Know Your Plants – Plants Named After Virginia

Posted on December 17, 2023 by WCBC

We already saw plants named after the Carolinas. This week’s post is plants in our database named after Virginia.  All are native to North America. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know.

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie & John Colson, Billy Dinwiddie, Alice Greko, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, Betty Jones, Mary Knierim, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Randy Richardson, Joe Standaert, & Kent Wilcox. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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Know Your Plants – Plants Named After the Carolinas

Posted on December 10, 2023 by WCBC

This week’s post is plants in our database named after the Carolinas.  All are native to North America. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know.

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie Colson, Richard Holzman, Betty Jones, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Randy Richardson, Joe Standaert, & Angela Wagner. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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Know Your Plants – Plants Named After Foreign Lands

Posted on December 3, 2023 by WCBC

This week’s post is plants in our database with names that refer to countries or locations outside North America. However, despite their names, some are native to North America! The non-native plants are are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know. More posts & information on non-native plants we have seen can be found by clicking here. 

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, 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 – Canadian Plants

Posted on November 26, 2023 by WCBC

This week’s post is plants in our database with names including the words “Canada, Canadian, Canadense, or Canadensis”.  Guess what, they are all native to North America, except Canada Thistle, 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, 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 – Plant Names That Include the Word “America”

Posted on November 19, 2023 by WCBC

This week’s post is plants in our database with names including the word “America”.  Guess what, they are all native to North America! Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know.

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David Bryan, Daudie & John Colson, David Heavner, Richard Holzman,  Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Randy Richardson, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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