A mature deergrass clump shows the species’ dense, fountain-like form. Photo: Stan Shebs, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Muhlenbergia rigens, commonly known as Deergrass, is
Turk’s cap blooming in woodland shade in San Jacinto County, Texas. Photo: Eric Hunt, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii, universally known
An Osage-orange in late fall, its bare branches still loaded with the fruit that gives the tree its name. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Maclura pomifera,
A spring bluebonnet bloom in the Blackland Prairie near Washington County, Texas. Photo: Renelibrary, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Lupinus texensis, the Texas Bluebonnet, is
Twinflower’s paired, nodding pink-and-white blooms rise on wiry stalks above a mat of trailing evergreen leaves, Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Photo: Karen Dillman, USDA Forest
California honeysuckle twining through coastal scrub, its pink tubular flowers held in loose clusters above fused leaf pairs. Photo: Walter Siegmund, via Wikimedia Commons (CC
A broad, old alligator juniper on a ridgetop south of Strawberry, Arizona. Photo: Alan Levine (cogdogblog), via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Juniperus deppeana, the
Wild Potato Vine flower at Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia. Photo: Judy Gallagher, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Ipomoea pandurata, commonly known as Wild
Wild hops climbing a thicket along the Montour Trail, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Photo: Cbaile19, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Humulus lupulus, commonly known as Hops or Common
Dwarf Iris blooming in its characteristic low mat. Photo: Joel Trick, USFWS (Public Domain) Iris lacustris, known as Dwarf Iris or Dwarf Lake Iris, is
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