Pacific yew’s typical form: a small, irregular understory tree beneath taller conifers, Pacific Northwest. Photo: Walter Siegmund / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5) Taxus brevifolia,
A mature organ pipe cactus clump along North Puerto Blanco Scenic Drive, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona. Photo: Ken Lund / Wikimedia Commons (CC
Marsh fern fronds in a wet-meadow colony, Double Trouble State Park, New Jersey. Photo: Michael Ellis / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Thelypteris palustris, commonly
Tall goldenrod blooming in an old field in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo: Cbaile19 / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Solidago altissima, commonly known as
Roundleaf greenbrier in flower, growing wild along the C&O Canal, Montgomery County, Maryland. Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Smilax rotundifolia, commonly called
A flowering mat of three-toothed cinquefoil rooted in a rock crevice on Mount Mansfield, Vermont — classic habitat for this tough little plant. Photo: Doug
Scarlet sage in bloom, its loose, interrupted spikes of red flowers held above soft, triangular leaves. Photo: Carl E. Lewis (Flickr) via Wikimedia Commons (CC
A coast redwood grove at Muir Woods National Monument, Marin County, California — straight, fire-scarred trunks rising into a dense fog-belt canopy. Photo: Andromeda2064, Wikimedia
A natural stand of Turkey Oak on a deep sand ridge in Georgia — classic habitat for this drought-adapted species. Photo: Geogre, Wikimedia Commons (Public
A mature, unmaintained Texas Palmetto showing its natural shaggy “skirt” of old fronds. Photo: Fythrion, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Sabal mexicana, commonly called the Texas Palmetto
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