A mature tarbush shrub on a rocky bajada in the Chihuahuan Desert — one of the defining shrubs of this ecoregion. Photo: aspidoscelis / Wikimedia
Coralbean in full spring bloom, its scarlet flower spikes rising before the leaves emerge. Photo: Judy Gallagher / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Erythrina herbacea,
Longleaf pine and wiregrass habitat near Fayetteville, North Carolina. Photo: Historic American Landscapes Survey, Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Aristida stricta, commonly
A mature water hickory trunk, showing its rough, shaggy bark. Photo: Will McFarland, via iNaturalist/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Carya aquatica, commonly called Water Hickory
Trailing arbutus flowering low to the ground on a wooded mountainside. Photo: Justin Russell, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Epigaea repens, commonly known as Trailing
Triangle-leaf bursage forms low, rounded mounds of gray-green foliage across the Sonoran Desert. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Ambrosia deltoidea, commonly called
Nodding wild onion flowering among native grasses on a dry hillside. Photo: Matt Lavin, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Allium cernuum, commonly called Nodding Wild
American beach grass anchoring a foredune on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Photo: Svetlana Egorova, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Ammophila breviligulata, commonly called American Beach Grass
Vanilla leaf’s distinctive fan-shaped leaf with its bottlebrush flower spike. Photo: USFWS Pacific Region / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Achlys triphylla, commonly known as Vanilla
Common blue violet blooming in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Photo: Cbaile19 / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Viola sororia, commonly called the Common Blue Violet (also
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