Archives: Native Plants

American Sea Rocket (Cakile edentula)

American sea rocket’s low, sprawling mound of fleshy leaves anchored in loose beach sand. Photo: Ixitixel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Cakile edentula, commonly

Arctic Brome (Bromus kalmii)

The distinctive arching panicle of Arctic Brome, with its fuzzy, drooping spikelets, over a prairie meadow. Photo: iNaturalist contributor, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Bromus

Swamp Fern (Blechnum serrulatum)

Swamp fern forms dense, slowly spreading clumps of upright, leathery fronds in wet, shaded ground. Photo: Douglas Goldman, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Blechnum

Resin Birch (Betula glandulosa)

A spreading colony of resin birch in early leaf, growing along a subalpine creek. Photo: Gilles Ayotte, Bibliothèque de l’Université Laval, via Wikimedia Commons (CC

Deer Fern (Blechnum spicant)

A mature deer fern clump, with narrow, upright fertile fronds rising from a spreading rosette of broader sterile fronds. Photo: David Stang, via Wikimedia Commons

Mountain Paper Birch (Betula cordifolia)

Mountain Paper Birch growing near treeline on Mt. Mansfield, Vermont. Photo: Doug McGrady, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Betula cordifolia, known as Mountain Paper Birch

Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)

Showy Milkweed in bloom, with its characteristic rounded flower clusters and velvety gray-green leaves. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Asclepias speciosa, commonly known as

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