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Pink Lady's Slipper Orchid

Added on 5 May, 2010 | 2 photos

Genus: Cypripedium.
Species: Cypripedium acaule.

I was told as a child that these orchids were endangered.....while driving to the store I passed a wooded area, ...

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Cactaceae - Cactus Family

Added on 13 Jan, 2010 | 18 photos

Species: Cactaceae.

This family includes approx. 2000 species of plants distributed in places of desert or very dry climate, mainly ...

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Asclepiadaceae – Milkweed family

Added on 29 Dec, 2009 | 7 photos

The milkweeds (Asclepias)were named for Aesculapius, who is said to have learned his knowledge of healing from a...

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Bignoniaceae – Trumpet-creeper family

Added on 28 Nov, 2009 | 7 photos

The family contains about 112 genera and more than 725 species of trees, shrubs, and, most commonly, vines, chie...

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Spiderwort Family

Added on 12 Nov, 2009 | 4 photos

Species: Commelinaceae.

The family contains 38 genera and about 600 species. All members of the family are herbaceous, and are easily re...

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Magnolia family

Added on 12 Nov, 2009 | 5 photos

Species: Magnoliaceae.

The economic significance of Magnolias is generally confined to the use of wood from certain timber species and ...

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Water-lily family

Added on 28 Oct, 2009 | 4 photos

Species: Nymphaeaceae.

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Convolvulaceae – Morning Glory Family

Added on 22 Oct, 2009 | 5 photos

These plant can be weedy or invasive, easily escaping cultivation. It can become a real problem in crop fields.
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American Beautyberry

Added on 16 Oct, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Callicarpa.
Species: Callicarpa americana L..

The last time we were at the Lavender Fields this bush had its fruit on...I have never seen anything like it, th...

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Mallows

Added on 16 Oct, 2009 | 5 photos

Species: Malvaceae – Mallow family.

These are some really beautiful flowers. The flowers and leaves of many species are edible or used for medicine.

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Reiger's Begonia

Added on 14 Oct, 2009 | 5 photos

Genus: Begonia.
Species: Begonia x hiemalis.

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Mullein

Added on 30 Sep, 2009 | 3 photos

Genus: Verbascum.
Species: Verbascum thapsus.

This is a biennial plant. The first year the plant is a rosette of leaves that hug the ground. The second year i...

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Pokeberry

Added on 30 Sep, 2009 | 3 photos

Genus: Phytolacca.
Species: Phytolacca americana.

The Pokeweed was long used by the Native Americans. They introduced the colonists to it’s use as a vegetable, a ...

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Yarrow

Added on 24 Sep, 2009 | 2 photos

Genus: Achillea.
Species: Achillea millefolium.

Yarrow has a long history of use. In Rome it was known as a treatment for wounds; and the Native American Indian...

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Joe Pye Weed

Added on 23 Sep, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Eupatorium.
Species: Eupatorium purpureum.

Joe Pye is a plant native to Eastern North America. It was given that name for a Native American man who treated...

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Holly

Added on 16 Sep, 2009 | 2 photos

Genus: Ilex.
Species: Ilex aquifolium.

The Holly tree, a tree of myth, a tree sacred to the Witches of old, and still held in great esteem. The ancient...

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Orange Touch Me Not

Added on 14 Sep, 2009 | 2 photos

Genus: Impatiens.
Species: Impatiens capensis.

Also called the Spotted Jewelweed

The Jewelweed plant has been used for centuries in North America by Native ...

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Sassafras

Added on 10 Sep, 2009 | 2 photos

Genus: Sassafras.
Species: Sassafras albidum.

Sassafras is well noted for its leaves…there are three different shapes. Some leaves with three lobes and others...

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Devils Walking Stick

Added on 8 Sep, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Aralia.
Species: Aralia spinosa.

This shrub was first used in the United States in landscaping in 1688, being used as a novelty item. For some re...

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Daylily

Added on 7 Sep, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Hemerocallis.
Species: Hemerocallis fulva.

The species name means “beautiful for a day,” and it is so true. Each flower only lasts a day, it then withers a...

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Butterfly Weed

Added on 5 Sep, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Asclepias.
Species: Asclepias tuberose.

Butterfly Weed or Pleurisy Root is a smaller member of the Milkweed family. It is said that the plant hates its ...

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Indian Pipes

Added on 5 Sep, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Monotropa.
Species: Monotropa uniflora.

About 1/3 of our acre is left natural. In the woods at the base of a rotted tree stump I found these plants. As ...

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Liriope

Added on 5 Sep, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Liriope.
Species: Liriope muscari.

This is one of the plants that an Elderly neighbor gifted me with this summer. Her husband had dug out tons of i...