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 |
Abies balsamea | Balsam Fir Blister Pine Northern Balsam | |
Abies concolor | White Fir Balsam Fir Colorado Fir Concolor Fir Silver Fir White Balsam Oyamel De California | |
Abies fraseri | Fraser Fir She-balsam | |
Abronia fragrans | Fragrant Sand-verbena Snowball Sand Verbena Sweet Sand-verbena Prairie Snowball Sand Verbena Heart's Delight | |
Abies lasiocarpa | Subalpine Fir | |
Abies procera | Noble Fir | |
Acorus americanus | Sweetflag | |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow Western Yarrow Yarrow Milfoil | |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow Western Yarrow Yarrow Milfoil | |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow Western Yarrow Yarrow Milfoil | |
Acer negundo | Box Elder Box Elder Maple Ash-leaved Maple Ashleaf Maple Red River Maple Fresno De Guajuco | |
Acer nigrum | Black Maple | |
Acer nigrum | Black Maple | |
Acmella oppositifolia | Oppositeleaf Spotflower | |
Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf | |
Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf | |
Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf | |
Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf | |
Acalypha ostryifolia | Pineland Threeseed Mercury Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf | |
Actaea pachypoda | White Baneberry Dolls Eyes | |
Acer pensylvanicum | Striped Maple Moosewood | |
Actaea racemosa var. racemosa | Black Cohosh Black Bugbane Bugbane Black Snakeroot Fairy Candles | |
Actaea racemosa var. racemosa | Black Cohosh Black Bugbane Bugbane Black Snakeroot Fairy Candles | |
Actaea racemosa var. racemosa | Black Cohosh Black Bugbane Bugbane Black Snakeroot Fairy Candles | |
Acalypha rhomboidea | Common Threeseed Mercury Virginia Threeseed Mercury | |
Acalypha rhomboidea | Common Threeseed Mercury Virginia Threeseed Mercury | |
Acalypha rhomboidea | Common Threeseed Mercury Virginia Threeseed Mercury | |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple Scarlet Maple Soft Maple | |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple Scarlet Maple Soft Maple | |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple Scarlet Maple Soft Maple | |
Actaea rubra | Red Baneberry | |
Actaea rubra | Red Baneberry | |
Actaea rubra | Red Baneberry | |
Acer saccharinum | Silver Maple Soft Maple White Maple | |
Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple Northern Sugar Maple | |
Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple Northern Sugar Maple | |
Acer spicatum | Mountain Maple | |
Adlumia fungosa | Climbing Fumatory Allegheny Vine Mountain Fringe | |
Aeschynomene americana | Shyleaf American Joint Vetch Joint Vetch Deer Vetch | |
Aesculus flava | Yellow Buckeye Sweet Buckeye | |
Aesculus glabra | Ohio Buckeye Texas Buckeye Fetid Buckeye Horse Chestnut | |
Aesculus glabra | Ohio Buckeye Texas Buckeye Fetid Buckeye Horse Chestnut | |
Aeschynomene indica | Indian Jointvetch | |
Aesculus ×marylandica | Maryland Chestnut Maryland Buckeye | |
Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye Scarlet Buckeye Firecracker Plant | |
Aesculus parviflora | Bottlebrush Buckeye | |
Aesculus parviflora | Bottlebrush Buckeye | |
Aeschynomene viscidula | Sticky Jointvetch | |
Ageratina altissima | White Snakeroot | |
Agave delamateri | Tonto Basin Century Plant Tonto Basin Agave | |
Agalinis fasciculata | Beach False Foxglove | |
Agalinis fasciculata | Beach False Foxglove | |
Agastache foeniculum | Blue Giant Hyssop Blue Giant-hyssop Fragrant Giant Hyssop Lavender Hyssop Anise Hyssop | |
Agastache foeniculum | Blue Giant Hyssop Blue Giant-hyssop Fragrant Giant Hyssop Lavender Hyssop Anise Hyssop | |
Agrimonia gryposepala | Tall Hairy Agrimony Agrimony | |
Agrimonia gryposepala | Tall Hairy Agrimony Agrimony | |
Agrimonia gryposepala | Tall Hairy Agrimony Agrimony | |
Agalinis harperi | Harper's False Foxglove Coastal Plains False Foxglove | |
Agastache nepetoides | Yellow Giant Hyssop | |
Agastache nepetoides | Yellow Giant Hyssop | |
Agastache nepetoides | Yellow Giant Hyssop | |
Agrimonia parviflora | Harvest Lice Small-flowered Agrimony Southern Agrimony Swamp Agrimony | |
Agrimonia parviflora | Harvest Lice Small-flowered Agrimony Southern Agrimony Swamp Agrimony | |
Agrimonia pubescens | Downy Agrimony Soft Agrimony Hairy Agrimony | |
Agrimonia pubescens | Downy Agrimony Soft Agrimony Hairy Agrimony | |
Agalinis purpurea | Purple False Foxglove Purple Gerardia Gerardia | |
Agalinis purpurea | Purple False Foxglove Purple Gerardia Gerardia | |
Agalinis purpurea | Purple False Foxglove Purple Gerardia Gerardia | |
Agalinis purpurea | Purple False Foxglove Purple Gerardia Gerardia | |
Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop Purple Giant-hyssop | |
Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop Purple Giant-hyssop | |
Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop Purple Giant-hyssop | |
Agalinis skinneriana | Skinner's False Foxglove | |
Agalinis skinneriana | Skinner's False Foxglove | |
Agrimonia striata | Roadside Agrimony | |
Agrimonia striata | Roadside Agrimony | |
Agalinis tenuifolia | Slenderleaf False Foxglove | |
Agalinis tenuifolia | Slenderleaf False Foxglove | |
Allium acuminatum | Tapertip Onion | |
Allium acuminatum | Tapertip Onion | |
Alopecurus aequalis | Shortawn Foxtail | |
Aletris bracteata | Bracted Colicroot Bracted Unicorn Root Bahamian Unicorn Root White Colicroot | |
Allium burdickii | Narrowleaf Wild Leek | |
Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic Wild Garlic Wild Onion | |
Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic Wild Garlic Wild Onion | |
Alopecurus carolinianus | Carolina Foxtail | |
Alopecurus carolinianus | Carolina Foxtail | |
Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | |
Aletris farinosa | White Colicroot Colic Root Unicorn Root | |
Aletris farinosa | White Colicroot Colic Root Unicorn Root | |
Aletris farinosa | White Colicroot Colic Root Unicorn Root | |
Alternanthera flavescens | Yellow Joyweed | |
Allium geyeri | Geyer's Onion | |
Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush Bee-brush White-brush Common Bee-brush Beebrush Privet Lippia | |
Alnus incana | Gray Alder Speckled Alder | |
Aliciella pinnatifida | Sticky Gilia | |
Alisma subcordatum | American Water Plantain | |
Allium tricoccum | Wild Leek Ramp | |
Allium tricoccum | Wild Leek Ramp | |
Alisma triviale | Northern Water Plantain | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |