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 |
Astragalus agrestis | Purple Milkvetch Field Milk-vetch | |
Astragalus agrestis | Purple Milkvetch Field Milk-vetch | |
Astragalus alpinus | Alpine Milkvetch | |
Astragalus alpinus | Alpine Milkvetch | |
Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu | Antelope-horns Antelope Horns Antelope Horns Milkweed | |
Astragalus australis | Indian Milkvetch | |
Astragalus australis | Indian Milkvetch | |
Astragalus bisulcatus | Twogrooved Milkvetch | |
Asarum canadense | Canadian Wild Ginger Wild Ginger | |
Asarum canadense | Canadian Wild Ginger Wild Ginger | |
Asarum canadense | Canadian Wild Ginger Wild Ginger | |
Asarum canadense | Canadian Wild Ginger Wild Ginger | |
Asarum canadense | Canadian Wild Ginger Wild Ginger | |
Astragalus canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch Canada Milkvetch Milk Vetch | |
Astragalus canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch Canada Milkvetch Milk Vetch | |
Asclepias exaltata | Poke Milkweed | |
Asclepias exaltata | Poke Milkweed | |
Asclepias exaltata | Poke Milkweed | |
Asclepias hirtella | Green Milkweed Tall Green Milkweed | |
Asclepias humistrata | Pinewoods Milkweed Sandhill Milkweed | |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
Astranthium integrifolium | Entireleaf Western Daisy | |
Asclepias lanceolata | Fewflower Milkweed Few-flower Milkweed Red Milkweed | |
Asclepias lanceolata | Fewflower Milkweed Few-flower Milkweed Red Milkweed | |
Astragalus laxmannii | Laxmann's Milkvetch Standing Milkvetch Tanana Milkvetch | |
Astragalus nuttallianus | Nuttall's Milkvetch Small-flowered Milkvetch | |
Asclepias perennis | White Swamp Milkweed Aquatic Milkweed | |
Asclepias pedicellata | Savanna Milkweed | |
Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony Spleenwort | |
Asclepias quadrifolia | Fourleaf Milkweed | |
Asimina reticulata | Netted Pawpaw Woolly Pawpaw Hairy Pawpaw | |
Astragalus scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Milkvetch | |
Astrolepis sinuata | Wavy Scaly Cloakfern | |
Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie Milkweed Sullivant's Milkweed Smooth Milkweed | |
Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie Milkweed Sullivant's Milkweed Smooth Milkweed | |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | |
Asimina triloba | Pawpaw Common Pawpaw Custard Apple Indian Banana Wild Banana | |
Asimina triloba | Pawpaw Common Pawpaw Custard Apple Indian Banana Wild Banana | |
Asimina triloba | Pawpaw Common Pawpaw Custard Apple Indian Banana Wild Banana | |
Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |