Native Plants
Smith, R.W.
Robert Smith is not a botanist, but he's been interested in botany for many years, starting as a grade-schooler in West Virginia. If life circumstances had been different, he might have become a botanist.Robert is now retired from the State of Michigan where he was a social worker and administrator, mostly in child welfare. He's been a frequent contributor to the University of Michigan herbarium, and owes much to the staff there, especially Ed Voss, Tony Reznicek and Bev Walter who have mentored his efforts. Robert got his first camera while serving in Viet Nam in 1966, and has been involved in photography periodically ever since. From 1977 to 1982, Robert did regional art fairs. His main photographic interest was natural subjects, particularly wildflowers.
In 1979, Robert stopped near his home in Adrian, Michigan to check out an interesting spot. It turned out to be so interesting he became more involved in botanizing and conservation, and mostly let photography go. That spot became the Nature Conservancy's Ives Road Fen Preserve, a globally endangered habitat.
For Christmas of 2009, Robert's wife gave him a digital Canon camera, and you're now seeing the results. So, Robert has no formal training in botany or photography, but he happily reports, "I sure am having fun in retirement!"
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scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias variegata | Redring Milkweed White-flowered Milkweed | |
Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed Eastern Whorled Milkweed | |
Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed Eastern Whorled Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern Subarctic Lady Fern Lady Fern Ladyfern | |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern Subarctic Lady Fern Lady Fern Ladyfern | |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern Subarctic Lady Fern Lady Fern Ladyfern | |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern Subarctic Lady Fern Lady Fern Ladyfern | |
Aureolaria flava | Smooth Yellow False Foxglove Northern False Foxglove | |
Aureolaria pedicularia | Fern-leaf Yellow False Foxglove Yellow False Foxglove Smooth False Foxglove | |
Aureolaria pedicularia | Fern-leaf Yellow False Foxglove Yellow False Foxglove Smooth False Foxglove | |
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla | Largeleaf Wild Indigo White Wild Indigo | |
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla | Largeleaf Wild Indigo White Wild Indigo | |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo Wild Blue Indigo Blue False Indigo | |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo Wild Blue Indigo Blue False Indigo | |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo Wild Blue Indigo Blue False Indigo | |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo Wild Blue Indigo Blue False Indigo | |
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea | Longbract Wild Indigo Cream False Indigo Plains Wild Indigo Cream Wild Indigo Large-bracted Wild Indigo | |
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea | Longbract Wild Indigo Cream False Indigo Plains Wild Indigo Cream Wild Indigo Large-bracted Wild Indigo | |
Bacopa caroliniana | Blue Waterhyssop | |
Bacopa caroliniana | Blue Waterhyssop | |
Baccharis glomeruliflora | Silverling | |
Baccharis halimifolia | Groundseltree Sea-myrtle Consumptionweed Eastern Baccharis Groundsel Groundsel Bush Salt Marsh-elder Salt Bush Florida Groundsel Bush | |
Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume | |
Balsamorhiza sagittata | Arrowleaf Balsamroot Arrow-leaf Balsamroot | |
Baptisia sphaerocarpa | Yellow Wild Indigo Green Wild Indigo Bush Pea Yellow Wisteria | |
Baptisia sphaerocarpa | Yellow Wild Indigo Green Wild Indigo Bush Pea Yellow Wisteria | |
Baptisia tinctoria | Horseflyweed Yellow Wild Indigo | |
Baptisia tinctoria | Horseflyweed Yellow Wild Indigo | |
Balduina uniflora | Oneflower Honeycombhead | |
Bartonia virginica | Yellow Screwstem | |
Betula alleghaniensis | Yellow Birch | |
Betula alleghaniensis | Yellow Birch | |
Besseya bullii | Bull's Coraldrops Kitten Tails Northern Kittentail | |
Besseya bullii | Bull's Coraldrops Kitten Tails Northern Kittentail | |
Besseya bullii | Bull's Coraldrops Kitten Tails Northern Kittentail | |
Berlandiera lyrata | Chocolate Daisy Chocolate Flower Lyreleaf Greeneyes Green-eyed Lyre Leaf | |
Betula nigra | River Birch Red Birch Black Birch Water Birch | |
Betula nigra | River Birch Red Birch Black Birch Water Birch | |
Betula papyrifera | Paper Birch Canoe Birch White Birch | |
Berlandiera pumila | Soft Greeneyes | |
Betula pumila | Bog Birch | |
Betula pumila | Bog Birch | |
Berlandiera subacaulis | Florida Greeneyes Common Greeneyes | |
Bidens alba | Common Beggarticks Shepherd's Needles Spanish Needles Butterfly Needles Hairy Beggarticks Romerillo | |
Bidens aristosa | Bearded Beggarticks Tickseed Sunflower | |
Bidens aristosa | Bearded Beggarticks Tickseed Sunflower | |
Bidens aristosa | Bearded Beggarticks Tickseed Sunflower | |
Bidens beckii | Beck's Watermarigold | |
Bidens beckii | Beck's Watermarigold | |
Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
Bidens cernua | Nodding Beggartick Bur Marigold Nodding Beggarticks Nodding Bur Marigold Nodding Burmarigold Nodding Burr-marigold Sticktight | |
Bidens cernua | Nodding Beggartick Bur Marigold Nodding Beggarticks Nodding Bur Marigold Nodding Burmarigold Nodding Burr-marigold Sticktight | |
Bidens coronata | Crowned Beggarticks | |
Bidens coronata | Crowned Beggarticks | |
Bidens connata | Purplestem Beggarticks | |
Bidens connata | Purplestem Beggarticks | |
Bidens connata | Purplestem Beggarticks | |
Bidens connata | Purplestem Beggarticks | |
Bidens discoidea | Small Beggarticks | |
Bidens discoidea | Small Beggarticks | |
Bidens discoidea | Small Beggarticks | |
Bidens ferulifolia | Apache Beggarticks | |
Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggartick Spanish Needles | |
Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggartick Spanish Needles | |
Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggartick Spanish Needles | |
Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggartick Spanish Needles | |
Bidens laevis | Smooth Beggartick Smooth Bidens Smooth Bur Marigold Larger Bur Marigold | |
Bidens mitis | Smallfruit Beggarsticks | |
Bidens mitis | Smallfruit Beggarsticks | |
Bigelowia nuttallii | Nuttall's Rayless Goldenrod | |
Bidens tripartita | Threelobe Beggarticks Three-part Beggarticks Leafy-bracted Beggarticks Trifid Bur-marigold | |
Bidens tripartita | Threelobe Beggarticks Three-part Beggarticks Leafy-bracted Beggarticks Trifid Bur-marigold | |
Bidens vulgata | Big Devils Beggartick | |
Blephilia ciliata | Downy Pagoda-plant Sunny Woodmint Ohio Horsemint | |
Blephilia ciliata | Downy Pagoda-plant Sunny Woodmint Ohio Horsemint | |
Blephilia hirsuta | Hairy Woodmint Hairy Pagoda-plant | |
Blutaparon vermiculare | Silverhead | |
Blutaparon vermiculare | Silverhead | |
Boltonia apalachicolensis | Apalachicola Doll's Daisy | |
Borrichia arborescens | Tree Seaside Tansy Green Sea-oxeye-daisy Tall Sea Oxeye Silver Sea Oxeye | |
Boltonia asteroides | Boltonia White Doll's Daisy | |
Boltonia asteroides | Boltonia White Doll's Daisy | |
Boltonia asteroides | Boltonia White Doll's Daisy | |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
Boehmeria cylindrica | Smallspike False Nettle Bog Hemp | |
Boehmeria cylindrica | Smallspike False Nettle Bog Hemp | |
Boehmeria cylindrica | Smallspike False Nettle Bog Hemp | |
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
Botrychium dissectum | Cutleaf Grapefern | |
Borrichia frutescens | Bushy Seaside Tansy Ox-eye Daisy Sea Daisy Sea Ox-eye | |
Botrychium rugulosum | Ternate Grapefern | |
Botrychium rugulosum | Ternate Grapefern | |
Botrychium virginianum | Rattlesnake Fern | |
Botrychium virginianum | Rattlesnake Fern | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |