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 |
Symphyotrichum ciliolatum | Lindley's Aster | |
Symphyotrichum concolor | Eastern Silver Aster | |
Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Broad-leaved Aster Common Blue Wood Aster Heartleaf Aster | |
Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Broad-leaved Aster Common Blue Wood Aster Heartleaf Aster | |
Symphyotrichum dumosum | Rice Button Aster White Bushy Aster | |
Symphyotrichum dumosum | Rice Button Aster White Bushy Aster | |
Symphyotrichum dumosum | Rice Button Aster White Bushy Aster | |
Symphyotrichum dumosum | Rice Button Aster White Bushy Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
Syngonanthus flavidulus | Yellow Hatpins | |
Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | |
Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | |
Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | |
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Calico Aster | |
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Whitepanicle Aster Panicled Aster Lanceleaf Aster White Panicle Aster | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster Aromatic American Aster Fall Aster Wild Blue Aster Shale Aster | |
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster Aromatic American Aster Fall Aster Wild Blue Aster Shale Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ontarionis | Ontario Aster Bottomland Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ontarionis | Ontario Aster Bottomland Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ontarionis | Ontario Aster Bottomland Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ontarionis | Ontario Aster Bottomland Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ontarionis | Ontario Aster Bottomland Aster | |
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Skyblue Aster Sky Blue American-aster Azure Aster Blue Devils | |
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Skyblue Aster Sky Blue American-aster Azure Aster Blue Devils | |
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Skyblue Aster Sky Blue American-aster Azure Aster Blue Devils | |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian Currant Buckbrush | |
Symphyotrichum pilosum | Hairy White Oldfield Aster | |
Symphyotrichum pilosum | Hairy White Oldfield Aster | |
Symphyotrichum pilosum | Hairy White Oldfield Aster | |
Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willowleaf Aster | |
Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willowleaf Aster | |
Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willowleaf Aster | |
Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willowleaf Aster | |
Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willowleaf Aster | |
Symphyotrichum puniceum | Purplestem Aster Purple-stemmed Aster | |
Symphyotrichum puniceum | Purplestem Aster Purple-stemmed Aster | |
Symphyotrichum puniceum | Purplestem Aster Purple-stemmed Aster | |
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum | Purplestem Aster Red-stem Aster Swamp Aster | |
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum | Purplestem Aster Red-stem Aster Swamp Aster | |
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum | Purplestem Aster Red-stem Aster Swamp Aster | |
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum | Purplestem Aster Red-stem Aster Swamp Aster | |
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius | Roundleaf Snowberry | |
Symphyotrichum robynsianum | Longleaf Aster Robyns’ Aster | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |