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 |
Caltha leptosepala var. leptosepala | White Marsh-marigold Alpine White Marsh-marigold Mountain Marsh-marigold Elks-lip Marsh-marigold Slender Sepal Marsh-marigold | |
Carex livida | Livid Sedge | |
Castilleja linariifolia | Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Wyoming Indian-paintbrush | |
Calamovilfa longifolia | Prairie Sandreed Sandreed Grass | |
Carex lupulina | Hop Sedge | |
Carex lupulina | Hop Sedge | |
Carex lurida | Shallow Sedge Sallow Sedge Lurid Sedge | |
Carex magellanica | Boreal Bog Sedge Tall Bog-sedge | |
Carex magellanica | Boreal Bog Sedge Tall Bog-sedge | |
Cardamine maxima | Large Toothwort | |
Carex magellanica ssp. irrigua | Boreal Bog Sedge Poor Sedge | |
Carex muehlenbergii | Muhlenberg's Sedge | |
Carex muskingumensis | Muskingum Sedge Palm Sedge | |
Carphephorus odoratissimus | Vanillaleaf Vanilla Plant | |
Carphephorus odoratissimus | Vanillaleaf Vanilla Plant | |
Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory Carolina Hickory Scalybark Hickory Upland Hickory Shellbark Hickory | |
Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory Carolina Hickory Scalybark Hickory Upland Hickory Shellbark Hickory | |
Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory Carolina Hickory Scalybark Hickory Upland Hickory Shellbark Hickory | |
Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory Carolina Hickory Scalybark Hickory Upland Hickory Shellbark Hickory | |
Calla palustris | Water Arum Water-dragon Wild Calla | |
Calla palustris | Water Arum Water-dragon Wild Calla | |
Callirhoe papaver | Woodland Poppymallow Woodland Poppy-mallow Woodland Poppy Mallow | |
Caltha palustris | Yellow Marsh Marigold Cowslip | |
Caltha palustris | Yellow Marsh Marigold Cowslip | |
Caltha palustris | Yellow Marsh Marigold Cowslip | |
Callirhoe pedata | Palmleaf Poppymallow Standing Winecup Finger Poppymallow Palmleaf Poppy Mallow | |
Cardamine pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Bittercress | |
Cardamine pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Bittercress | |
Cardamine pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Bittercress | |
Carex pedunculata | Longstalk Sedge | |
Carex pedunculata | Longstalk Sedge | |
Carex pellita | Woolly Sedge | |
Carex pellita | Woolly Sedge | |
Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Sedge | |
Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Sedge | |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Vine Common Trumpet Creeper Cow Vine Foxglove Vine Hellvine Devil's Shoestring | |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Vine Common Trumpet Creeper Cow Vine Foxglove Vine Hellvine Devil's Shoestring | |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Vine Common Trumpet Creeper Cow Vine Foxglove Vine Hellvine Devil's Shoestring | |
Carex radiata | Eastern Star Sedge | |
Castilleja rhexiifolia | Splitleaf Indian Paintbrush Rosy Indian Paintbrush | |
Campanula rotundifolia | Bluebell Bellflower Bluebell Of Scotland Bluebell Harebell Witches' Thimble | |
Campanula rotundifolia | Bluebell Bellflower Bluebell Of Scotland Bluebell Harebell Witches' Thimble | |
Campanula rotundifolia | Bluebell Bellflower Bluebell Of Scotland Bluebell Harebell Witches' Thimble | |
Carex rosea | Rosy Sedge | |
Carex scirpoidea | Northern Singlespike Sedge | |
Carex scirpoidea | Northern Singlespike Sedge | |
Camassia scilloides | Atlantic Camas Wild Hyacinth | |
Camassia scilloides | Atlantic Camas Wild Hyacinth | |
Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops Yellow Evening Primrose Plains Evening Primrose | |
Calystegia sepium | Hedge False Bindweed Hedge Bindweed | |
Calystegia sepium | Hedge False Bindweed Hedge Bindweed | |
Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora | Shortstalk False Bindweed | |
Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora | Shortstalk False Bindweed | |
Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora | Shortstalk False Bindweed | |
Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora | Shortstalk False Bindweed | |
Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora | Shortstalk False Bindweed | |
Carex sparganioides | Bur-reed Sedge | |
Catalpa speciosa | Northern Catalpa Catalpa Tree Cigar Tree Indian Bean | |
Carex squarrosa | Squarrose Sedge Narrowleaf Cattail Sedge | |
Calamagrostis stricta | Slimstem Reedgrass | |
Calamagrostis stricta | Slimstem Reedgrass | |
Calamagrostis stricta | Slimstem Reedgrass | |
Carex stricta | Upright Sedge Uptight Sedge Tussock Sedge | |
Carex swanii | Swan's Sedge | |
Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue Cohosh Squaw-root Papoose-root Caulophylle Faux-pigamon | |
Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue Cohosh Squaw-root Papoose-root Caulophylle Faux-pigamon | |
Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue Cohosh Squaw-root Papoose-root Caulophylle Faux-pigamon | |
Carex tonsa | Shaved Sedge | |
Carex trichocarpa | Hairyfruit Sedge Hairy-fruited Sedge Hairy-fruited Lake Sedge | |
Carex trichocarpa | Hairyfruit Sedge Hairy-fruited Sedge Hairy-fruited Lake Sedge | |
Carex trichocarpa | Hairyfruit Sedge Hairy-fruited Sedge Hairy-fruited Lake Sedge | |
Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides | Blunt Broom Sedge | |
Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides | Blunt Broom Sedge | |
Calopogon tuberosus | Tuberous Grasspink Grass Pink | |
Calopogon tuberosus | Tuberous Grasspink Grass Pink | |
Calopogon tuberosus | Tuberous Grasspink Grass Pink | |
Carex umbellata | Parasol Sedge | |
Carex vaginata | Sheathed Sedge | |
Carex viridistellata | Green-star Sedge Green Star Sedge | |
Carex virescens | Ribbed Sedge | |
Carex viridula | Little Green Sedge | |
Carex viridula | Little Green Sedge | |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Cerastium arvense | Field Chickweed | |
Cerastium arvense | Field Chickweed | |
Cerastium arvense | Field Chickweed | |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud Redbud | |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud Redbud | |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud Redbud | |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud Redbud | |
Ceratophyllum demersum | Coon's Tail | |
Ceratiola ericoides | Sand-heath Sandhill-rosemary Florida-rosemary | |
Ceanothus fendleri | Fendler's Ceanothus Fendler Ceanothus | |
Cerastium nutans var. nutans | Nodding Chickweed | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |