Host an Event Volunteer Join Tickets

Support the plant database you love!

Share

Image Gallery

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!"

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is committed to developing the premier resource for native plant images in North America through continued growth of the Plant Image Gallery. You can help us achieve our mission ...to increase the sustainable use and conservation of native wildflowers, plants, and landscapes... by becoming a contributor.


<< previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 69 next >> 
3,411 Results:   10  25 50 100 per page


scientific namecommon name(s)image gallery
Anaphalis margaritaceaWestern Pearly Everlasting
Pearly-everlasting
Anemone multifidaPacific Anemone
Red Windflower
Early Thimbleweed
Cut-leaf Anemone
Antennaria neglectaField Pussytoes
Prairie Everlasting
Antennaria neglectaField Pussytoes
Prairie Everlasting
Antennaria parliniiParlin's Pussytoes
Ladies' Tobacco
Antennaria parliniiParlin's Pussytoes
Ladies' Tobacco
Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophyllaBog Rosemary
Bog-rosemary
Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophyllaBog Rosemary
Bog-rosemary
Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophyllaBog Rosemary
Bog-rosemary
Anisacanthus puberulusDwarf Desert Honeysuckle
Pinky Anisacanthus
Pinkie Anisacanth
Anemone quinquefoliaWood Anemone
Nightcaps
Windflower
Anemone quinquefoliaWood Anemone
Nightcaps
Windflower
Androsace septentrionalisPygmyflower Rockjasmine
Northern Fairy Candelabra
Angelica triquinataFilmy Angelica
Antennaria umbrinellaUmber Pussytoes
Brown Pussytoes
Brown-bracted Pussytoes
Anemone virginianaTall Thimbleweed
Thimbleweed
Tall Anemone
Anemone virginianaTall Thimbleweed
Thimbleweed
Tall Anemone
Anemone virginianaTall Thimbleweed
Thimbleweed
Tall Anemone
Anemone virginianaTall Thimbleweed
Thimbleweed
Tall Anemone
Anemone virginianaTall Thimbleweed
Thimbleweed
Tall Anemone
Apios americanaGroundnut
Wild Potato
Indian Potato
Apios americanaGroundnut
Wild Potato
Indian Potato
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane
Bitterroot
Flytrap Dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane
Bitterroot
Flytrap Dogbane
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp
Prairie Dogbane
Hemp Dogbane
Dogbane
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp
Prairie Dogbane
Hemp Dogbane
Dogbane
Apocynum ×floribundumHybrid Dogbane
Intermediate Dogbane
Aplectrum hyemaleAdam And Eve
Aquilegia canadensisEastern Red Columbine
Wild Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensisEastern Red Columbine
Wild Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensisEastern Red Columbine
Wild Red Columbine
Aquilegia chrysanthaGolden Columbine
Yellow Columbine
Southwestern Yellow Columbine
Aquilegia elegantulaWestern Red Columbine
Aquilegia saximontanaRocky Mountain Blue Columbine
Alpine Blue Columbine
Argemone albifloraBluestem Pricklypoppy
White Pricklypoppy
White Prickly Poppy
Argentina anserinaSilverweed Cinquefoil
Common Silverweed
Silverweed
Goosefoot
Aronia arbutifoliaRed Chokeberry
Red Chokecherry
Arnoglossum atriplicifoliumPale Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifoliumPale Indian Plantain
Aristida basirameaForked Threeawn
Wiregrass
Needlegrass
Three-awned Grass
Fork-tip Threeawn
Arethusa bulbosaDragon's Mouth
Swamp Pink
Arabis canadensisSicklepod
Artemisia campestrisField Sagewort
Artemisia campestrisField Sagewort
Artemisia campestrisField Sagewort
Artemisia campestrisField Sagewort
Aruncus dioicusBride's Feathers
Goat's Beard
Aruncus dioicusBride's Feathers
Goat's Beard
Aruncus dioicusBride's Feathers
Goat's Beard
Aruncus dioicusBride's Feathers
Goat's Beard
scientific namecommon name(s)image gallery

<< previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 69 next >> 
3,411 Results:   10  25 50 100 per page