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 |
Bromus ciliatus | Fringed Brome | |
Bromus ciliatus | Fringed Brome | |
Bromus ciliatus var. ciliatus | Fringed Brome | |
Bromus ciliatus var. ciliatus | Fringed Brome | |
Brachyelytrum erectum | Bearded Shorthusk Longawn Woodgrass | |
Bromus inermis | Smooth Brome | |
Bromus latiglumis | Earlyleaf Brome | |
Bromus latiglumis | Earlyleaf Brome | |
Bromus latiglumis | Earlyleaf Brome | |
Brasenia schreberi | Watershield | |
Brasenia schreberi | Watershield | |
Brasenia schreberi | Watershield | |
Buchnera americana | American Bluehearts Bluehearts | |
Byrsonima lucida | Long Key Locustberry Locust Berry | |
Byrsonima lucida | Long Key Locustberry Locust Berry | |
Carex albursina | White Bear Sedge | |
Campanulastrum americanum | American Bellflower Tall Bellflower | |
Campanulastrum americanum | American Bellflower Tall Bellflower | |
Campanulastrum americanum | American Bellflower Tall Bellflower | |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry French Mulberry | |
Cardamine angustata | Slender Toothwort | |
Carex annectens | Yellowfruit Sedge | |
Carex annectens | Yellowfruit Sedge | |
Campanula aparinoides | Marsh Bellflower | |
Campanula aparinoides | Marsh Bellflower | |
Carex atherodes | Wheat Sedge Awned Sedge Slough Sedge | |
Carex aurea | Golden Sedge | |
Carex aurea | Golden Sedge | |
Carex aurea | Golden Sedge | |
Carex bebbii | Bebb's Sedge | |
Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops | |
Capraria biflora | Goatweed | |
Carex blanda | Eastern Woodland Sedge Creek Sedge Common Wood Sedge | |
Carex brevior | Shortbeak Sedge | |
Carex brunnescens | Brownish Sedge | |
Cardamine bulbosa | Bulbous Bittercress Spring Cress | |
Carex buxbaumii | Buxbaum's Sedge | |
Carex castanea | Chestnut Sedge | |
Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam Blue Beech Water Beech Musclewood Ironwood | |
Calamagrostis canadensis | Bluejoint | |
Carex cephalophora | Oval-leaf Sedge | |
Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory Swamp Hickory Bitternut Pig Hickory Pignut Hickory Pignut White Hickory Red Hickory Bitter Walnut Bitter Pecan | |
Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory Swamp Hickory Bitternut Pig Hickory Pignut Hickory Pignut White Hickory Red Hickory Bitter Walnut Bitter Pecan | |
Castilleja coccinea | Scarlet Paintbrush Scarlet Indian Paintbrush Painted Cup Indian Paintbrush | |
Castilleja coccinea | Scarlet Paintbrush Scarlet Indian Paintbrush Painted Cup Indian Paintbrush | |
Castilleja coccinea | Scarlet Paintbrush Scarlet Indian Paintbrush Painted Cup Indian Paintbrush | |
Castilleja coccinea | Scarlet Paintbrush Scarlet Indian Paintbrush Painted Cup Indian Paintbrush | |
Cardamine concatenata | Cutleaf Toothwort Pepper Root | |
Cardamine concatenata | Cutleaf Toothwort Pepper Root | |
Cardamine concatenata | Cutleaf Toothwort Pepper Root | |
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