Native Plants
Smith, R.W.
Robert Smith is not a botanist, but he's been interested in botany for many years, starting as a grade-schooler in West Virginia. If life circumstances had been different, he might have become a botanist.Robert is now retired from the State of Michigan where he was a social worker and administrator, mostly in child welfare. He's been a frequent contributor to the University of Michigan herbarium, and owes much to the staff there, especially Ed Voss, Tony Reznicek and Bev Walter who have mentored his efforts. Robert got his first camera while serving in Viet Nam in 1966, and has been involved in photography periodically ever since. From 1977 to 1982, Robert did regional art fairs. His main photographic interest was natural subjects, particularly wildflowers.
In 1979, Robert stopped near his home in Adrian, Michigan to check out an interesting spot. It turned out to be so interesting he became more involved in botanizing and conservation, and mostly let photography go. That spot became the Nature Conservancy's Ives Road Fen Preserve, a globally endangered habitat.
For Christmas of 2009, Robert's wife gave him a digital Canon camera, and you're now seeing the results. So, Robert has no formal training in botany or photography, but he happily reports, "I sure am having fun in retirement!"
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scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Clinopodium brownei | Browne's Savory St. John's Mint Creeping Charlie Lornatee | |
Claytonia caroliniana | Carolina Springbeauty | |
Clematis crispa | Swamp Leatherflower Curly Clematis Blue-jasmine Curlflower Curly Virgin's Bower Marsh Clematis | |
Clematis crispa | Swamp Leatherflower Curly Clematis Blue-jasmine Curlflower Curly Virgin's Bower Marsh Clematis | |
Cladium mariscoides | Smooth Sawgrass | |
Claytonia megarhiza | Alpine Springbeauty | |
Claytonia perfoliata | Miner's Lettuce | |
Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty Springbeauty | |
Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty Springbeauty | |
Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty Springbeauty | |
Clematis viorna | Vasevine Leatherflower | |
Clematis virginiana | Devil's Darning Needles Virgin's Bower Old Man's Beard | |
Clematis virginiana | Devil's Darning Needles Virgin's Bower Old Man's Beard | |
Clinopodium vulgare | Wild Basil | |
Clinopodium vulgare | Wild Basil | |
Clinopodium vulgare | Wild Basil | |
Clinopodium vulgare | Wild Basil | |
Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
Cnidoscolus urens var. stimulosus | Finger Rot Tread Softly | |
Cornus alternifolia | Alternateleaf Dogwood Alternate-leaf Dogwood Pagoda Dogwood | |
Conopholis americana | American Cancer-root Squawroot | |
Conopholis americana | American Cancer-root Squawroot | |
Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood Red Willow Silky Cornel | |
Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood Red Willow Silky Cornel | |
Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood Red Willow Silky Cornel | |
Corylus americana | American Hazelnut American Filbert | |
Corispermum americanum | American Bugseed | |
Corispermum americanum | American Bugseed | |
Coursetia axillaris | Texas Babybonnets | |
Coreopsis basalis | Goldenmane Tickseed Golden-wave | |
Cornus canadensis | Bunchberry Dogwood Canadian Bunchberry | |
Cornus canadensis | Bunchberry Dogwood Canadian Bunchberry | |
Conradina canescens | False Rosemary Wild Rosemary Conradina | |
Collinsonia canadensis | Richweed Stoneroot Citronella Horsebalm | |
Collinsonia canadensis | Richweed Stoneroot Citronella Horsebalm | |
Collinsonia canadensis | Richweed Stoneroot Citronella Horsebalm | |
Conyza canadensis | Horseweed Canadian Horseweed | |
Conyza canadensis | Horseweed Canadian Horseweed | |
Conyza canadensis | Horseweed Canadian Horseweed | |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower Wild Ageratum Blue Boneset | |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower Wild Ageratum Blue Boneset | |
Corylus cornuta | Beaked Hazelnut Beaked Filbert | |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood Drummond's Dogwood Rough-leaf Dogwood | |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood Drummond's Dogwood Rough-leaf Dogwood | |
Convolvulus equitans | Texas Bindweed Bindweed | |
Coreopsis falcata | Sickle Tickseed | |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood Virginia Dogwood Florida Dogwood White Cornel Arrowwood American Boxwood False Box St. Peter's Crown Corona De San Pedro | |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood Virginia Dogwood Florida Dogwood White Cornel Arrowwood American Boxwood False Box St. Peter's Crown Corona De San Pedro | |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood Virginia Dogwood Florida Dogwood White Cornel Arrowwood American Boxwood False Box St. Peter's Crown Corona De San Pedro | |
Corydalis flavula | Yellow Fumewort Yellow Harlequin | |
Corydalis flavula | Yellow Fumewort Yellow Harlequin | |
Coreopsis floridana | Florida Tickseed | |
Coreopsis floridana | Florida Tickseed | |
Cornus foemina | Stiff Dogwood Swamp Dogwood | |
Coreopsis grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed Large-flower Tickseed Common Coreopsis | |
Coreopsis grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed Large-flower Tickseed Common Coreopsis | |
Coreopsis grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed Large-flower Tickseed Common Coreopsis | |
Conradina grandiflora | Largeflower False Rosemary | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis Lance-leaved Coreopsis Lanceleaf Tickseed Sand Coreopsis | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis Lance-leaved Coreopsis Lanceleaf Tickseed Sand Coreopsis | |
Coreopsis leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Tickseed Common Tickseed | |
Coreopsis leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Tickseed Common Tickseed | |
Coreopsis major | Greater Tickseed Major Coreopsis | |
Corallorhiza odontorhiza | Autumn Coralroot Late Coralroot Fall Coral Root Late Southern Coral Root Small Coral Root Small-flowered Coral Root Chicken Toe Turkey Claw Dragon's Claw Fever Root Crawley Root Crawley | |
Coreopsis palmata | Stiff Tickseed Stiff Coreopsis Finger Coreopsis | |
Coreopsis palmata | Stiff Tickseed Stiff Coreopsis Finger Coreopsis | |
Coreopsis palmata | Stiff Tickseed Stiff Coreopsis Finger Coreopsis | |
Comarum palustre | Purple Cinquefoil Purple Marshlocks Marsh Cinquefoil | |
Comarum palustre | Purple Cinquefoil Purple Marshlocks Marsh Cinquefoil | |
Comarum palustre | Purple Cinquefoil Purple Marshlocks Marsh Cinquefoil | |
Collinsia parviflora | Maiden Blue Eyed Mary Maiden Blue-eyed Mary | |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
Comptonia peregrina | Sweet-fern Sweetfern | |
Comptonia peregrina | Sweet-fern Sweetfern | |
Comptonia peregrina | Sweet-fern Sweetfern | |
Coreopsis pubescens | Star Tickseed Hairy Tickseed | |
Coreopsis pubescens | Star Tickseed Hairy Tickseed | |
Conyza ramosissima | Dwarf Horseweed Dwarf Fleabane | |
Conyza ramosissima | Dwarf Horseweed Dwarf Fleabane | |
Conyza ramosissima | Dwarf Horseweed Dwarf Fleabane | |
Cornus rugosa | Roundleaf Dogwood | |
Cornus rugosa | Roundleaf Dogwood | |
Cornus rugosa | Roundleaf Dogwood | |
Cornus rugosa | Roundleaf Dogwood | |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood Red Osier Red-twig Dogwood | |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood Red Osier Red-twig Dogwood | |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood Red Osier Red-twig Dogwood | |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood Red Osier Red-twig Dogwood | |
Corydalis sempervirens | Rock Harlequin | |
Corallorhiza striata var. striata | Hooded Coralroot | |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
Coptis trifolia | Threeleaf Goldthread Three-leaf Goldthread Canker Root | |
Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Tickseed Tall Coreopsis | |
Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Tickseed Tall Coreopsis | |
Comandra umbellata | Bastard Toadflax | |
Comandra umbellata | Bastard Toadflax | |
Coccoloba uvifera | Seagrape Seaside-grape Sea Grape | |
Conradina verticillata | Cumberland False Rosemary | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |