Fraser magnolia flowering shoot near Spruce Knob, West Virginia. Photo: Richtid / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Magnolia fraseri, commonly called Fraser magnolia or mountain
Climbing hempvine in full bloom, covering a post at a wetland’s edge. Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Mikania scandens, commonly known as
Staggerbush blooming in the Big Thicket of East Texas, its white urn-shaped flowers hanging in loose clusters along bare stems. Photo: sonnia hill, Wikimedia Commons
Cenizo in full bloom, its silver foliage studded with magenta-pink flowers after rain. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Leucophyllum frutescens, known as Cenizo, Texas
Bog Laurel’s rose-pink flower clusters open above the leathery, needle-like foliage in late spring. Photo: Superior National Forest (CC BY 2.0) Kalmia polifolia, commonly called
Red Dome Blanketflower blooming among native bunchgrasses — the rounded, reddish seed heads behind the flowers give the plant its name. Photo: Petrified Forest National
A mature Ashe Juniper near Austin, Texas, showing its characteristically dense, pyramidal crown. Photo: Bubblesorg / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Juniperus ashei, commonly known
ʻĀkia forms a dense, low mound of rounded gray-green leaves, studded with tiny yellow flowers. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY
River Hawthorn in flower, showing its sharply toothed leaves and clustered white blossoms. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Crataegus rivularis, the River Hawthorn, is a
Geiger Tree flower and leaf cluster, Delray Beach, Florida. Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0 US) Cordia sebestena, commonly called the
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