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 |
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow-rue | |
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow-rue | |
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow-rue | |
Thermopsis divaricarpa | Spreadfruit Goldenbanner | |
Thalictrum fendleri | Fendler's Meadow-rue | |
Thelypteris hispidula | Roughhairy Maiden Fern Hairy Maiden Fern | |
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor | Variable Maiden Fern St. John's Shield Fern Variable Roughhairy Maiden Fern Variable Hairy Maiden Fern | |
Thuja occidentalis | Arborvitae Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar | |
Thuja occidentalis | Arborvitae Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar | |
Thelypteris palustris | Eastern Marsh Fern Marsh Fern | |
Thelypteris palustris | Eastern Marsh Fern Marsh Fern | |
Thalictrum pubescens | King Of The Meadow King-of-the-meadow Tall Meadow Rue | |
Thalictrum revolutum | Waxyleaf Meadow-rue | |
Thalictrum revolutum | Waxyleaf Meadow-rue | |
Thelesperma simplicifolium | Slender Greenthread Navajo Tea Cota | |
Thelesperma subnudum | Navajo Tea | |
Thelesperma subnudum | Navajo Tea | |
Thalictrum thalictroides | Rue Anemone Rue-anemone | |
Thalictrum thalictroides | Rue Anemone Rue-anemone | |
Thaspium trifoliatum var. aureum | Yellow Meadow Parsnip Golden Alexanders | |
Tilia americana | American Basswood American Linden Lime Tree Bee Tree | |
Tilia americana | American Basswood American Linden Lime Tree Bee Tree | |
Tinantia anomala | False Dayflower Widows Tears | |
Tillandsia balbisiana | Northern Needleleaf | |
Tiarella cordifolia | Heartleaf Foamflower Heart-leaf Foamflower | |
Tiarella cordifolia | Heartleaf Foamflower Heart-leaf Foamflower | |
Tiarella cordifolia | Heartleaf Foamflower Heart-leaf Foamflower | |
Tillandsia fasciculata | Quill-leaf Airplant Cardinal Airplant Quill-leaf Clustered Wild-pine Dog-drink-water Common Wild-pine | |
Tillandsia usneoides | Spanish Moss | |
Torreyochloa pallida | Pale False Mannagrass | |
Torreyochloa pallida | Pale False Mannagrass | |
Toxicodendron pubescens | Atlantic Poison Oak | |
Toxicodendron rydbergii | Western Poison Ivy | |
Toxicodendron vernix | Poison Sumac | |
Toxicodendron vernix | Poison Sumac | |
Toxicodendron vernix | Poison Sumac | |
Toxicodendron vernix | Poison Sumac | |
Toxicodendron vernix | Poison Sumac | |
Toxicodendron vernix | Poison Sumac | |
Toxicodendron vernix | Poison Sumac | |
Trichophorum alpinum | Alpine Bulrush | |
Trichophorum alpinum | Alpine Bulrush | |
Trillium albidum ssp. parviflorum | Smallflower Wakerobin Small-flowered Trillium | |
Trientalis borealis | Starflower | |
Trientalis borealis | Starflower | |
Trientalis borealis | Starflower | |
Trichostema brachiatum | Fluxweed False Pennyroyal | |
Trichostema brachiatum | Fluxweed False Pennyroyal | |
Trichostema brachiatum | Fluxweed False Pennyroyal | |
Trautvetteria caroliniensis | Carolina Bugbane | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |