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One of my favorite habitats in Michigan are marl fens. Typically you expect carnivorous plants in acidic bogs, but in this special habitat with extremely alkaline soils Sarracenia purpurea and Drosera linearis thrive along with calciphiles like Primula mistassinica
August 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
One of my favorite habitats in Michigan are marl fens. Typically you expect carnivorous plants in acidic bogs, but in this special habitat with extremely alkaline soils Sarracenia purpurea and Drosera linearis thrive along with calciphiles like Primula mistassinica
I just love this native pine lily, Lilium catesbaei, blooming in my bog garden today. #ncnativeplants
August 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I just love this native pine lily, Lilium catesbaei, blooming in my bog garden today. #ncnativeplants
Then there are pitcherplants that time their production of new leaves until after their flowers are pollinated so they don’t eat their pollinators!
August 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Then there are pitcherplants that time their production of new leaves until after their flowers are pollinated so they don’t eat their pollinators!
Here is one of my favorites, Lactarius (Lactifluus) corrugis. When cut it bleeds a white “milk”. When cooked it has a very meaty flavor. Very good marinated and grilled.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here is one of my favorites, Lactarius (Lactifluus) corrugis. When cut it bleeds a white “milk”. When cooked it has a very meaty flavor. Very good marinated and grilled.
I’m pretty certain it isn’t just based on habitat alone. I did once find a huge bunch of oyster mushrooms on the Corner by a frat house that appeared every year. Given the location I wasn’t going to eat them!
June 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I’m pretty certain it isn’t just based on habitat alone. I did once find a huge bunch of oyster mushrooms on the Corner by a frat house that appeared every year. Given the location I wasn’t going to eat them!
Charlottesville once used a similar argument for annexation and claimed it would wither and die because it was landlocked. Instead, it finally became more walkable and more dense. We should live within our means before considering expansion. There is enough unused parking lot to satisfy density.
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Charlottesville once used a similar argument for annexation and claimed it would wither and die because it was landlocked. Instead, it finally became more walkable and more dense. We should live within our means before considering expansion. There is enough unused parking lot to satisfy density.
I’ve been wanting to see American barberry in the wild for a while. Despite the Latin name the center of its distribution is SW Virginia. It would make an excellent native alternative to Invasive Japanese Barberry.
June 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I’ve been wanting to see American barberry in the wild for a while. Despite the Latin name the center of its distribution is SW Virginia. It would make an excellent native alternative to Invasive Japanese Barberry.
Admittedly, it’s kind of an odd parcel I chose at random. Here’s a better example using two different parcels, one in the rural area and another just over the line in the development area. That line is the difference between $313k and 4.6 million.
May 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Admittedly, it’s kind of an odd parcel I chose at random. Here’s a better example using two different parcels, one in the rural area and another just over the line in the development area. That line is the difference between $313k and 4.6 million.
Bog Buckbean is one of the first rare plants I tried to find in Virginia and it has taken me over a decade to finally see it in the wild. It looks like the headwaters of this fen were ditched and drained which explains how limited it is now.
May 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Bog Buckbean is one of the first rare plants I tried to find in Virginia and it has taken me over a decade to finally see it in the wild. It looks like the headwaters of this fen were ditched and drained which explains how limited it is now.
Carolina Jasmine beginning to bloom in Virginia Beach. Love the scent of this native plant.
March 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Carolina Jasmine beginning to bloom in Virginia Beach. Love the scent of this native plant.
Want to grown your own “vanilla”? Leptodes bicolor is a much easier orchid than vanilla and if you pollinate the flowers the pods can be fermented to make a vanilla substitute.
March 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Want to grown your own “vanilla”? Leptodes bicolor is a much easier orchid than vanilla and if you pollinate the flowers the pods can be fermented to make a vanilla substitute.
One of the orchids I picked up at the Virginia Orchid Society show, “Spring Fragrance”. True to its name, it is very fragrant. #orchids #tropicalplants
March 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
One of the orchids I picked up at the Virginia Orchid Society show, “Spring Fragrance”. True to its name, it is very fragrant. #orchids #tropicalplants
The EPA and other agencies are being gutted so local and state governments need to step up now and fill that gap. It’ll be open season on wetlands if we don’t. If you fish, swim, kayak or merely drink water then this matters to you. Once removed, we can’t just put natural wetlands back
February 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The EPA and other agencies are being gutted so local and state governments need to step up now and fill that gap. It’ll be open season on wetlands if we don’t. If you fish, swim, kayak or merely drink water then this matters to you. Once removed, we can’t just put natural wetlands back
A sinkhole pond in Augusta County, Virginia. We’re excited to come back in Spring and see what other plants we can identify.
#sinkhole #wetlands #NativePlants
#sinkhole #wetlands #NativePlants
February 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A sinkhole pond in Augusta County, Virginia. We’re excited to come back in Spring and see what other plants we can identify.
#sinkhole #wetlands #NativePlants
#sinkhole #wetlands #NativePlants
Mountain Bog. Davis, West Virginia.
February 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Mountain Bog. Davis, West Virginia.
Fungus gnats on my butterwort. Now I don’t think they eat enough to eradicate them though. To prevent fungus gnats, make sure not to overwater, and you can use hydrogen peroxide as a safe and inexpensive preventative fungicide.
February 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Fungus gnats on my butterwort. Now I don’t think they eat enough to eradicate them though. To prevent fungus gnats, make sure not to overwater, and you can use hydrogen peroxide as a safe and inexpensive preventative fungicide.
Yellow butterwort in the Green Swamp of North Carolina.
#butterwort #pinguicula #carnivorousplants #NCNativePlants
#butterwort #pinguicula #carnivorousplants #NCNativePlants
February 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Yellow butterwort in the Green Swamp of North Carolina.
#butterwort #pinguicula #carnivorousplants #NCNativePlants
#butterwort #pinguicula #carnivorousplants #NCNativePlants
A tiny tiny wild Venus Flytrap photographed in it’s native habitat in North Carolina
#carnivorousplants #dionaea #NCNativePlants
#carnivorousplants #dionaea #NCNativePlants
February 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A tiny tiny wild Venus Flytrap photographed in it’s native habitat in North Carolina
#carnivorousplants #dionaea #NCNativePlants
#carnivorousplants #dionaea #NCNativePlants
Tropical butterworts (Pinguicula) help eat fungus gnats and provide a little joy over the winter months.
February 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Tropical butterworts (Pinguicula) help eat fungus gnats and provide a little joy over the winter months.
February 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This Florida Yew, Taxus floridana, is still happy and healthy in Zone 7a after temperatures in the single digits. This species is struggling in its native range, just as Canada Yew is struggling in Virginia.
January 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This Florida Yew, Taxus floridana, is still happy and healthy in Zone 7a after temperatures in the single digits. This species is struggling in its native range, just as Canada Yew is struggling in Virginia.
Virginia’s earliest blooming wildflower, Skunk Cabbage, is already melting its way through the snow. #nativeplants #botany #wildflowers #virginia
January 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Virginia’s earliest blooming wildflower, Skunk Cabbage, is already melting its way through the snow. #nativeplants #botany #wildflowers #virginia
Um… Petco, I guess you could call this “cultured live rock” but not not sure I want what you are culturing in my aquarium!
January 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Um… Petco, I guess you could call this “cultured live rock” but not not sure I want what you are culturing in my aquarium!
