolina rose is a tough, drought-tolerant native shrub that supports pollinators and wildlife — ...
fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) observed in Denali Park, AK, USA
Fireweed is one of the first plants to reclaim burned or disturbed ground in Alaska's national pa...
Ghostly white parasitic wildflower confirmed growing in Wisconsin woods
If you've ever seen a pale, waxy stalk poking through leaf litter in a shady forest and assumed i...
Invasive tree-of-heaven confirmed spreading in Oregon suburb
That fast-growing tree with the funky-smelling leaves popping up along your fence line or in a va...
Invasive floating pennywort confirmed spreading in an Oregon waterway
If you fish, kayak, or garden near a pond in the Willamette Valley, this mat-forming invader can ...
Wild carrot sightings are surging on nature-tracking apps right now
That lacy white flower cluster along the roadside or in your local meadow, often called Queen Ann...
Toxic invasive ragwort spotted growing along a Portland roadside
If you keep horses, goats, or cattle near Portland, this yellow-flowered weed can poison your pas...
Fragrant wetland shrub confirmed growing wild in coastal Alaska
If you hike boggy trails near Seward, that low evergreen shrub with curled, fuzzy-backed leaves a...
Native lupine spotted thriving along a Vancouver, WA creek trail
If you walk or garden near Pacific Northwest waterways, this is the purple-flowered native that s...
Invasive princess tree confirmed spreading in Chattanooga area
If you spot a tree with huge heart-shaped leaves and purple foxglove-like flowers along a roadsid...
This weedy native wildflower is popping up everywhere right now
If you've spotted a tall, loosely branched plant with fuzzy white-tufted seed heads colonizing a ...
Wild carrot sightings are spiking on nature apps this week
That lacy white flower cluster along your roadside or trail edge, often mistaken for its poisonou...
Pine tree genetics and needle fungi linked to disease resistance
If you've noticed browning, thinning pine needles on trees in your area, this research is part of...
Broadleaf Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca) observed in Lahaina, HI, US
Tide-pooling or beachcombing near Lahaina, you may spot this vivid green seaweed clinging to rock...
Royal ferns nearly vanished after ancient warming, study shows
The royal fern you might grow beside a pond today is a survivor of a 180-million-year slump that ...
Invasive nightshade vine spotted in remote Oregon high desert town
Spotting this vine in a remote spot like Frenchglen helps land managers catch invasive species be...
A scrappy native weed is popping up everywhere this week
If you've spotted a tall, ragged-leaved plant colonizing a construction site, burned patch, or ne...
Native buckwheat spotted thriving on Bolsa Chica coastal trail
If you're restoring a native garden or hiking Southern California's coast, this tough, drought-pr...
This weedy native plant is popping up everywhere right now
If you've spotted a tall, ragged-leaved plant with fuzzy seed heads colonizing a disturbed patch ...
Lyme grass spotted along a Long Island coastal community street
Lyme grass holds shifting sand dunes in place with deep roots, making it a practical choice for a...
Invasive snapdragon relative confirmed spreading along Anchorage roadside
If you garden anywhere near Anchorage, this yellow-flowered escapee spreads by aggressive undergr...
Wild carrot sightings are surging across the country this week
That lacy white flower cluster growing in the ditch by your driveway is Queen Anne's Lace, and it...
Three new wood-rotting fungi species found hiding in Brazilian forests
The flat, crust-like fungi growing on fallen logs in shaded forest trails are often overlooked en...
Invasive knapweed confirmed growing in a Vermont town
Spotted knapweed releases chemicals into the soil that suppress native plants nearby, so a confir...
Spotted in New Westminster: a European maple that outcompetes native trees
If you're pulling seedlings out of your garden beds every spring without knowing what they are, t...
Showy milkweed confirmed growing wild in Winthrop, Washington
Monarch butterflies depend entirely on milkweed to lay their eggs, so every verified sighting lik...
Common yarrow is blooming everywhere right now, data shows
That feathery-leafed plant popping up along trails and in untended garden corners right now is co...
Tree species traits decide which rocky soils help them grow
If you're planting a specimen tree in rocky or thin soil, matching the species to the parent rock...
American tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) observed in Tolland Co...
Tuliptree flowers open high in the canopy where most people never see them — a fallen bloom at yo...
Moss and trees may share ancient plumbing-building genes
The moss carpeting the shady side of your garden path and the oak towering above it both move wat...
One fungus dominates leaves of plants with opposite seasonal habits
Every leaf you see, whether on a backyard shrub or a savanna tree, hosts a hidden fungal communit...
Old-world medicinal herb spotted thriving on Lake Ontario shoreline
If you walk the Waterfront Trail near Pickering, you're passing a plant once cultivated across Eu...
Invasive wetland plant confirmed spreading in Niagara, Ontario
If you walk near marshes, ditches, or pond edges in the Great Lakes region, this is the tall spik...
Wild carrot sightings surge on nature-tracking app this week
That lacy white flower cluster you've been walking past on roadsides and in vacant lots is wild c...
Root-tapping boreal plant confirmed growing in Denali National Park
Northern Comandra steals water and nutrients straight from spruce roots underground, so spotting ...
Naturalist spots native turkey mullein thriving in southern Oregon
Turkey mullein is a magnet for native bees and was historically used by Indigenous communities to...
Native orchid confirmed growing wild in North Carolina woods
This orchid hides in plain sight by growing its single leaf only in winter, so if you want to fin...
mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) observed in Pilot Mountain State...
Mountain laurel puts on one of the most spectacular late-spring flower shows of any native shrub ...
mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in St Clair Ave, Grosse Po...
Mayapple carpets woodland floors and produces a fruit edible when fully ripe — spotting it thrivi...
partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) observed in Massachusetts, US
Partridgeberry is a charming native groundcover that thrives in shady woodland gardens, stays gre...
American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) observed in Wells Rd, F...
American sweetgum's spiky seed balls litter yards all winter, but those same balls are gathered b...
white clover (Trifolium repens) observed in Marcliff Rd, Rockville, MD, US
White clover growing in your lawn is quietly fixing nitrogen from the air into the soil — a free ...
Red-flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) observed in Whitaker Ponds...
Red-flowering Currant is a beloved native shrub you can grow in your own Pacific Northwest garden...
bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) observed in Aurora, OH, US
Tracking where native wildflowers like bloodroot still grow helps gardeners, conservationists, an...
coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) observed in Taylor Oaks D...
Coral honeysuckle is a native alternative to the invasive Japanese honeysuckle, and knowing where...
bristle thistle (Cirsium horridulum) observed in Boy Scout Road Boa...
Bristle thistle is a native wildflower that supports specialist bees, goldfinches, and monarch bu...
mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in Long View, NC, US
Community-recorded sightings like this help scientists and conservationists track where native wi...
Dakota mock vervain (Glandularia bipinnatifida) observed in Bexar C...
Tracking where native wildflowers like Dakota mock vervain are actually growing helps gardeners, ...
Purple Phacelia (Phacelia bipinnatifida) observed in Payne St, Fran...
Purple Phacelia is a valuable native wildflower that attracts early-season pollinators like nativ...
roughleaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii) observed in Austin
Roughleaf dogwood is a tough, drought-tolerant native shrub that supports local wildlife with its...
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) observed in Great Falls, VA, US
Tracking where native wildflowers like Virginia bluebells are blooming helps gardeners and conser...
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) observed in Castle Rock Ct...
Virginia bluebells are a beloved native spring wildflower that supports early pollinators like bu...
Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa) observed in Main Trail, S...
Research-grade community sightings like this help build a real-time map of where native wildflowe...
partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) observed in Massachusetts, US
Citizen science observations like this help track where native woodland plants like partridgeberr...
giant white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum) observed in Victoria, ...
Giant white fawn lilies are native wildflowers that support early-season pollinators, and knowing...
arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) observed in S Elk Rid...
Arrowleaf balsamroot is a keystone native plant that supports pollinators like native bees and bu...
bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) observed in Greenville, OH, US
Every confirmed sighting of a native wildflower like bloodroot helps scientists and gardeners tra...
Stiff Dogwood (Cornus foemina) observed in Palmer Ranch, FL 34238, USA
Stiff Dogwood is a Florida-native shrub that supports local wildlife with its berry clusters, mak...
mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in R25M+R3 Riverside Park,...
Finding a native woodland plant like mayapple thriving in a busy city park shows that urban green...
Pinxter Flower (Rhododendron periclymenoides) observed in Millersvi...
Pinxter Flower is a native wild azalea that supports early pollinators like queen bumblebees just...
golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) observed in North Brunswick Townshi...
Golden Alexanders is one of the earliest spring bloomers for native bees and is a host plant for ...
Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) observed in Watertown...
Eastern Skunk Cabbage is one of the first plants to emerge each late winter, and spotting it in y...
Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) observed in Mt Washington, ...
Canadian wild ginger growing in Cincinnati neighborhoods signals that patches of healthy, shaded ...
Native wildflower tall meadow-rue thrives at a Vermont community playground
Tall meadow-rue growing near a playground means a native Vermont wildflower is holding ground in ...
common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) observed in Woodstock, VA 22664, USA
Common milkweed is the only plant monarch butterflies can lay their eggs on, so knowing where it ...
common blue violet (Viola sororia) observed in Peace St at Smallwoo...
Common blue violets popping up along Raleigh streets are a sign that native wildflowers can persi...
partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) observed in Riverbend Pkwy, Athen...
Partridgeberry carpets shaded woodland floors and its bright red berries feed birds and small mam...
American trumpet vine spotted and verified in Chesapeake, Virginia
American trumpet vine's bright orange blooms are a magnet for ruby-throated hummingbirds, so spot...
Heath speedwell spotted and verified in Michigan's Iron County
Heath speedwell creeping through a lawn or forest edge is easy to overlook, but spotting and logg...
bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis) observed in Grand-Bouctouche, Ne...
Bluebead lily is a reliable indicator of healthy, undisturbed forest understory — spotting it in ...
A cough-relief herb from Europe is spreading through Newfoundland streets
If you spot yellow, dandelion-like flowers popping up on bare stems along a sidewalk crack in ear...
white clover (Trifolium repens) observed in Murfreesboro, TN, USA
White clover spreading through your lawn is quietly fixing nitrogen from the air into the soil, d...
common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) observed in N 15th St, New York, NY, US
Common toadflax thrives in disturbed urban soils and sidewalk cracks — spotting it in your neighb...
wild carrot (Daucus carota) observed in Marsh Cswy, Knotts Island, NC, US
Wild carrot growing along a coastal marsh causeway is a reminder that the ancestor of every groce...
Native blue elderberry shrub confirmed growing in Oregon roadside habitat
If you're planting a native hedgerow or foraging patch in the Pacific Northwest, this sighting co...
Native buckwheat spotted thriving along LA fire road
This scrubby shrub feeds more native bee and butterfly species than almost any other plant in Sou...
Noni plant confirmed growing wild near historic Hawaiian coastal site
Noni has been used by Hawaiians for over a thousand years as medicine, dye, and food, so spotting...
Silvery native lupine spotted and verified in a California town
Silver Bush Lupine's velvety silver leaves and pea-like purple flowers make it a striking, low-wa...
Native Hawaiian tree kōlea lau nui spotted and verified in the wild
If you hike Hawaiian forests, this glossy-leaved native tree with striking red new growth is a ma...
Rare petal-less sunflower relative spotted growing in Oregon county
Spotting an uncommon native like this one helps map where drought-tolerant regional wildflowers s...
Fragrant white wildflower spotted high in Arizona's Dragoon Mountains
If you garden in the Southwest, this trumpet-flowered native blooms at night and draws hawkmoths,...
Invasive spiky weed spotted spreading in Wisconsin town
If you tend a prairie patch, roadside, or vacant lot near Beloit, this tall spiky weed can crowd ...
Showy purple aster confirmed growing wild in British Columbia's Car...
If you're hiking or gardening in BC's interior, this is a native late-summer bloomer that pollina...
A distinctive native fern confirmed growing in a Hudson Valley park
If you hike Harriman State Park's woods, this fern's odd trick, growing fertile leaflets in the m...
Trumpet vine spotted thriving on a Pittsburgh city street
If you've got a bare fence or trellis and want to pull in hummingbirds all summer, this vine's or...
Toxic invasive ragwort confirmed spreading in Portland yards and lots
That cheerful yellow weed popping up in vacant lots and along sidewalks is toxic to horses, cattl...
New cup fungus species discovered in Turkish forests via DNA testing
Fungal foragers and mushroom hunters should know that the large, wavy-capped cup fungi they spot ...
Spotted: a native orchid with snake-patterned leaves in the woods
The mottled, silvery-veined rosette hiding under the leaf litter on your next forest walk isn't a...
Native bunchberry spotted thriving in Ontario provincial park
If you're hiking Ontario's Canadian Shield forests this summer, this low creeping groundcover wit...
Native cup plant spotted thriving in a Wisconsin yard
If you're planting a pollinator patch, cup plant's water-catching leaf cups double as tiny bird b...
Native red huckleberry spotted thriving near Oregon City forests
If you hike or garden in the Pacific Northwest, this shrub's berry-red fruit and knack for growin...
Invasive small balsam confirmed spreading in Metro Vancouver forests
If you hike Vancouver's shaded trails, this fast-spreading annual can carpet the forest floor and...
Invasive umbrella tree spotted spreading near Hawaii state park
If you garden or hike in Hawaii, this tree's sticky seeds spread by birds into wild forest edges,...
Coastal hibiscus relative spotted thriving near Hawaiian state park
The yellow, hibiscus-like flowers you might spot near a Hawaiian shoreline could belong to the sa...
Carolina snailseed (Nephroia carolina) observed in Garden Rd, Chatt...
Carolina snailseed is a tough, native vine that can fill a shady corner of your yard with lush fo...
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) observed in Alexandria
Research-grade iNaturalist observations like this one collectively help scientists track whether ...
Celandine Poppy (Chelidonium diphyllum) observed in Poplar Level, L...
Knowing where native wildflowers like Celandine Poppy are naturally growing helps gardeners and c...
mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in Chipping Ct, Virginia B...
Mayapple is a native woodland wildflower that can signal the health of local ecosystems — spottin...
twoleaf miterwort (Mitella diphylla) observed in Chickamauga, GA, US
Tracking where native wildflowers like twoleaf miterwort grow helps gardeners and conservationist...
white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) observed in Chickamauga, GA, US
Tracking where native woodland plants like white baneberry are thriving helps conservationists an...
northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin) observed in Mill Neck, NY, USA
Northern spicebush is a keystone native shrub that supports spicebush swallowtail butterflies and...
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) observed in Michael St, Jarvisbu...
Citizen-science sightings like this one build the long-term dataset that helps gardeners and cons...
Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum) observed in Washington, US
Community observations like this one help scientists track where native wildflowers are thriving ...
Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) observed in Georgia Southern U...
Virginia sweetspire is a tough, deer-resistant native shrub with fragrant summer blooms and brill...
oakleaf fleabane (Erigeron quercifolius) observed in SW Sixth Ave, ...
Oakleaf fleabane is a pollinator-friendly native wildflower that can thrive in your yard or garde...
Carolina Vetch (Vicia caroliniana) observed in Worthington Hills, K...
Carolina Vetch quietly enriches the soil in yards and wild edges near you by fixing nitrogen — ac...
sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) observed in Knoxville
Sweetbay magnolia is a beautiful native tree you can actually grow in your own yard — it tolerate...
woodland stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) observed in Forest Giants Trail...
Woodland stonecrop thrives in the shaded, rocky spots many gardeners overlook, making it a low-ma...
mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in East Lansing, MI, US
Mayapple patches in Midwest woodlands and shaded gardens signal a healthy, intact forest understo...
mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in Oxford Pl, Charlottesvi...
Mayapple patches like this one can quietly spread through your shaded garden beds each spring, of...
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) observed in Tysons, VA, USA
American pokeweed can sprout uninvited in your backyard or garden beds, and every part of it is t...
Nuttall's Thistle (Cirsium nuttallii) observed in Spencer Parrish R...
Nuttall's Thistle attracts native bees, butterflies, and goldfinches to Florida yards and roadsid...
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) observed in Grand River So...
Jack-in-the-Pulpit growing along the Grand River means native woodland wildflowers are holding on...
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) observed in Maryland, US
Flowering dogwood is a beloved backyard tree whose spring bloom times are shifting with warming t...
Native chokecherry spotted thriving along Bend's Deschutes River Trail
Chokecherry feeds birds, bears, and pollinators all along river corridors, so spotting one on a p...
Invasive butter-and-eggs plant spotted along Wisconsin roadside
This cheerful yellow flower spreads aggressively through underground roots and can crowd out nati...
Native Alaska wildflower confirmed growing right in an Anchorage yard
Anchorage residents walking their own neighborhood streets are turning up verified sightings of n...
Red-berried elder confirmed growing on an Anchorage street
Spotting native shrubs like red-berried elder growing wild on ordinary residential streets shows ...
Colt's-foot spotted and confirmed growing in Kingston
This scrappy yellow-flowered plant pops up on disturbed ground and roadside edges well before mos...
Common yarrow spotted thriving on a Portland street curb
That feathery-leafed plant popping up in sidewalk cracks and parking strips isn't just weedy fill...
Native strawberry bush confirmed growing wild in South Carolina
If you're restoring a native woodland edge or shade garden, this shrub offers fall color and deer...
Toxic climbing vine spotted growing wild in Seattle neighborhood
If you've got a shady fence line or vacant lot nearby, this purple-flowered vine may already be c...
Orange-flowered kerosene tree spotted along a Kauai highway
This tree's clusters of crinkled orange flowers and its history as a canoe plant Pacific Islander...
Fragrant fern spotted thriving on Hawaii's rainy coastline
If you've ever brushed against a fern that smelled faintly musky or spicy, you may have met this ...
Native river oats grass spotted growing wild in Dallas
If you're landscaping a shady, dry spot in North Texas, this confirms river oats is already thriv...
Native peppervine vine spotted thriving in Dallas wetland park
If you walk trails near creeks or wetlands in North Texas, this scrambling native vine with clust...
Wild carrot spotted growing along a Vancouver, WA trail
The lacy white flower cluster you might walk past on a local trail is the wild ancestor of the ca...
Native jewelweed confirmed growing wild in Vancouver, Washington
If you've got a damp, shady corner of your yard that nothing seems to thrive in, jewelweed is the...
Orange bush monkeyflower spotted on a Bay Area hiking trail
If you're planting a drought-tolerant native garden in the Bay Area, this shrub's confirmed prese...
Poison oak confirmed growing along a popular Bay Area hiking trail
Knowing exactly where poison oak grows along a trail you hike lets you spot its shiny three-leaf ...
Arctic wildflower spotted and verified in remote Nunavut town
Every verified sighting of tough tundra plants like this one helps scientists track how Arctic ec...
Silvery native shrub confirmed growing wild in Calgary
If you're gardening on the prairies, Silverberry is a nitrogen-fixing native shrub that tolerates...
What herbivores eat shapes their gut worm communities
The diverse leaves and grasses grazing animals choose to eat directly influence which gut parasit...
slender vetch (Vicia ludoviciana) observed in Austin
Slender vetch is a native wildflower that fixes nitrogen in the soil, meaning its presence in urb...
Asian dayflower spotted spreading in South Carolina backyard
That patch of blue three-petaled flowers popping up in your mulch or garden bed after rain is lik...
Spiky native cactus spotted and confirmed in West Texas park
If you're hiking dry, rocky trails in West Texas, this low-growing cactus hides flush with the so...
Coastal shrub beach naupaka spotted and confirmed in Princeville
If you're walking Hawaii's coastlines, this fleshy-leaved shrub with half-flowers is one of the e...
Fluffy native vine spotted thriving in Austin's wild spaces
That wispy, silver-plumed vine climbing over fences and shrubs near Austin trails is a native Tex...
Hiker documents native Wyoming wildflower on mountain trail
Every logged sighting like this one helps botanists and land managers track where native wildflow...
Hiker logs yellow salsify sighting in Wyoming mountains
That dandelion-lookalike with the giant fluffy seed head towering over trailside grasses is yello...
Common weed groundsel confirmed growing in Oregon county
If you've got bare garden beds or disturbed soil nearby, this fast-seeding weed can show up and t...
Pink-flowered belladonna lily confirmed blooming in a Sonoma yard
If you've noticed a leafless stalk topped with fragrant pink trumpets popping up in late summer w...
Verified black cottonwood spotted growing in British Columbia town
Black cottonwoods are one of the fastest-growing native trees in western North America, and every...
Wild carrot spotted growing in Portland confirmed by naturalists
That lacy white flower head you've seen along Portland sidewalks and vacant lots is Queen Anne's ...
Researchers map the chemical makeup of a flowering vine
The sweet autumn clematis climbing your fence or trellis carries a chemical fingerprint that trad...
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) observed in Chesapeake
American pokeweed is a striking but highly toxic native plant that can appear in backyards, parks...
Night-blooming cactus confirmed growing wild in Kailua, Hawaii
If you've ever grown a night-blooming cereus for its one-night flower show, this sighting confirm...
Coastal sea hibiscus tree confirmed growing on Kauaʻi shoreline
If you're walking a Hawaiian beach and spot a tree with heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers th...
Common weedy amaranth spotted thriving on a Minneapolis street
The scraggly weed pushing up through your sidewalk cracks or garden bed edges might be Redroot Am...
Desert wolfberry shrub confirmed growing on Tucson hiking trail
If you're hiking desert trails in the Southwest, this spiny native shrub produces small edible be...
Fragrant orange-flowered coastal tree confirmed at Hawaiian historic park
If you're planning a native coastal garden in Hawaii or the tropics, this tree offers salt tolera...
Sunny native wildflower spotted growing wild in Vancouver street
Spotting Lance-leaved Coreopsis thriving on a city street shows how well this drought-tolerant na...
Culturally prized coastal tree confirmed still growing in Lahaina
If you're mapping which heat- and salt-tolerant trees survive along tropical coastlines, this con...
European wall lettuce confirmed spreading in Whistler, BC forests
If you hike or garden near Whistler, this weedy little lettuce relative is quietly moving into sh...
Spiny red seaweed confirmed growing on Monterey's rocky shoreline
If you tide-pool along the California coast, this spiky red seaweed is one of the easiest algae t...
eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) observed in Knoxville
Eastern redbuds are one of the first trees to bloom each spring, and tracking where and when they...
Mealy Blue Sage (Salvia farinacea) observed in Austin
Mealy Blue Sage is a drought-tolerant native perennial that pollinators love, making it a smart, ...
vanilla leaf (Achlys triphylla) observed in Selma, OR, US
Vanilla leaf carpets shaded forest floors in the Pacific Northwest and its presence signals a hea...
Rare clover found cracking through parking lot asphalt
Cracks in the asphalt you walk over every day can hide plants tough enough to split pavement, and...
Wild sunflower confirmed growing along a Sacramento-area road
That roadside stretch of Elverta might look like scrubby edge-land, but a confirmed sunflower sig...
Root-stealing Mediterranean weed confirmed spreading in Humboldt County
If you tend a native meadow or pasture near the Northern California coast, this is the plant quie...
Native twinberry honeysuckle spotted and confirmed in BC's Thompson-Nicola
If you hike or garden in interior British Columbia, this shrub's shiny black twin berries and red...
Native pink shrub confirmed growing wild on BC's Sunshine Coast
If you're restoring a soggy corner of your yard or a streambank near you, Rose Spirea is the kind...
Native wildflower confirmed on a Kananaskis mountain trail
Every verified trail sighting like this one helps land managers track where native wildflowers ac...
A classic California oak confirmed growing on an Oakland street
The gnarled evergreen oak shading an Oakland sidewalk is a living remnant of the woodland that on...
Common cracked-sidewalk weed confirmed growing in Bozeman, Montana
That tough little weed mashed flat in your driveway cracks and along foot-worn garden paths is pr...
Native Pacific ninebark spotted thriving in an Oregon roadside
Pacific ninebark is a workhorse native shrub for Pacific Northwest gardeners: its spring clusters...
Verified wild sighting confirms salal thriving in Capital region
The evergreen shrub with waxy leaves and dark berries you spot on Pacific Northwest hikes is conf...
Native chokecherry shrub confirmed growing wild in Montana
If you're planting for birds and pollinators in the Mountain West, chokecherry is a proven native...
Native woodland lily confirmed growing in Maine forest
If you hike New England woods in spring, the star-shaped yellow flowers and later electric-blue b...
Spotter confirms pokeweed thriving along a New Jersey roadside
That tall, berry-heavy plant with reddish stems popping up along fences and disturbed ground near...
Native wetland wildflower confirmed growing on New Jersey trail
If you hike wet, shady trails in northern New Jersey, this tall purple-flowered native is a sign ...
Giant-rooted native vine spotted growing wild in Tennessee
If you've seen a vine with huge white, purple-throated trumpet flowers sprawling over a fence or ...
Prickly invasive thistle spotted growing on a Newfoundland city street
That spiky purple-flowered weed pushing through sidewalk cracks near you might be Bull Thistle, a...
Native shrub confirmed growing wild in remote Ontario woods
If you're planting a native pollinator garden, this low, shade-tolerant shrub is a real alternati...
Fragrant native wildflower spotted thriving in West Texas town
Lemon beebalm's minty-citrus scent and long summer bloom make it a bee and butterfly magnet you c...
Native witch grass spotted growing wild in an Illinois yard
The wispy, cloud-like seed heads you might dismiss as a lawn weed belong to a native grass that w...
Rare native raspberry relative spotted blooming in Watkins Glen gorge
If you hike the Finger Lakes gorges, this is the shrub with big purple flowers and fuzzy stems th...
Native red-berried elder confirmed growing wild in Halifax
If you're walking a trail edge or woodland margin in Nova Scotia this time of year, this is the s...
Spotted in Texas: a tough native wildflower bees love
If you're planning a drought-tolerant native bed, this coneflower's confirmed presence in Central...
Desert shrub's full genetic blueprint reveals family evolution clues
This shrub belongs to the same plant family as spinach, beets, and quinoa, so understanding its g...
Rare Aleutian wildflower spotted at remote Alaska air station
Spotting this delicate white-flowered plant thriving on a windswept military outpost shows how ci...
Native thimbleberry spotted thriving on a Seattle street
If you're walking a Pacific Northwest neighborhood in summer, those big velvety leaves and raspbe...
Native Pacific Northwest shrub spotted thriving in New Westminster
Osoberry flowers before almost anything else in the Pacific Northwest, so if you've got one in yo...
Common weedy geranium confirmed growing in New Westminster park
If you garden or walk trails in the Pacific Northwest, this reddish-stemmed little geranium poppi...
Native onion with drooping pink flowers confirmed growing in Coupeville
Nodding onion is a native pollinator magnet with edible bulbs, so spotting one growing wild is a ...
Toxic mint relative spotted growing wild in Eugene, Oregon
If you've got a dog that likes to nibble roadside greenery, pennyroyal's pretty purple flowers hi...
Pineapple-weed confirmed growing along an Anchorage street
That scruffy, low plant popping up in sidewalk cracks and gravel patches near you might be pineap...
Prickly invasive thistle confirmed growing on Washington's coast
If you're weeding a garden or hiking trail near the Olympic Peninsula, this is the same aggressiv...
Wild carrot spotted growing in the heart of Portland
That lacy white flower cluster you've seen along sidewalks and vacant lots is wild carrot, the sa...
Toxic invasive vine spotted growing wild in Victoria, BC
If you've got kids, pets, or a shady fence line in coastal BC, this is the vine with the red-and-...
Long-lost WWII plant specimen fixes a sedge naming error
The marshy spikerush patches you might overlook at a pond's edge carry naming histories tangled u...
Native five-leaved vine confirmed growing wild in Knoxville
That five-leaflet vine climbing the fence at your local park or trailhead is probably Virginia cr...
Bright native wildflower spotted growing wild in Ontario yard
If you're trying to fill a sunny, dry patch of garden with something pollinators love and deer te...
Invasive rose shrub confirmed spreading in a New York town
If you're weeding a fence line or hiking a local trail in the lower Hudson Valley, this thorny sh...
Small native wildflower confirmed growing in remote northern Ontario
Every confirmed sighting like this helps map where native wildflowers still hang on in wild, unde...
A Scandinavian tree turns up growing in downtown Toronto
Street trees you walk past every day often aren't native at all, and citizen naturalists tracking...
Invasive sweetclover confirmed growing on an Ontario street
If you walk trails or garden near Wasaga Beach, this tall white-flowered plant popping up in ditc...
Native mountain holly confirmed growing wild in Ontario provincial park
If you hike Ontario's Highlands East region, this confirms a native wetland shrub with berries th...
Spotted in Niagara: a native plant that predicts rain and soothes p...
Jewelweed's translucent orange flowers and seed pods that explode at a touch make it one of the e...
Pungent native wildflower confirmed blooming in Mount Hamilton hills
If you hike or garden in California's inner coast ranges, Vinegar Weed's sharp, vinegary scent an...
Western sword fern spotted growing wild in Victoria neighborhood
If you garden in the Pacific Northwest, this evergreen fern already thriving on a Victoria street...
Native wetland wildflower spotted thriving in rural Alberta ditch
Roadside ditches and low-lying wet patches on rural properties often host native wetland plants l...
Native prairie wildflower confirmed growing in an Edmonton neighborhood
A verified sighting like this helps map where native pollinator-friendly plants persist even as c...
Native mint spotted growing wild in rural Alberta roadside
If you're planting a pollinator patch or foraging edge habitats, Canada mint is a native perennia...
Verified sighting maps where great burnet grows in Alaska
Every confirmed sighting like this one helps botanists track where great burnet actually grows ve...
Carnivorous underwater plant confirmed growing in Alberta wetland
Any pond or slow-moving ditch you pass on a walk could be hiding a plant that traps and digests t...
Native evergreen shrub confirmed growing in a Surrey neighborhood
If you're gardening in the Pacific Northwest, this low-growing native shrub feeds early pollinato...
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) observed in Novelty, Russe...
Jack-in-the-Pulpit thrives in the shaded, moist woodland edges many gardeners overlook, making it...
fringe cups (Tellima grandiflora) observed in SW Country Club Pl, C...
Verified citizen science sightings of native plants like fringe cups help conservationists and ga...
Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) observed in Oxford Pl, ...
Christmas fern is one of the toughest native evergreen ferns you can plant under trees in a shady...
Botanical gardens once helped stake a claim to a homeland
The next time you stroll through a university botanical garden, remember that collecting and cata...
Loblolly pine spotted and confirmed on an Atlanta street
Every verified sighting like this helps build a real-time map of which trees grow where in your c...
Mammal Community Responses to Increasing Puma Activity in a Suburba...
The shrubs and young trees struggling to establish in your local nature preserve may depend on a ...
Four new leafhopper species discovered in Brazilian ecosystems
Leafhoppers like these feed on plant sap and can spread plant diseases, so knowing which species ...
Quaking aspen confirmed growing in a Utah mountain town
If you're hiking or gardening near Bear Lake, this confirms the shimmering, coin-shaped leaves yo...
Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) observed in Hilham
Tracking where Virginia creeper grows helps gardeners and land managers understand its spread — i...
Confirmed coconut palm spotted along a Kona street
Next time you walk a tropical coastline, this kind of everyday sighting shows how anyone with a p...
Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) observed in Oxford P...
Virginia creeper growing on your fence or up a tree trunk provides critical late-season berries f...
Common weedy dock spotted and verified on a Washington street corner
That scrappy weed poking through the sidewalk cracks near your mailbox is exactly the kind of eve...
Congo rainforest wildlife sorts itself into distinct vertical neighborhoods
The layered structure of a healthy forest, from leaf litter to canopy, isn't just scenery for the...
New bird parasite species identified in Brazilian rainforest tanager
This one's for the bird-watchers, not the gardeners: it's a reminder that even a common forest so...
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Berries
Black cottonwood
Canada anemone
Chinese Fir
Coconut Palm
Common Groundsel
Common Ragweed
Common Toadflax
Dakota mock vervain
English oak
Eucalyptus
Flowering Dogwood
eco
Foxglove Beardtongue
Hopbush
Noni
eco
Partridgeberry
Passionflower
Princess Tree
Smooth Cordgrass
Solomon's plume
Southern Cattail
Tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana)
Vetiver grass
White Sweetclover
Wild Geranium
Wild rice
Wild Sarsaparilla
Acacia
Alder
American tuliptree
Anemone
Beech
bird's-foot trefoil
eco
Black Alder
Bluebead lily
Box Elder
Brake Fern
Bull Thistle
Butterfly Milkweed
California Buckwheat
Canna Lily
Chinese brake fern
coast live oak
Common St. John's Wort
Common Sunflower
Corydalis
Costus
Crane-fly orchid
Cup Plant
Cycads
Downy Oak
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Eastern Redbud
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Eurasian watermilfoil
European hazelnut
Field madder
Gentian
Great Blue Lobelia
Hazel
Herb Robert
Holm oak
Indian tulip tree
Interrupted Fern
Kerosene Tree
Lance-leaved Coreopsis
Linden
Liverworts
Multiflora Rose
Netted Pawpaw
orange bush monkeyflower
Pacific poison oak
Pacific trillium
Parrot feather
Partridge Pea
Pearly everlasting
Pedunculate oak
Peppervine
Ragwort
Red-berried elder
eco
Red Columbine
Red-flowering Currant
Red Osier Dogwood
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Seagrass
Silver Birch
Sisal
Small Balsam
Stinging Nettle
Sweet Woodruff
Thimbleberry
Touch-Me-Not
Twinberry Honeysuckle
Upright Prairie Coneflower
Virginia bluebells
Virginia strawberry
Wall Barley
Water primrose
Water Spinach
western sword fern
White Baneberry
Wild Phlox
Wild Potato Vine
Wild radish
Wild Wheat
Yaupon Holly
Yellow nutsedge
Acacia mangium
Aeluropus lagopoides
Afrocarpus falcatus
Alder buckthorn
Allegheny monkeyflower
eco
Allium sarhadicum
Alpine Vegetation
American basketflower
American bladdernut
American groundnut
American hophornbeam
American sweetgum
eco
Andropogon lateralis
eco
Annual Grasses
eco
Aristida riparia
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
eco
Asian Fumewort
Asian Plantain
Asiatic dayflower
Australian Umbrella Tree
Axonopus affinis
Bahiagrass
eco
Ballia callitricha
Banksia attenuata
eco
Batai (Moluccan albizia)
Bayberry
beach naupaka
Bee Balm
Belladonna Lily
Bencomia exstipulata
Berchemia
Berlandier's wolfberry
eco
Black Ash
Black-jack
Black pepper
eco
Black Pine
eco
black raspberry
Blackroot
Bloody cranesbill
Blue elder
eco
Blue Vervain
Bluebeard
Bramble
Brassica
eco
Brazos rain-lily
Bristle Thistle
Bristlecone Pine
broad-leaved dock
eco
Broadleaf Sea Lettuce
Bromeliad
Brown Mustard
bryophytes
Buffaloberry
eco
Buffalograss
Buffelgrass
Bur Marigold
Burflower Tree (Neolamarckia cadamba)
eco
Buriti palm
eco
Buttonbush
eco
C3 grasses
eco
C4 grasses
calabash tree
eco
Calla Lily
Canada mayflower
Canada mint
Canadian wild ginger
Cardamom
Cardinal flower
Carolina rose
Carolina snailseed
Carolina Vetch
Carpet grass
Caryopteris
Cascade Oregon-grape
Casuarina
Ceanothus
Celandine Poppy
Chaya (tree spinach)
Chestnut
Chinese cork oak
Chinese elm
Chinese Ixora
Chinkapin
Christmas fern
Cinnamon fern
eco
Citharexylum myrianthum
Clasping Coneflower
Clasping Milkweed
cloudberry
Coast Redwood
Cogongrass
common beargrass
eco
Common bladderwort
Common Bracken
Common Buckthorn
Common Columbine
Common Daisy
common evening-primrose
Common Juniper
Common Pawpaw
Compass Plant
eco
Connarus suberosus
Copaíba (Copaifera arenicola)
Coral Honeysuckle
Cordia subcordata
eco
Cordia superba
Cork Oak
Cornflower
Cowslip
Crambe
Crape Myrtle
Creeping Bellflower
Creeping Jenny
Creeping Juniper
Crescentia alata
crowberry
eco
Curcuma caulina
Curlyheads
eco
Cut-Leaved Ragwort
Cutleaf Teasel
eco
Davilla elliptica
eco
Desfontainia fulgens
Devil Tree (Alstonia scholaris)
Diervilla
eco
Diospyros lasiocalyx
Distichlis spicata
Distichlis stricta
Dog-tooth Violet
Doll's Eyes
Dwarf birch
Dwarf pawpaw
Elecampane
Entireleaf Mountain-Avens
eco
Euphorbia szovitsii
European Hornbeam
eco
European wych elm
Fawn Lily
Fir
Flat-top white aster
eco
Fleabane
floating marsh pennywort
Florida Indian Plantain
Flowering Ash
Flowering-rush
fringe cups
Galangal
Garden Phlox
Gevuina (Chilean Hazelnut)
eco
Ghost Pipes
Giant kelp
Giant Sequoia
Gliricidia sepium
eco
Gloiocladia halymenioides
Gnetales
Golden Alexanders
Great burnet
Green Algae (Oedogonium)
Green Dragon
Hairy Beggarticks
eco
Halopeltis australis
Haloxylon salicornicum
eco
hay meadow grasses
Heath speedwell
Heather
Heavenly bamboo
Hedge Woundwort
Ōhi'a
'Ōhi'a lehua
Himalayan Balsam
Hop Hornbeam
Horneophyton
eco
Horse Crippler Cactus
Indian Rubber Tree (Ficus benghalensis)
eco
Ingá
Inga vera
eco
Intermediate Bellflower
Iris
Italian cypress
eco
Ivy Leaf Morning Glory
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese orange cherry (Idesia polycarpa)
eco
Java Plum (Syzygium cumini)
eco
Jewelflowers
eco
Jointed Goatgrass
Jungle Flame (Ixora coccinea)
Juniper
Katsura
kōlea lau nui
eco
Krascheninnikovia arborescens
Labrador tea
Lamb's Ear
land plants
Landolphia
eco
Landolphia congolensis
Larch
Leersia hexandra
Lemon Beebalm
Leucaena leucocephala
Leymus racemosus
licorice fern
Lilac Tasselflower
Lily Magnolia
Linum suffruticosum
Linum tenue
Littleleaf Linden
Loblolly Pine
London plane tree
eco
Loudetiopsis chrysothrix
Lowbush blueberry
Lychee (Litchi chinensis)
Lyme Grass
Mangroves
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Maqui Berry
Marginal Wood Fern
Marsh Calla
marsh grass-of-Parnassus
Marsh Labrador tea
Mealy Blue Sage
Mexican Giant Hyssop
Mile-a-minute weed
Milkweed
eco
milo
Mimosa
eco
Mimosa flocculosa
Morinda royoc
eco
Mountain holly
mountain laurel
Mouse-ear chickweed
Murici (Byrsonima pachyphylla)
Musk Fern
Nardus grass
Narrowleaf cow wheat
Narrowleaf Plantain
eco
native grasses
New Jersey tea
Nierembergia rivularis
Night-blooming Cereus
Nodding onion
Nodding Trillium
Northern Bedstraw
northern bush honeysuckle
eco
Northern Comandra
Northern Spicebush
Norway Maple
Nuttall's Thistle
Oakleaf fleabane
Ocotillo
eco
Old Man's Beard Clematis
Orange Hawkweed
Orchard Grass
orchid
eco
Ornamental Ginger
Oryza nivara
eco
Oryza rhizomatis
eco
Osmundaceae ferns
Pacific Bleeding Heart
Pacific ninebark
Peepal (Ficus religiosa)
eco
Pennyroyal
eco
Periphyton algae
eco
Phacelocarpus pepperocarpos
eco
Phlomis olivieri
Phlox
Phoebe bournei
eco
Pigeonberry
Pinaceae
Pineapple-weed
Pinxter Flower
Pitcher Plant
Pitcher's thistle
eco
Plocamium angustum
eco
Prairie Woundwort
Prickly Cucumber
Primrose Willow
Prostrate Knotweed
Pteris fern
eco
Ptilonia australasica
eco
Purple Corydalis
Purple-flowered raspberry
Purple nutsedge
eco
Purple Phacelia
Pyrenaria
Quaking aspen
Quillay
eco
Raphia laurentii (Congo swamp palm)
rattan vine
eco
Rayless False Goldenaster
Red Campion
Red Huckleberry
Redroot Amaranth
eco
Rhododendron yuefengense
Rice (Baldo)
Rice (Vialone Nano)
Richardson's geranium
River Cane
River Oats
Riverbank Lupine
eco
Rock Cress
Rose-pink
Rose Spirea
Rosepink
Rosinweed
Roughleaf Dogwood
Roundleaf Greenbrier
Rowan
eco
Royal fern
Rubiaceae shrub
Sabatia
Sacred Datura
Sagebrush
Salal
eco
Salix brachista (mountain willow)
Salix suchowensis (Chinese willow)
Salt Meadow Hay
Saltgrass
Saltmarsh cordgrass
Sassafras
Satyrium orchid
Saucer Magnolia
eco
savanna shrubs
Scarlet Beebalm
Sea hibiscus
Sedge
eco
Semi Desert-Salty Plants
eco
Semi Desert-Shrub
eco
Semi Steppe-Shrub
Senecio gallicus
Senna siamea
Sensitive Fern
Sensitive Pea
Shepherd's Purse
Showy Aster
eco
Showy Corydalis
Showy milkweed
eco
Siberian alder
eco
Siberian Corydalis
Sideoats Grama
Silver Bush Lupine
Silverberry
Sleeping Plant
Slender Vetch
Smooth rattlebox
Snapdragon (Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum)
Soft Rush
Southwestern White Pine
Spanish Fir
Spike-rush (Eleocharis mutata)
Spikerush
eco
Spiny Turkish towel seaweed
Spiral Ginger
Spotted Joe-Pye weed
Spotted knapweed
Spreading dogbane
eco
Stachys inflata
Stiff Dogwood
Strawberry bush
Suaeda
Sulphur Cinquefoil
eco
supplejack
Swedish Whitebeam
Sweet Autumn Clematis
Sweet Four o'Clock
Sweet scabious
Sweetbay Magnolia
Sycamore maple
eco
Tall Goldenrod
Tall Meadow-rue
Tanglehead
Tanglehead grass
Tea family
Texas Persimmon
eco
Trachypogon spicatus
Tree-of-heaven
Tree Tobacco
Trout Lily
Tuckeroo
Turkey mullein
eco
Turkey Oak
eco
Turnip/Field Mustard
Twoleaf Miterwort
Ulmo
eco
Umbrella Plant
Vachellia abyssinica
eco
Vanilla leaf
Vellozia (canela-de-ema)
Vinegar Weed
violet woodsorrel
Virginia sweetspire
Wachendorfia
Wall Lettuce
eco
Water parsnip
Wavyleaf basketgrass
Weigela
Weigela florida
eco
Weigela maximowiczii
Weigela middendorffiana
Western poison ivy
White Oak
eco
White snakeroot
eco
White twisted-stalk
Whitemouth Dayflower
eco
wild emmer wheat
Wild flax
eco
wild ginger
eco
Wild grapevine
Wild Mustard
eco
Wild onion
eco
Wild Rye
Wild Senna
Windflower
eco
witch grass
Wood cranesbill
eco
Woodland Phlox
Woodland Stonecrop
woolly clover
Yellow Glandweed
Yellow Salsify
Yunnan pine
Zygophyllum