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 |
Alnus viridis | Green Alder | |
Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon Serviceberry Western Serviceberry Juneberry | |
Amaranthus arenicola | Sandhill Amaranth Sand Amaranth Sand Pigweed | |
Amaranthus arenicola | Sandhill Amaranth Sand Amaranth Sand Pigweed | |
Amaranthus arenicola | Sandhill Amaranth Sand Amaranth Sand Pigweed | |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Annual Ragweed Short Ragweed | |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Annual Ragweed Short Ragweed | |
Amelanchier arborea | Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Shadbush Juneberry Junebush Shadblow Sarvis | |
Amphicarpaea bracteata | American Hogpeanut | |
Ampelaster carolinianus | Climbing Aster Climbing-aster | |
Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant Amorpha Prairie Shoestring | |
Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant Amorpha Prairie Shoestring | |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
Amsonia hubrichtii | Hubricht's Bluestar | |
Amelanchier interior | Pacific Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier interior | Pacific Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier interior | Pacific Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny Serviceberry Allegheny Service-berry Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny Serviceberry Allegheny Service-berry Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny Serviceberry Allegheny Service-berry Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny Serviceberry Allegheny Service-berry Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny Serviceberry Allegheny Service-berry Serviceberry | |
Amianthium muscitoxicum | Fly Poison Crow Poison | |
Amaranthus palmeri | Carelessweed | |
Amaranthus powellii | Powell's Amaranth Green Amaranth Powell's Smooth Amaranth | |
Ambrosia psilostachya | Cuman Ragweed Western Ragweed Perennial Ragweed Common Ragweed | |
Ambrosia psilostachya | Cuman Ragweed Western Ragweed Perennial Ragweed Common Ragweed | |
Amelanchier sanguinea | Roundleaf Serviceberry Red-twig Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier sanguinea | Roundleaf Serviceberry Red-twig Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier stolonifera | Running Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier stolonifera | Running Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier stolonifera | Running Serviceberry | |
Ambrosia trifida | Great Ragweed Giant Ragweed | |
Ambrosia trifida | Great Ragweed Giant Ragweed | |
Ambrosia trifida | Great Ragweed Giant Ragweed | |
Amaranthus tuberculatus | Roughfruit Amaranth Water Hemp | |
Amaranthus tuberculatus | Roughfruit Amaranth Water Hemp | |
Amaranthus tuberculatus | Roughfruit Amaranth Water Hemp | |
Anemia adiantifolia | Pine Fern Pineland Fern Maidenhair Anemia | |
Angelica atropurpurea | Purplestem Angelica | |
Angelica atropurpurea | Purplestem Angelica | |
Anemone canadensis | Canadian Anemone Round-leaf Thimbleweed Canada Anemone Windflower Meadow Anemone | |
Anemone canadensis | Canadian Anemone Round-leaf Thimbleweed Canada Anemone Windflower Meadow Anemone | |
Anemone canadensis | Canadian Anemone Round-leaf Thimbleweed Canada Anemone Windflower Meadow Anemone | |
Antennaria corymbosa | Flat-top Pussytoes Meadow Pussytoes | |
Anemone cylindrica | Candle Anemone Long-headed Thimbleweed Longhead Thimbleweed Thimbleweed | |
Anemone cylindrica | Candle Anemone Long-headed Thimbleweed Longhead Thimbleweed Thimbleweed | |
Angelica dentata | Coastal Plain Angelica | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |