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 |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
Ceanothus sanguineus | Redstem Ceanothus Oregon Tea-tree Wild Lilac | |
Celastrus scandens | American Bittersweet | |
Celastrus scandens | American Bittersweet | |
Celastrus scandens | American Bittersweet | |
Celtis tenuifolia | Dwarf Hackberry Small Hackberry Small Sugar Hackberry Georgia Hackberry Upland Hackberry | |
Centrosema virginianum | Spurred Butterfly Pea Butterfly Pea | |
Centrosema virginianum | Spurred Butterfly Pea Butterfly Pea | |
Chenopodium album | Lambsquarters | |
Chenopodium album | Lambsquarters | |
Chamerion angustifolium | Fireweed Willow Herb Great Willow Herb | |
Chamaedaphne calyculata | Leatherleaf Cassandra | |
Chamaedaphne calyculata | Leatherleaf Cassandra | |
Chenopodium capitatum | Blite Goosefoot | |
Chenopodium capitatum | Blite Goosefoot | |
Chamaesaracha coniodes | Gray Five Eyes False Nightshade Ground Saracha Prostrate Ground-cherry | |
Chaenactis douglasii | Douglas' Dustymaiden Dusty Maiden | |
Chaenactis douglasii | Douglas' Dustymaiden Dusty Maiden | |
Chamaerhodos erecta ssp. nuttallii | Nuttall's Little Rose | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea Sleepingplant Sensitive Plant | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea Sleepingplant Sensitive Plant | |
Chapmannia floridana | Florida Alicia Alicia | |
Chrysopsis floridana | Florida Goldenaster | |
Chrysopsis floridana | Florida Goldenaster | |
Chrysopsis floridana | Florida Goldenaster | |
Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | |
Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | |
Chamaesyce hypericifolia | Graceful Sandmat Graceful Spurge Chickenweed Large-spotted Spurge Garden Spurge Fluxweed Baby's-breath Euphorbia | |
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia | Hyssopleaf Sandmat | |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats Indian Wood Oats Wild Oats River Oats Flathead Oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
Chamaesyce lasiocarpa | Roadside Sandmat | |
Chrysopsis linearifolia | Narrowleaf Goldenaster | |
Chelone lyonii | Pink Turtlehead | |
Chrysopsis mariana | Maryland Goldenaster Maryland Golden-aster | |
Chrysopsis mariana | Maryland Goldenaster Maryland Golden-aster | |
Chamaesyce maculata | Spotted Spurge Spotted Euphorbia Spotted Sandmat Milk Purslane Prostrate Spurge | |
Chamaesyce maculata | Spotted Spurge Spotted Euphorbia Spotted Sandmat Milk Purslane Prostrate Spurge | |
Chamaesyce maculata | Spotted Spurge Spotted Euphorbia Spotted Sandmat Milk Purslane Prostrate Spurge | |
Chimaphila maculata | Striped Prince's Pine Spotted Wintergreen Pipsissewa Spotted Pipsissewa Ratsbane Rheumatism Root Striped Wintergreen | |
Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
Chamaecrista nictitans | Sensitive Partridge Pea Partridge-pea Sensitive Pea | |
Chamaesyce nutans | Nodding Spurge Eyebane | |
Chamaesyce nutans | Nodding Spurge Eyebane | |
Chelone obliqua | Red Turtlehead | |
Chelone obliqua | Red Turtlehead | |
Chaerophyllum procumbens | Spreading Chervil | |
Chaerophyllum procumbens | Spreading Chervil | |
Chrysopsis scabrella | Coastal Plain Goldenaster | |
Chamaesyce serpens | Matted Sandmat Prostrate Spurge Creeping Spurge | |
Chamaesyce serpens | Matted Sandmat Prostrate Spurge Creeping Spurge | |
Chenopodium simplex | Mapleleaf Goosefoot | |
Chenopodium simplex | Mapleleaf Goosefoot | |
Chaerophyllum tainturieri | Hairyfruit Chervil Southern Chervil | |
Chimaphila umbellata | Pipsissewa | |
Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree Fringe Tree Snowflower Tree Flowering Ash Old Man's Beard Grandfather Graybeard Grancy Graybeard | |
Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree Fringe Tree Snowflower Tree Flowering Ash Old Man's Beard Grandfather Graybeard Grancy Graybeard | |
Cirsium altissimum | Tall Thistle | |
Cirsium altissimum | Tall Thistle | |
Cirsium altissimum | Tall Thistle | |
Cicuta bulbifera | Bulblet-bearing Water Hemlock | |
Cirsium canescens | Prairie Thistle | |
Cirsium canescens | Prairie Thistle | |
Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | |
Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | |
Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | |
Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | |
Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | |
Cirsium hillii | Hill's Thistle Hollow-rooted Thistle Prairie Thistle | |
Cirsium hillii | Hill's Thistle Hollow-rooted Thistle Prairie Thistle | |
Cirsium hillii | Hill's Thistle Hollow-rooted Thistle Prairie Thistle | |
Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis | Broadleaf Enchanter's Nightshade | |
Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis | Broadleaf Enchanter's Nightshade | |
Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis | Broadleaf Enchanter's Nightshade | |
Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock Water-hemlock Beaver Poison | |
Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock Water-hemlock Beaver Poison | |
Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock Water-hemlock Beaver Poison | |
Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock Water-hemlock Beaver Poison | |
Cirsium muticum | Swamp Thistle | |
Cirsium muticum | Swamp Thistle | |
Cirsium muticum | Swamp Thistle | |
Cirsium neomexicanum | New Mexico Thistle Utah Thistle | |
Cirsium pitcheri | Sand Dune Thistle | |
Cirsium pitcheri | Sand Dune Thistle | |
Cirsium undulatum | Wavyleaf Thistle Plumed Thistle | |
Cirsium undulatum var. tracyi | Tracy's Thistle | |
Cirsium undulatum var. tracyi | Tracy's Thistle | |
Clematis albicoma | Whitehair Leather Flower White-haired Leather-flower White-hair Leather-flower Erect Mountain Clematis | |
Clematis albicoma | Whitehair Leather Flower White-haired Leather-flower White-hair Leather-flower Erect Mountain Clematis | |
Clematis albicoma | Whitehair Leather Flower White-haired Leather-flower White-hair Leather-flower Erect Mountain Clematis | |
Clethra alnifolia | Coastal Pepperbush Coastal Sweet Pepperbush Coastal Sweet Pepper Alderleaf Pepperbush Alderleaf Clethra Clethra Summer Sweet | |
Clethra alnifolia | Coastal Pepperbush Coastal Sweet Pepperbush Coastal Sweet Pepper Alderleaf Pepperbush Alderleaf Clethra Clethra Summer Sweet | |
Clinopodium arkansanum | Limestone Calamint | |
Clinopodium arkansanum | Limestone Calamint | |
Clintonia borealis | Bluebead Yellow Bluebead-lily Clintonia Blue-bead Lily | |
Clintonia borealis | Bluebead Yellow Bluebead-lily Clintonia Blue-bead Lily | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |