Are You Ready to Botanize?

Posted on March 30, 2024 by WCBC

A quick review of plants we may expect to see in the next few months. Photography by Jock Aplin, Ken Borgfeldt, Alice Greko, David Heavner, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

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Know Your Plants – Plants Named After People – Menzies to Walter

Posted on March 24, 2024 by WCBC

This week’s post is more plants in our database named after people; mostly naturalists but some patrons, friends, & family members too. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these plants or people you know.

  • Archibald Menzies (March 15, 1754 – February 15, 1842)
  • Franz Carl Mertens (April 3, 1764 – June 19, 1831)
  • André Michaux (March 8, 1746 – October 11, 1802)
  • Thomas Nuttall (January 5, 1786 – September 10, 1859)
  • Rhiannon Weakley
  • Ferdinand Ignatius Xavier Rugel (1806 – 1879)
  • Charles Wilkins Short (October 6, 1794 – March 7, 1863)
  • Robert James Shuttleworth (February 1810 – April 18, 1874)
  • John Kunkel Small (January 1869 – 1938)
  • John Tradescant the Elder (1570s – April 1638) & John Tradescant the Younger (August 4, 1608 – April 22, 1662)
  • George Vasey (February 28, 1822 – March 3, 1893)
  • Thomas Walter (c. 1740 – January 17, 1789)

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Cindy Carpenter, David Heavner, Richard Holzman,  Betty Jones, Mary Knierim, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, Randy Richardson & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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Know Your Plants – Plants Named After People – Bartram to Lyon

Posted on March 17, 2024 by WCBC

This week’s post is plants in our database named after people – mostly naturalists but some patrons, friends, & family members too. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these plants or people you know.

  • John (March 23, 1699 – September 22, 1777)  & William (April 20, 1739 – July 22, 1823) Bartram
  • Samuel Botsford Buckley (May 9, 1809 – February 18, 1884)
  • Mark Catesby (March 24, 1683 – December 23, 1749)
  • John Clayton (1694/5 – 1773)
  • DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828)
  • Peter Collinson (January 1694 – August 11, 1768)
  • Moses Ashley Curtis (May 11, 1808 – April 10, 1872)
  • Allen Hierome Curtiss (September 2, 1845 – September 1, 1907)
  • Alfred Cuthbert (1858 – 1932)
  • John Fraser (October 14, 1750 – April 26, 1811)
  • Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888)
  • Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (April 30, 1709 – May 7, 1773)
  • John Lyon (1765–14 September, 1814)

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Cindy Carpenter, David Heavner, Richard Holzman,  Betty Jones, Mary Knierim, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, Randy Richardson & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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Know Your Plants – Plants With Names Relating to the Body – Hepatica to Tooth

Posted on March 10, 2024 by WCBC

This week’s post is more plants in our database with names relating to the body! Non-native plants are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know.
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie Colson, David Heavner, Richard Holzman,  Betty Jones, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, Randy Richardson & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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Know Your Plants – Plants With Names Relating to the Body – Eye to Heart

Posted on March 3, 2024 by WCBC

This week’s post is more plants in our database with names relating to the body! Non-native plants are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know.
Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie Colson, David Heavner, Richard Holzman,  Betty Jones, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, Randy Richardson & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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