A Shin-dagger Agave rosette, showing its narrow, spine-tipped leaves and curling marginal fibers. Photo: Patrick Alexander, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Agave schottii, commonly called Shin-dagger Agave
Climbing Fumitory draping a rocky outcrop with its delicate, fern-like foliage. Photo: Doug McGrady, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Adlumia fungosa, commonly called Climbing Fumitory
Roemer’s acacia in bloom, Slaughter Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Photo: JerryFriedman, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Senegalia roemeriana (long known as Acacia
Columbian monkshood in bloom near Saddlebag Lake, Sierra Nevada, California. Photo: Dcrjsr, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Aconitum columbianum, commonly known as Columbian Monkshood or
Pacific silver fir at the southern edge of its range, growing on a rocky high-elevation ridge near English Peak in California’s Marble Mountain Wilderness. Photo:
A high-elevation stand of California red fir in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. Photo: Russell Neches, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Abies magnifica, commonly
A mature Adam’s Needle rosette, its stiff leaves ringed with pale, curling thread-like filaments. Photo: Mjrmtg, Hearthstone Botanical Gardens, Suwannee County, Florida, via Wikimedia Commons
A mature Slippery Elm in Quebec City, showing its furrowed bark and broad, vase-like crown. Photo: Cephas / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Ulmus rubra,
A wild Muscadine vine climbing through coastal thicket at Currituck Banks Reserve, North Carolina. Photo: Indy beetle / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Vitis rotundifolia, commonly known
A spreading patch of Barren Strawberry forming a low groundcover in Superior National Forest, Minnesota. Photo: Superior National Forest / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
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